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The (Ir)Relevance of Lesbian Identity within Contemporary Theorizing: A Poststructural Critique of Lesbian Feminist and Queer Theory
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Lesbian identity has become germane to contemporary theorizing on sexuality. Since the early 1990’s, queer theory and critique have served to reveal the limitations and challenges of earlier lesbian feminist theory. However, queer theory has also encountered challenges, leaving theorizing on...
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The Badasses of Bad Movies: Border Hybridity, Women’s Models and Gendered National Identity in Cine Fronterizo
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Submitted on April 15, 2015 in fulfillment of the degree of BA Honors in Spanish and Latin American Studies; Supervisor: Dr. Victoria Ruetalo
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2003
Introduction: How do the familiar concrete objects of common-sense –houses, trees, people, cars and the like-- persist through time? According to the position known as ‘four-dimensionalism’ or ‘the doctrine of temporal parts’, ordinary concrete objects persist through time by perduring, i.e., by...
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The Effect of Conventional Elastomers on Force and Moment of a Self-Ligating Orthodontic Bracket with Second-Order Angulation in the Dry and Wet States evaluated through a new 3D Friction Device
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Objective: A new three-dimensional friction device was used to investigate the effect of conventional elastomers on force and moment of a self-ligating orthodontic bracket with second-order angulation during a simulated retraction. Methods: An 0.018x0.025-in stainless steel archwire was drawn...
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The English Manuscripts of Walter Hilton's _Scala perfectionis_: An Assessment of Reception
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Abstract This thesis investigates the reception of the forty full-text English medieval manuscripts of Walter Hilton's Scala perfectionis in order better to understand their cultural influence in late medieval England. It presents evidence for and assesses the reception of the manuscripts...
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2017-10-14
SSHRC Awarded IG 2018: Essences have traditionally been assigned important but controversial explanatory roles in philosophical, scientific and social theorizing. For example, why is it possible for one and the same organism to be first a caterpillar and then a butterfly? Why is it impossible for...
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The free improvised music scene in Beirut: Negotiating identities and stimulating social transformation in an era of political conflict
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Although free improvised music (FIM) originated in Europe and the United States in the 1960s, it has come to possess meanings and roles unique to its individual contexts of production in today’s transnational scene. By focusing on the Lebanese free improvised music scene which emerged in Beirut...
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Fall 2011
This thesis examines the narrative function of “meal scenes” in Ang Lee’s family trilogy films, exploring how food in them constructs meaning and indicates the complex nature of human relationships. Food preparation serves as a liberating element to express the cook’s repressed love to others and...
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2023-05-16
Learners of English may be influenced by the sounds of their mother tongue when speaking English. This study analyzes the acoustic features of English fricatives, such as the s sound in 'hiss', produced by native Mandarin speakers and native English speakers. This study also investigated how...
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2017-01-01
Bram, Thursday, Morillo, Stephanie, Dash, Ellen, Waterhouse, Heidi, Chavez, Melissa, Moskowitz, Anat
The words we use to talk about different situations, companies, and people have a huge impact on what we think. While style guides like the Associated Press Stylebook are used in newsrooms and public relations offices alike, they don’t cover identity well—if they mention topics like gender or...