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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
A Thematic Analysis Of The Material Culture Of Artwork Using Knit As An Artistic Medium, Rebecca Elaine Schuiling
A Thematic Analysis Of The Material Culture Of Artwork Using Knit As An Artistic Medium, Rebecca Elaine Schuiling
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
This study provides insight and understanding into the artists who use knit as a medium to create art. In a historical context, knitting has had very specific purposes. Gradually, knits and knitting played an important role in a political sense at various points in history. Handcrafts in general surface as the focal point in several art movements. Knitting was included in only scant amounts within these art movements. The reasons for this are explored and illuminated in this thesis. I provide specific examples of contemporary artists who utilize knit materials as a medium, focusing on four pieces of artwork: City …
Transatlantic Intimacies: The Homoerotic Affect Worlds Of Nineteenth-Century Print Culture, Melissa R. Pompili
Transatlantic Intimacies: The Homoerotic Affect Worlds Of Nineteenth-Century Print Culture, Melissa R. Pompili
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
The thesis argues that during the late-nineteenth century, an alternative means of same-sex erotic communication was conceived of in transatlantically published American and British künstlerroman novels written by female authors. This alternative discourse was communicated affectively to initiated readers by way of metaphorical descriptions of painting, music, accompanying illustrations, and photography, and these novels all participate in the work of moving non-normative sexuality into the public sphere at the turn of the century. Through readings of works by Kate Chopin, Julia Magruder, and Amy Levy, the thesis explores the ways that these affective interactions were constructed, and the manner in …
The Power Of Belief: Innocents And Innocence In Children's Fantasy Fiction, Haley Elizabeth Atkinson
The Power Of Belief: Innocents And Innocence In Children's Fantasy Fiction, Haley Elizabeth Atkinson
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
The power of belief is a reoccurring theme in fantasy fiction for children and young adults. Oftentimes such belief merely affects the internal make-up of children or child-likecharacters,giving them the confidence that they need to act upon the world, but at other times belief acts to magically impose an imagined reality onto a physical reality. Fairies are brought back from thedead, destinies are divined through a golden compass, phantom stags lead the way to hidden swords. This thesis explores the power of belief and its associations with the innocence of childhood as found in J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and Wendy …
Locating Linguistic Power Relationships: A Glimpse Into Transnational Feminist Dialogue Through Comparison Of Major Feminist Publications In The Us And China (2000-2012), Shuli Han
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Does the use of English as a universal language in the transnational feminist dialogue empower women globally? In what way does English shape the flow of conversation by circulating some feminist knowledge while neglecting others? Through conducting content analysis research on major feminist publications in both China and the US, this thesis probes the limitations of English as “Lingua Franca” through comparing authors, topics, and the use of references in the Collections of Women’s Studies (CWS), the most prestigious feminist journal in China, with Signs, one of the core feminist journals in the US. Through the comparison …
The Effects Of Study Abroad: An Emu Case Study, Zachary Blasdel Blackwell
The Effects Of Study Abroad: An Emu Case Study, Zachary Blasdel Blackwell
Senior Honors Theses and Projects - World Languages
No abstract provided.
Heroes, Saints, And Gods: Foundation Legends And Propaganda In Ancient And Renaissance Rome, Danielle L. Marsh
Heroes, Saints, And Gods: Foundation Legends And Propaganda In Ancient And Renaissance Rome, Danielle L. Marsh
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
The paper investigates the way in which Roman leaders, during the classical and Renaissance periods, used foundation myths as a form of persona l propaganda. It shows that men like Julius Caesar used the supposed founders of the city to promote their own claims to power through art and architecture. It not only explains how men like Augustus would build upon this by including not only the city’s founders, but also Caesar to legitimize their own claims though art, architecture, and literature. And final ly, it provides a look into how the princes of the Renaissance—especially the papal princes—took ancient, …
Event Horizon, Samuel Joshua
Event Horizon, Samuel Joshua
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Event Horizon depicts a spectacular and somewhat violent cosmic light display. This piece uses compositional techniques championed by composers such as Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemith. These techniques include use of linear tonality, limited pitch collections, split thirds and non-functional triads, contrasting sections of tension and repose, chromatic consonance, and directional lines that move toward prepared pitches. Such techniques make it possible to maintain a relatively tonal language while not relying heavily on traditional harmonic progression. Event Horizon is written for full orchestra, including one piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, …
The Ottoman Empire In The First World War: A Rational Disaster, Matthew David Penix
The Ottoman Empire In The First World War: A Rational Disaster, Matthew David Penix
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
The Ottoman Empire's entry into the First World War in October 1914 represents a break in over a century of diplomacy in the Middle East. Previous study of late Ottoman politics has focused more upon the European states with imperial interests in the Middle East and has not adequately explained why the weak Ottoman state decided to enter the war. This study utilizes both British and German diplomatic documents, along with published secondary works, to reframe the Ottoman entry into the war in a way that highlights Ottoman agency and illuminates the internal and external constraints faced by Ottoman statesmen. …
Matriarchy, The Colonial Situation, And The Women's War Of 1929 In Southeastern Nigeria, Samantha Mallory Kies
Matriarchy, The Colonial Situation, And The Women's War Of 1929 In Southeastern Nigeria, Samantha Mallory Kies
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
This study examines the Igbo women of Southeastern Nigeria from the eve of colonial intrusion to the imposition of colonialism, the Women’s War of 1929, and its aftermath. By placing the Women’s War into the context of the stripping away of inherent rights guaranteed them by matriarchy following the imposition of patriarchy upon the society, this study provides a new explanation of the women’s involvement and lack of male participation in the war. Under traditional matriarchal umbrellas, through their networks and social groups and by the banding together of all women, the Igbo Women’s War of 1929 was the beginning …
Federally Funded Art In The United States: Government Actions In Response To Controversy, Abby Lauren Kalbfleisch
Federally Funded Art In The United States: Government Actions In Response To Controversy, Abby Lauren Kalbfleisch
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
This study documents controversies that have arisen from federally funded art programs and organizations and explores the actions taken by the government and changes made to public policy in the wake of said controversies. These actions include (1) requiring matching funding from other entities, (2) reorganization of programs, changing names of programs, and/or the elimination of programs, (3) oaths/pledges from artists/arts organizations, (4) the denial of funding, (5) the delegation of responsibility/requiring advising panels, and (6) the change or destruction of art. This paper focuses on two federal agencies: the Federal One Program of the Works Progress Administration (1935- 1943) …
Chthonic Powers: T.S. Eliot And H.P. Lovecraft, Charles Elliott
Chthonic Powers: T.S. Eliot And H.P. Lovecraft, Charles Elliott
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
As Far As The Laws Of Great Britain Permit: The Effect Of British Imperialism On French Canada, And Its Effect On The American Revolution, Aaron Luedtke
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
Gertrude's Role In Hamlet, Emily Graf
Gertrude's Role In Hamlet, Emily Graf
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
Typically, Gertrude's character in productions of Hamlet has been limited by her guilt and sexuality. However, lacking the social and political conventions that confined Elizabethan England, it would seem that there is another possible interpretation of Hamlet's mother.
