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"Land of War and Blood" : spectacular violence, conflicting medievalisms, and chivalric legacies in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones

Creator:: Horton, Kaely
Abstract:: This thesis examines depictions of medievalism in three central texts: Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Each of these texts provides an entry point for exploring the ways in which English and American writers have...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones

Scripts and Minoritarian Subjectivity: Examining Ambivalence and Asian Diasporas in Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, The Bad, The Weird, Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy, and R. Zamora Linmark’s Rolling the R’s

Creator:: Son, Rachana C.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the roles of scripts in shaping minoritarian subjectivity through Kim Jee-woon’s film The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008), Kim Fu’s novel For Today I Am a Boy (2014), and R. Zamora Linmark’s novel Rolling the R’s (1995). In all three works, diasporic characters of Asian descent...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy, and R. Zamora Linmark’s Rolling the R’s Abstract approved

Breeding the new woman : the eugenic discourse of motherhood in Shaw, Yeats, and Lawless

Creator:: Tracy, Hannah R.
Abstract:: The popularity and pervasiveness of eugenic discourse during the modernist period in England and Ireland raised many questions about race, class, and gender. While Hitler's Nazi "experiment" ultimately demonstrated the consequences of implementing eugenic ideas, forcing eugenicists to abandon, or at least mask, their theories, the eugenics movement before World...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE ThESIS OF Hannah R. Tracy for the degree of

Street children : the other side of tourism in Hue, Viet Nam

Creator:: Wangsgard, David B.
Abstract:: Street children are a significant presence in Hue, Viet Nam's tourist center, where they eat, sleep, work, and play. Utilizing ethnographic methods, this study examines how tourism impacts the lives of street children involved in the industry. The street children have generally been compelled to leave home because of adverse...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: tourist bars they frequented at night so that I could meet, and see firsthand the phenomenal pool playing

Little houses on the prairie : a predictive model of French-Canadian settlement in Oregon's Willamette Valley

Creator:: Kinoshita, Jun R.
Abstract:: Using GIS, this study creates a predictive model of a distinct population of French-Canadian settlers, highlighting shared environmental characteristics of known sites that may have factored into their decision-making process as they chose locations for their farmsteads. While traditional historic and archaeological research has been conducted on French Prairie, the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jun R. Kinoshita for the degree of

Hitchcock in Hollywood: Examining the Master of Suspense’s Career with Rebecca and Psycho

Creator:: Flanagan, Matthew S.
Abstract:: This project examines the production histories of two films that Alfred Hitchcock directed, his Hollywood debut Rebecca (1940) and the memorable Psycho (1960). The first chapter explores how Hitchcock succeeded and failed at influencing the picture as he, despite directing the movie, had to follow the vision that his producer,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Jon R. Lewis This

"Justify[ing] the ways of God to man" : John Milton's Use of Satan to Promote a Christian Message in Paradise Lost

Creator:: Burkett, Kristen A.
Abstract:: This paper focuses on Satan as a sympathetic figure in Paradise Lost, and it argues that readers' sympathy for Satan drives them to pursue God's grace in order to avoid falling into the same fate as Satan. It uses Reader Response theory to show how readers connect with Satan, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Promote a Christian Message in Paradise Lost Abstract approved: Rebecca R. Olson This

Analysis of dredge tailings pile patterns : applications for historical archaeological research

Creator:: Purdy, Sarah E.
Abstract:: For centuries humans have been searching for precious metals. The search for gold has greatly changed the landscape of the American West, beginning in the 1850s and continuing today. Various gold rushes around the country created mining colonies in remote areas, thereby connecting the frontier with the rest of America...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. David R. Brauner For centuries humans have been searching for precious metals. The

Self-made women of China : experiences in small-scale entrepreneurship

Creator:: Searles, Mackenzie L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine the lived experiences of women small-scale entrepreneurs in Qingdao, China by placing their collective experiences within relevant social and economic frameworks. This study, conducted in 2011 over a six-month period, applies an ethnographic approach based in modified grounded theory to bring together...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Women of China: Experiences in Small-scale Entrepreneurship Abstract approved: Nancy R. Rosenberger

Thinness in Asia : eating disorders in Singapore as seen through anthropological eyes

Creator:: Isono, Maho
Abstract:: There has been a growing interest in eating disorders among Singaporean medical professionals since the 1990s, and the Singaporean public is also starting to become aware of the risks of these conditions. This ethnographic research on eating disorders in Singapore, conducted in 2001, however, found that the majority of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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"Land of War and Blood" : spectacular violence, conflicting medievalisms, and chivalric legacies in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones

Scripts and Minoritarian Subjectivity: Examining Ambivalence and Asian Diasporas in Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, The Bad, The Weird, Kim Fu’s For Today I Am a Boy, and R. Zamora Linmark’s Rolling the R’s

Breeding the new woman : the eugenic discourse of motherhood in Shaw, Yeats, and Lawless

Street children : the other side of tourism in Hue, Viet Nam

Little houses on the prairie : a predictive model of French-Canadian settlement in Oregon's Willamette Valley

Hitchcock in Hollywood: Examining the Master of Suspense’s Career with Rebecca and Psycho

"Justify[ing] the ways of God to man" : John Milton's Use of Satan to Promote a Christian Message in Paradise Lost

Analysis of dredge tailings pile patterns : applications for historical archaeological research

Self-made women of China : experiences in small-scale entrepreneurship

Thinness in Asia : eating disorders in Singapore as seen through anthropological eyes

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