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1.
Poff, Terri Lynn.
Locust skin: a thesis in creative nonfiction.
Degree: 2009, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1295
► This creative thesis includes a critical introduction that discusses a brief history and definition of the creative nonfiction genre, the ethical dilemmas faced by the…
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▼ This creative thesis includes a critical introduction that discusses a brief history
and definition of the creative nonfiction genre, the ethical dilemmas faced by the writer
when telling a true story, and contextualizes my work within contemporary creative
nonfiction. Locust Skin contains twenty-eight original pieces describing my experience
adjusting to life as a single mother. Narrative segments alternate with short prose poems
that add depth of feeling and a sense of wonder and beauty to contrast with the struggles
voiced in the narrative.
Through research and the study of works by authors such as Mary Karr, Terry
Tempest Williams and Norma Cant?, I was able to establish a framework for the creative
portion of the thesis. In writing the stories, I discovered the difficulty in negotiating an
effective balance between telling a true story while maintaining privacy for the real
people included in the narrative. Objectivity, avoiding sentimentality, and writing about
myself without producing an overly self-absorbed collection was also a struggle.
Overall, the collection contains short prose pieces that strive to reflect the precise poetic
prose of Karr's The Liar's Club, while combining human suffering with detailed
descriptions of nature illustrated by Williams' Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place in an unconventional form reminiscent of Norma Cant?'s Can?cula:
Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera.
Advisors/Committee Members: Killingsworth, Jimmie (advisor), Heinemann, Larry (committee member), Welch, Ben (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: nonfiction; memoir
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Poff, T. L. (2009). Locust skin: a thesis in creative nonfiction. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1295
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Poff, Terri Lynn. “Locust skin: a thesis in creative nonfiction.” 2009. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1295.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Poff, Terri Lynn. “Locust skin: a thesis in creative nonfiction.” 2009. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Poff TL. Locust skin: a thesis in creative nonfiction. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2009. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1295.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Poff TL. Locust skin: a thesis in creative nonfiction. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1295
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Texas A&M University
2.
Smith, James Gottlieb.
Of fish and swimming swords.
Degree: 2009, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2397
► This original novel with a critical introduction is a summary and capstone of my study of creative writing at Texas A&M University. The introduction uses…
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▼ This original novel with a critical introduction is a summary and capstone of my study
of creative writing at
Texas A&
M University. The introduction uses storytelling traditions
in genre science fiction as well as non-genre writing as it explores the novel?s narrative
structure, the world building process, and character development. The novel demonstrates
the postmodern and genre techniques while masquerading as a traditional short novel, encouraging
the reader to discover possible conspiracies in order to complete the narrative.
Advisors/Committee Members: Killingsworth, Jimmie (advisor), Taylor, Charles (advisor), Rosenheim, James (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: science fiction; creative writing
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Smith, J. G. (2009). Of fish and swimming swords. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2397
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Smith, James Gottlieb. “Of fish and swimming swords.” 2009. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2397.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Smith, James Gottlieb. “Of fish and swimming swords.” 2009. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Smith JG. Of fish and swimming swords. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2009. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2397.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Smith JG. Of fish and swimming swords. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2397
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Texas A&M University
3.
Burgess, Olivia Anne.
Utopian Body: Alternative Experiences of Embodiment in 20th Century Utopian Literature.
Degree: 2011, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7881
► Utopian literature has typically viewed the body as a pitfall on the path to social perfectibility, and utopian planners envision societies where the troublesome body…
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▼ Utopian literature has typically viewed the body as a pitfall on the path to social
perfectibility, and utopian planners envision societies where the troublesome body is
distanced as much as possible from utopia's guiding force-Reason. However, after two
world wars, the failure of communism, and a century of corrupt "utopian" projects like
Hitler's social engineering, dystopian societies justified on the grounds of "rational
planning" fail to convince us, and the body has risen as the new locus for identity and
agency, a point of stability in a dangerous and unstable environment. In this dissertation,
I argue that utopian literature in the late twentieth century has identified the body as key
to imagining new alternatives and re-connecting with an increasingly jeopardized sense
of immediate, embodied experience. Protagonists in utopian literature looking to escape
dehumanizing and bureaucratic worlds find their loophole in the sensual rush of
adrenaline and instinct and the jarring rejuvenation of nerve and muscle, experiences
which are much more immediately real and trustworthy than the tenuous dictates of
institutions that tumble easily into absurdity and terror. Survival necessitates a raw and transformed identity that transgresses the tightly regimented boundaries of civilization
and embraces the tumultuous chaos of the fringes and countercultures. Here, utopia
thrives.
