Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Grummitt, Julia, Thesis advisor (ths): Dunaway, Finis, Degree committee member (dgc): Junyk, Ihor, Degree committee member (dgc): Walden, Keith, Degree committee member (dgc): Braddock, Alan C., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Since 1979, photographer and sociologist Camilo José Vergara has taken repeat photographs of American cities in decline, focusing on evolving landscapes of postindustrial decay. Vergara's images subscribe to an aesthetic of ruin while providing a record of America's crumbling ghettos rooted in social documentary concerns. Vergara's work diverges from the ahistorical… more Full Text: AMERICAN ACROPOLIS, AMERICAN RUINS: CAMILO JOSÉ VERGARA’S REPEAT PHOTOGRAPHY AS IMAGISTIC HISTORY A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Onusko, James, Thesis advisor (ths): Sangster, Joan, Degree committee member (dgc): Marshall, Dominique, Degree committee member (dgc): Steffler, Margaret, Degree committee member (dgc): Walden, Keith, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Growing Up in Postwar Suburbia: Childhood, Children and Adolescents in Canada, 1950-1970</p><p>This dissertation explores the intersections between the suburban landscape both `real' and imagined, childhood, children and adolescents. I contend that there was a richness and diversity in the experiences of children and adolescents in postwar Canada that resists simplistic… more Full Text: Growing Up in Postwar Suburbia: Childhood, Children and Adolescents in Canada, 1950-1970 A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts …
