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A Performer's Guide To Jake Heggie's "The Deepest Desire: Four Meditations On Love", Alanna Keenan Jan 2009

A Performer's Guide To Jake Heggie's "The Deepest Desire: Four Meditations On Love", Alanna Keenan

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

American composer Jake Heggie (b. 1961) gained recognition in 2000 with the premiere of his first opera Dead Man Walking. The success of this musical composition led to subsequent commissions from opera companies across the United States. In 2007, Heggie’s most recent opera, Four Decembers, premiered at the Houston Grand Opera. Heggie is currently working on another opera, Moby Dick, for the Dallas Opera and it is scheduled to premiere in 2010. Although much attention has been given to his operatic compositions, Heggie has also achieved critical success for his songs and song cycles. In 2002, Heggie’s song cycle The …

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A Companion To Hume: Book Review, Eva Dadlez Jan 2009

A Companion To Hume: Book Review, Eva Dadlez

Religion in the Age of Enlightenment

Blackwell's fortieth Companion to Philosophy is a splendid and long-overdue Companion to Hume, expertly pulled together by Elizabeth Radcliffe, a former editor of the journal Hume Studies. Although the Blackwell Companions are promoted as a student reference series, this particular volume is clearly of considerable value to serious scholars as well and probably accessible only to advanced students with a strong philosophical background.

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The Patterns Of Missionary Work And Emigration In Early Victorian Buckinghamshire, England, 1849–1878, Ronald E. Bartholomew Jan 2009

The Patterns Of Missionary Work And Emigration In Early Victorian Buckinghamshire, England, 1849–1878, Ronald E. Bartholomew

BYU Studies

Latter-day Saint missionaries from America began proselyting in Buckinhamshire, England, in the 1840s and established the first branches of the Church here in 1849, but they did not experience the same dramatic successes their colleagues encountered in other regions of the British Isles.

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Learning The Five Lessons Of Youtube: After Trying To Teach There, I Don't Believe The Hype, Alexandra Juhasz Jan 2009

Learning The Five Lessons Of Youtube: After Trying To Teach There, I Don't Believe The Hype, Alexandra Juhasz

Publications and Research

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The Industrial Sublime, Stephen Tuttle Jan 2009

The Industrial Sublime, Stephen Tuttle

Inscape

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A Political Turn: Highways And Mass Transit In American Mobility History, Michael R. Fein Ph.D. Jan 2009

A Political Turn: Highways And Mass Transit In American Mobility History, Michael R. Fein Ph.D.

Humanities Department Faculty Publications & Research

Mark Rose’s Interstate: Express Highway Politics (1979) and Bruce Seely’s Building the American Highway System: Engineers as Policy Makers (1987) signaled the opening of U.S. highway politics as a field for sustained scholarly investigation. In Interstate, Rose examined the political competition among interest groups, such as truck operators, that produced the landmark 1956 highway legislation. Seely’s focus was the road engineers themselves, led by Thomas MacDonald, whose uncanny ability to present themselves as ‘apolitical’ experts paradoxically allowed them to dominate the highly politicized drafting of the main contours of American highway policy. Together these two texts opened a range of …

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Ellen Glasgow: The “'Feminine' Façade” And The “'Masculine' Mind", Ashley Quaye Andrews Lear Jan 2009

Ellen Glasgow: The “'Feminine' Façade” And The “'Masculine' Mind", Ashley Quaye Andrews Lear

Humanities & Communication - Daytona Beach

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Better Living Through Reality Tv: Television And Post-Welfare Citizenship [Book Review], Marc A. Ouellette Jan 2009

Better Living Through Reality Tv: Television And Post-Welfare Citizenship [Book Review], Marc A. Ouellette

English Faculty Publications

The very first thing I can say about Better Living Through Reality TV: Television and Post-Welfare Citizenship is that I cannot wait for the authors to consider adding a Canadian version – more on that later – since they include British reality shows. Admittedly, many of these last shows have been successful enough to lead to Americanized versions. In considering reality television, the Laurie Ouellette (no known relation) and James Hay seem to sacrifice one of the oldest, and currently largely underexamined as such, varieties of the reality television, the game show. This is not to say that "new" game …

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Yellow Fever And Huntsville, David Byers Jan 2009

Yellow Fever And Huntsville, David Byers

Huntsville Historical Review

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Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society Jan 2009

Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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History Of The Development Of Monte Sano, James B. Hill Jr. Jan 2009

History Of The Development Of Monte Sano, James B. Hill Jr.

