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11	Urban sympathy : reconstructing an American literary tradition Rowan, Jamin Creed January 2008 (has links) Thesis advisor: Carlo Rotella / Addressing a gathering of social scientists at Boston’s Lowell Institute in 1870, Frederic Law Olmsted worried that the "restraining and confining conditions" of the American city compelled its inhabitants to "walk circumspectly, watchfully, jealously" and to "look closely upon others without sympathy." Olmsted was telling his audience what many had already been saying, and would continue to say, about urban life: sympathy was hard to come by in the city. The urban intellectuals that I examine in this study view with greater optimism the affective possibilities of the city’s social landscape. Rather than describe the city as a place that necessarily precludes or interferes with the sympathetic process, late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century urban intellectuals such as Stephen Crane, Jane Addams, W. E. B. Du Bois, Joseph Mitchell, A. J. Liebling and Jane Jacobs attempt to redefine the nature of that process. Their descriptions of urban relationships reconfigure the affective patterns that lay at the heart of a sentimental culture of sympathy—patterns that had remained, in many ways, deeply connected to those described by Adam Smith and other eighteenth-century moral philosophers. This study traces the development of what I call "urban sympathy" by demonstrating how observers of city life translate received literary and nonliterary idioms into cultural forms that capture the everyday emotions and obligations arising in the city’s small-scale contact zones—its streets, sidewalks, front stoops, theaters, cafes and corner stores. Urban Sympathy calls attention to the ways in which urban intellectuals with different religious, racial, economic, scientific and professional commitments urbanize the social project of a nineteenth-century sentimental culture. Rather than view the sympathetic exchange as dependent upon access to another’s private feelings, these writers describe an affective process that deals in publicly traded emotions. Where many see the act of identification as sympathy’s inevitable product, these observers of city life tend to characterize an awareness and preservation of differences as urban sympathy’s outcome. While scholars traditionally criticize the sympathetic process for ignoring the larger social structures in which its participants are entangled, several of these writers cultivate a sympathetic style that attempts to account for individuals and the larger social, economic and political forces that shape them. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2008. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: English. urban literature sympathy Jane Jacobs Stephen Crane W.E.B. DuBois New Yorker
12	A Master's thesis consisting of I. Acting book for the role of Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire; II. Production log book for the role of Madeleine in Victims of Duty Modyman, Linda January 1962 (has links) Thesis (M.F.A.)--Boston University A Streetcar Named Desire Victims of duty Dubois, Blanche Drama Acting books Production books
13	Fred T. Dubois, Foe of the Mormons: A Study of the Role of Fred T. Dubois in the Senate Investigation of the Hon. Reed Smoot and the Mormon Church, 1903-1907 Lowe, Jay R. 01 January 1960 (has links) (PDF) In the year of 1903, the right of Reed Smoot to take his seat in the United States Senate was challenged in a protest signed by nineteen prominent citizens from Utah. The protest was submitted to the Senate Committee of Privileges and Elections, a member of which was Fred T. Dubois, Senator from Idaho. The protest charged that the Mormon Church was still practicing polygamy and exercising political domination of its members and that therefore Reed Smoot, an Apostle and leader of this church, was unfit for senatorial obligations. Dubois, believing the worst concerning these charges, took it upon himself to head the movement against Smoot. He surreptitiously organized national sentiment and caused an investigation of the charges contained in the protest by bringing public pressure to bear on the United States Senate.The Mormon Church turned out to be more the object of the investigation than Smoot. It looked for awhile as though Dubois would be successful in unseating Smoot, but as the case wore on the opposition of the Republican Party, the press, and President Theodore Roosevelt proved to be too much for him. From the time he took up this anti-Mormon fight his lack of success in politics seems to parallel his unsuccessful efforts to get Smoot kicked out of the Senate. In 1906, just prior to the time that the Senate voted to retain Smoot, Dubois himself, was defeated in his bid to be returned to the Senate.Dubois' anti-Mormon fight was a popular issue everywhere but in the west and particularly Idaho. He had plenty of warning that such was the case but he couldn't be reconciled to the fact that the people of Idaho wouldn't accept his anti-Mormonism. His self-deception relative to the iniquities of the Mormon Church were absolute and sincere but fatal to his political asperations.President Roosevelt undoubtedly contributed most to Dubois' defeat. But, it wasn't just his defeat. To the very end he had the sentiment of the women's organizations throughout the country behind him. This probably contributed much to his reluctance to accept the "handwriting on the wall."Dubois used this Smoot controversy for political purposes, but more important than this was the fact that he sincerely thought he was on the side of right and that in the end it would be victorious. Frederick T. Dubois Frederick Thomas 1851-1930 Reed Smoot 1862-1941 Mormons Polygamy History Mormon Studies Political Science