I ground this study in theoretical and sociological texts which recognize the
centrality of the body in society and the dynamic potentiality of utopian thinking, and
then examine how these developments unfold in utopian literature since the mid twentieth
century. The body as utopia surfaces in a variety of ways: as the longing for
movement in Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano; as the creation of alternative spaces
defined by embodiment in Angela Carter's Heroes and Villains and Chuck Palahniuk's
Fight Club; as the exuberant immersion in the modified body in Chuck Palahniuk's
Rant; and as the search for perfection in a detached and corporate world in Margaret
Atwood's Oryx and Crake. I conclude with an assessment of utopia in the twenty-first
century, referring to Cormac McCarthy's The Road as a barometer of the grim state of
utopian possibility as we head into the next century.
Advisors/Committee Members: Christensen, Paul (advisor), Eide, Marian (committee member), Killingsworth, Jimmie (committee member), Cooke, Brett (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: utopian literature; dystopian literature; American literature; body in sociology
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Burgess, O. A. (2011). Utopian Body: Alternative Experiences of Embodiment in 20th Century Utopian Literature. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7881
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Burgess, Olivia Anne. “Utopian Body: Alternative Experiences of Embodiment in 20th Century Utopian Literature.” 2011. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7881.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Burgess, Olivia Anne. “Utopian Body: Alternative Experiences of Embodiment in 20th Century Utopian Literature.” 2011. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Burgess OA. Utopian Body: Alternative Experiences of Embodiment in 20th Century Utopian Literature. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7881.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Burgess OA. Utopian Body: Alternative Experiences of Embodiment in 20th Century Utopian Literature. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7881
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Texas A&M University
4.
Meintanis, Konstantinos A.
Combining Metadata, Inferred Similarity of Content, and Human Interpretation for Managing and Listening to Music Collections.
Degree: 2011, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8185
► Music services, media players and managers provide support for content classification and access based on filtering metadata values, statistics of access and user ratings. This…
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▼ Music services, media players and managers provide support for content
classification and access based on filtering metadata values, statistics of access and user
ratings. This approach fails to capture characteristics of mood and personal history that
are often the deciding factors when creating personal playlists and collections in music.
This dissertation work presents MusicWiz, a music management environment that
combines traditional metadata with spatial hypertext-based expression and automatically
extracted characteristics of music to generate personalized associations among songs.
MusicWiz?s similarity inference engine combines the personal expression in the
workspace with assessments of similarity based on the artists, other metadata, lyrics and
the audio signal to make suggestions and to generate playlists. An evaluation of
MusicWiz with and without the workspace and suggestion capabilities showed
significant differences for organizing and playlist creation tasks. The workspace features
were more valuable for organizing tasks, while the suggestion features had more value
for playlist creation activities.
Advisors/Committee Members: Shipman, Frank M. (advisor), Furuta, Richard (committee member), Leggett, John (committee member), Killingsworth, Jimmie (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: spatial hypertext; media players; media managers; collection management; music attributes
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Meintanis, K. A. (2011). Combining Metadata, Inferred Similarity of Content, and Human Interpretation for Managing and Listening to Music Collections. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8185
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Meintanis, Konstantinos A. “Combining Metadata, Inferred Similarity of Content, and Human Interpretation for Managing and Listening to Music Collections.” 2011. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8185.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Meintanis, Konstantinos A. “Combining Metadata, Inferred Similarity of Content, and Human Interpretation for Managing and Listening to Music Collections.” 2011. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Meintanis KA. Combining Metadata, Inferred Similarity of Content, and Human Interpretation for Managing and Listening to Music Collections. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8185.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Meintanis KA. Combining Metadata, Inferred Similarity of Content, and Human Interpretation for Managing and Listening to Music Collections. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8185
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Texas A&M University
5.
Larsen, Amy Marie 1984-.
Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy.
Degree: 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148204
► Posthumanist rhetoric is informed by developments in the sciences and the humanities which suggest that mind and body are not distinct from each other and,…
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▼ Posthumanist rhetoric is informed by developments in the sciences and the humanities which suggest that mind and body are not distinct from each other and, therefore, claims of humans? superiority over other animals based on cognitive differences may not be justified. Posthumanist rhetoric, then, seeks to re-imagine the human and its relationship to the world. Though ?post-? implies after, like other ?post-? terms, posthumanism also coexists with humanism. This dissertation develops a concept of posthumanist rhetoric as questioning humanist assumptions about subjectivity while remaining entangled in them.
