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Telling Tales Of Conquest And Independence: Feminising (French) Algeria, Aoife Connolly

Books/Book Chapters

This chapter forms part of an inter-disciplinary collection on gender studies, discourses and identities. It examines feminised representations of Algeria and makes an important contribution to scholarship by tracing depictions of the territory as an indigenous female by both pro- and anti-colonial sides. It is also particularly innovative in its revelation of heretofore unexplored post-independence representations of Algeria as a white female by respected pied-noir (settler) authors – Alain Vircondelet, Jules Roy and Albert Camus.

Manzenreiter, W. And Holthus, B. (Eds.). Happiness And The Good Life In Japan. New York: Routledge, 2017., Ilana Maymind

Religious Studies Faculty Articles and Research

A review of W. Manzenreither's and B. Holthus' Happiness and the Good Life in Japan.

論《西遊記》中悟空與六耳獼猴之重像關係及其文本中之意蘊, Hung Wah, Anson Lau

Dissertations from all years

《西遊記》中，唐僧師徒四人往西天取經一路上遭受重重劫難。他們一行人的佛性在經歷一次次試鍊後得以昇華。當中最為奇特及對悟空最大的考驗當數“六耳獼猴＂之劫難，即第四十五難“再逐心猿”及第四十六難“難辨獼猴”。書中指悟空為“天產石猴”，乃以天為父、以地為母的自然之子，其存在具有唯一性。然而，文中偏偏出現了與悟空“同象同音”的六耳獼猴。他的出現甚為神秘，除如來以外，無人識得他類屬“混世四猴”中之“六耳獼猴”。可惜書中對六耳獼猴記載甚少；又有多處因限知敘事而產生情節空白，為後人留下不少疑點；同時亦鮮少有學術論文對六耳獼猴進行探討，故“《西遊記》中孫悟空與六耳獼猴的關係及其於文本中之意義”是個值得研究之課題。

本文將從三部分分析孫悟空與六耳獼猴之關係。第一部分著力分析孫悟空的“心魔” ——“六耳獼猴”的源起；第二部份將以《西遊記》（李卓吾評本）為本、《西遊補》為輔，解構悟空與六耳獼猴這對重像（Double）；第三部分將借西方心理學家榮格（Carl Gustav Jung）（1875-1961）有關“人格面具”（Persona）及“陰影”（Shadow）的理論，把六耳獼猴視作悟空人格面具下的陰影，從西方心理學的角度剖析文本，以此探討六耳獼猴和悟空的關係在文本之中的意蘊。

Servant Voices And Tales In The British Gothic Novel, 1764-1847, Reema Barlaskar

Wayne State University Dissertations

Servant Voices and Tales in the British Gothic Novel, 1764-1847 explores the intersectionality of class, race, and gender positions in the Gothic novel’s portrayal of lower-class identity, constructing an argument framed on the following questions: how do servant voices manifest in the marginal spaces surrounding the dominant narrative of rational discourse; in what ways do servants’ discourse resist and negotiate the narrative of individual experience; how do servants subvert dominant narratives; and what ideological implications do such subversions and resistance entail? The argument emphasizes servants’ discourse within the context of domestic ideology, and as a result, analyzes class, gender, and …

Ada News Convention Daily - 2017 Day 3, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

The ADA News Daily (also called the ADA News Convention Daily) is a special edition of the ADA News published each day during American Dental Association Annual Sessions.

On The Cover: Artist's Statement For Portrait Of Mental Illness, Kristin Donato

The Graduate Review

This body of artwork uses 3D forms to visualize the impact of mental illness. Altered forms of cast heads and personal stories depicted through artist books examines how mental illness affects those suffering from an illness, as well as those acting as support systems.

Death With Raindrops, Mark J. Aitchison

The Graduate Review

My story is about the final hours in the life of the Brazilian social activist and rubber, Chico Mendes, before he was assassinated on December 22, 1988. Even before I moved to Brazil in 1992–and got married and started a tour business there–I was hugely interested in the Amazon and its history and exploration. And what student of Amazonian culture hasn’t heard of Chico Mendes? He was what really inspired me to start traveling to the Amazon to see what I could perhaps do to help save the rainforest. My story is an humble effort to show the strength of …

A Portrait Of Mental Illness: Artist Notebook I, Kristin Donato

The Graduate Review

This body of artwork uses 3D forms to visualize the impact of mental illness. Altered forms of cast heads and personal stories depicted through artist books examines how mental illness affects those suffering from an illness, as well as those acting as support systems.

