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Lights And Shadows - 2005, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine

The Graveyard Of Genre: David Markson's Postmodern Epitaphs, Camelia Elias

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

David Markson is a writer who in a series of novels entitled Wittgenstein's Mistress (1988), Reader's Block (1996), and This is not a Novel (2001) explores some of our basic conceptions of genre. Can we call a book of fragments a novel? Is a novel still a novel when the characters are given names such as Author, Protagonist, Reader? What are we left with, when critics resort to labels such as novel of intellectual reference and allusion . . . minus the novel, or seminonfictional semifiction to categorise his texts? Through an apparently endless list of anecdotes and facts regarding …

One-Way Street In A Global City: Don Delillo And The Lugubrious Boredom Of The New Economy, Samuel Gerald Collins

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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few of the things we have fought against in cultural studies include the erroneous perceptions that the forces associated with globalization are 1) benefiting the world's peoples and 2) producing a homogeneous global culture. Against this, we have proffered endless texts documenting the sufferings of the world's peoples and critiquing the underlying assumptions regarding U.S. and Western hegemony as well as more hopeful tracts charting a more equitable future as an alternative to crushing regimes of neo-liberalism. In this, we have been joined by countless activists as well as others in women's studies, Latino/a studies, international relations and …

Review Of An Exeter Mis-Guide, By Stephen Hodge, Simon Persighetti, Phil Smith, Cathy Turner, And Tony Weaver, 2003, Davin Heckman

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Review Of Lacan To The Letter: Reading Ecrits Closely, By Bruce Fink, 2004, Hervé Regnauld

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Spivak After Marx After Derrida, Philip Leonard

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Spivak is often viewed as an unequivocally deconstructive theorist, and she frequently reinforces this impression by proclaiming her allegiance to Derrida's ideas. Recent comments by her suggest, however, that there are limits to her deconstructive convictions. This essay considers some of Spivak's debts to Derrida's work, though it is primarily concerned with those occasions when she states her misgivings about his ability to understand postcoloniality, global power, and resistance movements. Reading Marx more accurately would, she insists, have allowed Derrida both to grasp capitalism's complex logic and to consider the effects of subaltern interventions upon capitalism's global authority. Such an …

I Connect Therefore I Am: Connectivity And Networking In Bodies, Technologies, Communities, And Selves, Anthony Lambert

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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The notion of connection refers to both metaphorical and material practices informing our understandings of the flows of energy and information within human bodies, communities, geographies, and technological networks. Cranny-Francis offers a definition of connection which accounts for the term's significance in the contexts of both Cultural Studies and multimedia literacy:

It refers to the ways in which texts generate meanings through their relationship with other texts, to the development of multimedia technologies that are characterized by their connectivity (the web, the net), and to the ways in which meanings are generated crucially by the connection between texts …

Loran: Creating A Viable Backup For Gps, Gregory William Johnson

Open Access Dissertations

The FAA is currently leading a team consisting of members from Industry, Government, and Academia to evaluate the future of Loran-C in the United States as an alternative or backup to the Global Positioning System (GPS) as a national navigation system. For Loran-C to be considered a viable back-up system to GPS it is must be able to meet Required Navigational Performance accuracy requirements for aircraft Non-Precision Approach of 309m and Harbor Entrance and Approach accuracy requirements of 8-20m for the maritime community. Current Loran receivers which use a weighted least-squares solution to compute a position from Time of Arrival …

Hydrodynamics Of Marine Macroalgae: Biotic And Physical Determinants Of Drag, Michael Louis Boller

Open Access Dissertations

The drag generated by breaking waves is one of the primary determinants of the distribution and abundance of organisms in the wave-swept rocky intertidal. Drag on macroalgae is modified by three main biological factors: morphology, reconfiguration and the surrounding canopy. These studies investigated the interplay among these factors by defining a mechanistic model of reconfiguration, examining the effects of morphological and material variation on reconfiguration, and measuring the effects of the canopy on hydrodynamic forces in situ. In Manuscript I, reconfiguration in Chondrus crispus was examined by direct measurement of changes in size, shape, and drag of individuals in a …

The Impact Of A Parasitic Gill Copepod On The Demography Of A Reef Fish Host, Rachel Jeanne Mahr Petrik-Finley

