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The big break : race and gender in Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West, 1888-1913.
(2013)
Wild West shows such as that organized by Gordon William "Pawnee Bill" Lillie were the national pastime of America, and endeavored to teach Euro-Americans about life on the western frontier. Pawnee Bill's traveling show ...
Unabashedly imperfect.
(2013)
As a child, I have no distinct memories of feeling too fat, too large, or unlovable. Though I grew up in a poor, single-parent family, my mother devoted her life to keeping me from knowing we were poor, teaching me to make ...
Resisting change : toxic masculinity in the post modern United States Armed Forces, (1980s-Present).
(2019)
This thesis examines the changes regarding women and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) serving and toxic masculinity in the United States Armed Forces from the end of Operation Just Cause to the War ...
Summer of excess.
(2013)
On graduation day in May 2013, Olivia "Liv" Grigsby and her three friends have a rowdy night that endangers Liv's pot operation. The friends help to keep one another in good spirits as they encounter unexpected opportunities ...
Young men and dead girls : a rhetroical analysis of true crime.
(2019)
There are a startling number of shows in the 21st century that depend on the imagery of dead women as a component of storytelling. From shows that focus on serial killers to podcasts about men accused of murder, the image ...
A Streetcar Named Envy and Aggression
(2021)
Envy is a well-known unpleasant emotion that is often characterized by inferiority and
resentment and appears when individuals compare themselves to others (Parrott, 1991). Jealousy
occurs when individuals fear losing ...
We can't eat gender rolls: the pradox of the citoyenne during the French Revolution
(2022)
The citoyennes of the French Revolution were silenced by the Republic of France through codification of Rousseau's Natural sexes, and their contributions to the French Revolution remain largely unexplored by historians. ...
Women in Mexico's illicit economy: expendable as pennies or breaking barriers?
(2022)
This thesis will examine how women’s roles vary throughout the economic, social, and governmental domination and influence of Mexico at the hands of the narcotrafficking organizations. The chapters of this thesis are ...
Democratization and gender inequality in Egypt.
(2012)
This thesis offers a qualitative analysis of the condition of women's social and political roles in Egyptian society prior to and during their current transition to a legitimate democracy. It argues that without mitigation ...
New women, new opportunities: the new women of Chicago's World's Fairs, 1893-1934
(2018)
World's fairs, also referred to as international expositions, offer historians insight into a nation's society, populace, economy, and industry. Yet, literature in the field has made little effort to fully analyze the ...