"The Only Reason I Read" And Other Apologies: A Roadmap For Increased Pleasure Reading In The High School, Anne Smith

The Graduate Review

Recent trends in adolescents’ reading habits suggest that as students enter middle and high school, their interest as well as their engagement in pleasure reading decreases. Educators and administrators alike are concerned by the statistics, which suggest that readers are lost early in their formal education. Many studies correlate low levels of reading to lower performance on academic tasks as well as decreased economic success in adulthood. Conversely, studies correlate higher levels of reading, especially daily reading, to substantial academic gains as well as increased economic success. Many educators have attacked the problem of losing readers during their adolescent years …

A Portrait Of Mental Illness: Artist Notebook Ii, Kristin Donato

The Graduate Review

This body of artwork uses 3D forms to visualize the impact of mental illness. Altered forms of cast heads and personal stories depicted through artist books examines how mental illness affects those suffering from an illness, as well as those acting as support systems.

A Portrait Of Mental Illness: Artist Notebook Iii, Kristin Donato

The Graduate Review

This body of artwork uses 3D forms to visualize the impact of mental illness. Altered forms of cast heads and personal stories depicted through artist books examines how mental illness affects those suffering from an illness, as well as those acting as support systems.

Living Lawn Ornaments: Middle Class Status Anxiety In George Saunders’S 
“The Semplica Girl Diaries”, Joseph M. Gorman

The Graduate Review

This paper offers an analysis of writer George Saunders’s satirical short story “The Semplica Girl Diaries.” I argue that by situating the story in the historic context of the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis, Saunders’s story not only examines middle class status anxiety, but also acts as a reflective lens for the upper class readers of the story’s original publisher: The New Yorker. I first provide a brief discussion of the economic situation faced by middle class America between 2008 and 2013. I then provide an analysis of the fears of middle class American citizens by examining the …

Assimilation And The Impossibility Of Transculturation: Reading Herland As A Captivity Narrative, Rachel-Beth Gagnon

The Graduate Review

Although the structure of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s novel, Herland, mimics that of a captivity narrative, there has been no scholarship that analyzes how the work fits into this tradition. This paper addresses how the themes of the captivity narrative shift under the weight of Gilman’s scientific and social preoccupations as an early twentieth-century writer, as well as the novel’s position within the genre of utopian fiction. Despite the captivity narrative’s ability to provide ground for cultural and social exchange through the process of transculturation, Gilman’s evolutionary theories and the utopian genre’s anxieties about miscegenation prevent any transmission of culture. …

A Dangerous Game: The Dehumanization Of Children In Massachusetts Testing And Data Discourse, Gregory Shea

The Graduate Review

A great deal has been written about the ills of standardized testing, most of which focuses on their lack of validity and negative impacts on students. One topic that has not been explored in depth is the ways in which the discourse around testing can dehumanize public school students. This paper turns its attention to utterances of the Massachusetts Commissioner of Education, Mitchell Chester, along with the utterances of the superintendents of two large urban districts in Massachusetts. The thesis of this discourse analysis is that the words of these administrators betray an unconscious but troubling ideology of dehumanization. The …

香港話中特有的程度副詞, Yin Kwan Chu

Dissertations from all years

粵方言的語法與現代漢語非常不同，尤其是港式中文的用字更是與眾不同。香港人說話時喜歡使用大量程度副詞以加強語氣，於是近年出現不少香港獨有的程度副詞，它們的用法和效果比起現代漢語已有的程度副詞更是別具特色。受網絡媒體以白話文傳播新聞的影響，，因此，本文將通過分析十個香港特有的程度副詞例子，從而探討現時港式程度副詞的四個特色，探討現時香港使用程度副詞的情況。

本文主要分成兩大部份，第一部份集中介紹較少被談論到的港式程度副詞，分述十個程度副詞在新聞和日常溝通中的使用方法，並以網絡報導的內文為例句，列出它們和其他詞類的搭配情況。十個例子分別是OK、認真、真心、無敵、終極、堅、有啲、鬼咁、丁丁咁、幾咁。