Open Access Dissertations

I examined the demographic impacts of the parasitic copepod Pharodes tortugensis that infects the gill cavities of small reef-associated fish. Laboratory and observational field studies were used to address questions concerning the distribution of the parasite in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), the physical damage and differences in body condition, growth and mortality caused by the parasite. Transmission of the parasite in a free living host population was examined using spatial analysis. P. tortugensis was found infecting three congeneric gobies in the BVI: bridled gobies, Coryphopterus glaucofraenum, colon gobies, C. dicrus, and palid gobies, C. eidolon. During 2001-2004, the parasite …

The Influence Of Geomorphic Setting On Ground Water Denitrification In Forested Riparian Wetlands, Dorothy Q. N. Kellogg

Open Access Dissertations

Riparian wetlands are potentially significant landscape features for controlling groundwater nitrate export to surface waters. Reach- and watershed-scale variability hinder efforts to predict riparian denitrification potential and manage riparian zones based on functional assessments. Groundwater denitrification is influenced by the presence of subsurface carbon and by flow paths. Of the three major geomorphic settings of glaciated regions (glacial till, glacial outwash, and alluvium), outwash and alluvium were considered. Riparian wetlands situated in outwash and alluvium are frequently characterized by low-gradient, deep, stratified sediments transmitting high groundwater fluxes, with considerable retention times possible. Research objectives were to (1) compare the vertical …

Women's Marital Surname Choice And The Rhetorical Act, Mary-Rebecca Ebeling

Open Access Master's Theses

This study was undertaken to determining whether surname choice of women who kept their name after marriage was a rhetorical choice. Five women provided a written narrative of their choice to retain their birth surname upon marriage. Investigators aimed to determine themes present in the narratives provided, and compare them to themes identified in previous studies. Analysis revealed evidence that the choice to keep their names was a rhetorical choice. Underlying this choice was the intent to be perceived as independent women with personal and professional identities. Pride in cultural and familial traditions was also apparent, as was a belief …

Research Implications In The Prevention Of Child Abuse And Neglect, Jeanette Harder

Social Work Faculty Publications

Child abuse and neglect is a problem of vast proportions. Research on the effectiveness of child abuse and neglect prevention programs is critical for the provision of effective and efficient services. This paper provides a critical analysis of the research methodologies on child abuse and neglect prevention programs at the secondary and tertiary levels, as represented in the empirical literature. The paper begins by outlining the levels of prevention, and by describing child abuse and neglect prevention programs, as published in the empirical literature. This paper then goes on to describe and analyze the research conducted on these programs, to …

Stephen Neill, Missions, And The Ecumenical Movement, Dyron Daughrity

All Faculty Open Access Publications

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The State Of Play, Beth Simone Noveck

NYLS Law Review

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Virtual Worldliness: What The Imaginary Asks Of The Real, Dr. Richard A. Bartle

NYLS Law Review

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How Online Games May Change The Law And Legally Significant Institutions, David R. Johnson

NYLS Law Review

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Law And Liberty In Virtual Worlds, Jack M. Balkin

NYLS Law Review

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Escaping The Gilded Cage: User Created Content And Building The Metaverse, Cory Ondrejka

NYLS Law Review

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Introduction, Richard A. Matasar, Cameron Stracher

NYLS Law Review

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Process Reengineering And Legal Education: An Essay On Daring To Think Differently, Karen Gross

NYLS Law Review

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The Rise And Fall Of American Legal Education, Richard A. Matasar

NYLS Law Review

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Reflections On The Essential Role Of Legal Scholarship In Advancing Causes Of Citizen Groups, Nadine Strossen

NYLS Law Review

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The Use And Abuse Of Social Science In The Same-Sex Marriage Debate, Stephen A. Newman

NYLS Law Review

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Innocence And The Sopranos, Seth D. Harris

NYLS Law Review

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Bad Writing: Some Thoughts On The Abuse Of Scholarly Rhetoric, Jethro K. Lieberman

NYLS Law Review

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Social Citizen As “Guest Worker”: A Comment On Identities Of Immigrants And The Working Poor, Frank W. Munger

NYLS Law Review

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Suing Amy: A Love Story, Cameron Stracher

NYLS Law Review

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Cancellation Of Debt And Other Incidental Items Of Income: Puritan Tax Rules In The U.S., Richard C.E. Beck

NYLS Law Review

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Democratizing Capital: The History, Law, And Reform Of The Community Reinvestment Act, Richard D. Marsico

NYLS Law Review

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