Browsing by Subject "cosmopolitanism"

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    • Impossible Mourning: Melancholia and the Making of Modernism 
      Mox, Kyle E. (2015-11-06)
      This dissertation examines Modernist literature as an aesthetic reaction to the endemic sense of loss in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Western culture. Focusing on the aesthetic, political, and ethical aspects ...
    • Reconceiving Our Community: A Cosmopolitan Case for Open Borders 
      Cho, Philip Joonsuk (2018-08-15)
      In this thesis I present a cosmopolitan case for open borders. First, I examine the U.S. border policy of the last several decades and challenge its cost-effectiveness and impact on undocumented immigrants. Then I tackle ...
    • The Rhetorical Circulation of Afropolitan Projects 
      Adanu, Elias Meseneo Kodzo (2020-07-28)
      In a 2005 essay titled “Bye-Bye Babar,” Taiye Selasi coined the term “Afropolitanism” to name a material and conceptual space inhabited by cosmopolitan Africans. The essay recounted her encounters with Africans of mixed ...
    • The Voice of Ukraine: Mediating Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism 
      Tanska, Marianna (2019-04-18)
      Popular culture and content of TV broadcasts are strongly related to national identity, and local audiences expectations and tastes. Franchised TV talent shows, such as The Voice, are a significant part of the global TV ...
    • "World-Class" Entertainment: Producing Cosmopolitan Cultural Capital 
      Melton, Elizabeth Michael (2013-04-11)
      This thesis is a multi-sited survey providing insight into integral performing arts institutions and how they engage in the distribution of cosmopolitan cultural capital to middlebrow audiences. It additionally provides a ...