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Showing 1 to 20 of 294 for “"Tony"”.
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Contextualizing assessment of literate-learning: Can Tony read and write?
… institutional settings. Focusing on one student, Tony Mitchell, I situate assessments of his literate learning in the sociocultural contexts in which the assessments were embedded. I examine: 1) the assessments of Tony as "unable to read or write" produced in his fourth grade class; 2) the special …
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A Dybyuk's journey : a directorial process of Tony Kushner's "A Dybbuk"
… and adaptations, including the adaptation by Tony Kushner which was used for this production. The life of the playwright and the world of the play, historically and culturally were also researched. This investigation is outlined in Chapter One. This is followed by a detailed Directorial …
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Masculinidades bajo Pinochet: simbologia y simbiosis en Mala onda y Tony Manero
… of General Augusto Pinochet in the movie Tony Manero, by Pablo Larrain, and the novel Mala onda, by Alberto Fuguet. It proposes that the dictator and consequently the ideology of dictatorship are exacerbated representations of masculinity, and this study signals their inherent …
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From the Individual to the Collective: Community in August Wilson and Tony Kushner
… study examines the playwrights August Wilson and Tony Kushner as "political" artists whose work, while positing very different definitions of "community," offers a similar critique of an American tendency toward a kind of misguided, dangerous individualism that precludes "interconnection." I begin …
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Obsessed With the Image: Vulgar Auteurism and Post-Cinematic Affect in the Late Films of Tony Scott
… the early 21<sup>st</sup> century using three of Tony Scott’s late-period films: <em>Man on Fire </em>(2004); <em>Déjà Vu </em>(2006); and <em>The Taking of Pelham 123 </em>(2009). These films exemplify “post-cinematic affect,” a term used by Steven Shaviro to define how both changes in filmmaking …
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The role of memory in the poetry of Douglas Dunn and Tony Harrison with specific reference to elegy.
… we find in the poetry of Douglas Dunn and Tony Harrison merit consideration as more than human documentaries or nostalgic tales of the past. Remembering the familiar past provides both poets with the opportunity to confess feelings of grief (at the loss of a wife or parent) and unease …
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Speaking of the Body: The Maternal Body, Race, and Language in the Plays of Cherrie Moraga, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Tony Kushner
… Suzan - Lori Parks’s Red Letter Plays , and Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul . In order to examine the maternal body and its position as a highly stigmatized object, my thesis will weave together three diverse theatrical presentations from 21st century playwrights in order to both compose a …
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My boy
… before she was born, when her older brother Tony was born with a rare chromosome disorder called Saether Chotezen Syndrome, leaving him at the mental and physical capabilities of a young child for the duration of his life. The second event occurred five years later, with her parents’ divorce …
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The Viet Cong
… then passes his information to a “friend” named Tony who might be able to help him. Instead of a face-to-face meeting, Tony – a gangster – tests Eddie’s English skills by sending him on an errand with his hired muscle, Big Baby, to collect an outstanding debt from an American expat. After the …
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Anthony Soprano; Aristotelian Tragic Hero, Anti-Hero, or Thug; and Why We Watch
… in the history of television. Lead character Tony Soprano has been referred to as an Aristotelian Tragic Hero by several observers, as merely a complex character by others, and by still others as nothing more than a criminal, albeit a fascinating one. This project has examined his status as …
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Benedict Labre House : 1952-1966 : the history of an unofficial lay apostolate
… in this period was the founding group, including Tony Walsh, and other lay people from Montreal's English Catholic community. This thesis seeks to demythologize Tony Walsh and Benedict Labre House through a critical analysis of the sources. Using many primary documents, such as newspapers, …
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To Love Again?
… she is having an affair with his brother Tony. His jealousy consumes him and he abandons his wife and child. The story resumes several years later, after the death of Michael's father. As the story unfolds, Michael seeks to find the friend who betrayed him, make peace with his brother, and …
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The rhetorical dimension of an apology for slavery.
… It will focus upon former Representative Tony Hall's 1997 and 2000 request for a congressional apology for slavery. The rhetorical dimensions of the sociopolitical apology in regard to American slavery process will be the primary focus. Three methodologies will be utilized 1) historical …
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Iconoclast in the mirror.
… theories, and Peircian semiotics. Tony Hoagland, W.H. Auden, Adrienne Rich, and the poetic prose of Hélène Cixous provide textual examples of an evolving aesthetic in which the poet's self and world comprise multiple dynamic, open relationships supplanting one in which simple …
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The stereotype caravan: Assessment of stereotypes and ideology levels used to portray Gypsies in two European feature films
… of ideology present in two movies: Gadjo Dilo (Tony Gatlif, 1997, France) and Time of the Gypsies (Emir Kusturica, 1989, Yugoslavia).
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Truly An Awesome Spectacle: Gender Performativity And The Alienation Effect In Angels In America
Tony Kushner's two-part play Angels in America uses stereotypical depictions of gay men to deconstruct traditional gender dichotomies. In this thesis, I argue that Kushner has created a continuum of gender performativity to deconstruct these traditional gender dichotomies, thereby empowering the …
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Rethinking the Hiring Practices of a Small Suburban Chicago School District
… hiring process. This plan was developed around Tony Wagner’s Four C’s framework. The District 1 hiring process was analyzed for its context, culture, competencies, and conditions both in its current state and as it will be when the outlined changes are implemented. Strategies and actions for …
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