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Title: Decade of progress: origins of the Pérez art museum Miami.
Creator: Ando, Erica, Brown, Susan Love, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: This dissertation reconstructs and investigates the origins of the Pérez Art Museum Miami. In 2013, the museum re-opened in a new, county-funded building to great acclaim and international attention, but the museum’s origins in the 1970s have been largely forgotten. A result of the 1972 “Decade of Progress” bond vote by county taxpayers that allocated funds to build a new art museum, the museum opened as the Center for the Fine Arts in 1983 as a non-collecting institution dedicated to...
Show moreThis dissertation reconstructs and investigates the origins of the Pérez Art Museum Miami. In 2013, the museum re-opened in a new, county-funded building to great acclaim and international attention, but the museum’s origins in the 1970s have been largely forgotten. A result of the 1972 “Decade of Progress” bond vote by county taxpayers that allocated funds to build a new art museum, the museum opened as the Center for the Fine Arts in 1983 as a non-collecting institution dedicated to displaying traveling exhibitions. The new institution represented the combined efforts of local government, business, and art to construct not only a place in which to view art but also as part of an overall plan to create a great metropolitan area.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004263, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004263
Subject Headings: Pérez Art Museum Miami., Museums--Philosophy., Politics and culture.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Ritual for revolution: Anarcho-Primitivism and globalization.
Creator: Degani, Michael, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: In the last 15 to 20 years, the failure of Communism as a viable revolutionary project has turned many on the Left to its historical rival: Anarchism. Merging with environmental discourses like deep ecology and the struggle for indigenous rights, Anarcho-Primitivism models its utopian discourse on ethnographic descriptions of hunter gatherer societies and mythologized notions of the "Noble Savage." Furthermore, its adherents retain high rates of visibility in the burgeoning antiglobalization...
Show moreIn the last 15 to 20 years, the failure of Communism as a viable revolutionary project has turned many on the Left to its historical rival: Anarchism. Merging with environmental discourses like deep ecology and the struggle for indigenous rights, Anarcho-Primitivism models its utopian discourse on ethnographic descriptions of hunter gatherer societies and mythologized notions of the "Noble Savage." Furthermore, its adherents retain high rates of visibility in the burgeoning antiglobalization movement, notorious for their black uniform and tactics of property destruction. My paper critically and pragmatically engages their attempts to invoke "the Primitive" as a metaphor for resisting the ascendance of global capitalism in the twenty-first century.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11574, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT11574
Subject Headings: Anarchism, Civilization, Modern, Politics and culture, Globalization, Right and left (Political science)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Multitude Speaks in Style: An Analysis of Vernacular Agency Through Images of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Creator: Swartz, Haley, Trapani, William, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: The unexpected comparison of a Supreme Court Justice with a popular culture icon demonstrates how politics and popular culture become entwined in the contemporary context; moreover, network culture provides a conduit for vernacular discourse about politics, which circulates in the style of popular culture. Through analysis of images of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as created, shared, and circulated in network culture, this project explores the alternative levels of discourse generated in network...
Show moreThe unexpected comparison of a Supreme Court Justice with a popular culture icon demonstrates how politics and popular culture become entwined in the contemporary context; moreover, network culture provides a conduit for vernacular discourse about politics, which circulates in the style of popular culture. Through analysis of images of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as created, shared, and circulated in network culture, this project explores the alternative levels of discourse generated in network culture, examines the ways the public represents politics, and explains the ability of political subjects to affect meaning. The aim of this project is to document a conjunctural moment; as such, analysis of the images in aggregate provides a foundation to raise questions about how American political culture is manifested, attended to, and maintained through network culture and the parlance of popular culture.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004998
Subject Headings: Dissertations, Academic -- Florida Atlantic University, Popular culture--United States., Politics and culture., Ginsburg, Ruth Bader.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Chavez and the media: a framework for analyzing the 2012 presidential election news coverage in Venezuela.
Creator: Viller, Adrian J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: The media has a significant influence on any political process. In Venezuela, particularly, the media plays an important rold in defining the electorate's political opinion and attitude toward the political process. This thesis analyzed how the media's preference for conflict and individual personalities exacerbated overall societal tensions and polarization in Venezuela since 1999. I suggest a framework for a future content analysis of news coverage of the 2012 presidential election in order...
