This thesis, drawing from the Gothic paradigm, attempts to complicate and supplement the revisionist reading of Patrick McCabe¡¦s The Butcher Boy (1992). The novel tells the murder story of Francie Brady, a troubled Irish boy who slaughters his Anglicized neighbor like a pig. Critics have aligned the novel with the revisionist attempt to debunk nationalist meta-narrative. They have also associated the sensational plotline and grotesque imageries in the novel with the Gothic tradition. Revisionism and Gothicism, therefore, are two established reading strategies to The Butcher Boy. Both ideas, however, are used by critics with certain unease, for both terms are under much critical debate. Moreover, in the end of the novel, McCabe astutely eschews moral judgment on Francie¡¦s horrific deed. Francie¡¦s first-person narrative also allows the reader to sympathize with the young murderer. In this regard, McCabe keeps a sympathetic undertone in the murder story, which a simplistic revisionist reading cannot fully account for. This thesis, bringing the two critical paradigms together, argues that McCabe¡¦s use of Gothicism is crucial to understanding his complicated re-visioning of Ireland in the 1960s. Through historicizing the Gothic fiction, the thesis underlines the idea of ¡§antiquarianism¡¨ to explicate the historical background of the novel¡XIreland at the turn of the 1960s when the Republic underwent a transformation of national ethos, from conservative nationalism to modernization. I contend that while the novel is critical of the waning nationalism, it is also suspicious of Ireland¡¦s relentless modernizing project. From a cultural dimension of the Gothic, the thesis foregrounds the relation between Gothic imagination and racial discourse. In this light, I intend to demonstrate that the recurrent image of ¡§pig¡¨ in the novel is a Gothicized racial stereotype of the Irish people. Through Francie¡¦s struggle with the pig image, the thesis examines Irish people¡¦s negotiation with their often derogatory racial stereotype. Finally, resorting to the Gothic device of ¡§double bind,¡¨ I attempt to expound McCabe¡¦s underlying sympathy for the homicidal and suicidal boy, who is depicted as both victim and murderer, both pig and butcher.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xxvi, 442 p.; also includes graphics (some col.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 430-442).

This paper explores the development of authentic place through the story of Philadelphia's South Ninth Street Market butchers, and how they consciously highlighted their Italian immigrant heritage to respond to the changing postwar environment. Excellent sociological and historical studies of authenticity as a marketing tool have been written in the past decade, but have primarily focused on city development, corporate business models, and the consumer's search for authenticity. In this thesis, the main players are small businessmen - local butcher shop owners - and we look at their use of the history and heritage of their shops and neighborhood to strengthen their businesses and preserve their curb market. Between 1945 and 1975 these men transformed their businesses from routine neighborhood butcher shops into embodiments of a culinary community heritage. Focusing on these butcher shops illuminates the role that taste and food - and in this case, particularly meat - plays in linking the present with the past. Looking at newspaper articles featuring detailed descriptions and interviews of the mid-century market, and from the physical presence of the shops, this paper asks, what has changed? How did the market go from a grimy, everyday curb market to a tourist destination in just a few decades? And how have the butchers turn themselves into the historic heart of South Philadelphia? By answering these questions, we will be able to understand how the market's butchers championed their own authenticity and in doing so, remade the identity of the market. / History

