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On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Creator:: Stoller, Kevin R.
Abstract:: William James came of age at a time of great social and intellectual change in the United States. During this period, new professional identities proliferated, and a new culture of professionalization developed with important ramifications for conceptions of individual and social identity. Professionalization was also closely related to key intellectual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Master of Arts in History of Science presented on July 24, 2002. Title: On His Own Terms: William James

A feminist love story : the cinematic possibilities of Shakespeare's Juliet

Creator:: Faherty, Dionna E.
Abstract:: Literary and feminist theory have recently begun to recognize William Shakespeare's character of Juliet as a possible feminist heroine, but communicating this interpretation on film will be complicated. Not only will the film need to deal with the issues of adaptation that come with moving any play onto film, but...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: begun to recognize William Shakespeare's character of Juliet as a possible feminist heroine, but

Life in (an)other world : issues of otherness and magic in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

Creator:: Fennell, Dalicia K.
Abstract:: My thesis is comprised of two articles, titled "Journeying Through (An)Other World: Examining the Role of Magic and Transformational Otherness in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Magic, Muggles, and Mudbloods: Examining Magical Otherness in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series." The introduction frames the thematic, theoretical, and critical connections...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Carl Grey Martin, Rhonda Knight, and William Woods. 4 Many critics connect this theme with

Interconversions of monoterpenes in peppermint

Creator:: Burbott, Alice Joyce
Abstract:: The analysis of the distribution of monoterpenes through the leaf pairs of a single shoot of Mentha piperita supports Reitsema's contention that the first terpenes formed are unsaturated ketones and that saturated terpenes are produced from these. The growth of Mentha piperita under varying conditions of temperature and the leaf-by-leaf...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Academic preparation of American business executives for foreign service

Creator:: Goodearl, Arthur William
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: WILLIAM GOODEARL A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE JNIVERSIT1 in partial fulfillment of the

Wild nature or the garden : conservation themes in the forests of Tarzan and Herland/Ourland

Creator:: Davis, Caryn M.
Abstract:: At first glance, Edgar Rice Burroughs's wildly popular romantic fantasy novel, Tarzan of the Apes (1912), and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist science fiction-utopian novel, Herland (1915), with its dystopian companion, With Her in Ourland (1916), may appear to have little in common. Tarzan celebrates the human connection with wild nature...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: goes to Tara Williams, Meghan Freeman, and William Husband for their willingness to serve on my

Abandoning the girl show ghetto : introducing and incorporating care ethics to girls' animation

Creator:: Hughes, Adam C.
Abstract:: In regards to animation created and aimed at them, girls are largely underserved and underrepresented. This underrepresentation leads to decreased socio-cultural capital in adulthood and a feeling of sacrificed childhood. Although there is a common consensus in entertainment toward girls as a potentially deficient audience, philosophy and applied ethics open...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , James Bond, and cartoon superheroes, women look back with embarrassment at groupies, Bond girls, and

Decentering the Human in 12th Century Histories and Chronicles: Divine Nonhumans at the Center of the Itinerarium Cambriae and the Historia Anglorum

Creator:: Phelps, Nathan J.
Abstract:: This thesis primarily investigates nonhumans in the writings of 12th century historians. Where these writings may typically be seen as having little room for nonhuman agency, this thesis investigates how divinity, as an important part of medieval life, creates a space for nonhuman agency that is otherwise overlooked. In chapter...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: peers in the church thought of agency. King William Rufus of England, looking at Ireland from across

Queering Ever After: Temporality, Magic, and Endings in Victorian Fairy Tales

Creator:: Damschen, Kalli M.
Abstract:: This thesis analyzes two Victorian fairy tales that feature queer endings, or endings that offer alternatives to the heteronormative fairy-tale tradition that idealizes heterosexual marriage and the biological family. In both George MacDonald’s The Wise Woman (1875) and E. Nesbit’s “The Island of the Nine Whirlpools” (1901), I argue that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Caution – ideological mechanisms at work : interpellation and the melancholic turn in Jack Kerouac's On the Road and Ernest Hemingway's The Garden of Eden

Creator:: Travers, Jessica D.
Abstract:: In this thesis I examine the ideological mechanisms that work to constitute, construct, and maintain subject identity. Such mechanisms include repetition, performativity, identification, and interpellation. I incorporate structuralist, post-structuralist, and psychoanalytic theories as a means to discuss the ways in which gender, sexuality, and identity are performative masquerades. Furthermore, these...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , his road buddy, have an extremely close bond – one that reinforces certain heteronormative

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On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

A feminist love story : the cinematic possibilities of Shakespeare's Juliet

Life in (an)other world : issues of otherness and magic in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

Interconversions of monoterpenes in peppermint

Academic preparation of American business executives for foreign service

Wild nature or the garden : conservation themes in the forests of Tarzan and Herland/Ourland

Abandoning the girl show ghetto : introducing and incorporating care ethics to girls' animation

Decentering the Human in 12th Century Histories and Chronicles: Divine Nonhumans at the Center of the Itinerarium Cambriae and the Historia Anglorum

Queering Ever After: Temporality, Magic, and Endings in Victorian Fairy Tales

Caution – ideological mechanisms at work : interpellation and the melancholic turn in Jack Kerouac's On the Road and Ernest Hemingway's The Garden of Eden

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