Undergraduate Humanities Forum 2010-2011: Virtuality
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Publication Legitimating Narratives in Rhyme: Hip-Hop and National Identity in Israel and Palestine(2011-04-01) Orr, YuvalPublication “Douglarise de nation”: Politicized Intimacies and the Literary Dougla(2011-04-01) Parsard, Kaneesha CherellePublication Presentia Falsa Libri: Medieval Virtuality(2011-04-01) Murphy-Schwartz, EdwardThis deals with medieval notions of representation and the book. The medieval book as symbological object allowed for the virtual representation of text and image through scribal conventions and illuminations, while philosophers and theologians, even late-medieval mystics, created theories of representation grounded in the image of the book. Today, the medieval book is experiencing a new virtuality through worldwide digitization projects. My paper also addresses this issue, its implications for medievalists, and the future of the bound codex's hegemony.Publication Publication Wanderers in Time and Space: Nation, Diaspora, and Temporality in Trinidad and Tobago(2011-04-01) Jobson, Ryan CecilPublication The Invisible Fear: Representations of H1N1 in the Vietnamese Online Newspapers(2011-04-01) Huynh, To Nhu ThanhEpidemics, from the 14th century Black Death to the 1918 Spanish Flu, are dramatic moments in history not only because of their devastating consequences, but also because of the particular responses constructed by society in an attempt to make sense of them. In this study, I aim to examine the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic-a media sensation in 2009 and 2010- as dramaturgically structured by narrative sequences and representations that move from increasing dramatic tension to heightened crisis and onto closure in the Vietnamese online newspapers. Specifically, I explore how the disease was defined and its causes were explained, what moral connotations were conveyed, and what solutions were recommended. Social representation theories and existing works on social representations of SARS and Ebola form the framework in which I analyze the significance and implications of these issues.Publication 'Virtually Unlimited': The Elusiveness of Reality in Infinite Jest(2011-04-01) Dunning, DavidPublication “Pink Politics”: Negotiation of LGBT Identity through Politics & Popular Media(2011-04-01) Hlousek, MegPublication Representing Church & State: Paratexts of the ‘Queen Elizabeth Bible’(2011-04-01) Tsygankova, ValeriaPublication The Ties That Bind: Family Dynamics in Romantic Period Literature(2011-04-01) Rusonis, Shana