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T17:31:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elementos pretextuais.pdf: 427305 bytes, checksum: 5e025cf40d93c855405e097e76fd8ad4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-27 / This research looked for to understand the implications of the industrial employment in the West of Paraná, specifically in the refrigerating industries of birds, contemplating about the possible transformations for the workers' life, that is to say, if it is possible to affirm that through this employment in the butcher shops there is improvement for the life conditions. This way, the objective of this work went research to expansion of the industrial capitalism in this area, the economic activity that stands out in the area it is the agricultural production gone back to the soy cultivation and corn with strong performance of the cooperatives, however, these companies pass to act not just in the commercialization of grains, but also in the productive chain of the chicken meat with strong expansion of the employment. Another prominence of the research is regarding the study in the ways and concepts that the poverty assumes, starting from the varied researched references, assuming direct relationship with the inadequacy of income, therefore having intrinsic relationship with the insert of the poor population in the labor market and in the case, in the butcher shops of birds. Starting from the reflections and mainly starting from the workers' of the butcher shops of birds depositions it is possible to affirm that the characteristics of the generated employments are related to the extreme degradation of the worker's health, with several problems of health, long work day and deterioration of the family contact, if on one side the employment facilitated access to the signed work wallet, for other, it presents degradation of the workers' life, inside and out of the work. It is like this perceptible that the poverty doesn't just show in the workers that are out of the formal labor market, but in the ambit of the formal employment. / Esta pesquisa buscou compreender as implicações do emprego industrial no Oeste do Paraná, especificamente nas indústrias frigoríficas de aves, refletindo sobre as possíveis transformações para a vida dos trabalhadores, ou seja, se é possível afirmar que através deste emprego nos frigoríficos haja melhoria para as condições de vida. Desta maneira, o objetivo deste trabalho foi pesquisar a expansão do capitalismo industrial nesta região, a atividade econômica que se destaca na região é a produção agrícola voltada para o cultivo de soja e milho com forte atuação das cooperativas, no entanto, estas empresas passam atuar não apenas na comercialização de grãos, mas também na cadeia produtiva da carne de frango com forte expansão do emprego. Outro destaque da pesquisa é referente ao estudo das formas e conceitos que a pobreza assume, a partir das variadas referências pesquisadas, assumindo relação direta com a insuficiência de renda, portanto havendo intrínseca relação com a inserção da população pobre no mercado de trabalho e no caso, nos frigoríficos de aves. A partir das reflexões e principalmente a partir dos depoimentos dos trabalhadores dos frigoríficos de aves é possível afirmar que as características dos empregos gerados estão relacionadas à degradação extrema da saúde do trabalhador, com vários problemas de saúde, longa jornada de trabalho e deterioração do contato familiar, se por um lado o emprego possibilitou acesso à carteira de trabalho assinada, por outro, apresenta degradação da vida dos trabalhadores, dentro e fora do trabalho. Assim é perceptível que a pobreza não se manifesta apenas nos trabalhadores que estão fora do mercado de trabalho formal, mas no âmbito do emprego formal.

Theses (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Includes abstract. Document formatted into pages: contains iii, 54 p. Films of Neil Jordan: p. 52-53. Films of Jim Sheridan: p. 54. Works cited: P. 47. Bibliography: p. 48-51.

