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Browse by Specialisation "Literatures and Cultures of North America in International Perspective"
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(2016-08-31)Master North American StudiesGerman immigrants to the United States are nowadays hardly distinguishable from other immigrant groups. The Amana people of Iowa are an exception to this rule and have kept their Amana German heritage alive for the last ... -
(2018-08-31)Master North American StudiesAuthorship and Ownership - Everything is fanfiction and the illegality of copywriteright law: This thesis investigates the connection between authorship and ownership and whether it is sufficient to justify it as a foundation ...
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(2018-12-06)Master North American StudiesThis thesis examines the phenomenon of botched executions in relation to their media representation and how this may influence public opinion on the death penalty. The 2014 botched execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma ... -
A Clash of Justice: an Analysis of Indigenous and Western Judicial Practices in Court and Fiction. (2015-08-15)Master North American StudiesInteraction between indigenous and western worldviews is a much-researched subject. In this thesis focus will lie on the judicial platform, drawing attention to the way both obtain a sense of justice within their community ...
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(2015-06-15)Master North American StudiesThough it is the fastest growing and most successful branch of the entertainment industry (by far), cultural and social patterns in video games remain somewhat understudied. Yet much like a book or a movie, video games ...
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Do You Hate It? The American South in William Faulkner's Literature and Brad Paisley's Country Music (2018-08-24)Master North American StudiesWilliam Faulkner is one of the greatest American authors, and especially one of the greatest authors on the American South. Brad Paisley is a contemporary country musician whose songs involve the South and who uses similar ...
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(2016-08-31)Master North American StudiesIn this thesis, I have studied the use of dark humor by the Coen brothers by analyzing four of their films, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Serious Man and Inside Llewyn Davis. In my analysis, I have focused on the social ...
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(2017-11-14)Master North American StudiesThis Master’s thesis explores the construction of identity and race in transnational American novels. It subsequently aims to answer the question: How are the construction of identity and race portrayed in Teju Cole’s Open ...
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(2015-08-30)Master North American StudiesIndicating the idea that the United States is a nation qualitatively different from the rest of the world, with a mission and responsibility to lead the world to democracy and freedom, American exceptionalism has been the ...
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(2016-12-22)Master North American StudiesThis thesis examines the work of Neal Cassady from an intersectional perspective. It first addresses several issues with regards to the critical reception that already exists of Cassady’s work, most notably the prevalence ...
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(2015-08-15)Master North American StudiesThis study examines how the dedication of the Oversteek bridge to the crossing can be explained. The memorial bridge in Nijmegen focuses on the celebration of the heroic crossing in 1944. This creates an unhealthy balance ...
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It's not a fashion statement. An exploration of masculinity and femininity in contemporary emo music (2018-08-30)Master North American StudiesMasculinity and femininity can be performed in many ways. The emo genre explores a variety of ways in which gender can be performed. Theories on gender, masculinity and femininity will be used to analyze both the lyrics ...
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(2017-03-08)Master North American StudiesThis thesis examines the messages of activism and empowerment that are present in the music of currently popular Black female artists Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj. It analyzes how these messages of empowerment can be placed ...
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(2017-08-31)Master North American StudiesTo examine such components of American culture as capitalism, individualism, and patriotism, I will analyze how these three themes are depicted in the three movies Paul Verhoeven directed in Hollywood: RoboCop (1987), Total ...
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(2016-01-07)Master North American StudiesTheodore Roosevelt is often seen as a progressive president. Yet his views on and actions towards African Americans and other minorities have come under frequent criticism in the century after his death. By looking beyond ...
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(2018-07-21)Master North American StudiesRace and food are inextricably linked in the post-industrial food system through historical and contemporary processes of racialization. This research approaches the racialization of food through a discussion of a beloved ...
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(2015-08-15)Master North American StudiesThe work and impact of NGOs has been widely studied and recognized. However, most of these acknowledgements are based upon perceptions, anecdotal evidence, and on mostly nonscientific assessments of NGOs work and impact. ...
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(2016-08-24)Master North American StudiesThis thesis is an exploration of the serial killer genre in United States popular culture. The aim is to delve into Slotkin’s Regeneration through Violence, and relate the serial killer genre to the hunter-hero narrative ...
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(2016-08-28)Master North American StudiesAbstract (in dezelfde taal als je masterthesis) Within science fiction narratives, the figure of the “Other” is often used to touch upon current issues regarding technology, gender and race. Video games serve as a valuable ...
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(2018-08-31)Master North American StudiesThe aim of this thesis is to investigate the role of memory in Italian American women’s writing. Autobiography and memoir, given their characteristics of discontinuity and fragmentation, have proved to be a suitable ...
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