Browsing PhD Dissertations - DO NOT EDIT by Author "Alaimo, Stacy"
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Confronting The Spectacle Of The Other (than Human): Posthumanism And The Convergence Of Art, Aesthetics, And Ethics
Lerberg, MatthewThis project argues that humans should recognize the intersection of aesthetics and ethics in literature, film, and art that use or represent nonhuman animals. Too often, the right of artists to express their "message" ... -
Embodied Climate Change: Materiality, Language, Mediation, And The Legitimation Of The Unintelligible
Lerberg, Justin“Embodied Climate Change: Materiality, Language, Mediation and the Legitimation of the Unintelligible” examines the intersections of language, technology, and the human and nonhuman worlds through the example of climate ... -
Mapping Men: Toward A Theory Of Material Masculinity
Wallace, David R (English, 2013-07-22)This project interrogates the possibilities of material gender theory as an interdisciplinary bridge between critical theory—like gender studies and eco–criticism—and soft–scientific men's studies. The primary theoretical ... -
Misreading Justice: The Rhetoric Of Revenge In Feminist Texts About Domestic Violence
Bowers, Kimberly Paige (English, 2008-08-08)Feminist legal theories of battering homicides pose a challenge to feminist critics of American literature. Legal theorists argue that many women who are tried for killing their abusive partners should be acquitted on the ... -
No Longer Estranged: Women, Science, Science Fiction
Tidwell, Christy (English, 2014-03-10)Feminist science fiction (SF) and feminist science studies share common concerns--the gendered perception of science and women's place in the sciences among them--but the two fields are rarely considered together. This ... -
Rethinking Resistance: Race, Gender, and Place in the Fictive and Real Geographies of the American West
Daniels Lerberg, Tracey; 0000-0001-8193-8452 (2016-05-10)This project traces the history of the American West and its inhabitants through its literary, cinematic and cultural landscape, exploring the importance of public and private narratives of resistance, in their many ... -
Strange and Unstable Bodies: Shifting Materialities in Early American Natural History Correspondence Networks
McCown, Julie Marie; 0000-0001-5367-367X (2016-04-20)This dissertation fills a gap in the study of early American natural history literature by investigating the representation of animal bodies within early American natural history writing and attending to the role animal ...