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Where Feet Are As Light As Feathers (A World Of Things), Katie Zickefoose May 2013

Where Feet Are As Light As Feathers (A World Of Things), Katie Zickefoose

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

Where feet are as light as feathers (a world of things) is a combination of 2D work including painting, drawing, and prints, in conjunction with a written monograph that supports and gives insight into the work. Through a series of short stories, both fictional and nonfictional, fleeting thoughts, as well as research in critical theory and art history, I make connections between my art, my process, and my own earthly living.

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A Stylistic Analysis And Performance Guide To Selected Compositions Of Dave Douglas For The Tiny Bell Trio, Taylor Roy Barnett May 2013

A Stylistic Analysis And Performance Guide To Selected Compositions Of Dave Douglas For The Tiny Bell Trio, Taylor Roy Barnett

Dissertations, 2014-2019

The purpose of this research document is to aid the trumpeter in the preparation and performance of selected compositions by Dave Douglas for the Tiny Bell Trio. This document consists of (1) stylistic analysis, which addresses Douglas’ adaptation of Balkan folk forms in his original compositions and (2) a performance guide, which includes edited scores and trumpet parts, transcriptions and analyses of Douglas’ improvisations, discussions of performance practices of the Tiny Bell Trio, and suggestions for solving the technical challenges presented by each piece. The information contained in this document is drawn from Douglas’ original manuscripts and composition sketchbooks, recorded …

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Pedagogical Use Of Cinematic Imagery In Augusta Read Thomas's Piano Etudes, Luis Bernardo Gonzalez May 2013

Pedagogical Use Of Cinematic Imagery In Augusta Read Thomas's Piano Etudes, Luis Bernardo Gonzalez

Dissertations, 2014-2019

This document is a study of Augusta Read Thomas’s piano études from the point of view of mood and atmosphere. These expressive aspects of Thomas’s piano pieces spring out from both the descriptive titles and from the suggestive piano writing. The music analysis of Thomas’s piano études utilizes cinema art as a means to elaborate on musical imagery, based on the cinema’s potential to convey mood and atmosphere. The crossroads between Thomas’s piano études and cinema art affords to create a pedagogical tool as a means for expressive and convincing performances of Thomas’s pieces.

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Marshall University Music Department Presents An American Composers Recital, Hosted By Phi Mu Alph Sinfonia, Zeta Eta Chapter, Marshall University May 2013

Marshall University Music Department Presents An American Composers Recital, Hosted By Phi Mu Alph Sinfonia, Zeta Eta Chapter, Marshall University

All Performances

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"We Long For A Home": American Discourses On Jewishness After The Second World War (1945-49), Samantha M. Bryant May 2013

"We Long For A Home": American Discourses On Jewishness After The Second World War (1945-49), Samantha M. Bryant

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

In 1939, the United States government denied the entry of German Jewish refugees traveling aboard the MS St. Louis into the country. Less than ten years later, President Harry S. Truman declared his support for the creation of a Jewish nation-state in Palestine, legitimizing his position based on war atrocities, genocide, and Jews’ right to self-determination. This project poses questions that seek to understand how U.S. foreign policy-shifts impacted American culture and postwar discourses on Jewishness in the age of Jim Crow between the years 1945 and 1949. This study illustrates the geopolitical forces impacting domestic social and political culture …

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The Wrong Track: Errors In American Tank Development In World War Ii, Jacob Fox May 2013

The Wrong Track: Errors In American Tank Development In World War Ii, Jacob Fox

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

American main battle tanks in the European Theater of World War II were technologically inferior to their German counterparts. Crews in the M4 Sherman tank thus suffered extreme casualties in the fight to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi Germany. This thesis contends that the U.S. Army had another tank available by the fall of 1944 that could have saved the lives of many American soldiers and might have also ended the war sooner than May 1945. The existing historiography fails to consider much of the records from the U.S. Army’s Ordnance Department about the development of this more advanced tank: …

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Citizens Of The Empire: A Molding Of Victorian Childhood Identity, Christopher B. Gallagher May 2013

Citizens Of The Empire: A Molding Of Victorian Childhood Identity, Christopher B. Gallagher

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

The Victorian Era in Great Britain was a time period of dramatic change. The Industrial Revolution was altering the social and economic fabric of society. Socially, Victorians were confronted with new theories that challenged their religious beliefs. The British Isles were progressing steadily in creating a national identity. Finally, the existence of the British Empire made imperialism a factor that cannot be ignored. Yet, many historians have pointed out that the history of the British metropole itself is often disconnected from the political and cultural history of the Empire. It is within this conversation that this project seeks to find …

