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Griefing: Policing Masculinity in Online Games

Tucker, Staci (University of Oregon, 2011-12)

Despite the rise in participation and economic importance of online games as a media phenomenon, ever-growing virtual worlds that seemingly exist as "third places" for social interaction and relationship formation, there ...
Laughing lesbians: Camp, spectatorship, and citizenship

Steck, Rachel Kinsman, 1974- (University of Oregon, 2010-03)

This study, set in the context of the feminist sex wars, explores the performances of Holly Hughes, Carmelita Tropicana, and Split Britches throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. The purpose of this study is to better ...
The 'monstrous Other' speaks: Postsubjectivity and the queering of the normal

Adkins, Roger A., 1973- (University of Oregon, 2010-06)

This dissertation investigates the cultural importance of the "monstrous Other" in postmodern literature, including novels from Sweden, Finland, and the United States. While the theoretical concept of "the Other" is in ...
The sound of silence: Educators managing and reproducing heteronormativity in middle schools

Heffernan, Julia I., 1967- (University of Oregon, 2010-12)

Recent national studies indicate that well over three quarters of sexual and gender identity minority high school students are subjected to verbal and physical violence related to their gender identity or sexuality. An ...