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Review Of Alien Woman: The Making Of Lt. Ellen Ripley, By Ximena Gallardo C. And C. Jason Smith, Luke Vassiliou

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Contributors, Ximena Gallardo C. Kim

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Information about contributors to articles in volume 5 issue4 of Reconstruction.

Oy Science Fiction: On Genre, Criticism, And Alien Love: An Interview With Marleen S. Barr, Marlene S. Barr, Ximena Gallardo C., C. Jason Smith

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Marleen S. Barr is a pioneer of feminist science fiction criticism and a leader in the fight against the ghettoizing influences of genre-labeling in literary criticism. While the noteworthy Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction (University of Iowa Press, 1992) has been praised as Barr's seminal work in feminist science fiction criticism and theory, it is in Genre Fission: A New Discourse Practice for Cultural Studies (U of Iowa P, 2000) where she takes on literary critics' discriminatory practices against genre fiction in general and fantasy and science fiction in particular.

Beyond Cyborgs?, Ximena Gallardo C.

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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What should we expect from a special issue on women and science fiction at a time when people compare Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the psychotic robot chick in Metropolis? We might want a forward-looking and hip post-post fem analysis of how the future is now, but one of the paradoxes of mainstream sf is that, when it comes to Woman, its future visions still mostly project the prejudices of the past.

To The Max: Embodying Intersections In Dark Angel, Lorna Jowett

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Dark Angel is often classed with other television shows featuring female action heroes (such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alias) but I argue that it exhibits a more than usual emphasis on the body of its female protagonist and that this is integral to its use of science fiction and other genres to mediate a politicised postfeminist representation of gender. The science fiction genre, it is often argued, arises directly out of Gothic fictions such as Frankenstein, and in Dark Angel the protagonist, Max, is a post-modern Frankenstein's monster, blurring boundaries between human and monster, subject and …

Sailing Toward Safe Harbor Hours: The Constitutionality Of Regulating Television Violence, Eric C. Chaffee

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Because of the recent focus on television violence, it is more a question of "when," rather than "if," Congress will take action on this issue. "Safe harbor" regulation, or restricting violent programming to certain hours of the day, is one form of regulation that is recurrently suggested as a means for dealing with the potential ills created by television violence. The possibility of such regulation implicates numerous constitutional issues. This Article addresses whether "safe harbor" regulation of television violence is feasible without violating the First Amendment and other provisions of the Constitution.

Applying 42 U.S.C. § 1981 To Claims Of Consumer Discrimination, Abby Morrow Richardson

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note explores several interesting legal questions regarding the proper interpretation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, when discrimination arises in the context of a consumer retail contract. The Note further explores how the Fifth Circuit's and other federal courts' narrow interpretation of § 1981's application in a retail setting (which allows plaintiffs to invoke the statute only when they have been prevented from completing their purchases) is contrary to the statute's express language, congressional intent, and to evolving concepts of contract theory, all of which reflect a commitment to the strict enforcement of civil …

Preferred Learning Styles For Respiratory Care Students At Texas State University – San Marcos, Chris Russian

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Academic success includes setting goals, effective time management, and the match of teaching methods to learning style. It also depends on the educator and the manner in which material is presented. Learning style influences the retention of information and the depth of comprehension. If educators present material in a style that matches a student’s preferred learning style, then academic performance may improve. Assessing learning styles will benefit the student and the educator. Material retention will improve, thus improving test scores and limiting remediation. It is also important to determine if students, as a group, fit into a particular style or …

Data Sonification From The Desktop: Should Sound Be Part Of Standard Data Analysis Software?, John H. Flowers, Dion C. Buhman, Kimberly D. Turnage

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The design of auditory formats for data display is presently focused on applications for blind or visually impaired users, specialized displays for use when visual attention must be devoted to other tasks, and some innovative work in revealing properties of complex data that may not be effectively rendered by traditional visual means. With the availability of high-quality and flexible sound production hardware in standard desktop computers, the potential exists for using sound to represent characteristics of typical “small and simple” samples of data in routine data inspection and analysis. Our research has shown that basic properties of simple functions, distribution …

The Moxee City (Washington) Mammoth: Morphostratigraphic, Taphonomic, And Taxonomic Considerations, Karl Lillquist, Steve Lundblad, Bax R. Barton

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

A nearly complete, but highly fractured, proboscidean tusk was unearthed during parking lot construction near Moxee City in central Washington in May 2001. Schreger angle analysis revealed that the tusk was from a mammoth. AMS radiocarbon dating of the tusk established that the mammoth died 14,570 ¹⁴C yr BP. The age, combined with the biogeography of proboscidean finds in the Pacific Northwest, suggests the tusk is from a Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi). The condition of the tusk and its association with basalt and crystalline erratics suggest that a locally derived tusk was swept up in the advancing …

Substance Abuse Disorders Among Homeless And Runaway Adolescents, Kurt D. Johnson, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This paper presents lifetime and 12-month prevalence rates and comorbidity data for substance abuse disorders among homeless and runaway adolescents. Data are from baseline interviews of a longitudinal diagnostic study of 428 (187 males and 241 females) homeless and runaway adolescents aged 16 to 19 years (mean age = 17.4 years, SD = 1.05). The data were collected by full-time interviewers on the streets and in shelters in eight Midwestern cities of various populations. About two thirds (60.5%) of the runaways met lifetime criteria for at least one of three substance disorders (alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, drug abuse), and nearly …

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City University of New York Law Review

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Preface, Shira Galinsky

City University of New York Law Review

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Introduction To The Symposium, Penelope E. Andrews

City University of New York Law Review

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Opening Remarks Of The Symposium To Honor The Work Of Professor Ruthann Robson, Kelly Kuterbach

City University of New York Law Review

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A Path To Story(S) Table, Kate Nace Day

City University of New York Law Review

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In A Creative Voice: Talking Back To Lawyers' Texts In Notes From A Difficult Case, Andrea Mcardle

City University of New York Law Review

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Ruthann Robson: Writing Life And Fiction-Theory, Lynda Hall

City University of New York Law Review

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Literary Magazines In Unlikely Settings, Danielle Ofri

City University of New York Law Review

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Legal Stories: The Art Of Argument In The Work Of Ruthann Robson, Sima Rabinowitz

City University of New York Law Review

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Local Street Flooding Is Expected, Marge Piercy

City University of New York Law Review

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Insomnia Burns, Marge Piercy

City University of New York Law Review

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An Elegy: Death Of Blue Waters, Kate Nace Day

City University of New York Law Review

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Lychees In Kent, Danielle Ofri

City University of New York Law Review

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Challenge, Danielle Ofri

City University of New York Law Review

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Venice, Sharon K. Hom

City University of New York Law Review

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Through The Looking Glass, Carmen Vazquez

City University of New York Law Review

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Imagining Lesbian Legal Theory, Kendall Thomas

City University of New York Law Review

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Equality, Social And Economic Justice, And Challenges For Public Interest Lawyering, Sharon K. Hom

City University of New York Law Review

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Encuentro En El Ambiente De Lateorıa: Latina Lesbians And Ruthann Robson's Lesbian Legal Theory, Elvia R. Arriola

City University of New York Law Review

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