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    Green place: Sustaining historic buildings 

    Torento, Marissa Shannon (2010)
    Statement of issue/problem . As we move towards a sustainable future in design, architecture and lifestyle, the major issues with developing sustainably in a built environment that seem to arise are existing structures and ...
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    Sexual trauma and the post-traumatic (re)formation of identity 

    Perkins, Jessica Aimee Saltzberg (2010)
    This thesis explores the representation of trauma in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee and selected writings and performances of Karen Finley. While all three create fictionalized spaces ...
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    Within perspective: Re-tracing Renaissance art history through deconstructive methods and retrospective vision 

    Lang, Denise A.M. (2010)
    This Master's thesis intends to examine several historiographical dialogues concerning the use of linear perspective during the Renaissance period. Furthermore, by introducing specific deconstructivist theories of Jacques ...
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    Edgar Allan Poe and popular culture in the age of journalism: Balloon hoaxes, mesmerism, and phrenology 

    Miyazawa, Naomi (2010)
    This study attends to Edgar Allan Poe's interest in pseudo-science, pseudo-information, and popular culture, such as hot air balloons, mesmerism, and phrenology, and examines both the way he uses them in his work and their ...
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    The (in)justice of cinema: Glimpses of law at 24 frames per second 

    Bohn, Heidi (2010)
    This project seeks to examine the relationship between film and the law, both formally and in terms of the social and cultural representations of justice and the American legal system they present when applied in tandem. ...
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    Talking points: Ousmane Sembene's “Mandabi” and “Xala” 

    Durkin, Matthew (2010)
    Senegalese filmmaker and author Ousmane Sembéne helped establish cinema within Africa. Two of his films, Mandabi and Xala , have become classics within African cinema through their usage of African languages and depiction ...
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    "You're a vampire... Was that an offensive term? Should I say "undead American"?" The evolution of the vampire in popular culture 

    Meyer, Jenna (2010)
    With the sudden increase in popularity of vampire narratives, more works of literature and film are circulating within the space of popular culture. Yet where did the vampire character start and how has it been changed to ...
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    Farm security administration photography and the politics of sideshow spectacle 

    Lachacz, Gina (2010)
    “Farm Security Administration Photography and the Politics of the Sideshow Spectacle” examines the intersection of the FSA’s documentary photographic project and the sideshow as a cultural institution, reading both as ...

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    AuthorBohn, Heidi (1)Durkin, Matthew (1)Lachacz, Gina (1)Lang, Denise A.M. (1)Meyer, Jenna (1)Miyazawa, Naomi (1)Perkins, Jessica Aimee Saltzberg (1)Torento, Marissa Shannon (1)Subject
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    Social sciences (4)Alberti, Leon Battista (1)Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1)Cinema (1)Deconstruction (1)Derrida, Jacques (1)Dracula (1)Evolution (1)... View MoreDate Issued
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