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Social Science, Serving Bowls And The Question Of Ethnicity: Deconstructing Material Culture Correlates Of Ethnic Identification, Kristen Barbara Heitert
Social Science, Serving Bowls And The Question Of Ethnicity: Deconstructing Material Culture Correlates Of Ethnic Identification, Kristen Barbara Heitert
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Chickasaw Material Culture And The Deerskin Trade: An Analysis Of Two Eighteenth Century Chickasaw Sites In Northeast Mississippi, John Robert Underwood
Chickasaw Material Culture And The Deerskin Trade: An Analysis Of Two Eighteenth Century Chickasaw Sites In Northeast Mississippi, John Robert Underwood
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A Cave Of Their Own: A Comparative Examination Of Recurring Social And Psychological Themes In Gothic Fiction And Gothic Youth Subculture Through The Song Lyrics And Fiction Of Nick Cave, Bradley M. Hunter
Theses : Honours
The aim of this thesis is to examine the Gothic phenomenon as it pertains to late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century fiction, and extrapolate its social and psychological concerns as they relate to the Gothic revival in the late nineteenth-century Decadent movement and late twentieth-century gothic subculture. This examination focuses on recurrent social and psychological themes in eighteenth/nineteenth-century Gothic fiction, the late nineteenth-century Decadent movement and twentieth-century gothic music and subculture, which, in turn, are compared to the themes and motifs of the song lyrics and fiction of Nick Cave. Within this context, the recurring theme of the psychological exploration of …
"To Go With An Ungloved Hand Was Impossible": A History Of Gloves, Hands, Sex, Wealth, And Power, Karen Northrup Barzilay
"To Go With An Ungloved Hand Was Impossible": A History Of Gloves, Hands, Sex, Wealth, And Power, Karen Northrup Barzilay
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Privies And Privilege: Health And Sanitation In 19th-Century Buffalo, New York, Jacqueline Colleen Denmon
Privies And Privilege: Health And Sanitation In 19th-Century Buffalo, New York, Jacqueline Colleen Denmon
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Mormon Mortuary Patterns At The Block 49 And Seccombe Lake Cemeteries, Howard S. Irvine
Mormon Mortuary Patterns At The Block 49 And Seccombe Lake Cemeteries, Howard S. Irvine
Theses and Dissertations
Death customs perform a socially restorative function among cultures and are a meaningful expression of the value system of any particular culture. Death studies allow the examination of the values considered most significant by the studied culture. This thesis will examine and interpret the material culture recovered at two small cemeteries: Block 49, Utah, and Seccombe Lake, California. One result will show the material manifestation of Mormon religious beliefs in their mortuary practices. The final goal is to suggest that a more thorough examination of a religious sect's beliefs can create a general model of mortuary practices for that religious …
"She Protects Her Girls": The Legend Of Mary Hawkins At Pemberton Hall, Margaret Allen-Kline
"She Protects Her Girls": The Legend Of Mary Hawkins At Pemberton Hall, Margaret Allen-Kline
Masters Theses
The tradition of the legend of Mary Hawkins provides an example of how urban legends develop and circulate in a community. The legend is a part of a larger tradition of story telling and of urban legends such as "The Roommate's Death" which follow the same format. The legend is believed to be true, and many believe an actual event is the basis for the story. It is perpetuated by word of mouth, and like a ripple in a still body of water, it reaches beyond the campus and into the mainstream of the local community by means of the …