Show moreThe media has a significant influence on any political process. In Venezuela, particularly, the media plays an important rold in defining the electorate's political opinion and attitude toward the political process. This thesis analyzed how the media's preference for conflict and individual personalities exacerbated overall societal tensions and polarization in Venezuela since 1999. I suggest a framework for a future content analysis of news coverage of the 2012 presidential election in order to quantify and qualify the evolution of bias and balance in Venezuela's mass media.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359323
Subject Headings: Political culture, Political parties, Mass media, Political aspects, Press and politics, Politics and government
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Pentecostalism, development and democracy in Latin America.
Creator: Louis, Pierre A., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: The recent explosive growth of Protestantism in Latin America has led a number of scholars to predict that the region may be on its way to reaching a significantly higher levels of socioeconomic development and democracy. These are important claims for a region that has struggled with both economic development and democratic consolidation. This thesis argues that Protestantism in Latin America does not follow the classical Weberian pattern of development. Because the majority of Protestant...
Show moreThe recent explosive growth of Protestantism in Latin America has led a number of scholars to predict that the region may be on its way to reaching a significantly higher levels of socioeconomic development and democracy. These are important claims for a region that has struggled with both economic development and democratic consolidation. This thesis argues that Protestantism in Latin America does not follow the classical Weberian pattern of development. Because the majority of Protestant growth in the region is Pentecostal, the causal assumptions of the--culture and development school do not hold. Furthermore, a context of neoliberalism, a significant colonial legacy, and wide income disparities continue to hinder the potential for development. Based on a review of secondary sources and specific data from the case of Guatemala, this thesis argues that while individual Protestants may experience some upward social mobility, the growth of Protestantism has done little to advance the socioeconomic and political development of the region.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77674
Subject Headings: Democratization, Neoliberalism, Christianity and politics, Politics and government, Cultural policy
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Multicultural discourse: A comparative case study of government practices in facilitation of multicultural public discourse in South Florida.
Creator: Stanisevski, Dragan M., Florida Atlantic University, Miller, Hugh T.
Abstract/Description: Modern societies are increasingly becoming more culturally diverse. In theories of multiculturalism and governance two approaches to government involvement in managing the dynamics of multicultural interactions prevail, majoritarian and consociational models of democracy. The discursive model of democracy is offered in this study as an alternative model that allows for citizen engagement in public deliberations of conflicting issues. I argue that government has an active role in facilitating...
Show moreModern societies are increasingly becoming more culturally diverse. In theories of multiculturalism and governance two approaches to government involvement in managing the dynamics of multicultural interactions prevail, majoritarian and consociational models of democracy. The discursive model of democracy is offered in this study as an alternative model that allows for citizen engagement in public deliberations of conflicting issues. I argue that government has an active role in facilitating multicultural discourses in communities. In facilitation of multicultural discourses I consider public recognition of cultural differences as one important element for citizen inclusion in public deliberations. The practices of three county governments in South Florida in facilitation of multicultural discourse are investigated and comparatively examined. The individual cases are investigated and compared on nine dimensions of multicultural discourse, into three broader categories: forms of discourses, components of discourses, and implications of discourses. The comparative examination shows that government facilitation of multicultural discourse assists in resolution of multicultural conflicts in communities and in building awareness and tolerance of cultural specificities of others. It also provides for larger inclusion of socially marginalized cultural groups in policy processes. The extent of the involvement of county governments in South Florida in facilitation of multicultural discourses is often influenced by and contingent on the commitment and receptivity of legislators.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12233
Subject Headings: Multiculturalism--Political aspects--Florida, State, The--Case studies, Representative government and representation--Florida, Cultural pluralism
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Title: Opposition politics and populism: a comparative analysis of South American populist governments.
Creator: Weiss, Morgan Alissa., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines the relationship between the political opposition and populism. The goal is to identify when, how, and under what circumstances an opposition to a populist leader affects change to the political system. A comparative historical analysis is employed as five case studies from South America are examined. The evidence presented in these case studies demonstrates that the political oppositions in each country were unsuccessful in affecting change to their respective political...
