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Harwood, Benjamin A. - An inaugural dissertation on masturbation
No full textHandwritten inaugural dissertation on masturbation by Benjamin A. Harwood, of Atlanta, Georgia.Inaugural dissertation; no. 125
Obsession, repression, and the men behind Dracula
No full textThe style, characters and action of Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror novel, Dracula—including the relationships among male characters—can be attributed to the author’s close relationship and bond with famed Victorian actor, Henry Irving. Irving’s demeanor, personality and acting talent highlighted Stoker’s affinity for Irving, and this essay’s primary objective is to determine how Bram Stoker’s social and professional relationship with Irving, influenced and shaped Dracula. The essay will review the lives of both Irving and Stoker individually and separately, but also delve into their personal relationship, symbolic and representative of male bonding and the role that gender plays in Stoker’s novel. Themes of homoeroticism, whether on the conscious or unconscious level, and gender boundaries will be examined for they both are apparent in Stoker’s life as well as the cast of characters in Dracula. This essay will examine any and all nuances or specific methods that Irving used both as an actor and as a producer. Noteworthy chapters, excerpts and moments from Dracula, such as Jonathan Harker’s stay in Castle Dracula and the excavation of Lucy’s tomb by the four men can be indicators of a continuous desire for male bonding on Stoker’s part. He often struggled with the concept of bachelorhood and marriage. The novel does not praise either, but provides an attractive alternative: a socially intimate and sexually ambiguous cast of males. Ranging from the personal to the public to the professional spheres of Stoker and Irving, this essay intends to provide a comprehensive evaluation of Dracula’s style and characters while simultaneously demonstrating the power of social, professional and personal relations in a literary and theatrical world. Even after Irving overlooked Stoker when he passed on his management rights, Stoker was continually drawn to him. Even after Irving left Stoker nothing after his death, Stoker continued to praise him. It is evident in almost all places that, to Stoker, Henry Irving was not just a man but also a source of pleasure, similar to the way that the males in Dracula perceive each other.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Benjamin A. Kukaini
Democratic antimilitarism in postwar Japan: institutions and the culture of peace
No full textSince 1947, Japan has maintained its “Peace Constitution” un-amended, a constitution that guarantees “the right to live in peace” (Preamble), outlaws “war as a sovereign right of the nation,” and prohibits the maintenance of “land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential” (Article 9). Since its adoption sixty-three years ago, no Japanese citizens have killed or been killed in war. In this work I examine the functioning, maintenance, and interpretation of the Constitution of Japan and establish the critical juncture during which the Japanese public came to embrace the values of democratic antimilitarism and incorporate them into their political collective identity and historical memory. In addition, I identify the analytic structure of contestation over the fate of the constitution in the postwar years, demonstrating the role that Japanese citizens have played in defending the constitution against government officials who advocate its revision.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Benjamin A. Peter
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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