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"Its Own Sense of Verisimilitude" : The Lizzie Bennet Diaries As a Transhistorical Adaptation of the Semipublic

Creator:: Surface, Samara
Abstract:: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is a multimodal adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, released from 2012-2013. As a media event, the show proved how effective transmedia storytelling can be, eventually winning an Emmy for Original Interactive Program. In creating an intensely immediate narrative world, the series adapted more than Jane Austen’s...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: immediate narrative world, the series adapted more than Jane Austen’s story; it adapted the semipublic

The objects within : an applied OOO literary criticism

Creator:: Dodson, Matthew J.
Abstract:: For centuries, continental philosophy has clung to the belief that the world only meaningfully exists through human perception--that, in other words, when a tree falls in the forest, it does not make a sound. Literary theory, which has strong roots in continental philosophy, followed suit, remaining tied to humanism even...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ontology (Graham Harman, Timothy Morton, and Ian Bogost), vibrant materialism (Jane Bennett), and actor

The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

Creator:: Stone, Helen Delight
Abstract:: Site ORYA3, the Smith House, is located in Dayton, Oregon. The archaeological project originated because owners of this structure, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, applied for a demolition permit. The 1859 home, first occupied by two early Oregon pioneers, Andrew and Sarah Smith, was considered architecturally significant,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: being occupied by the John and Jane Jones family. The Jones family was related through marriage to the

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Ecuador's informal sector : an analysis of gender and empowerment programs

Creator:: Ota, Brandy
Abstract:: Over the last 25 years structural adjustment programs have challenged Ecuador's ability to provide adequate social services and employment opportunities. In the wake of these policies, many women have turned to non-governmental agencies for possible solutions and assistance. Empowerment programs as a form of development work in particular have been...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: greater or lesser degree as dependents of men (Cox and Pawar 2006:180). As a result, women were typically

The educational fates of college entrants in the two lowest American council on education test deciles

Creator:: Laslett, Leota Lieurance
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Act of 1936; the private schools in the slum districts --- such as the Jane Hayes Gates School in

Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:: McAleer, Carolyn Patricia
Abstract:: This thesis examines archaeological material in order to explore gender and ethnicity issues concerning fur trade era families from a settlement in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Ethnohistorical information consisting of traders journals and travelers observations, as well as documentation from the Hudson's Bay Company, Catholic church records, and genealogical information...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Why they volunteer : a study of participants at nature conservancy work parties

Creator:: Hastings, Kevin L.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the motivations of ecological restoration volunteers with the Oregon chapter of The Nature Conservancy. This study helps fill in voids left by a lack of research on the motivations of ecological restoration volunteers. Studies that have explored restoration volunteer motivation relied largely on surveys that revealed altruistic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: throughout this process and I thank them for that. My parents, Kevin and Jane Hastings, have offered love

Feeling through Language: Tracing Affect in Gendered Language

Creator:: Moody, Jeana S.
Abstract:: This study looks at how gendered language circulates affect in order to coerce gender binary conformity. I analyze the ways gendered phrases like “sit like a lady”, “don’t be a bitch”, and “man up” communicate binary gender expectations within a U.S. context, and what they have to do with larger...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: all cultural ideologies (Ore 13; Hill, Everyday Language 33). Jane Hill, a scholar of

The beginnings of a Russian natural history : the life and work of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 - 1755)

Creator:: Koroloff, Rachel
Abstract:: Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 – 1755) was a successful early Russian naturalist whose professional and social destinies were linked to eighteenth-century Russia's nascent but growing naturalist tradition. During his own time Krasheninnikov bridged the gap that existed in Russia between a distinctly European scientific practice and a tradition of Russian...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

"Its Own Sense of Verisimilitude" : The Lizzie Bennet Diaries As a Transhistorical Adaptation of the Semipublic

The objects within : an applied OOO literary criticism

The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

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

Ecuador's informal sector : an analysis of gender and empowerment programs

The educational fates of college entrants in the two lowest American council on education test deciles

Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Why they volunteer : a study of participants at nature conservancy work parties

Feeling through Language: Tracing Affect in Gendered Language

The beginnings of a Russian natural history : the life and work of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 - 1755)

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