Browsing by Author "Shields, E. Thomson"
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The Borderlands in Puerto Rico : Creating New Identities
Funderburk, Cheryl (East Carolina University, 2010)Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera is one of the most influential books on border theory, but because her theories are rooted in her experiences in the Rio Grande Valley between Texas and Mexico, they cannot be ... -
The Declaration of Independence : A New Genre in Political Discourse or Mixed Genres in an Unlikely Medium?
Capansky, Trisha (East Carolina University, 2011)The dissertation shows how mismatched content/medium relationships can supersede the responses of traditional pairings when the medium dominates the discursive power of the discourse. The dissertation, in part, looks at a ... -
Passing: The Evolution of Passing Constructs and Motivations in American Literature
Summerlin, Tammy (East Carolina University, 2017-12-14)This work seeks to examine the concept of passing and the evolution of the term as a construct, including the type, motivation, and means, and along with it, the changing significance of passing. This work does not seek ...