The destabilization of the human subject means that new identifications between humans and nonhumans are possible, and the ethical implications of the rhetorical strategies used to build them have yet to be worked out. Identification, a key aim of rhetoric in the theory of Kenneth Burke and others, can persuade an audience to value others. However, it can also obscure the realities of who does and does not benefit from particular arguments, particularly when animal suffering is framed as human-like trauma with psychological and cultural as well as physical effects. I argue that a posthumanist practice of rhetoric demonstrates ways of circumventing this problem by persuading readers not only to care about others, but also to understand that our ability to comprehend another?s subjectivity is limited and that acknowledging these limitations is a method of caring.
his dissertation locates instances of resistance to and/or deployment of posthumanist critique in recent works of literature; identifies language commonly used in appeals that create identifications between humans and animals; and analyzes the implications of these rhetorical strategies. To that end, I have selected texts about human and animal suffering that engage particular themes of identification that recur in posthumanist rhetoric. The chapters pair texts that develop each theme differently. Most undermine human superiority as a species, but many reify the importance of certain qualities of the liberal humanist subject by granting them to nonhumans. The points of identification created between humans and nonhumans will inform how we re-imagine the human subject to account for our connections, and therefore our responsibilities, to other beings.
Advisors/Committee Members: Killingsworth, Jimmie (advisor), Griffin, Robert (committee member), Palmer, Clare (committee member), Robinson, Sally (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Literature; Trauma Studies; Trauma; Identification; Animal Studies; Posthuman; Posthumanism; Rhetoric
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Larsen, A. M. 1. (2012). Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148204
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Larsen, Amy Marie 1984-. “Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy.” 2012. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148204.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Larsen, Amy Marie 1984-. “Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy.” 2012. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Larsen AM1. Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148204.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Larsen AM1. Identification in Posthumanist Rhetoric: Trauma and Empathy. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148204
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Texas A&M University
6.
Vaughn, Robin.
Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) Underwater Bait-Balling Behaviors and Acoustic Signals: A Comparison Between Argentina and New Zealand.
Degree: 2011, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150948
► I characterized dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) underwater bait-balling behaviors and acoustic signals, and compared data between Argentina and New Zealand (NZ) to investigate the roles…
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▼ I characterized dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) underwater bait-balling behaviors and acoustic signals, and compared data between Argentina and New Zealand (NZ) to investigate the roles of ecology versus social learning. I quantified prey herding and capturing behaviors from video footage, and I analyzed acoustic signals from narrowband recordings. In both locations, I related bait-balling behaviors and acoustic signals to group and prey ball sizes. In NZ, I also related dolphin behaviors to prey ball escape behaviors and acoustic signal parameters to examine proximate functions.
Observed herding behaviors typically involved dolphins swimming around or under a prey ball using a side body orientation, while dolphins typically captured fish from the side of a prey ball using a ventral orientation. Coordinated prey-capture behaviors may have made it easier for dolphins to capture fish by trapping fish between dolphins. Signals were categorized as click trains, burst pulses, and combinations due to a bimodal inter-click interval distribution. I observed 3 whistle-like chirp-screams, but no whistles. Sequences of burst pulses also occurred that contained 2-14 burst pulses that aurally and visually appeared closely matched. Similarities between locations suggest that ecological context related to broad behavioral and acoustic parameters, while social learning differences may occur on a finer scale.
In NZ, prey balls exhibited horizontal and vertical movements, but the only behavior that preceded escape was ?funneling?, the brief formation of a ball shape where the height was at least twice the width. Dolphin behaviors that related to prey balls ascending were type of herding pass, location of prey-capture attempts, and body orientation during attempts. These behavioral parameters may also be used to counter vertical prey escape behaviors.
In NZ, all signal categories had a direct or indirect role in capturing prey. Click train-burst pulses were likely used for echolocating on prey, burst pulses and sequences appeared to have communication roles, and the role of click trains was ambiguous. No signal categories appeared to have a herding function, but the sheer number of signals emitted may have caused fish to cluster together more tightly and therefore facilitated capture.
Advisors/Committee Members: W?rsig, Bernd (advisor), Killingsworth, Jimmie (committee member), Marshall, Christopher (committee member), Packard, Jane (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: prey-capture behaviors; predator-prey interactions; Lagenorhynchus obscurus; group foraging; foraging behavior; dusky dolphin; acoustic signal functions; acoustic signal categorization
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Vaughn, R. (2011). Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) Underwater Bait-Balling Behaviors and Acoustic Signals: A Comparison Between Argentina and New Zealand. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150948
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Vaughn, Robin. “Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) Underwater Bait-Balling Behaviors and Acoustic Signals: A Comparison Between Argentina and New Zealand.” 2011. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150948.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Vaughn, Robin. “Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) Underwater Bait-Balling Behaviors and Acoustic Signals: A Comparison Between Argentina and New Zealand.” 2011. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Vaughn R. Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) Underwater Bait-Balling Behaviors and Acoustic Signals: A Comparison Between Argentina and New Zealand. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150948.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Vaughn R. Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) Underwater Bait-Balling Behaviors and Acoustic Signals: A Comparison Between Argentina and New Zealand. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150948
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Texas A&M University
7.