第二部份主要討論四個香港程度副詞的特色，並會以本文介紹的十個例子作論述，討論為何港式程度副詞可以單獨使用、會受英語影響而出現、會從實詞虛化成副詞、程度義不明顯。

最後結語部份會總括香港程度副詞的現時狀況和對未來香港的程度副詞發展作出期望。

淺析明末清初的給予句標記及「畀」字的語法功能和語法化過程 : 以木魚書《花箋記》和《二荷花史》作例, Sin Ting Lam

Dissertations from all years

「畀」字在現今粵語中身兼多個語法功能，包括給予義、使役動詞和被動標記用法。一個字能夠從實詞義虛化成介詞義，必定經過語法化過程。本文以木魚書著作《花箋記》和《二荷花史》作為研究文本，淺析「畀」字在兩書的用法和語法改變。先搜集兩書中的給予義標記用法，並以共時的研究探討其和「過、與」的競爭關係。以及「畀」字的不同語法功能，發展為工具標記、使役動詞和被動標記的語法化過程及其原因，透過木魚書著作《花箋記》和《二荷花史》了解當時粵語的語法特點與木魚書格律的關係。

論文共分五章。第一章略論研究原因、研究範圍與方法；第二章先整理兩書中給予義標記用例，透過考察三者的語法功能和使用頻率分析與格標記弱化的原因；第三章先述「畀」四個語法功能，並討論《花箋記》和《二荷花史》「畀」字工具標記和被動標記的語法化過程。第四章總結兩條語法化過程及論文的局限。

改編與創造，論哪吒故事的前世今生, Pui Shan Lin

Dissertations from all years

提起中國文學作品裡的叛逆神童，大家都會想起哪吒。他雖然年紀輕輕，卻有大鬧東海的本事，後來更以削骨還父、削肉還母的方式自盡。他的故事人人都耳熟能詳，但哪吒的故事是怎麼來的呢？它經歷了多少個版本，才變成我們今天熟知的故事？它在現代文學中又是怎樣被傳承？

民間經典傳說與神話自古多以不同的文學形式傳承，同一個故事可以藉由詩詞、話本、章回小說等形式流傳。只是當中情節會隨時代轉變、編者意願等不同因素而與原著有多少出入。例如《封神演義》是取材自宋元《武王伐紂平話》 ，加入姜子牙與諸神合力伐紂興周的神怪之事寫成的。由此可見，改編經典故事並非現代文學所獨有的創作手法。而首個以現代小說技巧重新書寫民間經典傳說的，就是中國現代文學之巨人魯迅。他的著作《故事新編》是由八篇中國古代傳奇故事改編而成，是一本具現代社會意義、令人耳目一新的新編小說集。這種以經典故事為現代精神之載體的創作手法，為後人所仿效，以致許多我們耳熟能詳的故事，得以被賦予全新的精神面貌。

本論文將關注哪吒故事的流變，以及它在現代社會中的改編版本，探索其分別在不同年代、不同地區、不同作家筆下的版本差異。本文將取奚淞《封神榜裡的哪吒》、西西《陳塘關總兵府家事》和蔡明亮電影《青少年哪吒》為現代哪吒故事例子，藉此歸納整理經典故事改編的手法和現代意義。

論金庸筆下的明教和拜火教之關係, Kin Pui Yau

Dissertations from all years

本文以當代武俠小說泰斗金庸筆下的明教為研究對象，探討其與傳統拜火教之關係。論文共分四章：起首的緒論略述金庸的宗教觀及淺說其作品的宗教色彩；第二章中嘗試以《倚天屠龍記》為例子，透過書中的內容，具體論述明教中所蘊含之拜火教影子；第三章則先談論拜火教與摩尼教之間的關係，繼而敘述明教中的摩尼教特點；最後一章則為結語。

本文嘗試整理及歸納眾多原始文獻及各類型宗教史，以說明拜火教在中國的源流，並點出拜火教與摩尼教的關聯，及後透過文史互證的方法，把金庸所述的明教中所隱藏的拜火教特質一一點明，以窺見金庸在取材上的巧思及明教與拜火教之間的關係。

Sagp Newsletter 2016/17.1 East Scs, Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

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Christian Responses To Discrimination And Violence In India And Sri Lanka: Avoidance, Advocacy, And Interfaith Engagement, Chad Bauman

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

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Pentecostals And Interreligious Conflict In India: Proselytization, Marginalization, And Anti-Christian Violence, Chad Bauman

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

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Navigating Tricky Topics: The Benefits Of Performance Pedagogy, Christopher Bungard

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

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“Young Men Of Erin, Our Dead Are Calling”: Death, Immortality And The Otherworld In Modern Irish Republican Ballads, Seán Ó Cadhla

