Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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(Im)Possible Representation: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Absence in the Ritual Performance Of Trauma in Titty Cakes

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Year: 2026, 2026
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McNeilly, Sarah, Thesis advisor (ths): Mitchell, Liam, Degree committee member (dgc): Egan, Kelly, Degree committee member (dgc): Epp, Michael, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Is trauma representation possible without re-traumatization (of self or other)? Developed through the creation, performance, and critical analysis of Titty Cakes: A Recipe for Radical Acceptance—an autobiographical, ritual-performance rooted in lived experiences of breast cancer and gang rape—this thesis argues that trauma representation is (im)possible: possible only by accepting its… more

The Shaman Detective: A Comparative Reading of Enchantment and Animism in Contemporary Japanese Detective Fiction

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Dennis, Samuel Francis, Thesis advisor (ths): Hollinger, Veronica, Degree committee member (dgc): Epp, Michael, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines a specific figure that appears throughout contemporary Japanese detective fiction (across different media), which I have termed the Shaman detective. A liminal figure that combines Japanese folk cosmologies with contemporary detective work, the Shaman detective is at once similar to, yet separate from, western postmodernist detective fiction. Invested in narratives… more
Full Text: THE SHAMAN DETECTIVE: A COMPARATIVE READING OF ENCHANTMENT AND ANIMISM IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DETECTIVE FICTION A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …