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WHO’S THE LEADER OF THE CLUB THAT’S MADE FOR YOU AND ME? SHAPING MASCULINE IDENTITY IN STANLEY KUBRICK’S FULL METAL JACKET
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-25)It is often easy to view human interaction as a product of societal structure rather than the other way around. Social dynamics, systems of governance, and structures of power are not manifestations of civilization but ... -
REMAKING RAPE-REVENGE: NAVIGATING WARTIME MORAL ANXIETIES THROUGH THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972/2009) AND I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978/2010)
(Georgetown University, 2017-04-19)This thesis considers why two rape-revenge horror movies from the 1970s, The Last House on the Left (1972) and I Spit on Your Grave (1978), were remade within just one year of each other, in 2009 and 2010, respectively. ... -
THE PECULIAR KIND OF CLARITY WHICH HELL AFFORDS: DEFINING LOYALTY IN THE WARTIME NORTH, 1860-1865
(Georgetown University, 2017-04-19)The focus of this research is on disloyalty investigations during the Civil War. In this research I sought to understand how disloyalty was defined within these loyalty investigations, navigating the question: what can the ... -
HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO: THE ROMANTICIZATION OF WEST COAST LIGHTHOUSES AND THE KEEPERS LIVING ON THE LAST FRONTIER, 1850-1900
(Georgetown University, 2017-04-19)Despite the idyllic and honorable view of lighthouses perpetuated by images in the second half of the nineteenth century, a view that continues to permeate the current American expectations of these dwellings in postcards, ... -
THE BOY WHO LIVED AND THE MOTHER WHO DIED: AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEAD MOTHER PLOT IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT
(Georgetown University, 2016-04-19)The dead mother plot, or the motif in which the vaguely benevolent mother is disposed of either before the story begins or before the protagonist can start his/her quest in earnest, reverberates through the centuries, ...
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