Show moreThis thesis examines the relationship between the political opposition and populism. The goal is to identify when, how, and under what circumstances an opposition to a populist leader affects change to the political system. A comparative historical analysis is employed as five case studies from South America are examined. The evidence presented in these case studies demonstrates that the political oppositions in each country were unsuccessful in affecting change to their respective political systems. They were unable to demobilize the support base that the populist leaders had created. Change came to the political systems in four out of the five case studies only when the populist leader's actions demobilized his support and not from the actions of the opposition.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/192993
Subject Headings: Opposition (Political science), Political culture, Political leadership, Populism, Politics and government
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Politics of Silence: The Public and Private Matter of Theresa Marie Schiavo.
Creator: Reinson, Kyle F., Tracy, James F., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Theresa Marie Schiavo died March 31, 2005. The 41-year-old's human and communicative faculties were so deficient that a feeding tube was necessary to nourish her and she had been silent for 15 years. In her final month, Ms. Schiavo's health, the dispute between her husband and parents concerning the removal of her feeding tube, and her subsequent death were covered extensively by American broadcast, online and print media. As she lay silent in a Florida hospice, the U.S. Congress, the...
Show moreTheresa Marie Schiavo died March 31, 2005. The 41-year-old's human and communicative faculties were so deficient that a feeding tube was necessary to nourish her and she had been silent for 15 years. In her final month, Ms. Schiavo's health, the dispute between her husband and parents concerning the removal of her feeding tube, and her subsequent death were covered extensively by American broadcast, online and print media. As she lay silent in a Florida hospice, the U.S. Congress, the president and the courts intervened, and those who spoke about her matter and the news media propelled her human tragedy toward the top of the public agenda. News stories, reports and analyses of the case from Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post and St. Petersburg Times are analyzed using a critical-qualitative approach to framing.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000954
Subject Headings: Schiavo, Terri,--1963-2005, Right to die--Moral and ethical aspects, Political sociology, Mass media and culture, Privacy, Right of, Journalism--Objectivity
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Title: From Subaltern to President: Evo Morales, New Social Movements, and Regional Autonomies in Bolivia.
Creator: Barrero, Gabriela Ovando, Horswell, Michael J., Duno-Gottberg, Luis, Florida Atlantic University, Marin, Noemi
Abstract/Description: This dissertation examines the processes of social, cultural, and political change that have taken place in Bolivia since the decade of the 1970s and how they have paved the way for the rise to power of indigenous people and the election of Evo Morales to the Presidency. It also addresses a growing trend toward more radical reforms to State structures after Morales' inauguration, which has created serious institutional chaos and a polarization of civil society. The reforms proposed by the...
Show moreThis dissertation examines the processes of social, cultural, and political change that have taken place in Bolivia since the decade of the 1970s and how they have paved the way for the rise to power of indigenous people and the election of Evo Morales to the Presidency. It also addresses a growing trend toward more radical reforms to State structures after Morales' inauguration, which has created serious institutional chaos and a polarization of civil society. The reforms proposed by the Morales administration and its political party (Movimiento al Socialismo) include a new constitution which aims to re-found Bolivia favoring its Andean ethnic groups, and an indefinite re-election of president Morales. At the same time, his party now in control ofthe muddled Constituent Assembly charged with writing the new constitution, intends to diminish the constitutional mandate of a 2006 referendum, whose results favored autonomias (an administrative and political descentralized State model, similar to Spain's or Peru's) in four provinces, which would allow a more efficient administration of the different geographical, cultural, and productive regions of Bolivia while preserving national unity. This dissertation investigates and recognizes the achievements of Bolivian indigenous movements (not only Andean, but also those from the Eastern lowlands, which in fact were the pioneers in the struggle to regain their rights and identity) and the need to reform a State that should accommodate their rights, values, and traditions along with those of the rest of Bolivians, the mestizos (mixed blood) and the nonindigenous, on the basis of consensus and national solidarity. To reach that goal it defends the necessity to preserve the guidelines of Western participative democracy and freedom in combination with the modalities of indigenous communitarian democracy. This basic concept, if applied, would lead the members of the current Constituent Assembly to write an all-inclusive constitution based on consensus and reciprocal solidarity, while opening the necessary space for national dialogue and development, even in the indigenous communities. This dissertation also proposes the promulgation of autonomias departamentales in accordance with the results of the 2006 