Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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eng
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Copyright for all items in the Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.
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Challenging the Stereotype of the Idealized Victorian Mother through the Acknowledgement of Maternal Mental Health in Christina Rossetti's Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book

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Year: 2025, 2025
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Mungham, Laura, Thesis advisor (ths): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Bode, Rita, Degree committee member (dgc): Steffler, Margaret, Degree committee member (dgc): Bruusgaard, Emily, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>In this thesis I argue that Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book (1872) disrupts conventional narratives of the idealized maternal role in the Victorian era, "the angel in the house" by confronting and giving a voice to the often overlooked realities of maternal suffering. Rossetti accomplishes this by fostering the conversation regarding the challenges inherent in motherhood. Sing-… more

The Fashion Object, Death Dialects, and the Contradiction of Historic Time: A Re-Examination of Historicism that Accounts for Fashion's Embodied Practices

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Year: 2025, 2025
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Samulski, Magdelena Lauren, Thesis advisor (ths): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Pasek, Anne, Degree committee member (dgc): Bruusgaard, Emily, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines contradictions in approaches to fashion cataloging and exhibition by considering how the fashion artifact is used as physical evidence for public memory of the past. As a memorial practice and timekeeper, fashion demands a complex cultural understanding of artistic production, aging, and history. How does this understanding of fashion as a cultural index and… more

Half-Drowned Texts A (re)Vision of Print Colonialism and Publishing for the Postcolonial Text

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Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Williams, Justine-Marie Elizabeth, Thesis advisor (ths): Bode, Rita, Degree committee member (dgc): Bruusgaard, Emily, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Through an exploration of shared stories, hauntings and the sea, this study outlines the idea that an ideological shift is a necessary first step to address the impact of colonialism in the publishing industry. This thesis draws sustained attention to the ways in which colonialism has an inextricable material effect on the publishing industry, and focuses on the myriad ways this past… more
Full Text: HALF-DROWNED TEXTS: A (RE)-VISION OF PRINT COLONIALISM AND PUBLISHING FOR THE POST COLONIAL TEXT A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts …

The Affective Power of Intimacy: A Case Study of a Men's Hockey Real Person Fan Fiction's Literary and Social Contexts

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Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Vermeer, Lina, Thesis advisor (ths): Bode, Rita, Degree committee member (dgc): Bruusgaard, Emily, Degree committee member (dgc): Boyne, Martin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This case study's fan fiction and its subsequent non-RPF romance novel version reveal a complex blend of the fan fiction, romance novel, intimatopia, pornography, slash fan fiction, Real Person Fan Fiction, and Men's Hockey Real Person Fan Fiction genres and subgenres. Intimatopia's ideological framework provides a specific method for the romance novel's reordering of… more
Full Text: The Affective Power of Intimacy: A Case Study of a Men’s Hockey Real Person Fan Fiction’s Literary and Social Contexts A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in …