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Blokes and cars : the construction of masculinities in Australian film / Rebecca Jane Johinke.
This thesis examines the construction of masculinities in the genre of Australian film known as 'car crash' films. A number of film texts are used to examine how representations of vehicular masculinity are validated and how heroism is often associated with mastery of a motor vehicle. It contends …
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“Poor forsaken colored girls:” Rebecca Latimer Felton, white supremacy, and prison reform, 1865-1900
… and on the activism of Southern prison reformer Rebecca Latimer Felton. Through the lens of Rebecca Felton's activism I explore how one prominent Southern white woman prison reformer struggled to make sense of certain gendered and racial ideologies and how these ideologies influenced her decision …
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Revolution, Reform, and Class Conflict in Rebecca Harding Davis’s Life in the Iron-Mills
<p><em>Life in the Iron-Mills </em>(1861) by Rebecca Harding Davis is a very early example of American fiction that depicts the living and working conditions in a mill town. Although the novella advocates for workers, it does not accurately depict contemporaneous working-class culture. Davis …
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Women's Contributions to Viola Repertoire and Pedagogy in the Twentieth Century: Rebecca Clarke, Lillian Fuchs, and Rosemary Glyde
… dissertation discusses the life and work of Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979), Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995), and Rosemary Glyde (1949–1994), whose concept of the viola’s sound was fundamentally different from their male counterparts Lionel Tertis (1875–1975) and William Primrose (1904–1982). These …
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Changing Gender Roles During the Great War in Pat Barker’s Regeneration and Rebecca West’s The Return of the Soldier
… the Great War represented in Pat Barker's and Rebecca West's novels
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Indigenous performance politics: a decolonial perspective of performative works by Kent Monkman, Spiderwoman Theater Company, Rebecca Belmore and James Luna
… of specific performances by Kent Monkman, Rebecca Belmore, Spiderwoman Theater Company, and James Luna, my thesis argues that it is possible to understand the divergent (and collective) ways each artist constructs culturally specific, contemporary subject positions in a manner that …
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Rebecca Clarke's Sonata for Viola and Piano and William Walton's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: A Comparison of Form and Viola Technique
… study is to show the formal relationship between Rebecca Clarke's Sonata for Viola and Piano, and William Walton's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. Chapter 1 in this document contains historical background information on Clarke, Walton, and both of their viola works. Chapter 2 is a full analysis …
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A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION INTERVENTION IN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER DURING CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT
<underline>Rebecca Anne Moffett</underline>
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How does dockless bikeshare impact bus ridership?
The student, Rebecca Martin, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2020-07-13 at 17:42.
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“That’s why we always fight back”: Structural violence and women’s responses on a Native American reservation
The student, Rebecca Morrow, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2019-07-26 at 14:52.
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On the Local Correctness of L1-minimization for Dictionary Learning Algorithm
Item withdrawn by Rebecca Bryant (rabryant@illinois.edu) on 2011-12-01T20:45:07Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 GENG_QUAN.pdf: 460059 bytes, checksum: 9fe702d7efe57d2efd8da6d4af67f05b (MD5)
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Aerobic fitness enhances relational memory in preadolescent children
Item withdrawn by Rebecca Bryant (rabryant@illinois.edu) on 2011-12-01T23:06:46Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 2 Monti_James.doc: 7360512 bytes, checksum: 8c3b1f373084f1aede0c8c968f130237 (MD5) Monti_James.pdf: 365773 bytes, …
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Three essays on conservation: dynamic and spatial reserve design and values and preferences for ecosystem restoration
Item withdrawn by Rebecca Bryant (rabryant@illinois.edu) on 2011-12-01T19:22:01Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 2 dissertation_dissanayake_ace_university_of_illinois_deposit_ver23a.docx: 9006534 bytes, checksum: …
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Master's thesis recital (collaborative piano)
… Märchenbilder : op. 113 / Robert Schumann (with Rebecca Lester, viola) -- Sonata for oboe and piano / David Maslanka (with Benjamin Zein, oboe).
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Raising Creativity: Exploring How Creativity Can be Nurtured in Educational Contexts
… art-based perspective. Artist/researcher/teacher Rebecca Zak builds on her experience in the art studio, academia, and the art classroom to investigate the various philosophies and strategies that diverse educational models implement to illuminate the possibilities for educational and paradigmatic …
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OUT OF BODY
… the work of artists such as Cindy Sherman, Rebecca Horn and Marina Abramovic, Torres explores the transformative capabilities of interactive sculpture and live performance. Join Ms. Torres as she transforms herself into everything from a paintbrush to a serpent, in her ongoing exploration of …
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Floristry and fine art — a practical and conceptual investigation
… flower compositions in his exhibitions. Rebecca Louise Law is a florist who developed herself as an installation artist working with natural materials. The interviews revealed that both artists are driven by respect for the natural materials they are working with. However, their views on …
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An Assessment of Employee Handbooks of Large, Mid-sized, and Small Texas State Agencies
… that is based on a research study completed by Rebecca E. Short titled "A Content Analysis of State Employee Handbooks" (Southwest Texas State Applied Research Project, 1997). Like the Short (1997) study, there are three purposes to this research. The first purpose is to survey the available …
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Dark mirrors and disembodied spirits : gender, sexuality and incest in selected fiction by Daphne du Maurier
… of du Maurier's best-known works 'Jamaica Inn', 'Rebecca' and 'My Cousin Rachel' are examined using psychoanalytic theory and close textual analysis together with autobiographical information. Each novel reveals an informing concern with the stability of identity, and the psychological perils by …
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Performing Resistance/Negotiating Sovereignty: Indigenous Women's Perofrmance Art in Canada
… With specific reference to performances by Rebecca Belmore, Lori Blondeau, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Skeena Reece and Dana Claxton, as well as others, it argues that Indigenous performance art should be understood in terms of i) its enduring relationship to activism and resistance ii) its ongoing …
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