In this thesis my intention is to theorize the black female body in and around a black feminist tradition. I am specifically interested in tracing how black feminism has theorized the black female body. While my discussion ...

This thesis explores attitudes toward nonhuman species in an effort to account for the acceptance of talking and reasoning animals in pre-Cartesian literature. It analyzes early modern Bestiaries and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer ...

This thesis explores how contemporary clone narratives explicate human-made ethical dilemmas, and how the nonhumans seem to stay in the periphery even if they appear human-like. Central to this thesis is the idea of an ...

"Race, Language, and Performance in American Legal Space: Rachel Jeantel, Testimonial Truth, and the George Zimmerman Trial" explores the usual intersections of the legal system and institutional racism in America, but ...

Patricia Hill Collins writes of the importance of self-determination in Black Feminist Thought (2000), citing the consistent denial of equity and justice for Black women as one of the main reasons for Black women to commit ...

This thesis reads Joseph Conrad’s obscure narratives as a formal response to the spatial problems of his historical period. By situating Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim and Typhoon in the contexts of a disenchanted world, I ...

This thesis investigates theories of matter, life, and agency within the textual network of Mary Shelley. In the first chapter, I examine the publication history and textual production of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) ...

This thesis explores how legal authority is performed through film. While existing theories on adaptation, historical filmmaking, and genre are helpful in considering representations of court cases in film, this project ...

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In this thesis, I compare how English literature of the nineteenth century is taught in undergraduate courses in Kazakhstani and American universities. The work demonstrates what goals and objectives are pursued, what ...