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Fans Like Us: Anti-shipping, Othering, and the Reauthoring of Fandom
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Author
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Bradburn, Madison
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Rhetoric, English language--Composition
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Description
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The following thesis focuses on Anti- and Pro-shipping debates, their rhetorical behaviors, and their impacts on fandom spaces. These debates center around "shipping," the act of romantically pairing characters from media in fan productions such a...
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Telling Stories for The Last of Us: A Ludonarrative Trauma Analysis
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Author
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Buescher, Holly
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Literature, Rhetoric, Sex role
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Description
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In this thesis, I propose that The Last of Us franchise functions as an exemplar on how survival horror video games are uniquely situated as a genre and medium to make precise statements about empathy, complicity, and trauma. However, upon applyin...
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Writer's Identity
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Author
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Cortez, Jessie
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Rhetoric
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Description
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Although it is used by some first-year writing (FYW) instructors to help students improve their writing, the term "writer’s identity" does not have a clear, agreed-upon definition. This study therefore investigates the use of "writer’s identity" i...
