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  • 'Mejor Amancebada que Mal Casada' : Rhetoric and Practice of Amancebamiento in Seventeenth-Century New Spain

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    Hisey, Aimee
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    Following a history of tensions surrounding concubinage in medieval and early modern Spain, the Church sought greater control of religious life, particularly over the sacrament of marriage, via the Holy Office of the Inquisition. The Church exercised its strengthened restrictions and prosecuted these relationships with more frequency, as did civil...
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    New Spain Abstract Approved: J, Nicole von Germeten Following a

  • Erotic Capital and Women’s Online Sexual Marketing

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    Perkins, Abby M.
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    The purpose of this paper was to discuss the theory of erotic capital proposed by Catherine Hakim and how this theory affects online advertising done by sex workers. Through analyzing 29 different pages relating to the commercial sex industry, I observed how sexual capital is utilized in marketing strategies and...
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    Abstract approved: _________________________________ J, Nicole

  • Attentional Bias Toward Facial Emotion Expression : Orienting vs. Disengagement

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    Martin, Nicole R.
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    The present study examined involuntary attentional bias toward facial emotion expression. Particularly, the study examined two different attentional components for emotional processing, namely, orienting vs. disengagement. A cueing paradigm using two cue presentation times (250ms and 350ms) was used to determine if attention would be involuntarily captured by an irrelevant...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Nicole Martin for the

  • Claude McKay's Vision of Community in the African Diaspora : A Fresh Take on Home to Harlem and Banjo

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    De Jesus, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)
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    This research examines the literary and philosophical dimensions of the African American Harlem Renaissance, beginning with the historical milieu of the early twentieth century. A social movement that became known as Uplift and the so-called Cabaret Movement emerged as important, competing literary and social ideologies within the Renaissance. W.E.B. Du...
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    : Neil R. Davison This research examines the literary and philosophical dimensions of the African

  • Examining if and how the Sandinistas Democratized Nicaragua Between 1979 and 1990

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    Bolotin, Jacob L.
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    The Sandinistas embarked on a unique and controversial path of democratization between 1979 and 1990 that focused first on expanding human development due to Nicaragua's historical underdevelopment before holding elections. This differs widely from methods advocated still today that emphasize expanding civil and political liberties and holding elections. The purpose...
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    , thank you to all members of my committee: Sarah Henderson, Nicole von Germeten, Richard Clinton, and

  • Confessing Our Sims: The construction of gender and sexuality among women ages 18-22 on MySpace

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    Papaleo, November R.
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    MySpace is a social network phenomenon with over 100 million profiles and a strong presence in over 24 countries. As digital media become more commonplace, social networks are becoming sites where women create and manage relationships and identities. This thesis is a study of how women ages 18-22 are constructing...
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    THE THESIS OF November R. Papaleo for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • FUBAR: A Narrative Analysis of War Remains

    Creator:
    Williams, Clay R.
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    The virtual reality (VR) experience War Remains created by Dan Carlin claims that it is an immersive memory in attempt to give its audience the “tiniest taste of” what-it-was-like to experience a WWI battle (Carlin, 2020). This claim aligns with the growing belief that VR can be the ultimate empathy...
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    marvelous parents, Ty and Nicole, for always believing in me. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

  • Multiethnic women's identity and perceptions of competent communication

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    Hilliard, Cynthea R.
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    This study identified some of the ways that multiethnic women describe their ethnic identities, how they perceive ethnic-specific gender identities and what they think are appropriate norms for, and effective outcomes of, communicative behavior. Twelve multiethnic women described their ethnic identity names or labels, and ethnic-specific gender identities; they also...
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    communication AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Cynthea R. Hilliard for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • Quintilian's influence on Obadiah Walker

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    O'Rourke, Kathryn Ann
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    The nature and extent of classical rhetoric's influence on subsequent ages has been the focus of much recent study. Scholars have been concerned with how classical authors, particularly Cicero and Quintilian, emerged in educational and rhetorical theories of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and later centuries. Despite this flurry of...
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    Education," Empire and Aftermath: Silver Latin II, ed. T.A. Dorey. (London & Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul

  • Women and Workplace Competition : A Study of Horizontal Hostility

    Creator:
    Stone, Erin A.
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    Throughout society, many believe women are not succeeding professionally because of the institutional barriers created by men in the American workforce. However, women may be more competitive with other women than with men, especially when limited job positions are the goal. Competitiveness among women can be explained by a phenomenon...
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