Huntsville Historical Review

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A Hoosier In The Heart Of Dixie, Ken Carpenter Jan 2009

A Hoosier In The Heart Of Dixie, Ken Carpenter

Huntsville Historical Review

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The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2009, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society Jan 2009

The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2009, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.

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[Review Of] The Elvis Encyclopedia, Robert A. Aken Jan 2009

[Review Of] The Elvis Encyclopedia, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

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Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior To Southern Redeemer, By Rod Andrew, Jr., Fritz Hamer Jan 2009

Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior To Southern Redeemer, By Rod Andrew, Jr., Fritz Hamer

Faculty and Staff Publications

A review of Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer, by Rod Andrew, Jr.

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The Significance Of Salahoen And Kaikaeo In Lilit Phra Lo, Cholada Ruengruglikit Jan 2009

The Significance Of Salahoen And Kaikaeo In Lilit Phra Lo, Cholada Ruengruglikit

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

This paper examines the underlying meanings of salahoen, flying betel nut, and kaikaeo, the beautiful wild rooster, in "Lilit Phra Lo" or "The Tale of King Lo". "Salahoen" and "kaikaeo" are usually considered magical items sent by Pu Chao Saming Phrai, the Green Mountain Guardian, to aid Princess Phuean and Princess Phaeng in fulfilling their desire of acquiring King Lo's love. By using an anthropological approach, this study suggests that the "salahoen" might be an ordinary betel nut. It is a symbol of the princesses' love for King Lo, their invitation and gestures of warm welcome. As soon as King …

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Berkeley's Cartesian Account Of Volitional Causation, Genevieve Migely Jan 2009

Berkeley's Cartesian Account Of Volitional Causation, Genevieve Migely

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Although the heart of Berkeley's philosophy is active substance, some argue that Berkeley's notion of causation precludes human agency, an undesirable result for Berkeley. In the hope of securing the ontological status of finite substance in Berkeley's metaphysics, this paper seeks to offer a rather different take on the Cartesian influence supporting Berkeley's views on the causal efficacy of human spirits. After demonstrating the possibility of a Malebranchian occasionalism in light of Berkeley's views on necessary connection, a close examination of Berkeley's works reveals his real stance on what type of connection counts as causal. Employing Descartes's divinely-established natural connection …

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His Majesty The King And The New Development Code, Prawase Wasi Jan 2009

His Majesty The King And The New Development Code, Prawase Wasi

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

This paper explores the idea that just as genetic code characterizes life, development code characterizes society. The author draws a comparison between the mainstream or "Western" development code and the "new," more holistic one, as evident in His Majesty King Bhumibol's development plans. He then examines HM the King's "Self Sufficiency Economy" and demonstrates how this new model of development can effectively and positively change the dynamics within the society.

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The Application Of Global Grammar Theory To Locative And Directional Structures In Chinese, Thai And English, Chanyaporn Parinyavottichai Jan 2009

The Application Of Global Grammar Theory To Locative And Directional Structures In Chinese, Thai And English, Chanyaporn Parinyavottichai

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

This paper employs the Global Grammar theory to analyze locative and directional phrases in Mandarin, Thai and English. I use translation-equivalent sentences from Mandarin, English, and Thai to illustrate the relation between the global grammar and its derived regional grammars and to show how the translation-equivalent sentences can become partly similar and partly dissimilar to each other. This paper also shows how a language teacher of Mandarin Chinese can effectively use the relation between the Global grammar and particular grammars to help students whose native language is English and Thai to learn the syntax and semantics of any Chinese sentence.

