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This dissertation marks the first historical and administrative overview of the Orlando International Fringe Festival. The Orlando International Fringe Festival (OIFF) is America's oldest still-operating fringe theatre festival. This two-week performing arts and immersive cultur…

Modern critical works on the seventeenth-century Extremaduran author Catalina Clara Ramírez de Guzmán are sparse, with the exception of recent interest manifested by a small group of feminist scholars in the United States. Apart from intermittent mentions of her poetry, she is v…

Marie-Antoinette apparaît aujourd’hui aux Etats-Unis comme un personnage éblouissant. Tout comme la Chimère, monstre mythologique auquel la propagande révolutionnaire l’avait comparée, Marie-Antoinette présente une image composite aux facettes apparemment inconciliables : celle …

This dissertation presents an ethnographic study of the neo-burlesque scene in New York City, a group of nightlife artists who perform theatrical striptease. Based on fieldwork conducted from 2015 to 2018, this study uses the lens of labor to explore issues of art making, aesthe…