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"outing" of Miss Jean Brodie or to Miss Christina Kay with love
Title
The "outing" of Miss Jean Brodie or to Miss Christina Kay with love.
Creator
Geoghegan, Elizabeth Erin., Florida Atlantic University, McGuirk, Carol
Abstract/Description
Romantic friendships, or raves as they were commonly called, were a common element of the culture of girl's schools in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However, the impact of sexologists' theories served to pathologize and stigmatize these relationships. Muriel Spark was a product of the girl's school education in the post-Freudian era. While many scholars have studied The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for its spiritual or moral content, few have discussed the sexuality and lesbian...
Show moreRomantic friendships, or raves as they were commonly called, were a common element of the culture of girl's schools in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However, the impact of sexologists' theories served to pathologize and stigmatize these relationships. Muriel Spark was a product of the girl's school education in the post-Freudian era. While many scholars have studied The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for its spiritual or moral content, few have discussed the sexuality and lesbian content in the novel. This thesis discusses the sexual dynamics of the two main characters, Jean Brodie and Sandy Stranger, while taking into account the social, psychological, and biographical influences on Spark's novel. Romantic friendship is a compelling force in the narrative which drives each character in their vacillation between loyalty and betrayal.
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Date Issued
2001
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12792
Subject Headings
Spark, Muriel.--Prime of Miss Jean Brodie., Lesbianism in literature., Sex (Psychology) in literature.
Format
Document (PDF)
“Panyard” Steelpan Experiences Impact on Secondary Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices: A Case Study
Title
“Panyard” Steelpan Experiences Impact on Secondary Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices: A Case Study.
Creator
Massy, Paul, Nightengale-Lee, Bianca, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry, College of Education
Abstract/Description
This study investigates the impact of the Trinidad and Tobago Panyard steelpan experiences on the development of the secondary school, forms one to three (middle school), music teachers’ pedagogical implementation, and how these pedagogical practices are represented in today’s classroom or not. The case study exploration acknowledges that while the instrument was being developed in formal educational systems, there was already a history of teaching and learning of the steelpan in the...
Show moreThis study investigates the impact of the Trinidad and Tobago Panyard steelpan experiences on the development of the secondary school, forms one to three (middle school), music teachers’ pedagogical implementation, and how these pedagogical practices are represented in today’s classroom or not. The case study exploration acknowledges that while the instrument was being developed in formal educational systems, there was already a history of teaching and learning of the steelpan in the community Panyard contributing to its global growth. The symbiosis among instructional practices in the Panyard, the K-12 system, and postsecondary institutions continues to be the fertile space for understanding steelpan curriculum and instruction. Using the lenses of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, Decoloniality and Legitimation Code theory I analyzed these Panyard steelpan experiences and their impact on teachers’ pedagogical practice. I used some of the data to map the observed integrative knowledge building using the Autonomy dimension of Legitimation Code Theory. “Within-group cultural practices” and “common, across-group cultural practices” (Paris, 2012, p. 95) were also analyzed iteratively, contributing to the growth of both the researcher and participants. This study intentionally provided opportunities to understand Steelpan's histories and social constructs better. Moreover, participants’ backgrounds, biographies and experiences also provided contextual evidence for their pedagogical perspectives (Greene, 2001).
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Date Issued
2023
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014332
Subject Headings
Pedagogy, Teachers—Training of, Curriculum planning
Format
Document (PDF)
“Pretty, Pills, and Perspective: The Not-so Charmed Medicalization of Women’s Mental Health”
Title
“Pretty, Pills, and Perspective: The Not-so Charmed Medicalization of Women’s Mental Health”.
Creator
Wilson, Jennifer R., McConnell, William, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Sociology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Using content analysis and in-depth interviews, this study finds variation in perspective of mental health in 1) how it is framed on social media platforms by mental health treatment advertisements and 2) how woman perceive their own mental health struggles, how they sought and maintain treatment, and how the culture of social media influences this perspective. To investigate this topic, this study is separated into two phases: Phase One is a content analysis of 25 mental health treatment...
