Arts: Theses and Dissertations
Recent Submissions
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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 ... -
A man’s world : female correctional officers in New Zealand men’s prisons.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)As an influx of women entered the workforce in the 1960s, many began to emerge in what were considered traditionally male occupations: as policewomen, military personnel, and as correctional officers. In New Zealand, female ... -
Food and identity : the Iranian diaspora of New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)In this thesis, I investigate and critically analyze the relationship between foodways and identity for diasporic Iranians in New Zealand. My main objective is in-depth exploration of the role of food and foodways in ... -
Growing resistance : taro as the symbol of postcolonial Hawaiian identity.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Taro is a root vegetable that has held important dietary, spiritual, and social roles with Native Hawaiian culture for centuries. The cultivation and management of the taro plant was a significant foundation of ancient ... -
Conceptualising EU development in the African Union : will Brexit matter?
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Scholars have asked whether the European Union (EU) should be referred to as a civilian power (Duchêne, 1973) rather than a military power (Bull, 1982). Others have argued that the EU is neither a civilian nor a military ... -
Imaging Antarctica : responses from contemporary artists.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Antarctica has been represented by countless different agents for a multitude of reasons, even before its official discovery in the eighteenth century. Whether in attempts to understand and locate an imagined southern ... -
Monitored mothering : the experience of mothers who parent within New Zealand women’s prisons.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)While New Zealand previously allowed babies up to six months old to reside in prison with their mothers in self-care units, in 2008 the Corrections (Mothers with Babies) Amendment Act was introduced allowing children under ... -
Nelson and the Taranaki War, 1860-1861 : a case-study of opinion in the South Island on the origins and nature of the Anglo-Maori Wars in New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 1969)Though the origins of the Anglo-Maori wars, their influence on Imperial relations, and their effects on the Maoris have been studied by Professors Sinclair, Dalton and Sorrenson, and by Dr Alan Ward, there has been very ... -
The poetry of the numinous : a study of imagery in the poetry of Ursula Bethell.
(University of Canterbury, 1981)In this study of the use of imagery in the work of Ursula Bethell, I have set out to examine the two aspects of her poetry: the visual and the visionary. Both of these aspects play a vital role in her exploration of ...
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