In this thesis, I will examine representations of tourism on four popular contemporary television shows-An Idiot Abroad, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, and Bizarre Foods with Andrew ...

In the mid-2000s, thousands of young men from Senegal and other West African countries began migrating to Europe in a way that was considered peculiar to some, and insane to others, and extreme to most. Known colloquially ...

In this thesis the author sets out to highlight the voices of Chinese adoptees, a perspective that is largely left out of the literature on adoption. Studying Chinese adoptees is important as the first generation, those ...

In this thesis, I argue that while Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, proposes a compelling theory of gender, his model of the pre-Oedipal and Oedipal stages of psychosexual development does not adequately address ...

This thesis is premised on the argument that three subjects are born in the process of childbirth-baby, mother, and doula. If childbirth is seen as a rite of passage, or a ritual that accompanies some kind of transition ...

This thesis examines cultural representations of nightlife in the iconic oceanfront New York City neighborhood Coney Island, produced between the turn of the twentieth century and World War II. By looking at the night in ...

This thesis focuses on the opposing accounts of aesthetic experience presented by Immanuel Kant in the Critique of the Power of Judgment and by Pierre Bourdieu in Distinction. Using close textual analysis, I will detail ...

This thesis analyzes the continued relevance of the Voting Rights Act in the aftermath of the United States Supreme Court Shelby County v. Holder decision and in the midst of 21st Century voter suppression laws. This ...

At predominantly white institutions, black college students' understandings of their campus climate are complicated by their experiences of racial microaggressions and racial battle fatigue. In addition to navigating ...