referendum. Its thesis underlines that autonomias are the most coherent and viable way to descentralize the administration of the diverse regions of Bolivia in a near future. Autonomies represent a creative system that is capable of untying the asphyxiating knot imposed on the regions (departamentos) by a centrist and vertical State, founded in 1825, which pretended to extend its political and economic control over different historical realities, geographical contexts, and diverse cultural backgrounds whose representatives are today demanding fresh air. Methodologically, the panoramic review and analysis of different texts throughout this dissertation identifies the main causes of the actual social fracture in Bolivia, as well as proposes a set of possible solutions. Each chapter contains the analysis of a primary text, along with the discourse of indigenous leaders, constitutionalists, Bolivian public intellectuals, and my own voice. Among them are Marcial Fabricano, Alejo Veliz, Felix Patzi, Juan Carlos Urenda Diaz, Ana Maria Romero de Campero, Alvaro Garcia Linera and Victor Hugo Cardenas, whose ideological positions, theoretical contributions, and proposals are essential for my construction of a concise analysis and possible solutions to the perplexing challenges facing Bolivia today. This dissertation is based on the recognition that Bolivia is a culturally and geographically heterogeneous country, where coexistence between its diverse ethnic groups and regions -aggravated by profound ideological differences, a proverbial impossibility to govern the country, and the poverty of the majority of its inhabitants- has reached perilous levels of polarization and social unrest. A real change and a real de-colonizing revolution (which inspires president Eve Morales and vicepresident Alvaro Garcia Linera's ideological program) cannot be produced and be real without the implementation of regional autonomies (autonomias departamenta/es) and the strengthening of autonomic indigenous municipalities and territories, already legislated by the actual constitution. NOTE A Spanish version of this dissertation (which includes a Collocutio and three more chapters) follows the present text. Chapters V and VI are focused on the analysis of eastern Bolivia (where a parallel and no less controversial identity, facing the Andean, has emerged: e/ ser crucefzo) and autonomic proposals more in detail. Chapter VII presents the voices of Bolivian public intellectuals (indigenous and non indigenous) who, and for the reasons they explain, are not members of the present Constituent Assembly.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000980
Subject Headings: Morales Ayma, Evo,--1959-, Bolivia--Politics and government--21st century, Indians of South America--Ethnic identity, Politics and culture--Bolivia, Democratization--Bolivia--21st century, Marginality, Social--Bolivia
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Title: Building Cosmopolitical Solidarity from the Antigone: A Return to the Chorus.
Creator: McCarthy, Rebecca L., Hokenson, Jan W., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: “Building Cosmopolitical Solidarity from the Antigone.” takes an in-depth look at how the Antigone by Sophocles has been used by social movements and social/politically concerned playwrights, theorists and activists as either a tool for discursive and performative resistance, or as a way to reinforce status-quo state rule since at least the Enlightenment to present day. I argue that Sophocles’ characters Creon and Antigone are not ideal images for social movements who seek a cosmopolitical...
Show more“Building Cosmopolitical Solidarity from the Antigone.” takes an in-depth look at how the Antigone by Sophocles has been used by social movements and social/politically concerned playwrights, theorists and activists as either a tool for discursive and performative resistance, or as a way to reinforce status-quo state rule since at least the Enlightenment to present day. I argue that Sophocles’ characters Creon and Antigone are not ideal images for social movements who seek a cosmopolitical democracy. Rather it is to Sophocles’ Chorus and the Watchman that we must turn when proposing democratic cosmopolitanism. Thus, a new communication approach is proposed: a choral dialogue driven by pragmatic logic and employing an aesthetic, often comedic, improvisational experience. Further, this work strives to unite theories from social science, social movement theory, rhetoric, philosophy and theatre. Its aim is to offer practical tools for social movements who wish to gain international, cosmopolitical, stature and to encourage a progressive democratic space. Core study groups include the Project for a New American Century, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, ACT-UP, and the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000986
Subject Headings: Sophocles--Antigone, Greek drama (Tragedy)--Criticism and interpretation, Cultural relativism--United States, Political science--Philosophy, Power (Social sciences), Drama--Chorus (Greek drama)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Christian Rock Goes Mainstream: Youth Culture, Politics and Popular Music in the U.S.
Creator: Giagnoni, Silvia, Scodari, Christine, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: The dissertation analyzes Christian rock that goes mainstream and aims to explain such a phenomenon within the contemporary cultural, social and political context. This cultural study acknowledges the inherent tendency of Christian rock “to cross over” as part of the Evangelical ideology in which it is rooted. It also views it as a symptom of the augmented power of conservative Evangelical groups in today’s American political and social climate and of the current, increased presence of...