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Failure Of Imagination: Gender Integration And Negotiated Identities At The United States Air Force Academy, Amelia Frances Underwood May 2013

Failure Of Imagination: Gender Integration And Negotiated Identities At The United States Air Force Academy, Amelia Frances Underwood

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

Public Law-106, which authorized the admittance of women into the five federal service academies, was historically significant as it reversed the previous male-only policy at the nation’s premier military leadership institutions. Its 1975 passage reflected the groundwork established by military women as well as two decades of feminist activism in America. The entrance of women at the service academies clearly challenged the existing norms for women’s roles in the military and arguably in American society as well; furthermore, an analysis of primary source documents and oral histories provides insight into how men and women at the Air Force Academy confronted …

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Artistic Influence, Stylistic Irony, And Musical Reference In Dmitri Shostakovich’S Cello Concerto No. 1, Ryan Michael Hoffman May 2013

Artistic Influence, Stylistic Irony, And Musical Reference In Dmitri Shostakovich’S Cello Concerto No. 1, Ryan Michael Hoffman

Dissertations, 2014-2019

This paper examines Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, opus 107, as an exemplary work of the composer. In order to attempt a holistic understanding of the piece, I approached it in several ways. First, I examined the influence of several composers, including Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev, and especially Mahler. Mahler’s influence is most significant in the juxtaposition of incongruous elements, often to ironic effect. My second major topic of interest is in harmonic processes particular to Shostakovich. His use of harmony is unique in the way it successfully avoids traditional tonal processes while remaining accessible and engaging to the listener. My …

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A Comparison Study Of The Use Of Paper Versus Digital Textbooks By Undergraduate Students, James W. Johnson May 2013

A Comparison Study Of The Use Of Paper Versus Digital Textbooks By Undergraduate Students, James W. Johnson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Vocal Jazz In Concert, Graeme Aegerter, Grace Babbes, Marissa Bredice, Cassandra Coffman-Rapini, James Gaskin, Shayda Khorasani, Jordan Lemay, Kyla Mccarrel, Shana Munson, Janet Orsi, Hannah Pachman, Andrew Schmitt, Megan Sola-Guinto, Caroline Hawkins, Albert Alva, Nolan Pethren May 2013

Vocal Jazz In Concert, Graeme Aegerter, Grace Babbes, Marissa Bredice, Cassandra Coffman-Rapini, James Gaskin, Shayda Khorasani, Jordan Lemay, Kyla Mccarrel, Shana Munson, Janet Orsi, Hannah Pachman, Andrew Schmitt, Megan Sola-Guinto, Caroline Hawkins, Albert Alva, Nolan Pethren

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

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The Fragility Of Consensus: Public Reason, Diversity And Stability, John Thrasher, Kevin Vallier May 2013

The Fragility Of Consensus: Public Reason, Diversity And Stability, John Thrasher, Kevin Vallier

Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research

John Rawls's transition from A Theory of Justice to Political Liberalism was driven by his rejection of Theory's account of stability. The key to his later account of stability is the idea of public reason. We see Rawls's account of stability as an attempt to solve a mutual assurance problem. We maintain that Rawls's solution fails because his primary assurance mechanism, in the form of public reason, is fragile. His conception of public reason relies on a condition of consensus that we argue is unrealistic in modern, pluralistic democracies. After rejecting Rawls's conception of public reason, we offer an ‘indirect …

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Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 2708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 2708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2708. Handwritten memorandum and notes of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs relating to Emanie (Nahm) Sachs and her 1960 book A Pot With Feeling: Flower Paintings, With a Short Autobiography. Coombs compares the paintings in the book unfavorably with those of another local artist, and remarks critically on Emanie’s personality and motivation.

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Talbott, John Daniel, 1883-1950 (Sc 2707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Talbott, John Daniel, 1883-1950 (Sc 2707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2707. Letter, 27 October 1939, from J. Dan Talbott to “All Employees of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,” with lists of duties to be performed before and on Election Day, 7 November, including letter-writing, personal contacts, providing transportation to the polls, and handing out sample ballots. The letter urges every employee to “do his duty” to ensure election of the Democratic ticket in the state.

