This poetry project is instigated by traumas inflicted by others on the flesh and by the flesh itself, which stem from existing in a female body. I’m fascinated by the way human females (and most other animals) are genetically...
Soggetto:
Poetry, Feminist poetry, Matrilineal kinship, Women in art e Kinship in art
Art provides an image of reality from the creator's perspective which sparks interaction between the viewer and the piece. Throughout history, metaphor-infused art has inspired dialogue and social change as a means for...
Parola chiave:
Chile, Dialogue, No campaign, Nonviolence, Political Commercials e Rhetorical Analysis
Soggetto:
Art -- Political aspects -- Chile, Chile -- History -- 1973-1988 e Politics in art
Traditionally, studies in gender linguistics have been qualitative anecdotes which view gender on a dichotomous plane. Using normative research participants and small amounts of data, researchers in gender linguistics have made...
Soggetto:
Language and languages -- Sex differences e Gender identity
The Taste of Hominy is a personal, yet creative project focused on transcribing stories from my grandparents’ lives and bringing to life realistic and accurate Appalachian speech and storytelling. It stands as a collection of...
Parola chiave:
Appalachia, dialect, linguistics, oral history, Southern e Western North Carolina
Soggetto:
Appalachians (People), Mountain life, English language -- Dialects -- Appalachian Region, Families e Oral histories
In this thesis, I address the absence of intersectionality in feminist scholarship, particularly in the study of feminist composition pedagogy. As a discipline, Rhetoric and Composition concerns itself with shifts in social...
Parola chiave:
Composition, Feminism, Feminist Pedagogy, Intersectionality, Pedagogy e Rhetoric
Soggetto:
Feminist theory -- Study and teaching (Higher), Queer theory -- Study and teaching (Higher), Gender identity -- Study and teaching (Higher) e Intersectionality (Sociology)
This thesis examines the relationship between silence and confession in Athol Fugard’s Tsotsi, Sindiwe Magona’s Mother to Mother, and J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace in order to show that the act of confession is often problematic,...
Parola chiave:
Apartheid, Confession, Interregnum, Power}Silence e The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Soggetto:
Fugard, Athol. -- Tsotsi, Magona, Sindiwe. -- Mother to mother, Coetzee, J. M., -- 1940- -- Disgrace, Apartheid in literature, Confession in literature, Silence in literature e South African literature (English) -- History and criticism
Examining the obstacles of teaching beginning Shakespeare students, whether in middle school, high school, or undergraduate levels, this study explores integrating dance as a teaching method to improve students’ engagement in...
Parola chiave:
Creative Movement in the English Classroom, Dance and Teaching Literature, English Teachers, Integrating Arts in Education, Pedagogy e Shakespearean Pedagogy
Soggetto:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Study and teaching e Dance in education
This thesis examines the existential despair and loss of meaning found in Camus' The Stranger and Sartre's No Exit, and then compares and contrasts those qualities with the Christian worldview and apologetic found in Percy's...
This thesis examines the existential despair and loss of meaning found in Camus' The Stranger and Sartre's No Exit, and then compares and contrasts those qualities with the Christian worldview and apologetic found in Percy's...
This creative thesis consists of a collection of six short stories following the main character, Annabelle Jones, through the National Forests and Parks of Western North Carolina as she faces difficult life choices that will...
Parola chiave:
Appalachian Studies, Connected Stories, Fiction, Short Story, Western Carolina e Writing
Soggetto:
Forest reserves -- North Carolina, Western -- Fiction, Young women -- North Carolina, Western -- Fiction e North Carolina, Western -- Fiction
