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POLITICS OF THE (TEXTUAL) BODY : EMBODIED ISSUES OF GENDER AND POWER IN AIDOO'S CHANGES: A LOVE STORY, FAQIR'S PILLARS OF SALT, AND WINTERSON'S WRITTEN ON THE BODY
(East Carolina University, 2013)
This thesis explores the literary manifestation of patriarchal embodiment in several multicultural novels: Ama Ata Aidoo's Changes: A Love Story, Fadia Faqir's Pillars of Salt, and Jeanette Winterson's Written on the Body. ...
Let's Talk Emotions : Re-envisioning the Writing Center through Consultant Emotional Labor
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Based on current literature and writing center lore, there is a lack of discussion surrounding the emotional labor of writing center consultants; however, the environment of the writing center and the job parameters create ...
Integral Captions and Subtitles: Designing a Space for Embodied Rhetorics and Visual Access
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)
This dissertation challenges the conventions of adding static captions to the bottom of videos and instead advocates for designing integral captions and integral subtitles that interact with bodies, sound, and other modes ...
EXTENDING THE TECHNOLOGICAL, DISCURSIVE, AND RHETORICAL HORIZONS OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARIES’ INFORMATION ARCHITECTURES: AN ANALYSIS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY’S JAMES B. HUNT JR.
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-20)
This dissertation analyzes how North Carolina State University's (NCSU) James B. Hunt Jr. Library extends the ways in which the information architectures of academic research libraries can function as a technology, as ...
The Rhetorical Construction of Legal Culture : Ideographs and Relationships in Appellate Opinions Addressing Same-Sex Marriage and English-Only Legislation
(East Carolina University, 2012)
In my dissertation, I present a critical method that presents a framework for both a legal and rhetorical analysis of appellate opinions. The legal analysis will be a traditional form of legal analysis of an opinion, ...
Altruism, Discourse, and Blood Donation : The rhetoric of "The Gift of Life"
(East Carolina University, 2013)
The American healthcare system has since WWII regularly suffered seasonal shortages of blood donations. This dissertation examines, through the theories of activity systems, genres, frames and social groups, the discourses ...
Shifting the Atmosphere : An Examination of the Relationships among African-American Female Discourse(s), Culturally Competent Education, and Social Action through the Black Church against Domestic Violence
(East Carolina University, 2013)
This dissertation explores the relationship(s) between rural African-American women's discourses and social advocacy/action against the social ill of domestic violence in order to provide insights into existing knowledge ...
When Death Gave Birth to a Writer : A Collection of Essays and Poems
(East Carolina University, 2012)
This personal collection of creative nonfiction sheds light on issues of abandonment, victimization, and dysfunctional relationships. It is accompanied by poems that serve as prefaces to each individual story, as well as ...