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Cultural Studies, Composition, And Pedagogy, Mark Mullen

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Cultural Studies, Composition, and Pedagogy," Mark Mullen argues that while much cultural studies work makes claims for the transformative powers of a radical educational agenda, such work is often, surprisingly, deeply resistant to a complex discussion of pedagogy. The response to Mary Louise Pratt's theory of the "contact zone" offers a useful case study in this regard, and indicates the way in feelgood narratives of student and teacher empowerment are only made possible by a refusal to analyze the classroom as a workplace. Reliance upon depictions of the classroom as essentially an empty space playing host to …

Hybridity And Whiteness In Claudine C. O'Hearn's Half And Half: Writings On Growing Up Biracial And Bicultural, Heather Latimer

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In her paper, "Hybridity and Whiteness in Claudine C. O'Hearn's Half and Half: Writings on Growing up Biracial and Bicultural," Heather Latimer examines the autobiographical collection Half and Half: Writings on Growing up Biracial and Bicultural assembled and edited by Claudine C. O'Hearn. Latimer's analysis reveals how current models of hybridity theory are performed, articulated, and exemplified in the texts of O'Hearn's volume. In her analysis, Latimer explores the anxiety and tension about whiteness within hybridity theory, often reflected in the performance of hybrid aesthetics. Latimer argues that while some authors in Half and Half avoid talking about whiteness as …

Intercultural Communication And Speech Style, Fee-Alexandra Haase

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In her article, "Intercultural Communication and Speech Style," Fee-Alexandra Haase discusses intercultural communication as a concept for the production and analysis of speeches and written texts. Starting with a theoretical and historical perspective, Haase exemplifies selected intercultural patterns found in different cultures. Further, based on definitions of style in rhetoric from different cultural backgrounds from the ancient Greek culture up to modern approaches of rhetoricians, Haase proposes a concept for the analysis of texts employing aspects of rhetoric as an intercultural concept. Haase locates in her concept methods of composition used for the analysis of texts and spoken words within …

Periodismo Del Futuro, Leonard Witt, Francisco Seoane Pérez

Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

Overexposed: Issues Of Public Gender Imaging, Pamela K. Morris

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Make no mistake—it is popularity that makes pop culture important. And it is the powerful visual imagery of advertisements that helps define the largely artificial construction we call gender. Sex-role stereotyping and gender representations are typically studied in content analyses of television and magazine advertisements. Less common are investigations into outdoor advertising, a medium that is ubiquitous and the most democratic—everyone has equal access to visuals. This essay calls attention to and offers insights on advertisements in our outdoor visual space, focusing on gender representations. Capturing and analyzing these ephemeral images can show how they influence how we feel, think, …

Managing Newsroomcan Be A Piece Of Cake, Carla Kimbrough

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

You may never desire to be a manager, but you still have to manage. Your perspective changes depending on where you sit in the organizational chart. If you're in the lower part of the organizational chart, you may think you have to manage only yourself. If you're in the middle of the chart, you know the tug of war of managing down, across and up. If you're at the top, you know the challenge of managing down.
In truth, wherever you are in the chart, managing yourself, peers and the boss is required.

The Problematics Of A Social Constructivist Approach To Science, Bryce Christensen

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In his paper, "The Problematics of a Social Constructivist Approach to Science," Bryce Christensen takes John Gray's hope that science can serve as a remedy for anthropocentrism as an entry point for discussing the debate between scientific realists and social constructivists. Christensen examines the way science appears to buttress the realist position when it confronts humans with truths that contradict their expectations and desires. In his discussion, Christensen also surveys the ways that science fits within social constructivist theory when it serves identifiable social needs or advances identifiable group interests. Further, Christensen identifies eschatological cosmology as an extreme test case …

The Quest For Body And Voice In Assia Djebar's So Vast The Prison, Susannah Rodríguez Drissi

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Using Northrop Frye's definition of the quest novel and Joseph Campbell's writings, Susannah Rodríguez Drissi explores in her paper, "The Quest for Body and Voice in Assia Djebar's So Vast the Prison," the motif of the journey as Djebar adapts it to her female characters. Rodríguez Drissi proposes that in previous studies concerning the hero -- such as in James Frazer's The Golden Bough or in Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces -- women are relegated to a secondary role. Recently, however, it has become evident that the study of the woman as "heroine" is necessary to a …

Anita Desai's Fasting, Feasting And The Condition Of Women, Ludmila Volná

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Anita Desai's Fasting, Feasting and the Condition of Women" Ludmila Volná presents a critical culture-based reading of Desai's novel Fasting, Feasting, a work that deals with the condition of women (not only) in India. Volná analyzes both female and the male sensitivities in the novel where Desai makes use of a double symbolic of food expressed throughout the novel by (not only literal) hunger. In Volná's view, Desai's Hindu imagery of sun/fire as patriarchal power and water, which, as the counterpart of the sun and fire, represents recognition of women’s condition and a possible way to …

The Staged Self In Mary Carleton's Autobiographical Narratives, Geraldine Wagner

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In her paper, "The Staged Self in Mary Carleton's Autobiographical Narratives," Geraldine Wagner examines Mary Carleton's use of romance and picaresque modes of self-representation to appropriate and redefine counterfeiting as a legitimate means to identity. The most notorious female criminal of the English Restoration, Mary Carleton, captured the public's imagination in 1662 when she stood trial for bigamy. Although acquitted on insufficient evidence, the allegation that she was a common shoemaker's wife counterfeiting the identity of a German noblewoman spawned a war of pamphlets of competing biographical accounts between Carleton and her detractors. Wagner argues that these attempts to confine …

Globalization, Ideology, And Narratives Of The East Asian Financial Crisis, Ezra Yoo-Hyeok Lee

