Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Title
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Years Between Stations: The Dream of America in Steve Erickson
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-04)Steve Erickson is an author so worried about the meaning of his country that his thematic obsessions influence and dictate the form and content of his writing. This project follows his thematic fixations over the course ... -
Yes, We Are!: An Examination of Teachers' Understanding of their Work as Part of a Profession
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-24)The sociological literature on professions often portrays medicine and law as ideal-type professions. This is asserted largely on the basis of a list of criteria that tends to commonly include: extended education, specialized ... -
You Can Never Go Home
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-16)My thesis exhibition, You Can Never Go Home, reflects the idea of irreconcilable, parallel homes, one that’s here and one that’s there. Moving from Calgary, Alberta, to Waterloo, Ontario, to pursue my Master of Fine Arts, ... -
Young Children’s Ability to Integrate Social and Numerical Information: The Origins of Base-rate Neglect
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-02)The seminal work of Kahneman and Tversky (1973) sparked an interest in the biases that govern decision-making, notably due to their findings on adults’ tendency to neglect base-rate information (i.e., prior probability) ... -
“Your Sons and Daughters Shall Prophesy”: Visions, Apocalypticism, and Gender in Strasbourg, 1522-1539
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-05)This study examines the life and work of Lienhard and Ursula Jost, two peasant religious visionaries active in Strasbourg between 1522 and 1539, in the midst of the religious turmoil of the early Reformation. The Josts ... -
Youth Homelessness and Social Exclusion: A "Methods from the Margins" Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Social exclusion is the restriction of participation in one’s community; it is the denial of access to rights, services, dignity and respect. Youth who are homeless experience social exclusion on numerous fronts, as they ... -
The Zombie in American Culture
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-13)My research explores how the oft-maligned zombie genre reveals deep-seated American cultural tendencies drawn from the nation's history with colonization and imperialism. The zombie genre is a quintessentially American ... -
?Zur Zeit Maler und Dichter? ? DER DOPPELTE GEORGE GROSZ: INTERMEDIALE BEZÜGE ZWISCHEN GROSZ? LYRISCHEM WERK UND AUSGEWÄHLTEN ZEICHNUNGEN
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The following thesis examines the poetic oeuvre of George Grosz in relation to selected drawings from the same period of time. A survey of the research on George Grosz shows that the scholarly focus has so far mainly ... -
Zwei Skandalstücke im Kontext von Antisemitismus: Thomas Bernhards Heldenplatz und Rainer Werner Fassbinders Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-26)In the 1980s Rainer Werner Fassbinders Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod (1976) and Thomas Bernhard’s Heldenplatz (1988) caused two of the biggest theatre scandals in the history of German-language literature, leading to ... -
Zwischen Vater und Mann. Die Krise von Familie und Männerrolle in Breaking Bad.
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-31)In my thesis I examine the crisis of masculinity and family in AMC’s TV series Breaking Bad. In prior research, the protagonist Walter White has been analyzed as a man who wants to escape his responsibilities and the ... -
Zwischen Zucht und Zärtlichkeit – Die Vaterfiguren in Theodor Storms Erzählwerk/Between Discipline and Tenderness – The Father Figures in Theodor Storm's Novellas
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-08)This paper analyzes and compares the various constructions of fatherhood in Theodor Storm’s later novellas Carsten Curator (1878), Hans und Heinz Kirch (1882) and Bötjer Basch (1887). More specifically, I focus on examining ...