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Navigating The Interim, Joseph E. Saphire Jr Jul 2015

Navigating The Interim, Joseph E. Saphire Jr

Masters Theses

Navigating the Interim attempts to build a framework for the ways in which visual art, media studies, and forms of social practice might intermingle within a career in the arts, as well as within a thorough art education curriculum. From broad theoretical analysis to the specificity of technical exercises and prompts, this paper serves as a roadmap for the ways in which production, teaching, and organizing might begin to merge into a single holistic practice. The author’s projects provide an anchor from which to analyze the various conceptual trajectories of art that have stemmed from modernism throughout the 20th century, …


“They’Re All Little Boys Who Need A Strong Mommy:” Burke’S Theories Of Form And Terministic Screens Concerning Maternal Representations In Sons Of Anarchy, Stephanie Michelle Harrelson May 2015

“They’Re All Little Boys Who Need A Strong Mommy:” Burke’S Theories Of Form And Terministic Screens Concerning Maternal Representations In Sons Of Anarchy, Stephanie Michelle Harrelson

Masters Theses

This thesis aims to analyze one contemporary television series’ representations of mothers and what these depictions say about the trajectory of cultural perceptions. As one of the most pervasive forms of media in contemporary culture, television offers an opportune site of study about what American society deems important. While many scholars have begun exploring issues concerning gender on television, few have focused primarily on depictions of motherhood and their implications on society. Televised representations of mothers have traditionally remained in the background of shows, spending the majority of their screen time taking care of their children, husbands, and households in …