The titular “House” from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 work The House of the Seven Gables is not just one house: it is an old edifice where the characters live, an intertwined family “house” of the Pyncheons and Maules, the plants and animals who live there alongside the humans, th…
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This paper seeks to analyze how the Soviet-Afghan War and the Mujahedin were treated by the major American print media outlets. This text seeks to demonstrate that the American print media devoted a substantial amount of coverage to the Soviet-Afghan War and especially to the CI…
People who are bicultural engage in a process called cultural frame switching. They shift between their two cultural frames in response to cues in the social environment (Hong, Morris, Chiu, & Benet-Martinez, 2000). The purpose of the experiment was to examine how frame switchin…
Africa has always been presented as a unique case in international relations theory. The imbalances inherited from colonization and the various challenges African nations faced following their independence coupled with weak institutional capability contributed to make the region…
The objective of this thesis is to investigate and understand why and how consent is manipulated in societies where severe coercion seems to be effective in securing power. This text therefore analyses the role and nature of coercion and consent – of armed conflict and news prod…
What did America mean to James Joyce? Little work has been done on the subject, despite a number of works documenting America's dealings with Joyce. This reflects a flagrant and very significant anomaly. American intellectuals, scholars and critics have long dominated the Joyce …
This thesis inquires into the factors behind Hollywood's depiction of the Middle East. That depiction is not static, but is modified in response to changes in political events and US government foreign policy. Although the events of 9/11 seemed to justify the traditional negativ…
Throughout its history, the Western rhetorical tradition has promised an alternative to violence or, as I.A. Richards puts it, a way to reduce "misunderstanding." The presumption is that understanding, listening, and analyzing lead to conflict mediation, resolution, and thus les…
This study examines Tocqueville's account of national particularity, and of the nation as a political association. I aim to show that Tocqueville's frequent and multifaceted references to the nation coalesce into a systematic conception of nationhood that goes to the heart of hi…
Woman, Warrior: The Story of Linda Bray and an Analysis of Female War Veterans in the American Media discusses the media's portrayal of former Army Captain Linda Bray, the first woman to lead American troops into combat in the Panamanian invasion of 1989, and how her leadership …
This study examines in-depth the perceptions in which American Christian Identity Militants and American Al-Qaeda Activists view the United States as well as their respective theological justifications for violence. The primary methodology is a comparison of religious activist b…
This work addresses questions about why the United States did not get involved in intervention efforts during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. To answer this, the work will analyze the history of Rwanda leading up to and through the genocide and changes in American policy towards Afri…
This study aims to provide a comparative analysis of American and Saudi Arabian student perceptions of domestic violence. It aims to understand how both genders view domestic violence, and their perspectives about the problem both in America and Saudi Arabia. The research was ex…
This dissertation explores twenty-first century presentations of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew and St. John Passions (BWV 244 and 245) in the context of Bach festivals in the United States. Building upon music festival studies by scholars such as Jonathan R. Wynn, Felicia …
This research examines the unbroken historical link and connection of policing as an institution in the African American community. From slavery to the present there has always been a history of police malevolence in African American communities. Although African Americans are n…
This project develops a biblical understanding of patriotism in America that centers on loyalty to one’s country, people, and culture. By looking at the historical development of patriotism in America, this project shows how patriotism is a biblical alternative to both nationali…
La Première Guerre mondiale marque le passage vers une nouvelle forme de guerre totale. Ce conflit nécessite la mobilisation de toute la nation au service de l’effort de guerre. Dans ce contexte, les médias ont servi de vecteur au discours patriotique de propagande; discours ess…
This dissertation focuses on the work of Muslim cultural producers in the United States, paying particular attention to the ways in which they interact with the three processes of 1) relating to the Islamic tradition, 2) building new networks, and 3) representing Muslim communit…