14	The Feminine Representation of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois in Langston Hughes' Not Without Laughter Mosley, Matthew 14 May 2010 (has links) Langston Hughes' novel Not Without Laughter works within the historically narrow framework of African American uplift ideology. Hughes implies Booker T. Washington's racial uplift ideology from Up From Slavery within Aunt Hager Williams. In addition, Hughes implies W.E.B. DuBois' racial uplift ideology from Souls of Black Folk within Tempy Siles. In both characters, he criticizes the ideologies. In addition, the ideologies work toward an initial construction of masculinity for Sandy, the protagonist, and ultimately undermine an argument for gender equality. race African American Langston Hughes uplift masculinity gender blues DuBois Washington Souls of Black Folk Up from Slavery Harlem Renaissance middle-class ideology bourgeois
15	Lumière vivante : théorie et pratique de la bioluminescence d'après Raphaël Dubois / Living light : theory and practice by Raphaël Dubois Coliac, Nadia 16 May 2018 (has links) C’est une recherche qui s’articule sur une double démarche Art et Science. Elle met en scène une bactérie bioluminescente. Ma réflexion présente la bioluminescence comme une construction intellectuelle et phénoménologique, où la dimension ontologique de la lumière prend tout son sens dans l’idée d’u Contenant Lumière Vivante.La thèse retrace aussi un parcours artistique ponctué de lumière et faite de rencontres humaines et littéraires comme le Petit Prince de Saint-Exupéry. Elle met aussi en lumière ma rencontre d’outre-tombe avec le savant et philosophe Raphaël Dubois 1849-1929, qui m’a ouvert les pistes de recherche sur ses traces de biologiste, sur sa philosophie du Protéon et de la Mémoire en général.Ma réflexion sous-tend une double éthique : celle qui concerne l’honnêteté scientifique par rapport à la mémoire de Dubois et celle liée au droit de réserve, attachée à la pratique du vivant et à la responsabilité qui incombe à tout un chacun. Je pose aussi un regard critique sur la lumière vivante comme phénomène de mode. On peut être séduit par sa qualité esthétique, sa nature intrinsèque de lumière froide et sa finalité, supposée écologique, mais la « pratique » dans la réalité soulève de nombreux problèmes. / This research work is based on a dual approach of art and science. It features a bioluminescent bacterium. My reflection presents bioluminescence as an intellectual and phenomenological construction where the ontological dimension of light takes on its full meaning from the idea of living light container.The thesis also traces my artistic career punctuated by light and human encounters as well as books such as the Little Prince by Saint-Exupéry. It also highlights my meeting from beyond the grave with the scientist and philosopher Raphael Dubois 1849-1929 who opened for me a track of research following his steps as a biologist and a field of reflection on his philosophy of Protéon and on memory in general. My reflection underlies a double ethics, that of scientific honesty in relation to Dubois' memory, and that related to the right of reserve linked to the practice of living and to the responsibility that falls to everyone. I also cast a critical look at this living light as a fashion phenomenon, one may probably be attracted by its aesthetic quality, its intrinsic nature of cold light, and its supposed ecological end, but in fact its « practice » raises many problems. Lumière Mémoire Bioluminescence Phénoménologie Immanence Être On-Tologie Homme Raphaël Dubois Protéon Contenant Vide Vie Expérience Installation Performance Art Architecture Design Science Photobacterium phosphoreum ANT 2200 Bactérie Biologie Écologie Éthique. Light Memory Bioluminescence Phenomenology Immanence Being Ontol-Ogy Man Raphael Dubois Protonium Containing Empty Life Experiment Installation Performance Art Architecture Design Science Photobacterium phosphoreum ANT 2200 Bacteria Biology Ecology Ethics
