Browsing by Author "Minks, Amanda"
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Cherokee compositions: the (re)discovery, restoration, and revival of the music of Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
Giacona, Christina (2023-12-15)This dissertation documents and analyzes the (re)discovery, restoration, and revival of the music of Jack Frederick Kilpatrick (1915-1967), a composer and intellectual who identified as Cherokee and who spent his career ... -
Community Perspectives, Language Ideologies, and Learner Motivation in Chickasaw Language Programs
Ozbolt, Ivan (2014-12-12)This study examines language ideologies in the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, in the context of various efforts to revitalize this Muskogean language. There are approximately sixty-five remaining first language speakers out ... -
Crossing to Care: Movement and Flexibility in Mexican Massage Healing
Castaneda, Krystalynn (2020)Transnationalism and border studies have often rightly focused on the movement of people, materials, and ideas across national lines as well as issues of migration such as along the U.S.-Mexico border. This thesis examines ... -
Cultivating Connections in Twenty-First Century American Opera: The Commissioning of Four New Works at Pioneering Theatres
Herrington, Danielle (2021-12-17)This study investigates selected pioneering American opera theatres and four world premieres from 2000-2019, shedding light on prodigious commissioning histories and twenty-first century new works initiatives of four ... -
Daniel Asia’s piano music and his artistic development with a focus on Why (?) Jacob for solo piano
Guo, Hsin-I (2021-12-17)DANIEL ASIA’S PIANO MUSIC AND HIS ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT WITH A FOCUS ON WHY (?) JACOB FOR SOLO PIANO The purpose of this study is to offer an overview of Daniel Asia’s piano music written before 2020, with an emphasis ... -
FÚTBOL IN THE HEARTLAND: MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, TRANSNATIONAL CULTURAL IDENTITY, AND RECREATIONAL SPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY
Kleszynski, Keith (2015-05-05)When immigrants traverse international borders they bring with them many cultural practices and traditions from their lives back home. This research focuses on how a modern sport, fútbol (soccer), operates as a cultural ... -
Grassroots Ethnonationalism: Serbian Ethnonationalism and Heritage (Re)production Through Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Dimitrijevic, Martina (2022-05-13)This essay explores the relationships between ethnic nationalism and folklore and ethnomusicology through a particular case of Serbia. My research is informed by personal experiences and interviews as well as participant ... -
An Investigation of Collegiate Choral Directors' Assessment Practices and Beliefs
Chism, Joshua (2022-08-04)The purpose of this study was to investigate the assessment practices and beliefs of collegiate choral directors. Specifically, I examined (a) the use and frequency of musical and non-musical assessment criteria, (b) their ... -
Singing Redface: The Misappropriation of American Indian Culture in Popular Music
Giacona, Christina (2016-12)This project examines the role of cultural appropriation in the creation of Native American stereotypes that are present in Western popular music in post-colonial America through the completion of an in-progress book. ... -
The Smaller Communities of Musical Practice: A Study of Multiple Music Teachers' Perspectives from El Sistema Oklahoma
Garner, Lani Aloha (2017-05-12)Abstract THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES OF MUSICAL PRACTICE: A STUDY OF MULTIPLE MUSIC TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES FROM EL SISTEMA OKLAHOMA LANI ALOHA GARNER University of Oklahoma School of Music, 2017 Major Professor: Dr. ... -
"The Wish to be a Red Indian:" Indianthusiasm and Racial Ideology in Germany
LaFramboise, Kelly (2017-12)This dissertation analyzes the role of Indianer – Germans (and other Europeans) who wish to be Native American so much that they embody and practice essentialized notions of Native American cultural traditions – in German ...