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Discourse Of Femininity In Advertisements In Thai Health And Beauty Magazines, Siriporn Phakdeephasook Jan 2009

Discourse Of Femininity In Advertisements In Thai Health And Beauty Magazines, Siriporn Phakdeephasook

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

This paper aims to analyse the discourse of femininity in advertisements for products and services for women published in Thai health and beauty magazines by adopting a Critical Discourse Analysis approach. The research questions are: 1) what is the ideology of femininity represented in these advertisements? And 2) what are the linguistic strategies used for representing these ideological concepts? It is found that these advertisements convey an ideology of 'desirable women' which consists of three related concepts. 1) Desirable features for women include slim and slender figure; youthful appearance; white, clear, and radiant skin; large, firm, and shapely bust; and …

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The Use Of Journals To Develop Grammatical Accuracy In Writing, Walaipun Puengpipattrakul Jan 2009

The Use Of Journals To Develop Grammatical Accuracy In Writing, Walaipun Puengpipattrakul

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

The researcher proposes, in this paper, her action research with a quasi quantitative and qualitative design, to provide some important insights into the use of journal writing as a means to improve grammatical accuracy of first-year university Thai undergraduates with no prior exposure to journal writing in English. The data on the undergraduates' grammatical accuracy were analyzed through their journal entries covering both dialogue-journaling and process-writing entries, while their opinions of journal entries and grammatical accuracy were obtained through their dialogue journaling entries and interview responses. Findings are discussed, and recommendations for future research are made. It is also hoped …

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Book Review Paul H. Kratoska, Remco Raben, And Henk Schulte Nordholt (Eds.). 2005. Locating Southeast Asia: Geographies Of Knowledge And Politics Of Space. Singapore: Singapore University Press., Chuleeporn Virunha Jan 2009

Book Review Paul H. Kratoska, Remco Raben, And Henk Schulte Nordholt (Eds.). 2005. Locating Southeast Asia: Geographies Of Knowledge And Politics Of Space. Singapore: Singapore University Press., Chuleeporn Virunha

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

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Change In The Standard Thai High Tone: An Acoustic Study, Phanintra Teeranon, Rungwimol Rungrojsuwan Jan 2009

Change In The Standard Thai High Tone: An Acoustic Study, Phanintra Teeranon, Rungwimol Rungrojsuwan

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Standard Thai tones are divided into two categories; namely, level tones (mid tone, low tone, and high tone) and contour tones (falling tone and rising tone). The Thai high tone was found to have changed its height and shape between the years 1911 and 2006 (Bradley 1911; Abramson 1962; Tumtavitikul 1992; Moren and Zsiga 2006). The tone changed its shape from mid falling (1911) to high level (1962), and then to mid rising (2006). This study attempts to show that the high tone in Standard Thai is changing its phonetic characteristics from high level to mid rising. The informants were …

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The Development Of Syntactic Complexity In Thai Children's Narratives, Suthasinee Piyapasuntra Jan 2009

The Development Of Syntactic Complexity In Thai Children's Narratives, Suthasinee Piyapasuntra

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

This article aims to present two essential points. Firstly, syntactic complexity value is an indicator of language development of children, especially in relation to narratives due to maturation and increased cognitive development. Secondly, complexity is measurable and assessable. This article argues that syntactic complexity as numerically measured has benefits for studying the close development of children in different age groups in which differences of language pattern and innovation may not be readily discerned. In order for a more accurate comparison between different age groups, the information employed was narratives of Thai children in the CHILDES database, Thai Frog Story series. …

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A Historical Pragmatic Study Of Apologies: A Case Study Of The Essex Pauper Letters (1731-1837), Krisda Chaemsaithong Jan 2009