Articles

Irish physical-force Republicanism has long been noted for its tendency to promote the tropes of martyrdom and immortality as core tenets of its ideological belief system. This essay sets out to examine the genre of Republican death ballads so as to identify how such essentialist concepts are represented and promoted within the attendant song tradition. Particular attention will be paid to works that deploy overtly supernatural tropes in order to articulate the key Republican concept of heroic immortality. The present research will demonstrate the consistency with which such narrative devices have been retained within the Republican song tradition into the …

Issue No. 106: Winter 2017

La Crónica de Nuevo México

1 Arizona-New Mexico History Conference Set for April 20-22, 2017

1 Little Known Bankhead Highway Linked Two Coasts, Delivered Commerce and Tourists to New Mexico

2 Chautaqua Performance

3 Research Grants Made to Individuals, Institutions

4 HSNM, Jewish Historical Society Partner in Speakers Bureau

5 Presidents Message, Winter 2017

5 A Look at Two Member Organizations of HSNM

5 Book Review - Jack M. Campbell: The Autobiography of New Mexico's First Modern Governor

Laudato Si’ And The Tragedy Of The “Throwaway Culture.”, Lucia A. Silecchia

Scholarly Articles

Throughout Laudato Si’, Pope Francis decries what he calls the “throwaway culture.” At first blush, given the over-arching ecological theme of Laudato Si, this may seem to be solely a critique of wasteful consumerism. However, it is far more than that. It is a critique of a mindset and world view that discards people, promises, values and community bonds when they seem to lack immediately obvious or quantifiable value in the eyes of the world. Although this is a profoundly personal moral critique, it also provides a lens through which all laws and public policies might be viewed. Laudato Si’ …

Physical Miseducation: How Public Schooling In The Us Is Harmful To Students’ Bodily Well-Being, Rachel Fredericks

Scripps Senior Theses

This paper explores the history of physical education in the United States, as well as a general look into how public schooling affects how kids learn about and come to view their bodies. Theory and research by Michel Foucault, Elias Norbert, and Katy Bowman form the theoretical framework for this essay, and accounts of visits to a local elementary school to observe PE also grounds the work in present-day experiences. The work concludes that public schools in the US improperly teach students about how to listen to and care for their bodies.

The Cube^3: Three Case Studies Of Contemporary Art Vs. The White Cube, Mary Chawaga

Scripps Senior Theses

Museums are culturally constructed as places dedicated to tastemaking, preservation, historical record, and curation. Yet the contemporary isn’t yet absorbed by history, so as museums incorporate contemporary art these commonly accepted functions are disrupted. Through case studies, this thesis examines the successes and failures of three New York museums (MoMA, Dia:Beacon and New Museum) as they grapple with the challenging, perhaps irresolvable, tension between the contemporary and the very idea of the museum.

The Value Of Waste: The Cycle Of Products And Byproducts In Nepal’S Eastern Hills, Emily Moore

Scripps Senior Theses

The purpose of this thesis will be to explore conceptions of waste in Nepal’s rural village of Simigaau to understand what constitutes waste and in what ways it is critical to the community’s physical and cultural survival. Due to the contribution of many aspects of daily life in the creation of “waste” in Simigaau –what it is and what it means – I hope to use a whole systems approach to understand the multitude of factors that affect how villagers view waste and whether its value can provide insight into a local way of life. Moreover, I aim to explore …

Pyramide: The Changing Power Structure Of Fashion, Ariana Callan

Scripps Senior Theses

This project examines the changing world of fashion in an interactive digital magazine format. In the past few years, fashion has increasingly been democratizing, as new designers and forms of media increasingly gain influence. Ready-to-wear designers are working with lower-end brands through collaborations, redefining what each brand is supposed to do, while blogging is allowing those whose voices are usually unheard to openly critique and influence fashion. Overall, they are creating a more democratized space, challenging what was once normal in the fashion industry.

The Effects Of Chinese Calligraphy On Reducing Anxiety And Comorbid Depression Levels Among Breast Cancer Patients In Hong Kong, Anna Liu

Dissertations

Problem

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Anxiety is a prevalent psychological concern in breast cancer patients and has negative impact on the course of their disease, treatment and recovery. This study was to investigate the effects of Chinese calligraphy on reducing the anxiety and comorbid depression levels among Hong Kong breast cancer patients with an intention to support the needs of breast cancer patients by providing alternative therapy that is culturally receptive. The primary objective of the study was to examine to what extent Chinese calligraphy intervention can reduce the anxiety and comorbid depression levels …