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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"outlaw"”.
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An outlaw practice: boxing, governance and western law
… the uses of Western law to regulate and at times outlaw the sport of boxing. Drawing on a primary sample of two hundred and one reported judicial decisions canvassing the breadth of recognised legal categories, and an allied range fight lore supporting, opposing or critically reviewing the sport's …
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Refusing Rehabilitation: Outlaw Epistemologies and the Carceral-Therapeutic State in NYC
… in New York City, <em>Refusing Rehabilitation: Outlaw Epistemologies and the Carceral-Therapeutic State </em>explores how gender, race, and class have been transformed at the intersection of criminal legal system reform and the overdose crisis. I take up how multiracial groups of criminalized …
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A Pilgrim, An Outlaw: Features of Dramatic Adaptation and Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie
… toward the intentions of the source and an “outlaw” in its innovative theatrical representation of them.
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The Last Apache "Broncho": The Apache Outlaw in the Popular Imagination, 1886-2013
This study examines the American mythmaking of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Apache 'renegades' and their post—Apache Wars counterpart the Apache 'bronchos' in popular culture and memory. The idea of the 'broncho' Apache created fear, insecurity, and cautionary folklore for residents …
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Crying in the wilderness : the outlaw and poet in Ben Hecht's militant Zionism
… one of Hecht's affinity for the militant outlaw, and the other of his devotion to the uncompromising spirit of the artist-poet.
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The Representation of the Outlaw Biker in California, 1953-1969: Film, Counterculture and Commodity
… is an exploration of the representation of the outlaw biker from 1953-1969. I will use three films to anchor my work: Easy Rider (1969), The Wild One (1953), The Wild Angels (1965). Each of these films will be the anchor of its own chapter, but I will also be using various imagery to explore the …
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Searching for a pragmatic aesthetic: the rhetorical strategies of gansta rappers -- myths, rituals, and dramas of an outlaw music
In a world where impoverished urban black youth are under attack from all political factions, rap music lies at the heart of their cultural epicenter. More specifically, Gangsta rap music has taken center stage, dominating the pop charts, moving from the streets of the ghetto to the homes of white …
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Outlaw, outcast, and Obergefell: an analysis of the United States Supreme Court’s ideology in cases that impact the LGBT community
This study employs an ideological rhetorical analysis to investigate three United States Supreme Court decisions concerning the liberties of the LGBT community. An analysis of the rhetoric from these cases for both the majority and dissenting opinions is conducted. These artifacts include Lawrence …
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Street Gangs, Outlaw Bikers, the Mafia and the Mexican Cartels: Dynamics of Transnational Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in Canada
Over the last few years, Mexican organizations active in the cocaine trade have chosen to stop working through Canadian middlemen and have instead established a direct presence in Canada. What factors have facilitated this decision? How is it likely to affect the dynamics of the transnational drug …
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Stumbler (A Screenplay)
… and country, and then on to the emergence of outlaw country in the late 1960s. I contend that outlaw country, which I define broadly, emerged from the same countercurrent as post-WWII folk, and it does not uphold the conservative traditions of country music. However, unlike folk, outlaw …
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Redemptive fictions: The contexts of outlawry in medieval English chronicle and romance
… seeks to expand our perspective of the medieval outlaw narrative by acknowledging a common tradition of such stories, as previous scholarship has indicated, but more so by investigating the variety of literary contexts created to encompass these narratives.
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A Brief Historiography Of The Opium Trade With A New Evaluation Of Dr. William H. Park's Opinions Of Over 100 Physicians On The Use Of Opium In China
… Park's compilation was critical in the fight to outlaw the legal opium trade, there were inherent problems with the document. R. K. Newman challenged the veracity of this document in 1995, but stopped short of offering an in-depth appraisal of the report. This thesis provides that critique, …
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The Globalization of Crime Control: The Use of Non-criminal Justice Responses for Countering Organized Crime
… crime. Examples of responses used to counter outlaw motorcycle gangs in Canada, Germany, and Iceland are provided. These responses are significantly different from most international efforts focusing on criminal norms and cooperation in criminal matters. As harmonization of legislation, …
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I eat shit food and am not worthy: Negotiating the queer weight of "white trash" embodiment in Dorothy Allison's Corpus
… and exulting in her queerly, defiantly “outlaw” legibility that Allison advocates for and makes visible those she calls “born poor, queer, and despised”: a “subnation . . . stubborn and hungry for justice in an unjust world” (Skin 209).
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Duiwelsdorp (2015): a Sangoma's story of South Africa
… tell the story of Jack McKeone and other white outlaw heroes, Duiwelsdorp (2015) challenges the popular notion of criminality and delinquency in South Africa. " - Carla Espost in Duiwelsdorp (2015): A Sangoma's Story of South Africa.
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‘SHE CAME THROUGH ME’: Situating Birth Stories and Women’s Embodied Wisdom in Folkloristics
… medicine, technology, tradition, and outlaw practitioners. While this scene is what the late 20th/early 21st century American imagination has conjured, the reality is much more complex and individuated. Those initiated to the birth world find so much depth that it would take a lifetime …
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Marketing the Iraq War: Manifest Content Analysis of US Executive Framing
… status of the regime and Saddam Hussein as an outlaw, I illuminate the process used to gain support for the unprecedented policy of preemptive war. The results of my analysis differ with previous literature on the subject which primarily considers the Bush administration\'s effort to be a …
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Ideology in California : the role of oppositional interaction as a strategy in the campaign for Proposition 8
… Proposition 8 campaign allowed voters to vote to outlaw gay marriages as a proactive response to a mistrust of education. The discussion section indicates that this could be an adjustment to existing ideologies, or development of an issues specific ideology that is only relevant for one issue in …
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Descriptive study exploring faculty's perceptions when transitioning to a new learning management system
… a five-point Likert scale questionnaire (Outlaw's Perception of LMS Transition Survey), which acquired validation from a panel of experts from other institutions who experienced a similar situation. Findings indicated that there was no statistical difference in faculty's level of awareness …
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John Smith: A charismatic and transformational religious leader
… and incarnate the Christian gospel in Australian outlaw motorcycle subculture. Smith is in fact an evangelist and public figure in his own right. As well he is a teacher and social commentator whose prophetic statements and interpretation of events had an impact in his own culture and abroad. He …
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