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Silver, Ships And Soil: Gift-Giving In Medieval Icelandic Sagas, Emma Eubank Apr 2022

Silver, Ships And Soil: Gift-Giving In Medieval Icelandic Sagas, Emma Eubank

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Through applying anthropological theory to gift exchange in medieval Icelandic sagas, we can uncover a wealth of information about the construction and reinforcement of gender, power, and value. This study incorporates Mauss, Sahlins, and Graeber alongside other theorists to analyze how the narrators of Egil's Saga, The Saga of Grettir the Strong, and Gisli Sursson's Saga perceived a past Iceland.


The Formation Of The Russian Medical Profession: A Comparison Of Power And Plagues In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries, Samuel Otto Schuth Jan 2014

The Formation Of The Russian Medical Profession: A Comparison Of Power And Plagues In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries, Samuel Otto Schuth

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Clockmaking Clerics And Ropemaking Lawyers: Mixing Occupational Roles In Early Modern Spain, Aaron Joshua Gregory Jan 2012

Clockmaking Clerics And Ropemaking Lawyers: Mixing Occupational Roles In Early Modern Spain, Aaron Joshua Gregory

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Next To The Man, And Not Forgotten: Gay Mcdougall And The Southern Africa Project Of The Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, 1963-1994, Myra Ann Houser Jan 2009

Next To The Man, And Not Forgotten: Gay Mcdougall And The Southern Africa Project Of The Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, 1963-1994, Myra Ann Houser

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


"Caretakers Of The Color Line": Southern Sheriffs Of The Twentieth Century, Grace Earle Hill Jan 2003

"Caretakers Of The Color Line": Southern Sheriffs Of The Twentieth Century, Grace Earle Hill

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Ruffians And Revivalists: Manliness, Violence, And Religion In The Backcountry South, 1790-1840, Michael Simoncelli Jan 1999

Ruffians And Revivalists: Manliness, Violence, And Religion In The Backcountry South, 1790-1840, Michael Simoncelli

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


In Search Of The Southern Identity: The Lady, The Farmwife, And The Nonslaveholders Of York County Virginia, 1850-1860, Chesley Homan Flotten Jan 1998

In Search Of The Southern Identity: The Lady, The Farmwife, And The Nonslaveholders Of York County Virginia, 1850-1860, Chesley Homan Flotten

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Comecon: Its Function As A Soviet Political Instrument, Lisa Elizabeth Yando Jan 1991

Comecon: Its Function As A Soviet Political Instrument, Lisa Elizabeth Yando

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Collapse Of Communism In East Germany 1945-1990, Kimberly Anne Clarke Jan 1991

The Collapse Of Communism In East Germany 1945-1990, Kimberly Anne Clarke

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Sino-Soviet Dispute In Africa, 1974-1978, Charles Andrew Waters Jan 1982

The Sino-Soviet Dispute In Africa, 1974-1978, Charles Andrew Waters

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Southern Lady Ideal In The Life Of Cynthia Beverly Tucker, 1840-1870, Doris C. Sturzenberger Jan 1979

The Southern Lady Ideal In The Life Of Cynthia Beverly Tucker, 1840-1870, Doris C. Sturzenberger

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Pious Wives And "Hen-Pecked" Husbands: White Women, Evangelical Religion, And The Honor Ethic In The Old South, Sharon Elizabeth Romeo Jan 1977

Pious Wives And "Hen-Pecked" Husbands: White Women, Evangelical Religion, And The Honor Ethic In The Old South, Sharon Elizabeth Romeo

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Evolution Of The Soviet Bloc, Robert L. Hutchings Jan 1975

The Evolution Of The Soviet Bloc, Robert L. Hutchings

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.