A Historical Pragmatic Study Of Apologies: A Case Study Of The Essex Pauper Letters (1731-1837), Krisda Chaemsaithong

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

In this paper, the realizations of apologies as evidenced in the Essex pauper letters of 19th century England are explored. The paper takes a critical look at the forms and functions of apologies, arguing that apologies in such texts are conventionalized in form. Taking into consideration the social norms of writing specific to this speech community, the study makes a distinction between two main functions of apologies and argues that apologies under scrutiny are not a politeness device that repairs and redresses an offence; rather, they exemplify a politic behavior that helps in the negotiation of interpersonal relationships and the …

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A Study Of English Communication Strategies Of Thai University Students, Suttinee Chuanchaisit, Kanchana Prapphal Jan 2009

A Study Of English Communication Strategies Of Thai University Students, Suttinee Chuanchaisit, Kanchana Prapphal

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Thai students appear to have problems communicating in English as a second language, especially students of low ability. This may be caused not only by the lack of basic grammar and vocabulary but also by deficiency in the use of appropriate communication strategies. Low-ability students experience difficulties in selecting the most appropriate strategies for many communicative contexts. This study aims to obtain empirical data on the types of communication strategies that low-ability students select which may affect their oral communication abilities. Three hundred Thai university students participated in the initial part of this study, 100 of whom were randomly selected …

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Book Review Leech, Geoffrey, Marianne Hundt, Christian Mair And Nicholas Smith. 2009. Change In Contemporary English: A Grammatical Study. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., Amara Prasithrathsint Jan 2009

Book Review Leech, Geoffrey, Marianne Hundt, Christian Mair And Nicholas Smith. 2009. Change In Contemporary English: A Grammatical Study. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., Amara Prasithrathsint

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

No abstract provided.

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The Author In Edward Said's Orientalism: The Question Of Agency, Phrae Chittiphalangsri Jan 2009

The Author In Edward Said's Orientalism: The Question Of Agency, Phrae Chittiphalangsri

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Edward W. Said's Orientalism has long been celebrated for its ground-breaking analysis of the encounters between Western Orientalists and the Orient as a form of 'othering' representation. The success, undeniably, owes much to the use of Foucauldian discourse as a core methodology in Said's theorisation of Orientalism which allows Said to refer to the massive corpus of Orientalist writings as a form of Orientalist discourse and a representation of the East. However, the roles of Orientalist authors tend to be reduced to mere textual labels in a greater Orientalist discourse, in spite of the fact that Said attempts to give …

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"The Murderer Of Bangkhunphrom": The Semi-Colonial Siam And Its Early Literary Adaptations, Thosaeng Chaochuti Jan 2009

"The Murderer Of Bangkhunphrom": The Semi-Colonial Siam And Its Early Literary Adaptations, Thosaeng Chaochuti

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

It has been widely acknowledged that translation played an important role in the process of colonization. Colonizers often used it to reinforce their hegemony over the colonized who, in turn, employed it to encourage either submission to or resistance of that hegemony. Focusing on Vajiravudh's translation, or more precisely adaptation, of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," this article illustrates how the story reflects not only the desire to be civilized like Westerners but also the strategies that the Siamese elite employed in order to achieve the trappings of civilization, namely the construction of a primitive Other …

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The Anxieties Of The Silent Colonial Discourse In The Sheik, Omar Moumni Jan 2009

The Anxieties Of The Silent Colonial Discourse In The Sheik, Omar Moumni

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

In this paper I examine the Orientalist discourse of the silent movie The Sheik and its contribution to the cultural construction of the Western empire. I argue that despite the orientalizing representation of the Arab "other," this discourse fails to complete its mission and hence problematizes the cultural identity of the sheik. The movie focuses on the sheik as a villainous Arab whose identity, as the film develops, is revealed to be of European origin. This hybridity problematizes the colonial identitarian discourse, reflects cultural anxieties intrinsic to the West and disrupts the colonial dream of conquering and dominating the "other."

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