Arts: Theses and Dissertations
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New Zealand’s relations with post-communist Central and Eastern European countries since their accession to the European Union.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)New Zealand’s relations with the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) have, for the most part, always been limited. Despite some improvement throughout the latter half of the 20th century, as New Zealand tried ... -
Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.C., D.C.L., L.L.D. : his early life, ministry and character
(University of Canterbury, 1931)For presenting this subject, no apology is necessary. While the history of New Zealand is read, Sir Robert tout’s name will not be forgotten. But the purpose of this dissertation and the length and varied interests of Sir ... -
Is it time to consider “good lives” for families? : an exploration of family experiences of using professional systems, family social support needs, and the implications for families whose sons have engaged in harmful sexual conduct.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The discovery that a young person has engaged in sexually harmful behaviour tends to become a significant, negative life event for parents, caregivers, or family members who have responsibility for raising that youth. In ... -
Thematic analysis of representation of India in Dawn.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The purpose of this study is to explore the representation of India in the prominent Pakistani newspaper Dawn. India and Pakistan have long been in conflict and the media play a crucial role in representing that relationship ... -
The intersectional Bildungsroman and resistance to sexism and racism in young adult fantasy literature.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The following work presents a discussion of what I term the Intersectional Bildungsroman, a theory I have developed following wide reading within the young adult fantasy genre. In this thesis I analyse and explain this ... -
Lights of Okhotsk : a partial translation and discussion in regard to the Ainu/Enchiw of Karafuto.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This thesis aims to introduce the autobiography Lights of Okhotsk (2015) to a wider English- speaking audience by translating excerpts from the original Japanese into English. The author of Lights of Okhotsk, Abe Yoko, is ... -
The earth lamp : James K. Baxter's search for a humanist Christianity
(University of Canterbury, 1979)James K. Baxter has long been recognised in this country as an important poet, and this study sets out to show that he was also important as a creative religious thinker, especially because of his insights as a poet and ... -
Le français parlé aux Iles Loyauté.
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Kantian constitutivism : problems and prospects.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Kantian constitutivists argue that normativity can be derived from particular elements of what is constitutive of our nature. In “Agency Shmagency: Why Normativity Won’t Come From What Is Constitutive of Action”, David ... -
'A kingdom of iron and rust:' identity, legitimacy, and the performance of contentious politics in Rome (180-238CE).
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Of all the crises that Rome experienced during its long and illustrious history, arguably none was greater than the accumulation of external and internal conflicts during the third century CE. Most scholars date this crisis ... -
Western historiographical accounts of Stalin, 1925–2018 = Западная историография Сталина
(University of Canterbury, 2020)In the West, the historiography of Stalin and Stalinism from 1925 to 2018 is an extraordinarily variegated corpus of scholarship in which the nature of Stalin, his regime, and his role orchestrating this regime for more ... -
Disaster and women : the wave of change in the position and status of women in the coastal Bangladesh.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This study explores disaster, women, vulnerability and changes in women’s lives including the role of government and non-government organisations (GO and NGOs) and changes in traditional practices in the coastal people of ... -
Ngā whakaahua Ngāi Tahu : the Ngāi Tahu portraits in Lore and History of the South Island Maori.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)When Lore and History of the South Island Maori was published in 1952 it filled a vacuum in terms of accessible Ngāi Tahu history in the public domain. Despite its scholarly shortcomings, it remained one of the only readily ... -
Forensic illusions : medico-legal representations, scandals and reform in mid-twentieth century Britain, Canada and New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The media representations of charismatic medico-legists from the British Commonwealth and of the wondrous powers of forensic medicine greatly influenced the perception of the discipline’s reliability and accuracy during ... -
It makes sense, but I just don’t get it. Translators’ and end-users’ perspectives on the English to Chinese community translation of health texts.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This study aims to develop a set of assessment criteria aligned with the perspectives of end-users with a focus on the achievement of pragmatic equivalence in community translation (Taibi & Ozolins, 2016). Health translation ... -
'That's me trying to step out of that sentence'
(University of Canterbury, 1987)This thesis addresses itself to changes which came over New Zealand poetry in the early 1910s. It discusses in detail the work of three poets whose public careers began in this period: Ian Wedde, ... -
The Mission Work of the Aranui Sisters of Mercy in Eastern Christchurch.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis examines the mission work of the Aranui Sisters of Mercy in the Eastern Suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand, placing the story of the Aranui Sisters within the broader historiographical context of women’s ... -
The politics of development : neo-Marxist approaches to New Zealand history
(University of Canterbury, 1990)This thesis will critically evaluate the nee-Marxist interpretations of New Zealand history propounded by David Bedggood, Rob Steven and Warwick Armstrong. This critique finds that the theoretical models adopted by these ... -
“One step beyond the line” : the sensory experience of the battlefield in Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)War and Peace is Tolstoy’s harrowing indictment of the Napoleonic Wars, laying bare the shattered expectations, illusions, and lives of a generation of young Russians. In this thesis I show how the methods employed by ... -
Language maintenance, shift and variation evidence from Jordanian and Palestinian immigrants in Christchurch New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)There has been a substantial amount of research on language maintenance and shift (LMLS) and language variation and change (LVC) in New Zealand in the last four decades and most of this research has concentrated on exploring ...
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