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2017-05-07

Boffa, Adriana

Fall 2017

Nixon, Randi

This dissertation explores the affective politics of pride in the context of neoliberalism and the multitude of way that proud feelings map onto issues of social justice. Since pride is so varied in both its individual and political manifestations, I draw on numerous instances of collective pride...

Fall 2010

Popa, Monica

Small-talk, flattery, teasing, ridicule, threats or insults are part of the daily fabric of consumers’ life. This dissertation is concerned with the way consumers behave toward others depending on how they are treated themselves. ‘Pay-it-forward’ is the notion that a person who is treated well by...

2012-10-11

Smith-Prei, Carrie

SSHRC Awarded IG 2013: Our project examines the reconfiguration of feminist activism in and for the 21st century through digital technologies. We do so in a case study of German "popfeminist" protest and performance art culture. The objective is to interrogate how the "Do it Yourself" (DIY)...

2017-05-06

Park, Ondine

Fall 2024

Deutsch, Rebecca A.

Grief is an affective state that is currently abjected within Canada and other countries such as the United States. By looking at the historical changes occurring from the eighteenth century through today, it becomes apparent how concrete mourning practices have changed significantly in relation...

Spring 2022

Howe, William R.

Abstract Literature has the power to change lives. Most English teachers trust this to be true. But while there are numerous arguments, of varying merit, that defend literature on cognitive grounds, few studies convincingly point to the underlying mechanisms of what makes it ‘work,’ or explain...