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In his paper, "Globalization, Ideology, and Narratives of the East Asian Financial Crisis," Ezra Yoo-Hyeok Lee analyzes the narratives of the East Asian financial "crisis" in 1997-98, arguing that it took place in the course of restructuring the world economy so that the first world would keep its hegemonic power. The East Asian financial crisis spread rapidly to the rest of the globe and in this urgent situation, the IMF: International Monetary Fund played its now typical role as a "savior of the world." Before the financial crisis, the East Asian economy was considered to be an exemplary model from …

Watsuji And Deleuze And Guattari In The Climate Of Culture, Seth Jacobowitz

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Seth Jacobowitz, in his paper "Watsuji and Deleuze and Guattari in the Climate of Culture," analyzes theories of cultural properties in Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus alongside Watsuji Tetsuro's prewar Climate and Culture. At stake in these investigations is the status of the West as a universalizing particular ratified by these authors in the instance of its own critique. We are confronted on the one hand with Deleuze and Guattari's exoticized, Orientalist promise of an alternative economy of meaning derived from the Balinese term for "plateau" and the morphology of the rhizome and, on the other hand, …

Prospectus, August 31, 2005, Jon Volkman, Joseph Rosenbaum, E. Clarkson, Jake Mcgriff, Nicole Simmons, Larry V. Gilbert

Prospectus 2005

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, August 31, 2005, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 125, Issue 4

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Caudle, Leah. Rushing Sisterhood
• Casagrande, Michael. Smith Stadium to Undergo Renovation
• Coulter, Amber. Parking Changes Include Zoning, Higher Fines
• Hupman, Samantha. Tuition Hikes Permit New Hires
• Campus Enhancements, Gas Prices Should be Incentive to Stay Here on the Weekends
• Ross, Lisa. Some Words from the Opinion Editor – College Heights Herald
• Fontana, Alex. Hurricane Katrina is Reality Check
• Coulter, Amber. Snell Hall’s Future Rests With Preservation Board
• Richardson, Kelly. New Member Has Strong Western Ties – Yvette Haskins, Regents
• McNamara, Andrew. First Journalism Head Dies …

Spartan Daily, August 30, 2005, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 125, Issue 3

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 04, August 29, 2005

Central Florida Future

Speaker's resignation leads to shakeup within senate ranks: Former pro temp White moves into new position in wake of Merolle's departure for the real world; Dyer headlines new marketing push at downtown pep rally: Football reaching out to community with hopes of attracting more fans; Knighto's ride pimped by student automotive club; Is God a fad?: To believe or to not believe? Spurred to the front of public discussion in the wake of the 2004 presidential selection religion has been the media's "it" topic for several years. But is this revival real? Or is faith just a fad?

Keynote: Role Of Values & Culture In Information Technology, Prof. Dr. Anis Ahmad

International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies

It is no longer unusual to see, in a remote town in northern area in Pakistan, a practically non-literate wagon driver calling from his Nokia cell phone his uncle in Dubai or in Karachi. He enjoys sharing with him about his success in business and the settlement of family disputes. While he is driving on dangerous curvy roads and having this conversation, in the back seat of the wagon a comparatively young person is playing games on his cell phone. All this was unimaginable a quarter of a century ago.

Wright State University Volleyball Media Guide 2005, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2005 Volleyball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Spartan Daily, August 26, 2005, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 125, Issue 2

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 03, August 25, 2005

Central Florida Future

University police and on-campus residents unite to take bite out of crime: Through the Adopt-A-Cop program officers are hoping students will end illegal activities; Trustees to meet with faculty union to begin collective bargaining; Local residents defend need to move stadium's location; Against the grant: Gay students fear discrimination in workplace and campus.

Prospectus, August 24, 2005, Jon Volkman, Sarah Ramey, E. Clarkson, Aaron Geiger, Joseph Rosenbaum, Larry V. Gilbert, Nicole Simmons

Prospectus 2005

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, August 24, 2005, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 125, Issue 1

Ua3/9/5 Faculty-Staff Convocation, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at fall convocation. He discusses achievements, growth, curriculum, cooperation, WKU spirit, international study programs and optimism.

A Remarkable Weekend, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Watching Tiger Woods play golf is one of the great treats available to those who follow sport in the television age. Win, lose, or draw, Woods shows what it takes to operate at the highest levels of professional sport, and offers a role model for anyone who dreams of even minimal success at the lowest levels. At least two elements are essential, physical skill and mental focus. Woods has both in abundance, and it is the mental side of Woods' game that even the casual player of any sport can emulate.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 02, August 22, 2005

Central Florida Future

College newbies receive warm welcome at New Student Convocation: Hitt guest speakers give advice to first-year students and offer them help on achieving collegiate success; OSI office upgraded to serve more students: A 42-inch plasma screen is among additions; Leaky ceiling in Convocation Center has new resident upset; Campus life: Room-mating Rituals: Students learn common courtesy goes a long way in calming calamitous college housing situations.

Ua3/9/5 Special Unveiling Of Granite Panels On The Guthrie Bell Tower, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Program and talking points used by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the unveiling of the granite panels on the Guthrie Bell Tower honoring WKU servicemen and veterans.

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 01, August 18, 2005

Central Florida Future

Proposed football stadium entrenched in debate between north and south: Residents continue to request change in location to avoid traffic problems in neighborhoods surrounding campus; Welcome back: as the new academic year begins so does the quest of many students to find enrichment both academically and socially; Planning for future important choice for college students: When it comes to retirement it's never a bad idea to get started early; Freshmen link with campus leaders: SGA President kicks off a week of field trips fun for new freshmen students; Aruban murder suspect wears UCF shirt on TV.