16	The mystical writings of Madeleine de Saint-Joseph du Bois de Fontaines (1578-1637) Evans, Jean Neva 31 January 2002 (has links) Madeleine duBois de Fontaines (1578-1637) was the first French prioress of the Teresian Carmelites in France. During a period of over thirty years as a Carmelite nun, Mere Madeleine de Saint-Joseph served as mistress of novices and was elected prioress for two tenns in the Carmel of the Incarnation, faubourg St. Jacques in Paris. She established and was elected prioress of a second Parisian Cannel nt the rue Chapon; and helped to establish and stabilise the Carmels in Lyon and Tours. Madeleine de Saint-Joseph's contribution to the development ofCannclitc life and French spirituality was a significant one due to many factors. Among these were: her leadership of the Carmelite community in Paris; her association with Pierre de Berulle; her influence on the members of the French aristocracy; and her deftness at spiritual direction. Within the corpus of her writings, there is significant evidence of what may be called theistic mystical experience. An analysis of the writings of Madeleine de Saint-Joseph also indicates mystical practice and doctrine that Mere Madeleine developed during the course of her lite. The present study introduces the study and presents a survey of relevant literature written by or about Madeleine de Saint-Joseph. Secondly, it explores the notions of mystical consciousness, knowledge, experience, offers a working definition of mysticism, relating these to Lonergan's cognition theory and work on religious experience, and to the feminist critique of philosophy of religion. Thirdly, the study contextualises the life and work of Madeleine du Bois de Fontaincs within sixteenth and seventeenth century french civil and ecclesiastical society. Fourthly, it determines by theological, phenomenological, and philosophical analysis that Mere Madeleine de Saint-Joseph is a true mystic; and finally, it presents the mystical doctrine and teachings of Madeleine de Saint-Joseph within a theological context. Thereby, it is hoped that this study recognises the valuable contribution to mystical literature of this relatively unknown and unreCQgnised woman. / Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / D.Th. (Christian Spirituality) Adoration Bcrullc Carmelites Cerc/e Acarie Feminism France Lonergan Madeleine de Saint-Joseph Mysticism Phenomenology 255.971092 Carmelite Nuns -- France -- Biography Carmelites -- France Mysticism -- France
17	The mystical writings of Madeleine de Saint-Joseph du Bois de Fontaines (1578-1637) Evans, Jean Neva 31 January 2002 (has links) Madeleine duBois de Fontaines (1578-1637) was the first French prioress of the Teresian Carmelites in France. During a period of over thirty years as a Carmelite nun, Mere Madeleine de Saint-Joseph served as mistress of novices and was elected prioress for two tenns in the Carmel of the Incarnation, faubourg St. Jacques in Paris. She established and was elected prioress of a second Parisian Cannel nt the rue Chapon; and helped to establish and stabilise the Carmels in Lyon and Tours. Madeleine de Saint-Joseph's contribution to the development ofCannclitc life and French spirituality was a significant one due to many factors. Among these were: her leadership of the Carmelite community in Paris; her association with Pierre de Berulle; her influence on the members of the French aristocracy; and her deftness at spiritual direction. Within the corpus of her writings, there is significant evidence of what may be called theistic mystical experience. An analysis of the writings of Madeleine de Saint-Joseph also indicates mystical practice and doctrine that Mere Madeleine developed during the course of her lite. The present study introduces the study and presents a survey of relevant literature written by or about Madeleine de Saint-Joseph. Secondly, it explores the notions of mystical consciousness, knowledge, experience, offers a working definition of mysticism, relating these to Lonergan's cognition theory and work on religious experience, and to the feminist critique of philosophy of religion. Thirdly, the study contextualises the life and work of Madeleine du Bois de Fontaincs within sixteenth and seventeenth century french civil and ecclesiastical society. Fourthly, it determines by theological, phenomenological, and philosophical analysis that Mere Madeleine de Saint-Joseph is a true mystic; and finally, it presents the mystical doctrine and teachings of Madeleine de Saint-Joseph within a theological context. Thereby, it is hoped that this study recognises the valuable contribution to mystical literature of this relatively unknown and unreCQgnised woman. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D.Th. (Christian Spirituality) Adoration Bcrullc Carmelites Cerc/e Acarie Feminism France Lonergan Madeleine de Saint-Joseph Mysticism Phenomenology 255.971092 Carmelite Nuns -- France -- Biography Carmelites -- France Mysticism -- France
18	Art as Activism: The Lives and Art of Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, and Nina Simone Campbell, Katy M. January 2021 (has links) No description available. African American Studies Black History Gender History Modern History Music American History Billie Holiday Lena Horne Nina Simone Civil Rights Movement Harlem Renaissance Black Power Activism Art Paul Robeson Strange Fruit Mississippi Goddam Cabin in the Sky WEB DuBois Criteria of Negro Art Cotton Club Count Basie Communism

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