Feminist theorists Alicia Ostriker and Phyllis Trible argue that as a nonpatriarchal text free of gendered hierarchy and sexual stereotyping, the Song of Songs is the most prominent example of countertext in the Hebrew ...
Although Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis is primarily concerned with questions of science, the text subtly questions the politics of identity through the liminality of the artificially created Michi. As an artificial being, Michi ...
As the "eyes and ears" of the police, town watches "observe, document, and report" suspicious behavior. Many town watch volunteers do not go on patrols, and those that do rarely, if ever, encounter criminals. Based on my ...
This thesis explores the idea of the self, as understood over and against observable nature as a narrative arc using Renée Descartes, Martin Heidegger, Danielle Macbeth, and Judith Butler. It will argue that one starting ...
Over the past few years biblical films have seemingly increased following the release of the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ. Since then, topics ranging from the life of Christ to the life of Noah have gone to the box ...
This thesis examines the role of African-American newspapers as conduits for African-American literature during the Harlem Renaissance. Since the 1827 debut of the Freedom’s Journal, the black press has been a defender for ...
As the population of older Americans grows worldwide, there is increasing attention given to late-life care living facilities. Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) are one such option open to aging individuals. ...
What determines whether or not people participate in social assistance programs for which they are eligible? In this thesis, Iinvestigate individual determinants of welfare claiming. I explore the implications of Joseph ...
The study examined the effects of similarity and empathy on neural mirroring. 31 subjects underwent a similarity manipulation designed to elicit feelings of similarity or dissimilarity towards a confederate. EEG data were ...
This thesis discusses how the poet Christina Rossetti uses the body and mind as a poetic merger to better access and understand her spirit. Through her devotional poetry, Rossetti reclaims the body's role in Biblical ...
Film genres, as seen from the traditionally structuralist perspective in film and genre studies, are necessarily defined by convention, and film noir is not an exception—in fact, it often exemplifies the rule. This paper ...
The present study sought to expand the existing literature on the shared pathway of social and physical pain. Because of the shared pathway and necessity of each type of pain, it was predicted that activation of social ...
Conflicting interpretations have disturbed Wittgenstein's private language argument. I describe two fundamentally opposing readings. In the first, the argument defends an essential connection between the public and the ...
Each text has a unique depiction of time and space, a particular way it leads its readers through narrative reality. This sensation of movement through time and space — referred to as a text’s chronotope — is often a product ...
This thesis will investigate the importance of religion in the structure and mission of hospice programs of the twentieth century. Hospice's reintroduction to the modern health care system resulted from the work of Dr. ...