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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"demonization"”.
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An ideological criticism of David Duke's rhetoric of racism and exclusion
… Rojo in exploring the rhetorical process of demonization which is used to turn someone or something into an enemy. The process needed to demonize an enemy involves two rhetorical strategies: division and rejection. Division establishes the opposing categories in the conflict, manifesting …
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Visit the Imprisoned: A Heuristic Inquiry into the Experiences of Catholic Detention Ministry Volunteers
… rhetoric of “tough on crime,” and the overall demonization of this population. As a response to this dominant narrative, this study sought to explore the experiences of Catholic detention ministry volunteers. Through a heuristic methodology and with the theoretical underpinnings of Critical …
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Mandeville's Intolerance: The Contest for Souls and Sacred Sites in The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
… Travels</italic> including Mandeville's demonization of Jews: an exception to his "generous" treatment of non-Christians), his concern for the Holy Land, and his reasons for combining the matter of the Holy Land with the matter of the East.
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Cancel culture: posthuman hauntologies in digital rhetoric and the latent values of virtual community networks
… of the individual’s ethos via the constant demonization and incitement of past, current, and possible social media expressions. The primary goal of this study is to understand how these practices function within a capitalistic framework and mirror the performativity of capital by reducing …
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The Lokamanya and the Sardar : two generations of Congress 'communalism'
… This thesis investigates how Tilak and Patel's demonization of Muslims in the print media and the relegation of Muslims to limited roles within Congress helped to enfeeble the secular goals of Congress, despite the efforts of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) and Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)
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Flowers for the Book-binder's Wife: An Investigation of Florilegia and Early Modern Women's Writing
… thesis investigates Giambattista Della Porta’s demonization of women’s menstrual flowers in his books of secrets, Shakespeare’s depiction of the danger of patriarchal sententiae for women, and finally Isabella’s Whitney’s entry into authorship, a venture which captured the early modern …
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"Trash Music": Valuing Nineteenth-century Italian Opera Fantasias for Woodwinds
… the concept of virtuosity and its gradual demonization, the strong gendered overtones of individual woodwind instruments and of virtuosity, the distinct Italian context of these fantasias, the presentation and alteration of opera narratives in opera fantasias, and the technical and social …
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Civic Fitness: The Politics of Breast Cancer and the Problem of Generosity
… its emergence has coincided with (a) the popular demonization of political agitation popularly associated with the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and (b) a widely held sense that state funded social welfare programs created over the past century have stifled America's ""traditional"" …
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Modernizing Indigenous Priesthood and Revitalizing Old Shrines: Current Developments on Ghana’s Religious Landscape
… campaign of Charismatic Pentecostalism and demonization by colonial Christianity has paradoxically contributed to the growing appeal of agents of the indigenous religions in Ghana. The data also establishes a link between the rise in indigenous religious specialists in Ghana and the growing …
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EVIDENCE OF ANXIETY: WOMEN'S AGENCY AND ENGAGEMENT LAW IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND FILM, 1880-1935
… period, began to come under public scrutiny. The demonization of this legal protection coincided with increased legal agency in other areas of married life for women, but in most historical and critical discussions of this era, breach of promise, also nicknamed Heartbalm, has been overlooked, and …
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Sex, Metaphysics, and Mental 'Dis-ease'
… imposed denial, (de)construction and demonization of which is causing its fragmentation and loss, and the existential need to reconstruct this real, ‘de-formed’ sexual female self/body into the ideal feminine ‘form’ - the perfect pretend self - that will earn Paternal recognition, …
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Recycled Modernity: Google, Immigration History, and the Limits for H-1B
<p>Regulation of admission to the United States for technology workers from foreign countries has been a difficult issue, especially during periods of intense development. Following the dot.com bubble, the Google Corporation continued to argue in favor of higher limits under the Immigration and …
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North Korea's Policy Toward the United States: Rappochement to Confrontational Diplomacy in the 1970s and the 1990s
… Korea since it has been the focus of pervasive 'demonization' efforts in the U.S. for over 70 years. These efforts have resulted in a counterproductive reliance among U.S. foreign policymakers on coercive diplomacy and the forced diplomatic isolation of North Korea. Isolation and coercion have …