Show moreUsing content analysis and in-depth interviews, this study finds variation in perspective of mental health in 1) how it is framed on social media platforms by mental health treatment advertisements and 2) how woman perceive their own mental health struggles, how they sought and maintain treatment, and how the culture of social media influences this perspective. To investigate this topic, this study is separated into two phases: Phase One is a content analysis of 25 mental health treatment advertisements for depression and/or anxiety on Facebook and Instagram with three questions in mind: 1. How do advertisements on social media frame depression and anxiety? 2. What are the solutions proposed? And 3. How are women represented in these advertisements? Phase Two consists of 14 in-depth interviews with three questions in mind: 1. How do women understand their mental health problems? 2. How do social media advertisements affect women seeking mental health treatment? And 3. How does social media affect current course of mental health treatment? Social media advertisements do medicalize women’s perspective of mental health and can best be understood in three terms: communication, convenience, and confidence, through an interplay of medicalization and gender framing. Women give meaning to their mental health through their experience in past and current life circumstances and the culture of social media has shifted understanding and engagement with this dynamic.
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Date Issued
2023
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014163
Subject Headings
Women—Mental health, Medicalization
Format
Document (PDF)
"Prodjickin', or mekin' a present to yo' family": rereading empowerment in Thomas Nelson Page's frame narratives
Title
"Prodjickin', or mekin' a present to yo' family": rereading empowerment in Thomas Nelson Page's frame narratives.
Creator
Hagood, Taylor
Date Issued
2004-07
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11499
Subject Headings
American fiction--Southern States--History and criticism, Plantation life in literature, Southern States--In literature
Format
Document (PDF)
"Report of the Planning Commission for a New University at Boca Raton" also known as the Brumbaugh Report, 1961
Title
"Report of the Planning Commission for a New University at Boca Raton" also known as the Brumbaugh Report, 1961.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/FA00000167.pdf
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University History, Florida Atlantic University Archives
Format
Document (PDF)
"Report to the People" Highlights, n.d.
Title
"Report to the People" Highlights, n.d.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361877
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University-- History, Florida Atlantic University—Office of the President, Florida Atlantic University-- Records and correspondence
Format
Document (PDF)
“Report to the People" Presentation, 1975
Title
“Report to the People" Presentation, 1975.
Date Issued
1975
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361880
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University-- History, Florida Atlantic University—Office of the President, Florida Atlantic University-- Records and correspondence
Format
Document (PDF)
"Report to the People" Revised Presentation, 1975
Title
"Report to the People" Revised Presentation, 1975.
Date Issued
1975
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361879
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University-- History, Florida Atlantic University—Office of the President, Florida Atlantic University-- Records and correspondence
Format
Document (PDF)
"Report to the People" Summary and Unprecedented, 1976
Title
"Report to the People" Summary and Unprecedented, 1976.
Date Issued
1976
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361875
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University-- History, Florida Atlantic University—Office of the President, Florida Atlantic University-- Records and correspondence
Format
Document (PDF)
"Room for you and me"
Title
"Room for you and me": an ethical critique of noncanonical labor literature.
Creator
McDermott, Rachel., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Labor literature is in popular and academic neglect. I argue that labor literature's neglect is unjust, and I provide a way of examining labor literature that can rescue it from neglect. I shall be concerned with labor literature's academic decline due to its apparent lack of value according to traditional standards of literary criticism. I will argue that ethical criticism - criticism of literature that considers the ethics of a work as a part of its literary value - can reveal new...
Show moreLabor literature is in popular and academic neglect. I argue that labor literature's neglect is unjust, and I provide a way of examining labor literature that can rescue it from neglect. I shall be concerned with labor literature's academic decline due to its apparent lack of value according to traditional standards of literary criticism. I will argue that ethical criticism - criticism of literature that considers the ethics of a work as a part of its literary value - can reveal new complexities in labor literature. An ethical critical analysis of the representation of American labor movements and workers in noncanonical texts will show the distinctive ethical value such texts hold. I will argue that labor texts possess ethical value insofar as they help readers develop awareness of complex ethical issues posed by labor and community, and that the ethical value of labor literature provides a new reason to value such works.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342209
Subject Headings
Narration (Rhetoric), Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature, Criticism and interpretation, Labor in literature, Criticism and interpretation
Format
Document (PDF)
"Rosas de Pulp... Rosas de Cal", The Music of Valdo Sciammarella - October 2007
Title
"Rosas de Pulp... Rosas de Cal", The Music of Valdo Sciammarella - October 2007.