D'Amico, Lisa Nicole.
Ecopornography and the Commodification of Extinction: The Rhetoric of Natural History Filmmaking, 1895-Present.
Degree: 2013, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151234
► This dissertation builds upon the relatively young fields of visual and environmental rhetoric and analyzes the rhetoric of natural history filmmaking, focusing on the ways…
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▼ This dissertation builds upon the relatively young fields of visual and
environmental rhetoric and analyzes the rhetoric of natural history filmmaking, focusing
on the ways in which the genre illustrates the complex relationship between
contemporary culture and the environment. Each text demonstrates how the constructs
of ?nature? and ?wilderness? perform necessary cultural work by representing particular
ideals that change to meet the public?s shifting needs. Nature performs various roles,
serving as a source of knowledge, solace, wonder, mystery, anxiety, truth, identity, and
affirmation. The dominance and immediacy of visual culture make the natural history
film, along with advertising, one of the most significant sources of meaning regarding
the natural world. These films employ familiar syntactic and semantic cues such as
sentimental parent/offspring interactions, authoritative narration that limits the ability of
the audience to interpret freely, and a musical score that influences the viewer?s
emotional response to certain scenes. The net result of these rhetorical practices is a
distancing of the viewer from the natural world that destabilizes the attempts of many
eco-political programs to emphasize the interconnectedness of ecological systems and
their components.
The emergent genre of big-budget nature films (BBNFs) is a distinctly modern and
extremely popular take on natural history filmmaking that has more in common with
summer blockbusters and wildlife theme parks than its predecessors with an
unprecedented ability to influence public perception of the natural world. Even as environmental concerns become increasingly dire, the BBNF tends to commodify death
and extinction, avoid political engagement, reduce engagement with nature to its most
sentimental and violent moments, perpetuate the perceived separation between humans
and their environment, and provide a soothing escape to a virtual environment that too
often seems unaffected by climate change and habitat destruction. The BBNF has the
potential to undermine environmental and conservation efforts. It also exemplifies what
some ecocritics have termed ?ecopornography,? an exploitative representation that
objectifies its subjects, encourages viewers to develop identifications with unrealistic
images rather than their real-world analogs, and helps enable unethical behavior toward
the environment and nonhuman animals. At stake in this dissertation is a deeper
understanding of how natural history filmmaking affects the public?s awareness of (and
role in) the environment.
Advisors/Committee Members: Killingsworth, Jimmie (advisor), Robinson, Sally R (committee member), McCann, Janet (committee member), Shandley, Robert (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: ecocriticism; ecopornography; documentary; film; natural history; visual rhetoric; rhetoric; zoo; nature
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D'Amico, L. N. (2013). Ecopornography and the Commodification of Extinction: The Rhetoric of Natural History Filmmaking, 1895-Present. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151234
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
D'Amico, Lisa Nicole. “Ecopornography and the Commodification of Extinction: The Rhetoric of Natural History Filmmaking, 1895-Present.” 2013. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151234.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
D'Amico, Lisa Nicole. “Ecopornography and the Commodification of Extinction: The Rhetoric of Natural History Filmmaking, 1895-Present.” 2013. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
D'Amico LN. Ecopornography and the Commodification of Extinction: The Rhetoric of Natural History Filmmaking, 1895-Present. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2013. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151234.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
D'Amico LN. Ecopornography and the Commodification of Extinction: The Rhetoric of Natural History Filmmaking, 1895-Present. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151234
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Texas A&M University
8.
Horton, Cristi Laine Choat.
Identifying and Clarifying the Multiple Identities of U.S. Conservationists by Listening to Their Voices.
Degree: 2015, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161244
► Persons interested in conservation are often involved in negotiating their identities based on cultural values that guide what it means to be conservationists within the…
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▼ Persons interested in conservation are often involved in negotiating their identities based on cultural values that guide what it means to be conservationists within the United States. In this dissertation, I focused on how negotiation of multiple identities impacts decisions regarding conservation and interactions with others. I adopted a critical interpretative lens to explore how conservationist identity emerged from roles of conservation scientists as they promote biodiversity conservation and negotiate the scientist-advocate paradox, agriculturalist producers as they talked about Best Management Practices (BMPs) for the Yellowstone River, and local community leaders that explained their governance of the Yellowstone River watershed and negotiated tensions between individual rights and the common good.
