Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2005. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 957-975). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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This study explores the interrelations between narrative and history in two Canadian and Quebecois novels. Michael Ondaatje's Running in the Family (1982) . Tracing narrative techniques in general and intertextuality in particular, the thesis reveals postmodern concerns in re-writing history. Both Ondaatje's and Poulin's novel refract the master narrative of History and its closed linear nature into multiple discontinuous histories. In accordance with recent historiography. they further unmask the textuality. and hence ideological embeddedness, of our knowledge about the past. Both exploiting and contesting historical authority, Poulin and Ondaatje inquire into the relations between art, history. and the structure of social and cultural power. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2001. Graduate Programme in Music. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-122). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ71642.

Thesis (B.A.)--Haverford College, Dept. of Religion, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Vilka sorts begränsningar upplever kvinnliga bluesmusiker inom den svenska bluesscenen? Hur påverkar kön kvinnliga bluesmusikers möjligheter att nå framgång inom genren? Har deras upplevelser förändrats under deras år som aktiva och i så fall hur? Under denna uppsats analyserar jag kvinnliga bluesmusikers erfarenheter inom den svenska bluesscenen. För att samla in data har sju djupintervjuer med kvinnliga bluesartister. Analysen har strukturerats i tre återkommande teman. Första temat är bemötande. Många av informanterna upplevde att tveksamheten hos publiken kring deras musikaliska erfarenheter grundas redan vid motpartens uppfattning av att dem är kvinnor, detta tema har analyserats med hjälp av Bourdieus bok ”den manliga dominansen” där maktpositioner har varit ett centralt begrepp för analysen. Andra temat handlar om representation som möjligt att etablera inom den svenska bluesen. Dem flesta informanterna upplevde att representation är en viktig del för att kunna ta steget in en otroligt mansdominerad genre. Tredje temat handlar om ”Bluespoliser” vilket är ett uttryck som framkommit under de genomförda intervjuerna. Med bluespoliser avses personer som kommer fram och kommenterar eller tillrättavisare artistens framförande, det ”korrekta” traditionella spelsättet inom blues. Analysen visar att kvinnliga bluesartister upplever begränsningar i sin etablering inom bluesscenen, exempelvis i form av bemötande från omgivningen. I intervjuerna nämns även att Metoo har haft en positiv inverkan på möjligheten att etableras sig.

This paradoxically titled collection of poems explores what the blues and blindness has come to mean to the author.

Introduction: With increasing longevity the population of the world is becoming older and there are growing numbers of people over the age of 65 years. This has implications for services providing psychological treatment to older people as there is likely to be an increasing demand for evidenced-based treatments such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) in the coming years. There are, however, relatively few clinical psychologists specialising in working with older people and therefore additional ways of dealing with the growing demands are essential. Computerised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CCBT) offers one potential option and NICE recommends Beating the Blues (BTB) as the most clinically and cost-effective package for treating depression. However, no study to date has explored the use of BTB with older people. Objective: The objective of the study was to address this gap in the literature and had the following aims: 1) to explore the uptake rate of BTB with older people; 2) to explore the characteristics of older people opting to receive BTB; 3) to explore the drop-out rate from BTB with older people; and 4) to determine if BTB was effective in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety in older people experiencing these difficulties. The findings were compared to previous research on BTB with younger adults. Methodology: A between-groups, repeated measures design (with assessment time as the repeated measure) was used. Participants were given a free choice of receiving BTB plus treatment as usual (BTB+TAU) or treatment as usual alone (TAU). Treatment as usual was provided by clinicians from older people community mental health teams (e.g. psychiatric nurses) and the only constraint that was placed in this was that no face-to-face psychological therapy from an accredited therapist could be provided. The participants opting to receive BTB also completed eight sessions of BTB on a weekly basis. All participants completed a range of outcome measures prior to commencing treatment (pre), after eight weeks (post) and after a further 4 weeks (one month follow-up). Results & Discussion: The results indicated that 56.9 per cent of the participants opted to receive BTB and they reported having significantly more experience and confidence using a computer than those who declined BTB. It was also found that 72.7 per cent of older people completed all eight sessions of BTB (27.3 per cent discontinuation rate). This was comparable to what has been found in previous studies of BTB with younger adults. A two (treatment group) x three (time) repeated measures ANOVA revealed that, in comparison to the TAU group, the BTB+TAU group showed statistically significant greater improvements on measures of depression and anxiety by the end of treatment. This was maintained at one month follow-up. Furthermore, in comparison to the TAU group the BTB had a higher percentage of participants who met criteria for clinically significant improvement by the end of treatment and at one-month follow-up. The results suggest that BTB is an acceptable and effective treatment for older people experiencing depression and anxiety and the implications of these findings are discussed.

My Kind of Music: Two New Orleans Stories is written in two parts, a fictional story about Mickey, an eleven year old white girl, growing up in New Orleans in 1954 and a non-fictional story of my experience as a teenager in New Orleans in 1959. Part I is Mickey's personal coming of age story influenced by the forbidden music of rhythm and blues. Since Mickey's story is set in the same year of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, it is also a coming of age story of a new social consciousness. Part II is a non-fiction recounting of an integration incident from my own teen years which serves as a fictional element later in Mickey's story when she is a teenager.