Creator
Coltman, Heather (Piano), McNaron, Diane (Soprano), FAU Department of Music
Date Issued
2007-10
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU352244
Subject Headings
Piano, Voice
Format
Set of related objects
“Satan in high heels”: representation of the feminine in the American popular songbook and its impact on performance, interpretation, and audience reception
Title
“Satan in high heels”: representation of the feminine in the American popular songbook and its impact on performance, interpretation, and audience reception.
Creator
Bridwell-Briner, Kathryn E., Walters, Tim, Graduate College
Date Issued
2013-04-12
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361912
Subject Headings
Feminism and music, Jazz vocals, Femininity in music, Jazz vocals, Cabaret
Format
Document (PDF)
"See the conquering hero comes" : principles of Stephen A. Douglas illustrated in his speeches.
Title
"See the conquering hero comes" : principles of Stephen A. Douglas illustrated in his speeches.
Creator
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold) 1813-1861
Abstract/Description
Caption title. Summary: Extracts from speeches given by Douglas during his campaign tour through the U.S. in 1859. Text printed in two columns. FAU Libraries' copy imperfect: pages trimmed rough and too closely along fore edge, with some loss of text on pages 3-5; pages 1-2 torn, with some loss of text.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb18f44
Subject Headings
Douglas, Stephen A. -- (Stephen Arnold) -- 1813-1861 -- Views on slavery, Campaign literature -- 1859 -- Democratic, Campaign literature -- United States -- 19th century, Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States, Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories, Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States, United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861, Democratic Party (U.S.)
Format
E-book
“See You in Yasukuni”: Western Perceptions of the Imperial Japanese Before and During the War in the Pacific
Title
“See You in Yasukuni”: Western Perceptions of the Imperial Japanese Before and During the War in the Pacific.
Creator
Naccarato, Joshua, Strain, Christopher, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
Japan’s history is one of extremes. From an island’s seclusion, Japan rose to become the “golden child” of Asia upon her lifting of her isolationist policies at the start of the Meiji period to falling into international ill-renown at start of her aggressions in Manchuria around 1931. One factor that has stayed constant is that the outside world has told of life on her shores, first through traders and shipwrecked sailors, then through the more reliable “globetrotters,” scholars, and...
Show moreJapan’s history is one of extremes. From an island’s seclusion, Japan rose to become the “golden child” of Asia upon her lifting of her isolationist policies at the start of the Meiji period to falling into international ill-renown at start of her aggressions in Manchuria around 1931. One factor that has stayed constant is that the outside world has told of life on her shores, first through traders and shipwrecked sailors, then through the more reliable “globetrotters,” scholars, and professional advisors. This thesis uses a wide selection of voices from the more and less reputable to examine what the outside world thought of Japan and will argue that her rise and fall are both due to contact with the outside, with the fall especially being due to Japan’s brutal militarism and wide-reaching imperialism.
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Date Issued
2021
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00181
Format
Document (PDF)
"SEHNSUCHT" AND THE ISLAND MOTIF IN C. S. LEWIS' "OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET" AND "PERELANDRA."
Title
"SEHNSUCHT" AND THE ISLAND MOTIF IN C. S. LEWIS' "OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET" AND "PERELANDRA.".
Creator
DENNIS, SHERRY KAY., Florida Atlantic University, Greer, Allen W.
Abstract/Description
Sehnsucht is a term used by C.S. Lewis to describe the immortal longing imparted to each soul by the Creator. The design of this longing is to draw one to a place of absolute surrender to the truth of God's preeminence. In Lewis' own life, as well as that of his fictional characters, the result of this longing is a relentless quest. In Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, the quest follows a structural pattern I have identified as the island motif. Elwin Ransom moves toward an island...
Show moreSehnsucht is a term used by C.S. Lewis to describe the immortal longing imparted to each soul by the Creator. The design of this longing is to draw one to a place of absolute surrender to the truth of God's preeminence. In Lewis' own life, as well as that of his fictional characters, the result of this longing is a relentless quest. In Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, the quest follows a structural pattern I have identified as the island motif. Elwin Ransom moves toward an island physically and spiritually. He is drawn by slowly intensifying encounters with Sehnsucht, occasioned by his sensory perceptions of the bizarre landscapes. Ransom's journey is allegorically related to the Christian's pilgrimage in Out of the Silent Planet. The quest becomes a reenactment of the Redeemer Myth in Perelandra. Both stories culminate in the hero's mystic union with the numinous.