Show moreThe dissertation analyzes Christian rock that goes mainstream and aims to explain such a phenomenon within the contemporary cultural, social and political context. This cultural study acknowledges the inherent tendency of Christian rock “to cross over” as part of the Evangelical ideology in which it is rooted. It also views it as a symptom of the augmented power of conservative Evangelical groups in today’s American political and social climate and of the current, increased presence of discourses around religion and, specifically, Christianity in the public arena. Hence, the research offers an historical understanding of the social, cultural and discursive changes that have occurred within American Christianity in relation to politics, society and culture since Christian rock’s first appearance as an expression of the Jesus People movement of the 1970s, with the aim of better comprehending the nature of the contemporary crossover phenomenon. Additionally, the study considers rock as a discursive formation, interprets Christian rock as a primarily countercultural phenomenon and addresses the questions its crossover poses. Thus, it explores dimensions and issues highly debated in cultural studies concerning authenticity, resistance, generic labeling, lyrical content, pleasure, and experience. Specifically, it looks at Christian rock “fragments” as receptacles for a multitude of meanings that are constantly negotiated in public discourses. The research finally examines the music industry (marketing strategies, publications, distribution deals, and so forth) in relation to these phenomena, and reports on the interviews with emerging crossover Christian rock bands and other people operating in the industry. By investigating it as part of the larger endeavor of Evangelicals to impact and transform American culture and society, it is illustrated how Christian rock is able today to provide an alternative version of popular music to their own young people and to reach non-believers as well; this suggests further research and, specifically, the necessity of audience analysis, and concomitantly raises thought-provoking questions related to cultural theory. The study also demonstrates how Christian rock, an apparently oxymoronic manifestation of rock culture, is actually reproducing its very logic, thus catalyzing cultural change and symptomatically reflecting neoconservative cultural hegemony and ultimately supporting an emerging definition of rock.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000981
Subject Headings: Contemporary Christian music--United States, Popular culture--Religious aspects, Popular music--United States--History and criticism, Rock music--Political aspects, Popular music--Social aspects, Christian rock music--History and criticism
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Crisis in colonialism: The South Seas writing of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Creator: MacLaren, Robert B., Florida Atlantic University, Buckton, Oliver
Abstract/Description: The South Seas Writing of Robert Louis Stevenson reveals a crisis in colonialism: Stevenson saw how colonial exploitation of natives for their island resources was corrupting the morality of imperial countries, while colonialism also brought disease and conflicts to the remote margins of empire. Stevenson exposes how unfounded was Victorian imperial ideology of cultural and religious superiority. He objects to the colonial powers' policies that tend to wipe out native cultures. His travel...
Show moreThe South Seas Writing of Robert Louis Stevenson reveals a crisis in colonialism: Stevenson saw how colonial exploitation of natives for their island resources was corrupting the morality of imperial countries, while colonialism also brought disease and conflicts to the remote margins of empire. Stevenson exposes how unfounded was Victorian imperial ideology of cultural and religious superiority. He objects to the colonial powers' policies that tend to wipe out native cultures. His travel narratives and fiction not only voice this objection to colonial usurpation, but also stand up for the native peoples who strive to establish a literary voice of their own. In this way Stevenson anticipates the post-colonial age when colonized peoples fight for their independence, and when their own voices help establish their legitimate cultural heritage.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13336
Subject Headings: Stevenson, Robert Louis,--1850-1894--Travel--Oceania, Stevenson, Robert Louis,--1850-1894--Criticism and interpretation, Imperialism in literature, Politics and culture, Colonies in literature, Oceania--In literature
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Title: An address delivered before the Maine Historical Society, at Bowdoin College, on the afternoon of the annual commencement, September 5, 1849.
Creator: Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles) 1809-1894, Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
Abstract/Description: Cover title: Mr. Winthrop's address before the Maine Historical Society, at Bowdoin College. Printer’s name appears on the title page verso. Appendix: pages [65]-68. FAU copy imperfect: cover missing, edges trimmed to 22 cm.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb14f22
Subject Headings: Baccalaureate addresses -- 1849, Bowdoin, James -- 1726-1790, Governors -- Massachusetts -- Biography, Massachusetts -- Intellectual life -- 18th century, Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865, Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- To 1775, Political culture -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century, Revolutionaries -- Massachusetts -- Biography, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
Format: E-book

Title: Micropolitics of transition in Yugoslavia: a local and global demise.