In my first study, I analyzed professional conservation biology literature to determine how it framed credibility. Findings indicated that when identifying themselves as conservationists, conservation scientists typically discussed credibility as a static entity lacking dimensionality (expertise, trustworthiness, and goodwill). They identified expertise or trustworthiness as important, but rarely mentioned goodwill. For my next study, I selected a cultural inventory research approach to examine voices agriculturalists used to construct their conservation identity. Findings indicated that agriculturalists, when identifying themselves as conservationists, talked about their ecological and social responsibilities and explained how conservation and production are intricately linked to enable them to provide a sustainable resource base for future generations. In my final study, I used informant directed interviews to enable local community leaders to explain their perspectives about democratic governance along the Yellowstone River. Results indicated that when identifying themselves as conservationists, local community leaders talked about negotiating the democratic paradox and the importance of agonistic pluralism to effectively govern the Yellowstone River watershed.
Overall, this research demonstrates that negotiation of multiple identities may differ when addressed to professional and lay audiences that perform particular roles associated with natural resource conservation. These findings offer general principles that can be applied to similar groups involved in conservation across the United States and enable an enhanced understanding of how the negotiation of multiple identities impacts decisions regarding conservation and interactions with others.
Advisors/Committee Members: Peterson, Tarla R (advisor), Killingsworth, Jimmie (committee member), Peterson, Markus J (committee member), Wilkins, Neal (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: conservation; voice; democratic paradox; identity; credibility; advocacy
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Horton, C. L. C. (2015). Identifying and Clarifying the Multiple Identities of U.S. Conservationists by Listening to Their Voices. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161244
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Horton, Cristi Laine Choat. “Identifying and Clarifying the Multiple Identities of U.S. Conservationists by Listening to Their Voices.” 2015. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161244.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Horton, Cristi Laine Choat. “Identifying and Clarifying the Multiple Identities of U.S. Conservationists by Listening to Their Voices.” 2015. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Horton CLC. Identifying and Clarifying the Multiple Identities of U.S. Conservationists by Listening to Their Voices. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2015. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161244.
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Council of Science Editors:
Horton CLC. Identifying and Clarifying the Multiple Identities of U.S. Conservationists by Listening to Their Voices. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/161244
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Texas A&M University
9.
Feldpausch-Parker, Andrea Marie.
Communicating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies: Opportunities and Constraints across Media.
Degree: 2011, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8187
► In 2003, the U.S. Department of Energy created regional joint governmentindustry partnerships as part of a larger incentive to develop carbon dioxide capture and storage…
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▼ In 2003, the U.S. Department of Energy created regional joint governmentindustry
partnerships as part of a larger incentive to develop carbon dioxide capture and
storage (CCS) technologies to address the issue of climate change. As part of their
missions, DOE and their partners are responsible for creating and distributing public
outreach and education materials discussing climate change and CCS technologies.
In this dissertation, I sought to evaluate processes for communicating CCS to the
public by examining different pathways including direct communication through DOE
and regional partnership websites (Chapter I), news media from states with energy
projects proposed or underway (Chapter II), and alternative strategies for communication
such as an online educational game for youth (Chapter IV). My study also included
focus groups in communities where CCS technologies have been piloted to determine
public knowledge and acceptance of CCS (Chapter III). In Chapter I, a critique of DOE
and partnership websites, I found authority to be a dominant theme throughout DOE and
partnership website content, often incorporating technical jargon beyond laymen understanding and, in many cases, targeting industry audiences over the intended public.
In Chapter II, I analyzed newspaper articles from the states of Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Montana and
Texas using Luhmann?s social theory and the SPEED framework to
determine how CCS has been framed by the media. Findings indicated that political,
legal, economic and technical frames dominated, with emphasis on benefits, rather than
risks of adoption. I also found that CCS reporting increased dramatically as pilot
projects started to come on line. In my study of community acceptance of CCS in the
American Southwest, Chapter III, I found that participants focused their conversations
on industry and government knowledge, risks and unknowns of CCS and processes for
decision-making. These topics also provided an impetus for caution. Skepticism and
distrust of government entities and corporations influenced participant willingness to
accept storage risks to mitigate for CO2 emissions. After open discussion of pros and
cons associated with the technology, however, participants were more willing to
consider CCS as an option, indicating a need to talk through the issue and to come to
their own conclusions. Finally, in focus groups used to evaluate of an online game titled
The Adventures of Carbon Bond, I found that it was difficult for participants to discuss
environmental issues with students that are viewed as contentious (i.e. climate change
and CCS), but that gaming was a valuable tool for addressing such sensitive subjects.
