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Constructing identities : analyzing dress, appearance, and mental illness in Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White

Creator:

Haas, Rachael E.

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to determine how the popular writer Wilkie Collins used dress and appearance to bring to light concerns about mental illness in his 1859-60 sensation novel The Woman in White. The method of narrative analysis was used to complete this study. Data sheets were developed...

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Masters Thesis
Fashioning queer bodies : intersections of dress, identity, and anxiety in the queer women's community

Creator:

Reddy-Best, Kelly

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of dress and queer women and how their sexual identity influences their appearance management behaviors. I answered the following research questions: (1) How is gender identity constructed and negotiated in different spaces for queer? (2) Does sexual identity influence dress...

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Dissertation
Identification of Asian garments in small museums

Creator:

Kondo, Alison E.

Abstract:

The frequent misidentification of Asian garments in small museum collections indicated the need for a garment identification system specifically for use in differentiating the various forms of Asian clothing. The decision tree system proposed in this thesis is intended to provide an instrument to distinguish the clothing styles of Japan,...

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Masters Thesis
Honored values and valued objects : the Society for Creative Anachronism

Creator:

Turner, Althea L.

Abstract:

In this dissertation, I posited the need to understand how an invented community (the Society for Creative Anachronism) constructs symbolic meaning in material objects and value systems. Using ethnographic methods, I focused on the Knights and their regalia as this is the most widely accepted material symbolism. People go to...

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Dissertation