Creator: Marinos, Martin Y., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: The thesis provides a cultural analysis on the micropolitics of Yugoslavia wars in 1992-1995, examining local and global media coverage along with grassroots and historical dimensions. The study offers an extensive overview of scholarly literature on the Balkans, arguing that often omitted local, cultural and historical narratives of the war events reveal complex perspectives on the rationales provided on civil war. Investigating the nationalist social movements in Yugoslavia (1992-1995), the...
Show moreThe thesis provides a cultural analysis on the micropolitics of Yugoslavia wars in 1992-1995, examining local and global media coverage along with grassroots and historical dimensions. The study offers an extensive overview of scholarly literature on the Balkans, arguing that often omitted local, cultural and historical narratives of the war events reveal complex perspectives on the rationales provided on civil war. Investigating the nationalist social movements in Yugoslavia (1992-1995), the thesis articulates the need to revisit Deleuze and Guattari's framework of micropolitics to understand the cultural and historical dimensions operational in such movements. The study presents local media coverage in Nasa Borba, Borba, and Hrvatsko Slovo, focusing mainly on two major atrocities committed during the Balkan conflict, in order to shed light on the complex role of discourse emerging in war environments.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186298
Subject Headings: Political and social views, Political and social views, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995, Popular culture, Political aspects, Ethnic groups, Political aspects, History
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: New Age or new opiate? A cultural analysis of "The Celestine Prophecy".
Creator: Greenspan, Deborah Sue., Florida Atlantic University, Scodari, Christine
Abstract/Description: The Celestine Prophecy is a popular new age novel which has attracted an audience numbering in the millions. Looking at this book from both the political and cultural economic perspectives allows us to analyze economic factors behind the book's production, the text itself, and the ways the audience uses the text. From these perspectives we can see what produced this cultural phenomenon, and examine alternative meanings that readers of the text may find in it. Issues of hegemony, diversity and...
Show moreThe Celestine Prophecy is a popular new age novel which has attracted an audience numbering in the millions. Looking at this book from both the political and cultural economic perspectives allows us to analyze economic factors behind the book's production, the text itself, and the ways the audience uses the text. From these perspectives we can see what produced this cultural phenomenon, and examine alternative meanings that readers of the text may find in it. Issues of hegemony, diversity and domination are explored, as is the "structure of feeling" of the text. How the audience uses or resists the ideas incorporated in the novel is also studied.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15462
Subject Headings: Redfield, James--Criticism and interpretation., Redfield, James.--Celestine prophecy., Communication--Political aspects--United States., Communication--Economic aspects--United States., Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
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Title: Preaching to the choir: the culture war and the box office success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
Creator: Kuhn, Rebecca., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: In 2004, Mel Gibson released The Passion of the Christ, a film that focuses specifically on the events surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Over a year before its release and well ahead of any studio publicity, the film and its director were at the center of a discussion that sparked criticism from biblical scholars, Jesus historians, and members of the media. In spite, or perhaps because, of this controversy, The Passion was well-received by its audiences if not by its critics....
Show moreIn 2004, Mel Gibson released The Passion of the Christ, a film that focuses specifically on the events surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Over a year before its release and well ahead of any studio publicity, the film and its director were at the center of a discussion that sparked criticism from biblical scholars, Jesus historians, and members of the media. In spite, or perhaps because, of this controversy, The Passion was well-received by its audiences if not by its critics. This dissertation explores the cultural, political, and economic factors that led to the box office success of Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ and also examines why viewers identified with Jesus, the protagonist of the film. First, this project places the success of The Passion of the Christ in socio-historical and political-economic context of 2004, emphasizing the popularity of neoliberal economic policies, conservative political thought, and Evangelical Christianity. Second, this project explores the specific political and economic arrangements that facilitated the making of the film at Cinecitta studios in Rome. The ease with which Gibson was able to make The Passion outside of the United States is a direct result of neoliberal economic policies that emphasize free trade and, in the process, undermine trade unions and film industry laborers. Third, in addition to a macro- and micro-level political economic analysis of The Passion of the Christ, this project also examines the film as it fits into the horror genre. Horror not only seeks to elicit an immediate visceral reaction from audience members but also manifests the political and economic insecurities of society. Finally, this project connects the film text to these anxieties, including the war on terror, the war in Iraq, and an extended crisis of masculinity.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/359922
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Passion, History of doctrines, Christianity and culture, Motion pictures, Political and social aspects, Horror films, Criticism and interpretation
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: American national identity and discourses of the frontier in early 20th century visual culture.
