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A friend that sticks closer than a brother: a hermeneutic phenomenological analysis of resilience in Black bereaved mothers that have lost a child to gun violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Despite literature considering the impact of child loss on parents, communication scholars have yet to examine the resilience of bereaved Black mothers. Specifically, this present study examined the role of Black sisterhood ...
Studying Janus behavior : how support, deterrence, grievances and organizational structure shape violent and peaceful behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Examples abound of movements once entirely fixated on violence who choose to enter the political arena, exchanging politics by force for politics of a gentler sort. These groups exhibit "Janus-faced" personalities, ...
Between God and Mammon : politics, class conflict, and the southern Irish state, 1922-45
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Although it is well understood that working-class politics and the political Left have been marginal forces in Irish political life, the question "Why?" has been underexamined, often attributed ...
The women's honor unit : case study of a women's prison
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
Three ideas about women's criminality directed this analysis. Women prisoners have consistently been described as either immoral, incompetent, or sick. The goal of this research was to examine the social realities of these ...
Sharp things, or the silver lines are not scars
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This novel is the story of Tianne, a twenty-eight-year-old stained glass artist. She works two part-time jobs as a clerk at a stained glass supply store, and as an adjunct...
Work Stories
(2023)
Work Stories is a collection of short fiction inspired by the tales I heard, lived, and witnessed while working construction in rural Missouri. The characters featured in this thesis grapple with mental illness, ignorance, trauma, abuse...
Something to love : Barbara Pym's novels
(University of Missouri Press, 1986)
According to Benet, Pym's ten novels center on one great subject that moves, shapes, or disfigures all her major characters: the many guises of love, sought, attained, or frustrated. As the novels progress, we understand ...
An exploration of the intersection of dimensions of the coach-athlete relationship and interactions with high performance and athlete well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] While normative success may be the most tangible measure of athletes' sport experience and coaches' success rates, it is imperative that the interpersonal dynamic...
Modes of reflexivity in community supported agriculture : the case of the people's republic of delicious foods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
As food has become unknowable, untrustworthy, and deleterious to all involved, people have responded with alternatives to the industrial agrifood system. One method in particular is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) ...
Black women's narratives of resilience through vicarious incarceration and reintegration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Systemic racism has resulted in the disproportionate imprisonment of Black people. With Black men constituting a large percentage of incarcerated bodies, many Black women (44 [percent])--mothers, wives, sisters, etc.--will ...
The Bucareli Conference and United States-Mexican relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1966)
This dissertation attempts to explain the role of the Bucareli Conference in the contest between the United States and Mexico from 1914 to approximately 1930. It arose from an interest in the land and oil questions and ...
Going, going...but not yet gone counter-storytelling the socialization of African American college baseball players
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Higher education is key to accessing pathways toward upward mobility. Combining strong academic preparation and athletic skill provides opportunities for secondary students to access higher education as student-athletes. ...
Let it ride
(University of Missouri Press, 1991)
Written with the breathtaking beauty of the woods at night, 'Let It Ride' is a lyrical, witty celebration of the significance of the small things in our lives--children, insects, fleeting thoughts--by a writer of uncommon talent
Adaptation : re-creating the novel as a stage play
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The critical introduction examines Linda Hutcheon's notion that the process of adaptation is worthy of observation, and that in analyzing a novelist adapting her own work for the stage, we begin to see how the interiority ...
Bearing Witness: Essays, Stories, And A Novel In Progress
(2023)
Storytelling is like the air that we breathe. We need the stories to thrive, to be enriched, and to grow like the plants and animals around us. Stories are the places where we are rooted. And to tell a story is to bear ...
As many roast bones as you need
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] As Many Roast Bones As You Need is a creative dissertation that combines the examination of grief and our connection to animals found in Helen Macdonald's H...
Hard to Read
(2023)
This thesis is an exploration of abusive relationships in two parts, one fiction and one creative non-fiction. The first is a speculative novella in which cages on people’s heads indicate that they are the victim, or “prey,” ...
El negro en Colombia: posición social y relación con su ambiente socioeconómico en las novelas Chambacú corral de negro y Socavón
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The following doctoral thesis explores the historical and literary context in the novels Chambacú, Black Slum, Manuel Zapata Olivella and Socavón, Helcias Martan Gongora. The document is presented as an analysis of the ...
But in the night we are all the same
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
But In the Night We Are All the Same, a critical dystopian novel, explores the creation and perpetuation of power structures, gender identity, and desire. The protagonist, Lemon, is a member of the oppressed class. She ...