Overall, these four chapters demonstrate that communication of CCS has only
reached portions of the public and has not consistently connected with those potentially
impacted by the technology. They also show that CCS must overcome numerous
barriers to deployment, foremost of which is public acceptance.
Advisors/Committee Members: Peterson, Tarla R. (advisor), Lopez, Roel R. (committee member), Higginbotham, Billy (committee member), Killingsworth, Jimmie (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Carbon Capture and Storage; Climate Change; Communication; Mitigation; U.S. Department of Energy
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Feldpausch-Parker, A. M. (2011). Communicating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies: Opportunities and Constraints across Media. (Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8187
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Feldpausch-Parker, Andrea Marie. “Communicating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies: Opportunities and Constraints across Media.” 2011. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8187.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Feldpausch-Parker, Andrea Marie. “Communicating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies: Opportunities and Constraints across Media.” 2011. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Feldpausch-Parker AM. Communicating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies: Opportunities and Constraints across Media. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8187.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Feldpausch-Parker AM. Communicating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies: Opportunities and Constraints across Media. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8187
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Texas A&M University
10.
Hall, Damon M.
Managing the Yellowstone River System with Place-based Cultural Data.
Degree: 2011, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8176
► This project aims to create new research tools within the human dimensions (HD) of the natural resources field to improve environmental policy decision making. It…
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▼ This project aims to create new research tools within the human dimensions
(HD) of the natural resources field to improve environmental policy decision making. It
addresses problems that arise from the recent trend towards decentralized natural
resource management (NRM) and planning (e.g., community-based planning,
watershed-based and collaborative management, others). By examining one
decentralized riparian management planning effort along the Yellowstone River
(Montana), this study finds that decentralization forces new needs such as localized
information requirements and a better understanding of the rationales behind local
interests. To meet these new scale demands and to ensure that policy best fits the social
and biophysical settings, this project argues that local cultural knowledge can serve as an
organizing framework for delivering the kinds of understanding needed for decentralized
planning. This was tested by interviewing 313 riverfront landowners, recreationalists,
and civic managers to understand how residents conceptualize the river?s natural
processes, its management, and their desires for the future of the river. Analysis of the
transcribed in-depth interview texts?the Yellowstone River Cultural Inventory
(YRCI)?found that: (1) altering decision venues places more significance upon interpersonal working relationships between managers and citizens; (2) while local
expertise can provide higher quality information to managers, local decision making
cultures still retain power dynamics that can inhibit or advance conservation policies; (3)
how natural resource places are symbolically communicated has a material impact upon
resource uses; (4) how residents conceptualize the ownership of land is complicated
along a dynamic river; and (5) this dynamism impacts planning efforts.
In sum, this project argues that for social research to provide the data and
analysis appropriate, a modification in scale and a commensurate shift in the lenses used
for social inquiry is necessary. An in-depth understanding of local cultures?like the
YRCI?enables agencies to best manage in decentralized scales of planning by calling
attention to site-specific nuances such as power dynamics and place representation
which are often missed in traditional large-scale HD methods and lenses. This research
also functions as a preemptive way to engage the public in environmental planning
helping decision makers? best fit policy to particular socio-cultural and ecological
settings.
Advisors/Committee Members: Peterson, Tarla R. (advisor), Peterson, Markus J. (committee member), Killingsworth, Jimmie M. (committee member), Grant, William E. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: culture; natural resources management; communication; Yellowstone River
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hall, Damon M. “Managing the Yellowstone River System with Place-based Cultural Data.” 2011. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8176.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hall, Damon M. “Managing the Yellowstone River System with Place-based Cultural Data.” 2011. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Hall DM. Managing the Yellowstone River System with Place-based Cultural Data. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8176.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Hall DM. Managing the Yellowstone River System with Place-based Cultural Data. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8176
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11.
Song, Ho Rim.
Complex Feedback Loops of Technoscience, Literature, and Culture: Dynamics of the Complexity Paradigm in Scientific Fiction.
