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ACTING "WHITE": THE UNSPOKEN, UNDERSTOOD HIERARCHY OF BLACKNESS
(East Carolina University, 2020-01-09)
This thesis will examine how a variety of extenuating factors serve to complicate a black person's self-identity, as well as determine acceptance or exclusion from the black community in the United States. The introductory ...
Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Debate Between Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany
(East Carolina University, 2020-01-06)
Martin Delany had different ideas about Uncle Tom's Cabin than did Frederick Douglass. Delany wrote his concerns in a series of letters that were published in Douglass' newspaper. Delany stated that Harriet Beecher Stowe ...
Wild Horses
(East Carolina University, 2022-03-23)
Wild Horses is a Literary Fiction novel that intersects with Queer and Indigenous Literature. The narrative is a close third point of view following the perspectives of primary protagonist, Amanda Sloan (Mara), her father, ...
Women's Rights and Religious Bias in Dystopian Speculative Fiction: A Closer Look at Louise Erdrich's Future Home of the Living God and Christina Dalcher’s Vox
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-27)
Speculative fiction provides a perfect vehicle to examine the state of women's rights. Through the Intersectional Feminist lens, I consider the speculative projections within Louise Erdrich's Future Home of the Living God ...
The Humanization of 20th Century Europe’s Perpetrators: How Humanizing Our History’s Perpetrators Can Better Our Future
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-13)
This thesis examines the need for the humanization of 20th-century Europe's perpetrators, the Nazis, through literature. The purpose of this project is to make clear why the standpoint that Nazis were once ordinary citizens ...
RACIAL MINORITY LEARNERS: AN EXPLORATION OF PERCEPTIONS AMONG EDUCATORS OF COLOR
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-22)
Traditionally exclusive to dominant groups (whites/Caucasians), higher education institutions continue to inequitably serve people of color. Therefore, these institutions do not always allow opportunities for racial minority ...
PERFORMATIVE SYMBOLIC RESISTANCE: EXAMINING SYMBOLIC RESISTANCE EFFORTS OF BLACK PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES THROUGH A NEW METHODOLOGICAL ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-22)
This dissertation introduces the concept of Performative Symbolic Resistance (PSR) as a way to describe and analyze the individual acts and performed by activists in their efforts to bring awareness to and combat social ...
QUEERING WITCHES: A QUEER FEMINIST EXPLORATION OF WITCHES IN MEDIA
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
This thesis is an exploration of witches, as depicted in entertainment media. "Queering Witches: A Queer Feminist Exploration of Witches in Media" analyzes the way history has contributed to the reinforcement of stereotypes ...
RURALITY
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
Rurality is a collection of short fiction that seeks to explore the unique lives of characters in rural areas. The stories display the ways in which characters engage moral codes and challenges, while remaining in pursuit ...
Ghost Whispers: Physical Memory and the Self in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
In Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama tells the story of Motoko Kusanagi, a young woman who has inhabited a prosthetic body from the age of six. Through her life and the lives of her team, ...