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Vol. 20, No. 4 (2000), William Boozer, Tina H. Hahn, Robert C. Khayat Oct 2000

Vol. 20, No. 4 (2000), William Boozer, Tina H. Hahn, Robert C. Khayat

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

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Vol. 20, No. 3 (2000), Catherine Dupree, Mitchel Globe, Allan Kolsky, William Boozer Jul 2000

Vol. 20, No. 3 (2000), Catherine Dupree, Mitchel Globe, Allan Kolsky, William Boozer

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.


Cross Racial Preferences In Viewing Sexually Explicit Material: A Comparison Between African-American And Caucasian Males, Boyd Randal Horton May 2000

Cross Racial Preferences In Viewing Sexually Explicit Material: A Comparison Between African-American And Caucasian Males, Boyd Randal Horton

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The present study investigated that extent to which the race of actors in an erotic video affected sexual arousal in African-American and Caucasian heterosexual males. It was hypothesized that the two racial groups would be significantly more sexually aroused while watching their respective homoethnic erotic video. The hypothesis was grounded in the modeling effects of Bandura's Social Leaning Theory (1977), the Matching Hypothesis (1982) and worldview differences between African-Americans and Caucasians (Baldwin and Bell, 1985). Thirty-four African-American and Caucasian males were shown homoethnic and non-homoethnic erotic videos while penile circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, and self-report ratings of sexual …


Vol. 20, No. 2 (2000), Joan Williams, William Boozer Apr 2000

Vol. 20, No. 2 (2000), Joan Williams, William Boozer

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

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Vol. 20, No. 1 (2000), James Whitehead, Michael Harrelson, William Boozer Jan 2000

Vol. 20, No. 1 (2000), James Whitehead, Michael Harrelson, William Boozer

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

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The Pitchman In Print: Oral Performance Art In Text And Context, Joseph Ugoretz Jan 2000

The Pitchman In Print: Oral Performance Art In Text And Context, Joseph Ugoretz

Publications and Research

Oral performance art, patterned performative speech for an audience, is perhaps the oldest and most ubiquitous human art form. Specific instances of this art include the performances of griots and guslars, troubadors and shamans, as well as rappers and riddlers, preachers and politicians. While this art form is by definition oral, it is also the case that, frequently, literary art has represented oral performance art. There is written art which depicts oral art, which describes it, appropriates it, criticizes and co‑opts it.

In this dissertation, I define oral performance art as constituting a separate and unique artistic genre, one which …


The Power Of Hoodoo: African Relic Symbolism In Amistad And The Narrative Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Alicia M. Simmons Jan 2000

The Power Of Hoodoo: African Relic Symbolism In Amistad And The Narrative Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Alicia M. Simmons

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Douglas Higbee Ph.D. Jan 2000

Front Matter, Douglas Higbee Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Contents, Tom Mack, Ph.D. Jan 2000

Contents, Tom Mack, Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


A Reader's Response To Go Tell It On The Mountain, Sally Higbee Jan 2000

A Reader's Response To Go Tell It On The Mountain, Sally Higbee

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


"Sleeping With One Eye Open": · Fear And Ontology In The Poetry Of Mark Strand, James Hoff Jan 2000

"Sleeping With One Eye Open": · Fear And Ontology In The Poetry Of Mark Strand, James Hoff

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


The Oswald Review Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 2 Fall 2000 Jan 2000

The Oswald Review Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 2 Fall 2000

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Back Matter, Tom Mack, Jan 2000

Back Matter, Tom Mack,

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Vol. 19, No. 4 (1999), Ruel E. Foster, M. Thomas Inge Oct 1999

Vol. 19, No. 4 (1999), Ruel E. Foster, M. Thomas Inge

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.


Giving The Devil His Due: Leeching And Edification Of Spirit In The Scarlet Letter And The Witches Of Eastwick, James Plath Oct 1999

Giving The Devil His Due: Leeching And Edification Of Spirit In The Scarlet Letter And The Witches Of Eastwick, James Plath

Scholarship

The essays collected here evaluate the religious dimension of Updike's prodigious literary vision, looking broadly at Updike's understanding of religion in ordinary human experience, in the context of historic Christianity, and in contemporary American culture.


Vol. 19, No. 3 (1999), Samuel M. Tumey, Wendy Goldberg, Sue E. Herring Jul 1999

Vol. 19, No. 3 (1999), Samuel M. Tumey, Wendy Goldberg, Sue E. Herring

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.


Vol. 19, No. 2 (1999), Robert W. Hamblin, Donald M. Kartiganer, Dean Faulkner Wells, Lawrence Wells Apr 1999

Vol. 19, No. 2 (1999), Robert W. Hamblin, Donald M. Kartiganer, Dean Faulkner Wells, Lawrence Wells

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.


Vol. 19, No. 1 (1999), M. Thomas Inge Jan 1999

Vol. 19, No. 1 (1999), M. Thomas Inge

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

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The Psychology Of Uncertainty: (Re)Inscribing Indeterminacy In Rudolph Fisher's The Conjure-Man Dies, Adrienne Gosselin Jan 1999

The Psychology Of Uncertainty: (Re)Inscribing Indeterminacy In Rudolph Fisher's The Conjure-Man Dies, Adrienne Gosselin

English Faculty Publications

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The Hierarchical Structure Of Beowulf, Aaron Sinkovich Jan 1999

The Hierarchical Structure Of Beowulf, Aaron Sinkovich

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Contents, Tom Mack, Ph.D. Jan 1999

Contents, Tom Mack, Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Noble Groping: The Franklin's Characterization In The Canterbury Tales, Jason De Young Jan 1999

Noble Groping: The Franklin's Characterization In The Canterbury Tales, Jason De Young

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Jane Eyre's Quest For Truth And Identity, Christina J. Jnge Jan 1999

Jane Eyre's Quest For Truth And Identity, Christina J. Jnge

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Down And Out With Thoreau: Reversals Of Perspective And Paradox In Walden, Peter J. Capuano Jan 1999

Down And Out With Thoreau: Reversals Of Perspective And Paradox In Walden, Peter J. Capuano

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Salvation And Rebirth In The Catcher In The Rye And The Bell Jar, Erica Lawrence Jan 1999

Salvation And Rebirth In The Catcher In The Rye And The Bell Jar, Erica Lawrence

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


An Hour Of Millennium: A Representation Of The Communion Ritual In "Babette's Feast", Pamela Lane Jan 1999

An Hour Of Millennium: A Representation Of The Communion Ritual In "Babette's Feast", Pamela Lane

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


The Oswald Review Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 1 Fall 1999 Jan 1999

The Oswald Review Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 1 Fall 1999

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Tom Mack, Ph.D. Jan 1999

Front Matter, Tom Mack, Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Mordecai Manuel Noah's She Would Be A Soldier: An American Expression Of Personal Identity, Jamie Smith Jan 1999

Mordecai Manuel Noah's She Would Be A Soldier: An American Expression Of Personal Identity, Jamie Smith

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.


Back Matter, Tom Mack, Ph.D. Jan 1999

Back Matter, Tom Mack, Ph.D.

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

No abstract provided.