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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"eulogies"”.
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"Washington in Golry": Clerical Reflections on the Death of George Washington and the Making of a New Nation
This thesis examines the eulogies delivered in honor of George Washington by Christian clerics between December of 1799 and February of 1800. These orations can be viewed as cultural performances that helped to strengthen the social and political order by fostering a sense of community that …
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Magic Mulatto: Barack Obama's Biracial Body and Race Performance
… for him to address race and its impact in his eulogies for the dead. I analyze his eulogies for Clementa Pinckney, who was a reverend for the Methodist Episcopal church in South Carolina and the five police officers to argue that Obama embodies racial ideologies to connect with audiences and …
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Washington in glory, America in tears: The nation mourns the death of George Washington, 1799-1800
… of him that were central to nearly all the eulogies delivered during the period of national mourning. The study is based on an extensive examination of printed materials from the mourning period. Nearly 300 Washington funeral eulogies delivered throughout the country were located. The second …
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The pit, the field and the edifice : a rhetorical analysis of the commemorative 9/11 Ceremonies of September 11, 2002
… failed. The mixed messages contained in the eulogies and the lack of a planned rhetorical strategy resulted in an emotionally engaging but fragmented exercise in public discourse.</p>
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Living expressions and their effects on primary recipients
… Expressions have semblance to ideas contained in eulogies, Gestalt and other therapies and group theories. Self-enhancement and self-consistency theory conflicts were considered. Social penetration theory and self-disclosure studies were reviewed. Eleven recipients were subjects in this …
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Strategic Mourning: America's Journey After the Death of George Washington
This thesis examines the eulogies delivered after the death of George Washington in 1799, identifying themes in the texts and motivations of the authors. The death of the first president occurred during a series of national and international events that challenged the procedures and foundational …
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The space between Beirut and the moon : the spatial Lebanese coming of age novel
… journalist with a penchant for writing eulogies) as well as his relationship with his closest friend (a Druze who is said to worship goats and believe in reincarnation) shape his own character. His experiences vary from the mundane family and school life, to near death experiences as he …
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The politics of aesthetics and performance: Visuality and the remaking of culture in the Calabar Festival and Carnival, 2004 -2019
… study takes a leap away from these romanticized eulogies to critically evaluate some socio-political, visual and affective elements that make up the operationality and performativity of the festival. I draw from the concept of dilapidation and dissonance to assert that the festival started in …
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Restructuring public higher education governance in West Virginia, 1969-1989: a policy study
… written out of the State Code. There were no eulogies. In a retrospective search for the cause of death, the enactment, implementation, and termination of the Board were analyzed. The dynamics of the political processes through which the structure of higher education governance was modified …
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A Diverse Array of Synthetic Strategies for Phosphorus Group Transfer Chemistry: From Phosphinidenes to Phosphates
… Xin. Chapter 1 consists of a brief collection of eulogies from friends and colleagues, reflecting on his life and time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The subsequent chapters describe the development of novel synthetic methods for the transfer of phosphorus-containing moieties, …
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Marguerite Inman Davis: first progressive first lady of Virginia
… of Virginia politics. Inflamed by the laudatory eulogies heaped upon Senator Carter Glass at his death in 1947, Mrs. Davis publicly condemned both Glass and the Byrd organization. In establishing the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation, Marguerite Inman Davis displayed enlightened …
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Italian Renaissance Depictions of the Ottoman Sultan: Nuances in the Function of Early Modern Italian Portraiture
… of the figures -- he eventually composed brief eulogies to hang beneath each of the portraits -- suggests the precariousness of attempting to handle neutrally the Near Eastern "other." The images in conjunction with the text operate as an innovatively bold and frank commentary on contemporary …
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God Wills It: Presidents and the Political Use of Religion
… would include holiday addresses and funeral eulogies. I label a second variant of religious rhetoric comforting and calming. A president will frequently use religious rhetoric as he tries to shepherd the country through the difficult aftermath of a terrorist attack, a natural disaster or a …
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Letters of a Learned Lady : Sophia Elisabeth Brenner's Correspondence, with an Edition of her Letters to and from Otto Sperling the Younger
Sophia Elisabeth Brenner (1659-1730) was Sweden's first great female poet, writing and publishing her poems over a period of fifty years. She was also, however, a prolific letter writer. The dissertation is based on an inventory of all the preserved letters to and from her written in Latin, …