STORRE

This thesis investigates representations of the dead and dying body in American gothic literature from 1917 to 1999, specifically the violence enacted upon it and its often-ignored physicality. It demonstrates how modern U.S. society uses such bodies to mediate social anxieties about death, including the treatment of the dead/dying body, the experience of death, and society's ability to 'manage' death and negotiate the acceptable level of closeness to or distance from the dead which is expect...

First paragraph: Dans ses deux derniers romans, Monénembo nous présente des histoires de femmes marginalisées en fuite. L’enchevêtrement complexe entre la liberté et la mobilité traverse les deux livres et sert à souligner la menace d’un mouvement contrarié pour ces femmes. L’esthétique de Monénembo apparaît dans son usage de rythme et de forme, surtout dans ses représentations de la fuite et de la roue. A travers une analyse de courts extraits d’évasion et de sensation ainsi qu’un regard sur...

This collaborative doctoral research with Glasgow Building Preservation Trust (GBPT) addresses a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding of how sustainability frameworks, policies, and everyday heritage practices intersect in small Scottish heritage organisations with social purpose. In the context of reduced funding and resources, such organisations are exploring how they can re-orientate to fulfil a wider range of public and social benefit agendas in addition to economic and urba...

Background: Good communication is consistently recognised as essential for effective complaint handling, while failures in communication correlate with risk of escalation. Nonetheless, communication in National Health Service complaint handling remains underexamined. Objectives: To examine complainants’ lived experience of the complaints journey through (1) microanalysis of their communication with National Health Service representatives; (2) their self-reported expectations and experiences t...