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The Cult Of The Nymphs: Identity, Ritual, And Womanhood In Ancient Greece, Ivana Genov
The Cult Of The Nymphs: Identity, Ritual, And Womanhood In Ancient Greece, Ivana Genov
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Examining archeological and epigraphic evidence in its historical context, in this thesis I explore the Cult of the Nymphs venerated across ancient Greek poleis. I analyze the nymph’s profound cultural and historical impact that is often overlooked in the study of ancient Greece. Nymphs were female deities thought to embody ecological sites, such as fountains and springs, and became fundamental to polis identity. Their locations were often central to city plans, and their faces, depicted on coinage, became representative of the city itself. In the community, nymphs were integral to rituals for major life events, most often in the lives …
The Making Of A Boxer, Ronald Schechter, Liz Clarke
The Making Of A Boxer, Ronald Schechter, Liz Clarke
Arts & Sciences Book Chapters
Inspired by the resounding success of Abina and the Important Men (OUP, 2011), Mendoza the Jew combines a graphic history with primary documentation and contextual information to explore issues of nationalism, identity, culture, and historical methodology through the life story of Daniel Mendoza. Mendoza was a poor Sephardic Jew from East London who became the boxing champion of Britain in 1789. As a Jew with limited means and a foreign-sounding name, Mendoza was an unlikely symbol of what many Britons considered to be their very own "national" sport. Whereas their adversaries across the Channel reputedly settled private quarrels by dueling …
"Her Correspondence Is Dangerous": Women In The Fashion Trades Negotiating The Opportunities And Challenges Of Doing Business In The Chesapeake, 1766-75, Kaylan Michelle Stevenson
"Her Correspondence Is Dangerous": Women In The Fashion Trades Negotiating The Opportunities And Challenges Of Doing Business In The Chesapeake, 1766-75, Kaylan Michelle Stevenson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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"By Measures Taken Of Men": Clothing The Classes In William Carlin's Alexandria, Katherine Eileen Egner
"By Measures Taken Of Men": Clothing The Classes In William Carlin's Alexandria, Katherine Eileen Egner
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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The Jeffersons At Shadwell: The Social And Material World Of A Virginia Family, Susan A. Kern
The Jeffersons At Shadwell: The Social And Material World Of A Virginia Family, Susan A. Kern
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
From the 1730s through the 1770s Shadwell was home to Jane and Peter Jefferson, their eight children, over sixty slaves owned by them, and numerous hired workers. Archaeological and documentary evidence reveals much about Thomas Jefferson's boyhood home. Shadwell was a well-appointed gentry house at the center of a highly structured plantation landscape during a period of Piedmont settlement that scholars have traditionally classified as frontier. Yet the Jeffersons accommodated in their house, landscape, material goods, and behaviors the most up-to-date expectations of Virginia's elite tidewater culture. The material remnants of Shadwell raise questions about the character of this frontier …
Fashion's Foes: Dress Reform From 1850-1900, Elizabeth A. Komski
Fashion's Foes: Dress Reform From 1850-1900, Elizabeth A. Komski
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Plaids And Broadswords Of The Altamaha, Robert K. Weber
Plaids And Broadswords Of The Altamaha, Robert K. Weber
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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African-American Influence On The Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe: Evidence From Nineteenth Century Probate Inventories And Population Census Records Of York County, Virginia And Worcester County, Maryland, Albert James M. Mamary
African-American Influence On The Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe: Evidence From Nineteenth Century Probate Inventories And Population Census Records Of York County, Virginia And Worcester County, Maryland, Albert James M. Mamary
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Cabinetmakers And Related Tradesmen In Norfolk, Virginia: 1770-1820, Ronald Leroy Hurst
Cabinetmakers And Related Tradesmen In Norfolk, Virginia: 1770-1820, Ronald Leroy Hurst
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Fate Of The Cabinetmaking Trade In Williamsburg, Virginia In The Post-Revolutionary Period, Linda A. Hildreth
The Fate Of The Cabinetmaking Trade In Williamsburg, Virginia In The Post-Revolutionary Period, Linda A. Hildreth
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Millinery And Milliners In Colonial Virginia, 1750-1780, Patricia Ann Hurdle
Millinery And Milliners In Colonial Virginia, 1750-1780, Patricia Ann Hurdle
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Wearing Apparel Of The Women Of Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1700-1775, Nancy Lou Oberseider
The Wearing Apparel Of The Women Of Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1700-1775, Nancy Lou Oberseider
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Colonial Dining Equipage And Furnishings As Revealed In Isle Of Wight County Records, 1743-1752, Mary Lee Glenn
Colonial Dining Equipage And Furnishings As Revealed In Isle Of Wight County Records, 1743-1752, Mary Lee Glenn
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.