Creator: Maldonado, Chandra Ann, Trapani, William, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines the rise of image culture in the 1920’s and its impact on American national identity. I demonstrate that, perhaps surprisingly, the central figure in these debates was not a past or present prominent American but instead an indeterminate Other which is read in ambivalent ways and for varied purposes. It is the central claim of this project that in order to trace the modern American subject that emerges from the 1920s national rift, one must attend to the ways in which a...
Show moreThis thesis examines the rise of image culture in the 1920’s and its impact on American national identity. I demonstrate that, perhaps surprisingly, the central figure in these debates was not a past or present prominent American but instead an indeterminate Other which is read in ambivalent ways and for varied purposes. It is the central claim of this project that in order to trace the modern American subject that emerges from the 1920s national rift, one must attend to the ways in which a felt need to view and position oneself in relation to “the Other” was essential to defining the nature and future of the nation. More specifically, I argue that the film Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life (1925) offers a solution to this national divide by providing viewers a popular culture form of “evidence” of the Westerner’s capacity to exhibit both premodern and modern qualities.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004214, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004214
Subject Headings: Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Historiography, Frontier thesis, Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925) (Motion picture), Group identity -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Title: Greatness the result of goodness : a sermon, occasioned by the death of George Washington, late commander in chief of the armies, and first president, of the United States of America, who died December 14, 1799, aged 68.
Creator: West, Samuel 1738-1808, Manning & Loring
Abstract/Description: by Samuel West, Pastor of the Church in Hollis Street, Boston. Half-title: Dr. West's sermon. Sermon, occasioned by the death of George Washington. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴. Delivered at the Hollis Street Church Dec. 29, 1799. Title within mourning border. Title vignette. "The legacy of the father of his country. Address of George Washington, on declining being considered a candidate for the presidency of the United States."--Page [19]-40.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb8f11
Subject Headings: Eulogies -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Early works to 1800, Funeral sermons -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800, Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, United States -- Politics and government -- 1797-1801 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, United States -- Presidents -- Death -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800, Washington, George -- 1732-1799 -- Death and burial, Washington, George -- 1732-1799 -- Sermons
Format: E-book

Title: A moral review of the Revolutionary War, or some of the evils of that event considered : a discourse delivered at the Unitarian Church, Augusta, Sabbath evening, March 13th, 1842.
Creator: Judd, Sylvester 1813-1853, Glazier, Masters & Smith
Abstract/Description: With an introductory address, and notes by Rev. Sylvester Judd ; [six lines of text]. Cover title: Mr. Judd's discourse on the moral effects of the Revolutionary War. "Books of reference": page [2]. "Sermon": page [7]-43.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb13f12
Subject Headings: American Revolution (1775-1783), Bible -- Thessalonians, 1st, V, 21 -- Sermons, Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century, Sermons, American -- 19th century, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Moral and ethical aspects, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects, Unitarian Church (Augusta, Me.)
Format: E-book

Title: An oration, in honour to the memory of General George Washington : who died December 14, 1799, in the 68th year of his age :.
Creator: Tufts, Cotton 1732-1815, Hall, Samuel 1740-1807
Abstract/Description: delivered before the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth, at the request of their selectmen, on the 22d day of February, 1800 by Cotton Tufts, M.D.M.M.S. & A.A.S. Half title: Doctor Tufts's oration. Signatures: [A]⁴ B⁴ C² (C2 verso blank). Title in decorative line border. Engraved tail-piece. FAU Libraries' copy inscribed on half title: "RT Paine", possibly referring to Robert Treat Paine (1773-1811). In original (?) blue wrappers, side stiched with brown cord.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb8f15
Subject Headings: Eulogies -- Massachusetts -- Weymouth -- Early works to 1800, Funeral addresses -- 1800, Funeral orations -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800, Nobility of character -- Early works to 1800, Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 18th century, Washington, George -- 1732-1799, Washington, George -- 1732-1799 -- Death and burial, Washington, George -- 1732-1799 -- Military leadership
Format: E-book

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