Existential Phenomenology's Role In Understanding Minority Cynicism In The American Legal System, Layla Garcia-Brown
Existential Phenomenology's Role In Understanding Minority Cynicism In The American Legal System, Layla Garcia-Brown
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
This paper will discuss the cynicism many people of color have toward the American legal system by using the intersections between existential philosophy, Africana philosophy, black existentialism and phenomenology. This paper will explore the cynicism and lack of trust held by many American minorities toward the American legal and judicial systems primarily through the lenses of philosophy, but additionally, the disciplines of: psychology, political science, criminology and sociology will also be discussed as they are vital and unavoidable disciplines to the discussion. Therefore, the methodology of this paper is intersectionality, meaning that all of the above systems as well as …
Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog, 2013-2014, Office Of The Registrar
Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog, 2013-2014, Office Of The Registrar
Undergraduate Catalogs
No abstract provided.
Eastern Michigan University Graduate Catalog, 2013-2014, Office Of The Registrar
Eastern Michigan University Graduate Catalog, 2013-2014, Office Of The Registrar
Graduate Catalogs
No abstract provided.
Seeing The Unseen: Underrepresented Groups In Prime-Time Television, Cherese E. Colston
Seeing The Unseen: Underrepresented Groups In Prime-Time Television, Cherese E. Colston
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
Television is considered America's No. 1 pastime, occupying an average of four hours and 39 minutes of a person's time every day (Stelter, 2008). A majority of viewers are tuned in during prime time to live vicariously through their favorite fictional characters who reflect friends, family or even themselves. However, is prime-time television really representing everyone? The purpose of this study is to discover whether a media format as influential as TV reflects the people of the United States. This will be accomplished through coding the prime-time programing on major broadcast networks ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and the CW.
Integrating Cell Phones As Technology In The High School English Classroom, Kimaya Shanell Hudgins
Integrating Cell Phones As Technology In The High School English Classroom, Kimaya Shanell Hudgins
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
Educators are beginning to work with students whose lives have been immersed in the 22st century media culture. Many of these tools include cell phones, game consoles, laptops, iPads, handheld game devices and television, just to indicate a few. This growing technology has been used mainly for enteltainment purposes by the 21st century student and seen by others, especially educators, as a detriment to education and the intellectual abilities of these students. This paper describes the potential uses of Short Message Service otherwise known as text messaging in the high school English classroom, particularly how it might encourage …
Taboo Lexeme Conditioning And Obscenities In American English, Alexander Werny
Taboo Lexeme Conditioning And Obscenities In American English, Alexander Werny
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Taboo Lexeme Conditioning refers to the neurological, psychological, and sociological conditioning required during lexical acquisition for a native speaker to treat or experience certain lexemes as highly taboo. Taboo words differentiate both neurologically from non-emotional or non-taboo lexemes, and lexically person to person, in at least 4 ways: 1) they exhibit high activity in the emotional and moral processing structures of the limbic system, and can activate, or be uttered, independently of cortical structures involved in propositional language processing; 2) they generally receive a high amount of negative emotional response during lexical acquisition and subsequent usage, which affects how they …
To Play Or Not To Play: Using Drama As An Effective Pedagogical Tool To Teach Literature, Maeve Devlin
To Play Or Not To Play: Using Drama As An Effective Pedagogical Tool To Teach Literature, Maeve Devlin
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
The Virtual Watercooler: Influences Of Political Comedy On Social Media Discussion, Andrew Abad
The Virtual Watercooler: Influences Of Political Comedy On Social Media Discussion, Andrew Abad
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
With the emergence of social media activity as a daily phenomenon for most Americans, online users are becoming greater consumers of political information, and are choosing to share that information through social media outlets. A virtual "watercooler effect" is created, in the form of online political debates and arguments. This study examines the connection between viewers of political comedy programmings (television shows like The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report) and political discussion on social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter. Using a survey of EMU undergraduate students that measures political efficacy and media habits, …