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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"The American South"”.
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Sustainable Wastewater Treatment in the American South
… treatment towards more sustainable methods. This thesis investigates what sustainable treatment technologies are being used in the American South through a focused sample of six cities across the region: Austin, Texas; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; Ocean …
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Paradidomi: magical realism and the American South
The thesis is comprised of a novel and a critical reflection. The novel component, entitled The<br/>Mathers’ Land, draws on traditions of magical realism, storytelling, memory and metafiction.<br/>The framing narrative of the novel follows Luanne Richardson, a librarian who has moved<br/>South with …
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Political violence in the American South: 1882-1890
The racial status quo in the American South persisted through an unspoken detente between the federal government and the Southern state governments during the second half of the 19 th century. The political disenfranchisement of blacks took place in distinct stages following Reconstruction. In the …
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Reaping the "Colored Harvest": The Catholic Mission in the American South
<p>A central paradox marks the story of the Roman Catholic mission in the American South. On one hand, the Church committed itself to providing access to quality education in underserved southern black communities. The establishment of southern Catholic schools for African American children …
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Y'all Think We're Stupid: Deconstructing Media Stereotypes of The American South
<p>This study examines the various stereotypes that persist about the American South, giving consideration to the common stereotypes, their persistence, and the response of Southerners and non-Southerners to them. Further, it aims to examine in-depth the methods by which these stereotypes are …
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The language and politics of place: autobiographical curriculum in the American South
Place is central to the study of the American South. The question of the meaning and power of place underpinned the earliest efforts to define and understand the region, and place remains a crucial concept in an ongoing process of regional identification and inquiry. This study explores southern …
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The Ladies’ Land League and Irish-American Identity in the American South
<p>The Ladies’ Land League played an important role in the Land War in the 1880s and was a historically important instance of Irish women’s political action. Anna Parnell and others galvanized women in both Ireland and the United States over land reform issues. This paper examines the evidence of …
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Art of the American *South, 1915--1945: Picturing the Past, Portending Regionalism
Southern art has received little scholarly attention. Archival sources are used here to document the development of regionalism in the South and to examine the work of Frank London, Hobson Pittman and Mary Tannahill from North Carolina; Alfred Hutty, Anna Heyward Taylor and Elizabeth O'Neill Verner …
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Being Hindu in the American South: Hindu Nationalist Discourse in a Diaspora Community
… Pew poll approximately 97% of all Hindus live in the countries of India and Nepal. However, there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Hindus living in other parts of the world. Across the United States, Hindu temples are joining the religious landscape of the country. They are often …
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Out Of This World: Hearing Indigenous And Immigrant Music In The American South
… when scholarship regarding traditional music in the U.S. South attempts to transcend outdated confines and limitations, the region itself experiences significant and unforeseen demographic changes. These cultural shifts call into question the foci of documentary efforts and trigger a reassessment …
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“I Pledge Allegiance”: Examining Motivations for Sport Fanship and Fandom in the American South
There are a number of motivations that exist in the formation of collegiate fanship and fandom. Through a mixed-method approach, this dissertation provides an in-depth examination into the motivations individuals have when establishing allegiances for collegiate sports teams. Through a qualitative …
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Blood at the Root: Of Myth, Food, Race, and Landscape in the American South
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Blood at the Root: Of Myth, Food, Race, and Landscape in the American South
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From Walter Scott to Cormac McCarthy : Scottish Romanticism and the novel from the American South
This thesis argues for the previously underemphasized influence of Scottish Romantic-era writing on the novel from the US South, demonstrating the formative impact of writers such as Walter Scott and James Hogg on the development of Southern writing, but also the ways in which Southern writers …
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Slavery beyond slavery: the American South, British imperialism, and the circuits of capital, 1833-1873
“Slavery Beyond Slavery: The American South, British Imperialism, and the Circuits of Capital, 1833-1873” expands upon W.E.B. Du Bois’s insight that U.S. slavery intensified and transformed the exploitation of labor on a global scale. In places of intense colonial conflict and breakdown—India’s …
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The Wind Goes On: 'Gone with the Wind' and the Imagined Geographies of the American South
Published in 1936, Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind achieved massive literary success before being adapted into a motion picture of the same name in 1939. The novel and film have amassed numerous accolades, inspired frequent reissues, and sustained mass popularity. This dissertation analyzes …
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Participation in a shifting global context? A case study of labor and faith in the American South
… supporting migrant and/or refugee populations in the U.S., scholars have conducted little research on these institutions, especially those that seek to encourage the agency of those they serve. To address this gap, this study investigated a political capacity-building project conducted by the …
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The impact of revivalism upon Baptist faith and practice in the American South prior to the Civil War.
In the mid-seventeenth century, revivalism first appeared as a phenomenon in American religious life, and few religious groups were more influenced by revivalism than Baptists in the American South. When Baptists had first appeared in the South, as a group they were small, highly Calvinistic and …
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Gay American English: Language Attitudes, Language Perceptions, and Gay Men's Discourses of Connectedness to Family, Lgbtq Networks, and the American South
… toward and perceptions of gay male varieties of American English, or Gay American English (GAE). Building on language attitude research in folk dialectology and social psychology, I use both quantitative and qualitative techniques to analyze interview data, an attitude and perception study, and …
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Bridging the Gap between the Reality and the Myth of the American South: Three Authors' Efforts to Recover the Religious South
<p>This project explores the influence of literature on the religious South's progression beyond the civil religion of the Lost Cause. In this examination, I trace the development of the Southern mind from its inception into the Jim Crow South. In doing so, I contend that portions of the religious …
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