Degree: 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8551
► This dissertation explores the emergence of the complexity paradigm in our technoscience culture and proposes "scientific fiction" as a genre of cultural studies based on…
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▼ This dissertation explores the emergence of the complexity paradigm in our technoscience culture and proposes "scientific fiction" as a genre of cultural studies based on that paradigm. Throughout this dissertation, I use the terms and concepts of complexity theory developed by new science, which revises the reductionism and linearity of classic science. The complexity paradigm signifies a system of all knowledge that conceives the productivity and creativity of the complexity created by interconnective and interactive dynamics among and within systems. As a literary response to the complexity paradigm, scientific fiction emphasizes the productivity and creativity of the complexity, offering the possibility of the human?s co-evolution with technoscience. These characteristics of scientific fiction help articulate new ontological, ethical, and aesthetic visions for the posthuman. This dissertation ultimately highlights the strong feedback loops of technoscience, literature, and culture, which promote the complexity paradigm. By comparing Pat Cadigan?s Synners as a scientific fiction novel and William Gibson?s Neuromancer as a representative postmodern science fiction novel, Chapter II presents the defining characteristics of scientific fiction, reconfiguring humanity in relation to the technoscience environment. Furthermore, analyzing Greg Bear?s Blood Music, the chapter claims that the human subject is an adaptive, self-organizing, interconnective system. Grounded in such understandings of humanity and subjectivity, the next chapter examines Marge Piercy?s He, She and It to offer a new ethical perspective, or the complexity ethics, which establishes the interconnective and interactive relationship between the human and the technological as an evolutionary partner. The complexity ethics describes human behaviors and thoughts in our technoscience culture rather than prescribing a moral guideline. Next, in investigating Shelley Jackson?s Patchwork Girl, a hypertext novel that rewrites Mary Shelley?s Frankenstein, Chapter IV explores a new aesthetics appreciating the creativity of the complexity produced by interconnective and interactive dynamics. Finally, through the analyses of the scientific fiction novels, this dissertation suggests that scientific fiction is a transdisciplinary field that can offer new cultural visions.
Advisors/Committee Members: Robinson, Sally (advisor), Killingsworth, Jimmie (committee member), O'Farrell, Mary Ann (committee member), Hand, Michael (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: scientific fiction; complexity paradigm; technoscience; network culture; Posthumanism; complexity theory
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Song, Ho Rim. “Complex Feedback Loops of Technoscience, Literature, and Culture: Dynamics of the Complexity Paradigm in Scientific Fiction.” 2012. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8551.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Song, Ho Rim. “Complex Feedback Loops of Technoscience, Literature, and Culture: Dynamics of the Complexity Paradigm in Scientific Fiction.” 2012. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Song HR. Complex Feedback Loops of Technoscience, Literature, and Culture: Dynamics of the Complexity Paradigm in Scientific Fiction. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8551.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Song HR. Complex Feedback Loops of Technoscience, Literature, and Culture: Dynamics of the Complexity Paradigm in Scientific Fiction. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8551
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Texas A&M University
12.
Francis, James.
Short fiction creative writing: storytelling with a film perspective.
Degree: 2005, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2427
► The research and material contained in this thesis will examine short story theory from current perspectives in the field and provide a response to questions…
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▼ The research and material contained in this thesis will examine short story theory
from current perspectives in the field and provide a response to questions posed about
the composition of short fiction. A critical introduction will take into account these
theories and lead into a collection of five short stories written from a filmmaking
perspective. The collection of work provided represents an attempt to break stereotype in
the construction and formatting of what is considered standard short story material.
Focus for the collection concerns sensory perception, elements of film (flashback
sequencing and extended exposition) and gender/race identity. Through the critical
introduction and short story collection, the completed thesis will prove that the study and
practice of creative writing cannot be regulated by a set of technical guidelines.
Advisors/Committee Members: Hannah, James (advisor), Gatson, Sarah (committee member), Killingsworth, Jimmie (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Film; Fiction; Writing; Story; Short; Creative
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Francis, James. “Short fiction creative writing: storytelling with a film perspective.” 2005. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2427.
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Francis, James. “Short fiction creative writing: storytelling with a film perspective.” 2005. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Francis J. Short fiction creative writing: storytelling with a film perspective. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2005. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2427.
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Council of Science Editors:
Francis J. Short fiction creative writing: storytelling with a film perspective. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2005. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2427
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Texas A&M University
13.
Park, Jungsik.
Storytelling and truthtelling: discursive practices of news-storytelling in Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and John Hersey.
Degree: 2006, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3738
► Focusing on new-journalistic nonfiction novels by Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and John Hersey, this dissertation conceptualizes the discursive practices of news-storytelling as a necessary matrix…
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▼ Focusing on new-journalistic nonfiction novels by Truman Capote,
Norman Mailer, and John Hersey, this dissertation conceptualizes the
discursive practices of news-storytelling as a necessary matrix of storytelling
and truthtelling activities. Despite the dominant postmodern emphasis on
storytelling over truthtelling in such disciplines as literature, historiography,
journalism, and legal studies, storytelling-in-the-discipline is also constrained
by a set of assumptions and practices about what constitutes professional
storytelling.
