Euphemisms for genocide function as terministic screens, affecting how perpetrators, victims, and society view events of “genocide” as defined in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This thesis provides an analysis framework and typology for categorizing euphemisms for genocide used in ten historical instances.
In the late fifth century, the Germanic Franks conquered Gaul and established the foundation of France. But how did they find an identity, a sense of themselves? Through the use and creation of their own legal texts, the Franks were able to find an identity as Christian conquerors and law-givers.
Unemployed and estranged from his partner, Ronnie Babes fills his afternoons writing "Rainbow Stew": a novel that explores the life of Ronald Baker, a desperate man struggling to keep his life together. Through the frame of a novel within a novel, this thesis explores gender roles in the deep south.
Olga ruled as Grand Princess in tenth-century Kievan Rus’ - with 10 pages dedicated to her in the Russian Primary Chronicle - the only woman to have either distinction. Her ancestry is thought to be Varangian (Viking). How does she compare to the Viking women in the west, of the Icelandic Sagas?
This paper explores the events of the Holocaust from a feminist perspective, examining the specific adaptations made by European women as a means of survival. Regardless of age, ethnicity, or background these women all shared one enduring quality: resilience
Differences between male and female filmmakers have been analyzed via feminist criticism around the male and female gaze. Renditions of 'The Beguiled' have been used to test if the position and amount of women on the crew affected the gaze of the film and the representation of the women.