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East Meets West: The Impact Of British Novelists Upon Modern Arabic Fiction, Ghada D. Alghamdi May 2013

East Meets West: The Impact Of British Novelists Upon Modern Arabic Fiction, Ghada D. Alghamdi

Student Theses and Dissertations

Although Arabic literature has a rich heritage which exerted considerable influence upon the west, after the Middle Ages Arabic writers produced little in the way of prose fiction. When the printing press was introduced in Arabic-speaking countries in the nineteenth century, all that changed profoundly. Western novels like those of Scott, Dumas, Dickens and others were first translated into Arabic and then quickly imitated by writers like Zayin and Abu-Hadid. Although such novels were popular, their literary quality was often low. All of this changed in the middle of the twentieth century when authors like Al-Sibai, Idris and especially Mahfouz …

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Flute Studio Recital, Carmella Cao, Diane Correa, Brandon Denman, Christina Mchugh, Jamie Leigh O'Neil, Lindsay Testai, Kaitlynn Zigterman May 2013

Flute Studio Recital, Carmella Cao, Diane Correa, Brandon Denman, Christina Mchugh, Jamie Leigh O'Neil, Lindsay Testai, Kaitlynn Zigterman

Chamber Music Programs

Program listing performers and works performed.

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The Choral Music Of James E. Fritschel With A Conductor's Special Focus On The Preparation Of His Polychoral Compositions, Jennifer Vanderholm May 2013

The Choral Music Of James E. Fritschel With A Conductor's Special Focus On The Preparation Of His Polychoral Compositions, Jennifer Vanderholm

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, Student Creative Work, and Performances

Polychoral compositions have been present since the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Oftentimes, the polychoral compositions performed today are compositions written during these early musical periods. In the latter half of the twentieth century, James Erwin Fritschel (b. 1929) wrote polychoral compositions that match the level of difficulty and excitement of the early polychoral compositions of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Fritschel’s compositions have been celebrated by leading choral programs throughout the world, yet there is a notable lack of academic analysis of his works. The purpose of this document is to serve as a resource for …

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"Grande Finale" Spring Concert, David B. Weiller, Kanako Yamazaki, Barry Isbell May 2013

"Grande Finale" Spring Concert, David B. Weiller, Kanako Yamazaki, Barry Isbell

Choral Ensembles

Program listing performers and works performed.

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Serve The Ones Below: The Dramaturgy Of Sweeney Todd, Michael Hegarty May 2013

Serve The Ones Below: The Dramaturgy Of Sweeney Todd, Michael Hegarty

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a personal journey. My work on VCU’s production of SWEENEY TODD began in the Spring of 2012 when I came on board the production as dramaturg. Part of what is contained within is both an explanation of my dramaturgical research method as well as samples of the research I have compiled. However, my role was drastically changed in the Fall of 2012 when I was cast as the primary antagonist in the production. The thesis chronicles the rehearsal process as my role as dramaturg increasingly gave way to my role as actor. It attempts to answer the …

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Shockheaded Peter: A Junk Opera. Costume Design., J. Theresa Bush May 2013

Shockheaded Peter: A Junk Opera. Costume Design., J. Theresa Bush

Theses and Dissertations

My concept is rooted in the fairy tail land of the dark woods like so many other terrifying fairy tails from my youth. Shockheaded Peter, our boogie man, is of the trees. The blood of the rotten children feeds the trees in this concept for the marbles that fall from our children literally representing blood will flow down the rake, across tin gutters, and into a huge tin washbasin out of which grows our gnarly set tree, a gnarly knobby willow. Peter comes from this tree that is fed by the blood of children. I set my costumes in the …

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Limited War, Limited Enthusiasm: Sexuality, Disillusionment, Survival, And The Changing Landscape Of War Culture In Korean War-Era Comic Books And Soldier Iconography, Joshua K. Akers May 2013

Limited War, Limited Enthusiasm: Sexuality, Disillusionment, Survival, And The Changing Landscape Of War Culture In Korean War-Era Comic Books And Soldier Iconography, Joshua K. Akers

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

This thesis investigates how Korean War-era comic books and soldier-produced iconography between 1950 and 1953 reflected the conflict and helped construct ideal soldier masculinities. Differentiating between romantic, soldier-produced, and realist imagery, this thesis argues that comic books—traditionally treated as low-brow children’s literature—articulated diverse and sophisticated discussions about the nature of warfare and its impact on manhood. Soldiers and artists reflected a war that came on the heels of World War II, and the disillusionment expressed in these sources reflected a broader cultural conflict between representing World War II sentimentalism and the new, limited war in Korea. This struggle resulted in …

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Giant Ants And Killer Children: Fear And Popular Culture In 1950s America, Kathleen Elizabeth Ford May 2013

Giant Ants And Killer Children: Fear And Popular Culture In 1950s America, Kathleen Elizabeth Ford

