| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
|---|
| The sounds of silence : how Chileans said no to General Augusto Pinochet |
2009 |
423 |
Art provides an image of reality from the creator's perspective which sparks interaction between the viewer and the piece. Throughout history, metaphor-infused art has inspired dialogue and social change as a means for oppressed people to speak out i... |
| The radical road to redemption : a prophetic outcry of American counter cultures |
2011 |
376 |
The development of atomic weapons presented serious changes to the American way of life. Moral actions in accordance with this divine decree were seen as the path to salvation. While citizens had operated under the assumption that the government uphe... |
| Presidential ethos : leadership as goal and tool in the rhetoric of recent American presidents |
2010 |
992 |
This thesis discusses the role of leadership as an aspect of ethos in presidential rhetoric.
In it, a terminology is established to deal with two original applications of leadership
ethos in presidential rhetoric: accumulating, or building up leade... |
| Post-9/11 presidential rhetoric and the ongoing reality of racism in the United States |
2010 |
668 |
There is little question that the tragedy of September 11, 2001 has significantly
impacted 21st century life in the United States. On a rhetorical level, 9/11 seems to have
triggered a distinct shift in how many Americans understand their political... |
| Finding the fourth locale : dichotomy challenges in the rhetoric of Barack Obama |
2010 |
397 |
The historic election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in 2008
has attracted much interest in the humanities. The narrower lens of rhetorical analysis has
yet to explore one of Obama’s most notable inclinations, namely his tendency... |
| "We're the girls with the bad reputations" : the rhetoric of Riot Grrrl |
2011 |
230 |
Throughout the 1980s, President Reagan’s administration waged an undeclared
war on feminism by defeating the Equal Rights Amendment and employing both the
Department of Education and U.S. Supreme Court as weapons against working and single
mothers... |
| "Happy are those who sing and dance" : Mobuto, Franco, and the struggle for Zairian identity |
2011 |
294 |
In this thesis, I examine the public rhetoric of two very big men of post-colonial Zaire: master musician Franco Luambo Makiadi, and military dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, whose careers were roughly contemporary. The rhetoric employed by these men held ... |