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Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1759. Poetry by George Robert Boyd, a Simpson County, Kentucky native and educator; also, material related to the Boyd family.


Beard, Tara (Fa 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Beard, Tara (Fa 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 283. Paper: "Teenage Cruising and Hanging Out" written by Beard for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Foster, Jon (Fa 288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Foster, Jon (Fa 288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 288. Paper: "[Cruising]" written by Jon Foster for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Wessel, Rachel (Fa 262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Wessel, Rachel (Fa 262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 262. Paper: "My High School Years" written by Rachel Wessel for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Harbison, Kay (Fa 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Harbison, Kay (Fa 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 237. Paper: "Other Stories They Told" written by Kay Harbison for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Sneed, Gordon Kent (Fa 234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Sneed, Gordon Kent (Fa 234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text of paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 234. Paper: "'Cruising': An American Tradition" written by Gordon Kent Sneed for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Smith, Stephen Michael (Fa 233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Smith, Stephen Michael (Fa 233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 233. Paper: "The Cruising Tradition" written by Stephen Michael Smith for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Neagle, Sue (Fa 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Neagle, Sue (Fa 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 242. Paper: "Then and Now" written by Sue Neagle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


"What It Takes To Be A Man": A Comparison Of Masculinity And Sexuality In Rebel Without A Cause And River's Edge, Alyssa Costa May 2008

"What It Takes To Be A Man": A Comparison Of Masculinity And Sexuality In Rebel Without A Cause And River's Edge, Alyssa Costa

Honors Projects

Compares the teen films, Rebel without a Cause and River's Edge, using cultural studies to analyze what they reveal about the complexities of masculinity and sexuality. Contends that while the cultural ideologies of the 1950s and 1980s promote a tough-guy hyper-masculinity, these films offer multiple models of masculinity, various forms of homosocial bonds, and veiled messages about homosexuality.


"You're Tearing Me Apart"! Investigating Ideology In The Image Of Teens In The 1950s, Danielle Bouchard May 2008

"You're Tearing Me Apart"! Investigating Ideology In The Image Of Teens In The 1950s, Danielle Bouchard

Honors Projects

Using cultural studies as a critical paradigm and ideological analysis as methodology, argues that gender, sexuality, and the nuclear family are core issues treated in two films and one television program from the 1950s featuring American teenagers. Focuses on the classic juvenile delinquent film, Rebel without a Cause, the quintessential clean teen film, Gidget, and the television series, Leave It to Beaver.


Davis, Sarah (Fa 224), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Davis, Sarah (Fa 224), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 224. Paper: "Derby Day" written by Sarah Davis for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Grant, Erin M. (Fa 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Grant, Erin M. (Fa 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 235. Paper: "Goal Posts and Parking Lots" written by Erin M. Grant for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.