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The rhetoric of silence in the captivity narratives of four American women
(4/30/2020)
Historically, women have been silenced and dismissed. Women have been regarded as suspect and, even, harassed if they have stepped beyond societally-prescribed and highly gendered parameters. Furthermore, women have been ...
Are you America? Pretty bias, totally infamous
(6/23/2020)
This web based projected seeks to explore the way Sacha Baron Cohen's Show "Who is America?" disrupts our traditional understanding of performative and rhetorical practices.Through his encounters with his guests, Baron ...
Necro-rhetorics: Agency, ethical interventions, and the digital corpse
(7/12/2021)
Digital legacies and immortality have never been more important to our lives than they are now. The growing connection between technology and mourning necessitates the critical examination of our digital literacies in ...
Writing the Republic: *First* First Ladies
(6/10/2021)
While much has been written about our nation’s first First Ladies, not much attention has been paid to the rhetoric of these women. As the New Republic worked to build and create a democracy, Martha Washington, Abigail ...
The rhetoric of protest in the Supreme Court case of Hansberry v. Lee and Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
(8/2/2021)
ABSTRACT
ANGELA JOHNSON
THE RHETORIC OF PROTEST IN THE SUPREME COURT CASE OF HANSBERRY V. LEE AND LORRAINE HANSBERRY’S A RAISIN IN THE SUN
AUGUST 2021
This research study examines the rhetoric of protest in the legal ...
I am command: A narratological analysis of patriarchal notions of power in Shonda Rhimes' Scandal
(9/22/2021)
Using a narratological framework, this dissertation examines the rhetorical construction of power in the 2012-2018 television series Scandal, contending that showrunner Shonda Rimes subverts the dominant narrative in ...
Rhetorically reimagining undergraduate labor organizing: Prospects, problems and possibilities
(12/9/2021)
The question of undergraduate labor organizing has been debated since the 2016 Columbia decision which now includes undergraduates. Scholars view rhetoric and composition analysis centered on students as writers and scholars, ...
A study of human connections through terministic screens and narrative strategies in selected works of Sarah Orne Jewett
(7/28/2021)
Nineteenth-century American author Sarah Orne Jewett provides a voice for undervalued cultures and illustrates the significance of these cultures in her narratives. This study examines human connections in Jewett’s ...
“Everything is true here, even if it’s not”: Reconsidering fictionality in Reddit’s r/Nosleep
(8/20/2021)
The rise of digital participatory cultures has corresponded with new online discourse communities, each with their own languages, genres, and communicative norms. This thesis represents a detailed examination of one online ...