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Browsing by Subject "Magna cum laude"

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    "Dames Are Always Pulling a Switch on You": The Disruption of the Femme Fatale in "Laura"
    (2013-02-05) Engelmann, Sarah;
    Dangerous and enigmatic women have fascinated people for centuries. In the United States, the femme fatale emerged during the post-war era as one of the most common archetypes in crime fiction and noir film, both genres which often perpetuated extremely masculine ideologies. Many scholars have examined the role that traditional male notions of the femme fatale play in popular culture, but what happens when these notions are complicated because the archetype materializes out of a woman’s pen? In Vera Caspary’s 1943 detective novel Laura, the role of the femme fatale is obfuscated. Who is the femme fatale in this piece? The woman who embodies the traditional characteristics of this character but is ultimately harmless, or the feminine male who turns out to be the murderer? This question is explored again, and in new ways, in Otto Preminger’s 1944 film version.
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    Transitions within the French Family: Working-Class Women's Roles in the Late-Nineteenth Century
    (2015) Farag, Amanda;
    This thesis analyzes the change in familial roles occupied by working-class French women during the late nineteenth century. These changes occurred against the shifting political framework of France during this period, as the state transformed from the Second Empire to the Third Republic. An extensive examination of the modifications working-class women’s lives underwent through the aspects of: motherhood, legislation, and employment illustrate the shifts in their role within the family structure. As such, this analysis offers a distinct focus on the social and political histories present during this transition.