Self-knowledge in literature; Feminism in literature; Mind and body in literature
That Terrifying Center is a creative and philosophical experiment in the transmission of corporeal experiences and socio-cultural knowledge through poetry. I am bringing together the seemingly disparate threads of my studies into one...
The role of mothers, the constitution of families, and the power of their stories are the bedrock of my thesis, which is the first 90 pages of a novel entitled Playing House . In it, I hope to investigate the denotation and connotation of the words...
US consumers spend $87 million annually on sporting goods and services (National Sporting Goods Association, 2008). Each year sporting goods manufacturers also spend millions of dollars creating innovative products for consumers looking to improve...
This treatise is not intended to cover the whole field of Rural Sociology. It deals briefly with the more important phases of the subject. Perchance many important problems have been omitted which the reader will call to mind. This will go to show...
Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects; Narration (Rhetoric)--Study and teaching
My dissertation examines instructor responses to a popular personal writing assignment, the literacy narrative. Previous studies have shown this assignment to be popular with instructors because of the reflection it is thought to generate; however,...
This thesis is about graphic representations of violence and subjectivity. Simply stated, the violence in many recent horror films is motivated by a nihilism resulting from frustration with the inadequacy of contemporary subjectivity. I want to...
History in art; Pastel drawing, American--21st century--Kentucky--Exhibitions; Civilization in art
The new work I have developed while pursuing my Masters in Art at the University of Louisville is strongly based on the narrative. I have always used the imagery in my work as social commentary. The stories and images I develop are to be viewed as...
A man and two boys carry signs for the Transport Workers Union. One reads, "[Employees] want more - Service - Safer running time - More heat on street cars." Another sign reads, "Louisville Railway defies the civil rights of...
Three men stand with signs on top of trolley tracks. One wears a trolley conductor's hat with the number 899 on it. Signs read, "Lou. Railway unfair to organized labor," "Lou. Railway employees want more - Service - Safer running...
Portrait of Benjamin F. Ewing of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing glasses, jacket and tie. The photograph has some discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: Benj. F. Ewing, Local attorney; Don't know what you want with this man but here he is. His...
Street corner view of the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Ky. at night. The hotel is located at 500 S. Fourth Street. It was constructed in the Beaux Arts style and completed in 1905. Several people stroll along the street in front of the hotel. A....
Log cabin located near the head of Little Bullskin Creek close to Oneida. Owned by Alford "Lapper" Burns, this area was considered the ancestral home of the Burns clan. James Anderson Burns' father, Hugh Burns (1823-1879), left here...
Louisville Goodwill Industries Salesroom, possibly located on East Market Street, with a man standing in the doorway under the address (814). A sign above the door reads "The Louisville Goodwill Industries (Not a Secondhand Store) Our Goods...
Buildings; Military personnel; Recruitment & enlistment
Three men in Marine dress uniforms and one man in a suit stand in front of the U.S. Marines recruiting station at Fourth Street and Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Posters in the window read "V for Victory Rally and Valentine Dance Sat....
“In various letters and diary notes the artist has explained how the preoccupation with ethnological problems, with the symbolism of colors, and certain literary concepts participated in the genesis of this canvas: ‘I painted the nude of a...
Paintings; Acrylic paintings; Capitalism; Glamour photographs; Sex; Seduction; Lust; Relations between the sexes; Women; Bathing beauties; People associated with entertainment & sports; Posing; Clothing & dress; Lingerie; Bathing suits;...
"In subsequent paintings by Polke, deliberately inept versions of American Pop techniques ironically signaled West Germany's 'secondary' cultural/economic status vis-à-vis America. In his Rasterbilder works he subverted [Roy] Lichtenstein's...
