Arts: Theses and Dissertations
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Anime’s atomic legacy : Takashi Murakami, Miyazaki, Anno, and the negotiation of Japanese war memory.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis explores the cultural commentary by Japanese Neo-Pop artist Takashi Murakami in relation to Japan’s war memory and its legacy in popular culture, addressing in particular the essays accompanying his 2005 ... -
Negotiating discourses of womanhood in India : an ethnographic study of young women in a Chennai hostel
(University of Canterbury, 2019)There is a burgeoning body of literature tracing the changes that ensued India’s process of economic liberalization in the last decade of the 20th century. Scholars have identified an ongoing re-conceptualization of womanhood ... -
Representing ‘the sunny Britain of the south’ : visual cultures of weather in nineteenth-century Aotearoa New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)As a ubiquitous feature of landscape, the weather has often been regarded as a backdrop to a scene and has largely eluded critical discussion in New Zealand’s art histories. However, its symbolic richness and its centrality ... -
The EU's trade and development policy as an aspect of inter-regional relations with ASEAN : a case of well-being.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)What is the purpose of life? What can fulfill our lives? Is it happiness coupled with living in a so-called utopian society? Questions like these may sound familiar and thus may provide opportunity for discussion to any ... -
Matter, memory, myth : recasting magic(al) realism.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis considers literary and other forms of magic(al) realism in the context of postcolonial studies. Its premise, simply put, is that magic(al) realism is best understood in terms of its historical- and new-materialist ... -
Hollywood and the Chinese film market : crosscultural communication or commercial transaction?
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Globalisation as a cultural as well as an economic phenomenon has led to more frequent communication and exchange across cultures. Hollywood has long been familiar with exporting American cultural values internationally ... -
Woman alone: solitude in selected short stories by Katherine Mansfield, Janet Frame, and Jacqueline Sturm
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The great accomplishment of Michele Leggott in her seminal essay on women’s writing in New Zealand poetry, “Opening the Archive: Robin Hyde, Eileen Duggan and the persistence of record”, is to point to “a lost matrix of ... -
A survey of training in industry, with special reference to female employees in the clothing trade in Christchurch, New Zealand
(University of Canterbury, 1945)The aim of this survey of training in industry, with special reference to female employees in the clothing trade, is to outline recognised methods of training, to evaluate methods used in Christchurch, New Zealand, on the ... -
An inordinate disdain for beetles: imagining the insect in colonial Aotearoa
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis examines cultural representations of insects over the last two centuries of European settlement in Aotearoa, with a view to better understanding the contemporary human-insect relationship. The study spans both ... -
Addressing New Zealand’s oil security in 2040 : policymaking in an uncertain world
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Oil remains one of the most important resources for the operation of New Zealand’s economy and society. Having an accurate perception of the country’s oil supply security and the effectiveness of security-improving policies ... -
Democratic commitment and the New Zealand Official Secrets Act : contradiction in terms
(University of Canterbury, 1980)Information and access to it, is a vital ingredient in the democratic model. Government secrecy however inhi bits the flow of information to citizens. This denial of fu.Ll and accurate information stunts and weakens public ... -
Anglican church music in Canterbury 1850-1900
(University of Canterbury, 1973)Speaking to members of the Lyttelton Colonists’ Society in 1851, John Robert Godley outlined the fortunes of the Canterbury Association, both in London where it originated, and in New Zealand. It had, he noted, followed a ... -
Iron Cross and Crescent Press Discussion of the Ottoman Empire in the United Kingdom, 1914-1918
(University of Canterbury, 2019)First World War historians have increasingly sought to move beyond conventional narratives of a self-contained Anglo-German conflict. It was, after all, a ‘world war’, reflected in the United Kingdom’s four years of nearly ... -
Authenticity and authority of voice in the post-serial investigative podcast genre.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)In recent years, audio podcasting has become a massively popular medium for long form, non- fiction storytelling. In 2019, 62 million Americans listened to podcasts regularly, more than triple the number who did so in 2013 ... -
Britain and strategic planning towards a second front, June 1940 - January 1944
(University of Canterbury, 2005)In its original proposal, this thesis aimed to examine the wartime policies of Winston Churchill and his influence on Britain's decision to campaign throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean region and to assess whether ... -
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 ...
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