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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"terministic screens"”.
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The Terministic Filter of Security: Realism, Feminism and International Relations Theory
This study uses Kenneth Burke's concept of terministic filters to examine what the word security means to two different publics within the academic discipline of international relations. It studies the rhetoric feminist international relations theorists and contrasts their view security with that …
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The Role of Secondary Orality in the Construction of Factual Discourses about Colombian Corruption
… to this phenomenon correspond with particular terministic screens. The invitational nature of secondary orality makes possible the co-existence of various terministic screens in which different factual discourses of corruption are represented through language. These different factual discourses …
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In Search of Identity: Hafus in Japan
… and Kenneth Burke’s theory on symbols as terministic screens and identification, I analyze the controversy of Miss Japan 2015. Ultimately, this thesis attempts to understand what it means to be human through the search of identity.
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Creating a terministic screen of "mothering" in Nella Larsen's Passing and Fannie Hurst's Imitation of Life
… less attention. Using the Burkean concept of “terministic screens,” this dissertation seeks to create such a screen for the term “mothering” based on the characters found within the two novels. Consideration is paid to cultural concepts of the time, criticism of the novels, and the novels …
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Haole Like Me: Identity Construction and Politics in Hawaii
<p><em>Haole</em> is a contested, multi-faceted word in Hawaii. It generally means “foreigner,” or “white person.” It is used to refer to both tourists, and <em>haoles</em> like me, or those who are born and raised in Hawaii. In either case, it is always negative, referring to something “other” and …