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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, ...
RPM (REVOLUTIONS PER MURAL): LOWRIDER MURALS AND THE AMERICAN QUILT OF IDENTITIES
(Georgetown University, 2016-04-27)
This senior thesis examines lowrider muralism, specifically what roles Pancho Villa and
Emiliano Zapata play in understanding the American quilt of identities. This thesis seeks to
answer the following question: Using ...
GOLDEN AGE HEROES: THE AMERICAN MYTH OF WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN
(Georgetown University, 2016-04-27)
The Watergate scandal of the 1970s is one of the greatest presidential scandals in
American history. In an elaborate scheme in quest for more power, President Richard Nixon and
his administration performed unconstitutional ...
(RE)IMAGINE ALL THE (RUST BELT) PEOPLE: LIVING LIFE IN TODAY’S POSTINDUSTRIAL UTICA, NEW YORK
(Georgetown University, 2016-04-21)
Utica, New York was a typical reflection of the American Rust Belt. Job loss, depopulation,
and pessimism dominated the city throughout the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. In
recent years, however, refugees, ...
LEGACY OF THE LAND: RETHINKING JUSTIN MORRILL AND THE 1890 LANDGRANT INSTITUTIONS
(Georgetown University, 2016-04-21)
The American higher education history focuses on the same three years: 1787, 1862 and
1944. In each of these years, legislation was passed that made education more accessible in the
United States. However, another key ...
RIGHTEOUS OR RELATIVE: HOW THE 1960’S SOCIAL MOVEMENTS INSPIRED GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY’S JESUIT CALL TO SERVICE
(Georgetown University, 2016-04-21)
“The ideals and principles that have characterized Jesuit education for over 450 years are central
to Georgetown’s mission and character…Students are challenged to engage in the world and
become men and women in the ...
DON’T TRUST THE QUEER IN APARTMENT 213: JEFFREY DAHMER, THE BROADCAST NEWS MEDIA, AND THE POLITICS OF OSTRACIZATION
(Georgetown University, 2016-04-29)
This senior thesis works to understand the dynamic relationship between Jeffrey Dahmer
and the broadcast news media by analyzing the portrayal of his murder case by the big three
networks – CBS, ABC, and NBC – between ...
THE LONE WOLF, THE YOUNG LION, AND THE IMPRESSIONABLE AMERICAN: THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ON HOMEGROWN ISLAMIC EXTREMISM
(Georgetown University, 2016-04-27)
This thesis explores the impact of social media platforms on jihadist extremist
recruitment of United States citizens thus contributing to homegrown terrorism. By virtue of
analyzing a split timeline of individual case ...
OVERTHROWN: CURT FLOOD, JIM BOUTON, AND BASEBALL’S FREE AGENCY REVOLUTION
(Georgetown University, 2016-04-21)
Baseball is not only the national pastime, but also a business and a workplace. After a
century of the reserve system, players finally secured the right to become free agents and
negotiate contracts in 1975. This thesis ...
MAKING DO AND DOING GOOD. AMEN.: AMERICAN CATHOLIC LAYWOMEN’S CHARITABLE EFFORTS IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION THROUGH CATHOLIC WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS
(Georgetown University, 2016-04-21)
During the Great Depression, American Catholic laywomen navigated an increasingly
tumultuous society caused by severe economic hardship. During this decade, gender roles
continued to shift, unemployment threw titanic ...