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

This public history thesis consists of three main sections that combine to form a complete plan for a museum exhibit on 1950s American fears as seen through the lens of popular culture. In American popular memory, postwar America often emerges as a somewhat simplistic time in which every citizen was mired in conservatism and concerned only for communist spies and nuclear devastation. Though these were very real fears for the majority of the population, their fears also went much deeper than this. Through the museum exhibit medium, this thesis explores fears of loneliness, humanity’s capacity for evil, and societal collapse …

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Retaliation With Restraint: Destruction Of Private Property In The 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Jeannie Cummings Harding May 2013

Retaliation With Restraint: Destruction Of Private Property In The 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Jeannie Cummings Harding

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

The Second Shenandoah Valley Campaign in 1864 created new challenges for commanders, soldiers, and civilians on both sides. Pressure on General Grant and President Lincoln to end the war quickly precipitated an increase in the use and severity of hard war policies in the South. Meanwhile, Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early worked against his foe, implementing hard war in southern Pennsylvania in a desperate attempt to maintain his supply base in the Shenandoah Valley. Soldiers and civilians found themselves caught in the middle of an increasing cycle of destruction that they seemed to find equally demoralizing. Three towns suffered significant …

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A Culture Of Anatomy: The Public Writings Of American Anatomists, 1800-1870, Mary Patricia Schwanz May 2013

A Culture Of Anatomy: The Public Writings Of American Anatomists, 1800-1870, Mary Patricia Schwanz

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

This thesis examines the public writings of several American anatomists who wrote between the years 1800 and 1870. Anatomists and the public clashed over the proper place of anatomical knowledge and research in American society. Anatomists had to prove that their field of inquiry was both worthwhile and morally acceptable. In their attempts to do so, anatomists formed a distinct subculture separate from that of practicing physicians, as well as influenced the debate over anatomy's place within the medical field. Examining the public writings of American anatomists during this period provides insight into the ways in which this debate was …

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Lost Cause Campuses: Confederate Memory And Lost Cause Rituals At The University Of Mississippi And University Of Virginia, Jeffery Hardin Hobson May 2013

Lost Cause Campuses: Confederate Memory And Lost Cause Rituals At The University Of Mississippi And University Of Virginia, Jeffery Hardin Hobson

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

From the 1890s to the 1940s, students at southern college campuses, like most white southerners, participated in the Lost Cause movement. But these young men and women custom fitted the imagery, rhetoric, symbols, and ideals associated with the movement to better fit their campuses. These students, then, were actively participating in their own, indigenous, personalized Lost Cause rituals.

Confederate memory, and Old South mythologies permeated student publications. The pictures and stories that littered the pages of yearbooks, newspapers, and magazines took elements from the Lost Cause and customized them to reflect their own indigenous campus culture. At the University of …

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Anne Weston Mcgowan, Anne Mcgowan '76, Abigail Szunyogh 2014 May 2013

Anne Weston Mcgowan, Anne Mcgowan '76, Abigail Szunyogh 2014

All oral histories

Anne Weston McGowan graduated with a BA in English in 1976. She moved to Bloomington-Normal when her husband James joined the English Department faculty in 1969. Anne is a former Board member of the community organization Ecology Action Center (founded in 1971 and called Operation Recycle). She remains active in that and other community organizations.

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James Mcgowan, James Mcgowan, Elissa Ledvort 2013 May 2013

James Mcgowan, James Mcgowan, Elissa Ledvort 2013

All oral histories

James McGowan, Professor of English Emeritus, joined IWU's faculty in 1969 and retired in 2000. He and Anne (Class of 1976) remain active in the community. Dr. McGowan read his original poem commemorating the inauguration of IWU's 15th President Richard F. Wilson may be found at http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/wilson_inauguration/15

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Convocation, Edward Mendiola, Timothy Harpster, Bronson Foster, Angelica Colon, Min Jeong Seo May 2013

Convocation, Edward Mendiola, Timothy Harpster, Bronson Foster, Angelica Colon, Min Jeong Seo

Convocations

List performers and performances.

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Percussion Recital, Bronson Purdy, Kyle Bissantz, Luigi Ng, Chris Dye, Tom Shaefer May 2013

Percussion Recital, Bronson Purdy, Kyle Bissantz, Luigi Ng, Chris Dye, Tom Shaefer

Chamber Music Programs

Program listing performers and works performed.

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Junior Recital, Alejandro Rivera, Carlos Mata, John York, Manny Gamazo, Jarret Myers May 2013

Junior Recital, Alejandro Rivera, Carlos Mata, John York, Manny Gamazo, Jarret Myers

Junior Recitals

List of performers and performances.

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