Since news-stories report on events in a public arena where numerous
competing stories abound, they are highly aware of other neighboring stories
and so relate, compete, and negotiate with other stories to make their stories
not merely repetitive but argumentative and re-tellable. As a socially regulated
and conditioned discourse, news-storytelling in its enterprise is predicated upon different sets of discursive authorities, material conditions, and audience
expectations, where various facts and interpretations are argued, tested, and
judged.
Chapter I briefly surveys the ways in which news-stories?? claim to
referentiality is problematized and even stigmatized by the postmodern ethos
of storytelling. Chapter II then explores the discursive dynamics of newsstories,
which arise from the paradoxical status of being simultaneously news
and a story. Particularly, this chapter highlights the discursive practice of
??source marking?? and ??counter-storytelling?? through which news-storytellers
foreground their reliability as able researchers, analysts, and contenders.
Chapter III discusses the issue of (inter-) textuality in the vectors of storyteller
and the world, and examines how news-storytellers draw on, blend into, and
counter competing and neighboring stories to situate their own stories in the
web of intertextuality and to reinforce the competency, honesty, and quality of
their news-stories. Chapter IV is a historical examination of a ??transcript??
mode, a particular discursive practice of news-storytellers, through which they
try to uphold the empirical status of their news-stories. Chapter V concludes
the dissertation by arguing that news-stories provide a clarifying vantage point
from which to understand the transactions of historical discourse, where newsstorytelling
replaces (story) knowledge with argument, poetics with rhetoric,
and a story with a discourse.
Advisors/Committee Members: McWhirter, David (advisor), Aune, James (committee member), Kelly, Katherine (committee member), Killingsworth, Jimmie (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: New Journalism; Nonfiction; Rhetoric; Intertextuality; Narrative; Historiography
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Park, Jungsik. “Storytelling and truthtelling: discursive practices of news-storytelling in Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and John Hersey.” 2006. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3738.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Park, Jungsik. “Storytelling and truthtelling: discursive practices of news-storytelling in Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and John Hersey.” 2006. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Park J. Storytelling and truthtelling: discursive practices of news-storytelling in Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and John Hersey. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2006. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3738.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Park J. Storytelling and truthtelling: discursive practices of news-storytelling in Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and John Hersey. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2006. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3738
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Texas A&M University
14.
Spiegelhauer, Jacob Lyle.
Building the conflicted community.
Degree: 2005, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1322
► This thesis will examine the individual and the community. The question will be, what effect does the community have on the individual, and whether or…
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▼ This thesis will examine the individual and the community. The question will be, what effect does the community have on the individual, and whether or not this limits individuals? development and personal freedom. I will contend that while individuals have limits placed on their freedoms by the community, they are also indebted to it, finding within it a necessary place. As such, I will examine various communal models, questioning the benefits and vices of each, hoping to draw a clearer picture of a community that allows the individual the most personal freedom, while not diminishing from the strength of the community.
I will focus first on the model of Hegel and his speculative idealism, examining his method, and overarching goal, as a means to question what an idealistic society would look like, and how it would function, in order to inquire whether such a community is both plausible and preferable. And as this question was taken up by John Dewey, the thesis will also argue from his standpoint that a community such as Hegel?s was not possible. I will examine why John Dewey drew this conclusion, as it did not take into account individuals, and how they have experience, as personal and ever changing. And finally the thesis will question, was Dewey firm enough in his stance, or was his just a softer version of idealism, leading us to the present state of affairs where the community is still dominated by idealistic sentiments, favoring the community over the individual, and diminishing personal freedom. The conclusion will be drawn that a move should be made to return to individuals choice in their personal lives, as originally proposed by Dewey, both giving, and making them take responsibility for those lives. Consequently, the thesis will show that a community that allows for the most personal development of individual freedoms will also be one that thrives as a community, drawing from those individual developments a richer source of potentials, capable of changing in a more varied and expansive way that is more aptly able to accommodate both the individual and the community.
Advisors/Committee Members: McDermott, John (advisor), Killingsworth, Jimmie (committee member), George, Theodore (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Individual; community; conflict
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Spiegelhauer, Jacob Lyle. “Building the conflicted community.” 2005. Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed December 09, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1322.
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Spiegelhauer, Jacob Lyle. “Building the conflicted community.” 2005. Web. 09 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Spiegelhauer JL. Building the conflicted community. [Internet] [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2005. [cited 2019 Dec 09].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1322.
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Council of Science Editors:
Spiegelhauer JL. Building the conflicted community. [Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2005. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1322
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