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This diploma thesis entitled "The history of guild crafts in a town Krupka" aims to bring the origin, development and functioning of craft guilds which operated in the town Krupka. The main aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze the content of guild orders, guild books and file material from different perspectives, which are described in detail in the chapters, in which the work is divided. The chapter sources and literature reflects the important archival sources related to guilds in a general scale for the territory of Krupka and the chapter also informs about the basic issued publications, that are thematically bind to the guild organizations, their development and functioning. The following section outlines the administrative development in the town Krupka. At the core is the chapter dealing with the guild craft in Krupka from different angles and perspectives. The annexes attached to this thesis is complemented with information referred to in the text of the work, and are composed mainly of namespaces of craftsmen.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-12T14:42:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elementos pretextuais.pdf: 427305 bytes, checksum: 5e025cf40d93c855405e097e76fd8ad4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-27 / This research looked for to understand the implications of the industrial employment in the West of Paraná, specifically in the refrigerating industries of birds, contemplating about the possible transformations for the workers' life, that is to say, if it is possible to affirm that through this employment in the butcher shops there is improvement for the life conditions. This way, the objective of this work went research to expansion of the industrial capitalism in this area, the economic activity that stands out in the area it is the agricultural production gone back to the soy cultivation and corn with strong performance of the cooperatives, however, these companies pass to act not just in the commercialization of grains, but also in the productive chain of the chicken meat with strong expansion of the employment. Another prominence of the research is regarding the study in the ways and concepts that the poverty assumes, starting from the varied researched references, assuming direct relationship with the inadequacy of income, therefore having intrinsic relationship with the insert of the poor population in the labor market and in the case, in the butcher shops of birds. Starting from the reflections and mainly starting from the workers' of the butcher shops of birds depositions it is possible to affirm that the characteristics of the generated employments are related to the extreme degradation of the worker's health, with several problems of health, long work day and deterioration of the family contact, if on one side the employment facilitated access to the signed work wallet, for other, it presents degradation of the workers' life, inside and out of the work. It is like this perceptible that the poverty doesn't just show in the workers that are out of the formal labor market, but in the ambit of the formal employment. / Esta pesquisa buscou compreender as implicações do emprego industrial no Oeste do Paraná, especificamente nas indústrias frigoríficas de aves, refletindo sobre as possíveis transformações para a vida dos trabalhadores, ou seja, se é possível afirmar que através deste emprego nos frigoríficos haja melhoria para as condições de vida. Desta maneira, o objetivo deste trabalho foi pesquisar a expansão do capitalismo industrial nesta região, a atividade econômica que se destaca na região é a produção agrícola voltada para o cultivo de soja e milho com forte atuação das cooperativas, no entanto, estas empresas passam atuar não apenas na comercialização de grãos, mas também na cadeia produtiva da carne de frango com forte expansão do emprego. Outro destaque da pesquisa é referente ao estudo das formas e conceitos que a pobreza assume, a partir das variadas referências pesquisadas, assumindo relação direta com a insuficiência de renda, portanto havendo intrínseca relação com a inserção da população pobre no mercado de trabalho e no caso, nos frigoríficos de aves. A partir das reflexões e principalmente a partir dos depoimentos dos trabalhadores dos frigoríficos de aves é possível afirmar que as características dos empregos gerados estão relacionadas à degradação extrema da saúde do trabalhador, com vários problemas de saúde, longa jornada de trabalho e deterioração do contato familiar, se por um lado o emprego possibilitou acesso à carteira de trabalho assinada, por outro, apresenta degradação da vida dos trabalhadores, dentro e fora do trabalho. Assim é perceptível que a pobreza não se manifesta apenas nos trabalhadores que estão fora do mercado de trabalho formal, mas no âmbito do emprego formal.

This thesis is a commentary on Patrick McCabe's novel, The Butcher Boy, which was published in 1992. The novel is told through the perspective of the main character, Francie Brady, who through the majority of the narration is depicted as a young boy. Francie's life is riddled with tragedy with his moving from the loss of one important person in his life to another until the pain of these losses triggers a violent paranoid outburst resulting in the murder of the fixation of an obsession of his, Mrs. Nugent. This thesis looks at the events of the novel through the perspective and insight provided by Ursula K. Heise's theories of "posthistory" and the "hyper-present," as well as Paul Grainge's concepts of the "Mood" and the "Mode" of nostalgia.

The women's liberation movement in the 1970s and 1980s utilized various means for activism and demonstrations, but women also used the judicial system to fight for equality in the workplace. This study focuses specifically on the field of journalism and how female reporters used the courts to fight the gender discrimination that was widespread and unbridled before the creation of legislation that outlawed it. The lawsuit filed by Mary Lou Butcher and approximately 90 other women against The Detroit News is one such case that exemplifies the process of filing a gender discrimination lawsuit, as well as the events that led to the suits and the impact that it and similar lawsuits had on the field of journalism and the women's liberation movement as a whole. Using textual analysis to examine the coverage of these lawsuits by industry literature and by the publications challenged by the lawsuits demonstrates what the field of newspapers and magazines was like during the time of the cases. Comparing the same media during the times of the lawsuits and post-settlement reveal how they contributed to an adjusted view of female journalists and aided women's acceptance in American newsrooms.