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Showing 1 to 20 of 667 for “"portray"”.
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Mystery writers in foreign settings: The literary devices and methods used to portray foreign geographies
… an author is not originally from the area being portrayed. Despite this, some authors are able to depict foreign places more comprehensively and realistically than others. Professor Gary Hausladen of the University of Nevada, Reno identifies: narrative description, dialogue, iconography, and …
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The stereotype caravan: Assessment of stereotypes and ideology levels used to portray Gypsies in two European feature films
… the twentieth century, cinematography tended to portray Gypsies as an exotic element in romantic settings, avoiding social and political issues like poverty, discrimination and marginalization. The fall of communism marked a change, as more films dared to speak against the dominant ideology. This …
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WHO YOU CALLIN' A BITCH? A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE IMAGES USED TO PORTRAY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN RAP MUSIC
<p>Rap music has been a major force in American culture since the 1970s. It can be political, uplifting, and celebratory. It can also be misogynistic and degrading to women, the focus of the current research. This paper begins with a brief history of the importance of music in the African American …
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Why do Channel 4 and the BBC portray disability and disability sport differently? Analysing the production processes and audience reception of mediated sport
… in the UK. It investigates whether Channel 4 portrays disability in shows which are designed to be laughed at or laughed with, given that Channel 4 has the UK broadcasting rights to the coverage of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics. The thesis investigates why the two broadcasters show …
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Array-based genomic diversity measures portray Mus musculus phylogenetic and genealogical relationships, and detect genetic variation among C57Bl/6J mice and between tissues of the same mouse
Mouse models lack affordable genomic technologies slowing the identification of candidate variants contributing to complex phenotypes. The Mouse Diversity Genotyping Array (MDGA) is a low cost, high-resolution platform permitting genomic diversity assessment. Using a validated list of >500,000 …
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Traditional vs nontraditional gendered roles in Instant Relay Chat
… tested five hypotheses: H1: Participants who portray themselves as women tend to use more supportive language than men in IRC; H2: Participants who portray themselves as women tend to use more attenuated language than men in IRC; H3: Participants who portray themselves as women tend to use …
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The Union of Aerial and Terrestrial Forces
… utilizing their unique potential to physically portray their inherent characteristics to be naturally and technologically advanced. Environmentally sensitive architecture has the potential and arguable responsibility to physically react to and portray the natural factors that they are …
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Light of Life
… in my paintings. Therefore, my intention is to portray the positive over the negative. In other words, I want to portray the light at the end of the tunnel.
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The Church in the Dramas of T. S. Eliot
… by straw men, Eliot's dramas increasingly portray a world of great meaning and hope. His early dramas portray a hostile and insensible world which must be fought and completely rejected by religious persons who are called to martyrdom and sainthood. Eliot's acceptance of the material world …
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The image of God portrayed by Year 5 students
… about God. It focuses mainly on the way they portray Him and the image they have of Him. I came up with this idea during my past teaching practices, after given the opportunity to experience the way children speak about God. These experiences enabled me to realise that the way young children …
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Reel women: gender stereotypes in film
<p>Horror films portray female characters as sexual, helpless victims. When horror films attempt to portray female characters as the hero, this sends a message to audiences that women can be strong and independent. An experiment was conducted to test an audience's perceptions gender stereotypes of …
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The Irish Republican Army Through Film, (1935-2014)
… and Ireland between 1935 and 2014. These films portray different versions of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), an association founded in 1917 with the intent to end British control in Ireland and establish the Republic of Ireland. This thesis examines how concurrent events may have shaped the way …
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Midcentury modern: a memoir
… essays combine memory and documentary sources to portray an American family re-inventing itself in a prototypical post war suburban community. Interrogates the stories we tell about ourselves, our families, communities and society.</p>
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A Feminist Political Economy Analysis of Medical Broker and Fertility Clinic Websites
… dominant ideologies and how these websites portray reproductive tourists, egg providers and surrogates. Using a feminist political economy approach, I situate the practice of reproductive tourism within particular historical, economic and political contexts, including both domestic and …
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Depictions of Donation: A Thematic Analysis of Organ Donation Storylines in Television Medical Dramas
… the media utilizes entertainment television to portray storylines related to organ donation. The analyzed shows included in this study were: Grey's Anatomy, The Good Doctor, New Amsterdam, Chicago Med, and The Resident. From the analysis, six major themes emerged: Urgency of Transplant, Ethical …
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The rhetoric of autobiography : analysis of autobiographical writings of militant civil-rights leaders.
… to justify the author's life. Autobiographers portray themselves as heroes worthy of emulation, examples for readers to admire. Autobiographies are written to justify actions, beliefs, religions, and entire lives. Through narratives authors relate their conception of personal and social …
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Homeless and Hopeless: Resignation in News Media Constructions of Homelessness as a Social Problem
… size--of the homeless population. News stories portray homelessness as related to or "enmeshed" in several other social problems and rarely clarify whether homelessness is a cause, effect or symptom of such problems. News stories thus portray homelessness as a vague, incomprehensible and …
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The communication of profile perspective maps: a perceptual study
… information. The elements of design used to portray profiles are hypothesized to influence map perception. Two of these variables: profile type and rotation are selected for study. Map data are represented in profile maps as a series of stepped or smooth profiles. Smooth profiles portray …
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Graduate Recital Trombone
… also play an original piece that will seemingly portray the many styles of music that have effected my musical development.
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Revelations of Keats and his poetry as found in his letters.
… revealed in his letters. I have sought also to portray Keats, the man, as he has been shown in his correspondence with his friends and with his family.
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