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Date Issued
1978
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13913
Subject Headings
Lewis, C S--(Clive Staples),--1898-1963--Out of the silent planet, Lewis, C S--(Clive Staples),--1898-1963--Perelandra
Format
Document (PDF)
"Starvation taught me art": Tree poaching, gender and cultural shifts in wood curio carving in Zimbabwe
Title
"Starvation taught me art": Tree poaching, gender and cultural shifts in wood curio carving in Zimbabwe.
Creator
Fadiman, Maria
Abstract/Description
This study looks at wood curio carving in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa. Although the local people, Ndebele and Shona, have always carved, they now face a weakened economy, due in large part to land reforms in 2000. Thus, more people sculpt wood as a form of livelihood. As one man said “Starvation taught me art”. As a result, gender roles are shifting as men and women begin to enter realms previously reserved for the other. Environmentally, carvers poaching trees deforests the woodlands....
Show moreThis study looks at wood curio carving in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa. Although the local people, Ndebele and Shona, have always carved, they now face a weakened economy, due in large part to land reforms in 2000. Thus, more people sculpt wood as a form of livelihood. As one man said “Starvation taught me art”. As a result, gender roles are shifting as men and women begin to enter realms previously reserved for the other. Environmentally, carvers poaching trees deforests the woodlands. As more individuals turn to making crafts sustainability deteriorates. However, people are looking into more sustainable practices. Ndebele and Shona are experimenting with carving smaller items so as to be able to earn more profit from less wood, and to use branches instead of heartwood. Carvers are also using scrap wood from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) lumber mills to lessen dependence on live trees.
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Date Issued
2008
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/165389
Subject Headings
Ethnobotany--Africa, Sustainable development--Zimbabwe, Culture--Africa, Wood sculpture, African, Forest conservation--Africa, Gender identity--Africa, Art, Zimbabwean, Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
"Stonewall" Jackson Memorial Hall
Title
"Stonewall" Jackson Memorial Hall.
Abstract/Description
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington VA; miscellaneous magazine article
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3182357
Subject Headings
American Civil War --United States --Pictorial Works
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
"Stonewall" Jackson Memorial Hall
Title
"Stonewall" Jackson Memorial Hall.
Abstract/Description
Cadets at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington VA; miscellaneous magazine article
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/3182356
Subject Headings
American Civil War --United States --Pictorial Works
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
"Stop-It anti-fidgeting device
Title
The "Stop-It anti-fidgeting device.
Creator
Barnard, Scott A., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description
Fidgeting and otherwise constant movements in individuals can be beneficial in those who suffer from Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder or Generalized Anxiety Disorder as well as others. However this constant movement can also be a distraction to others as well as protrude an air of no self confidence. It is the drawbacks from these actions that we wish to address. By developing an intelligent system that can detect these motions and alert the user, it will allow the wearer of the...
Show moreFidgeting and otherwise constant movements in individuals can be beneficial in those who suffer from Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder or Generalized Anxiety Disorder as well as others. However this constant movement can also be a distraction to others as well as protrude an air of no self confidence. It is the drawbacks from these actions that we wish to address. By developing an intelligent system that can detect these motions and alert the user, it will allow the wearer of the device to self correct. It is in this self control that one may exhibit more confidence or simply reduce the level of irritation experienced by those in the immediate vicinity. We have designed and built a low cost, mobile, lightweight, untethered, wearable prototype device. It will detect these actions and deliver user selectable biofeedback through a light emitting diode, buzzer, vibromotor or an electric shock to allow for self control.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/368612
Subject Headings
Restless legs syndrome, Treatment, Technological innovations, Agitation (Psychology), Biomedical engineering, Neural networks (Neurobiology)
Format
Document (PDF)
"Strange Snow" and other stories
Title
"Strange Snow" and other stories.
Creator
DeJong, Laura Quinlan, Florida Atlantic University, Bucak, Ayse Papatya
Abstract/Description
Weather assists in shaping our reality. It is an unalterable condition of the world that we are born into. This short story collection aims to present the nuances of weather. It attempts to acknowledge wind, rain, snow and lightning as forces that shape the world of its characters, forces that even influence the structure of the story itself. In some cases, weather acts as metaphor; in others, the weather seeks to alter language itself. The beauty of a snowflake resides in image and language.
Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13293
Subject Headings
Symbolism in literature, Fiction--Technique, Weather--Literary collections, Short stories--Collections
Format
Document (PDF)

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