Dissertations & Theses ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is a collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences that consists of over 2.7 million titles many of which are available for download.
Doctoral students go through an exhaustive literature search when writing their dissertations. They also tend to work on new questions, sometimes ones that have received very little attention from scholars before. You can often obtain these dissertations and benefit from all the bibliographic treasures and new ideas.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is a collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences that consists of over 2.7 million titles many of which are available for download.
Doctoral students go through an exhaustive literature search when writing their dissertations. They also tend to work on new questions, sometimes ones that have received very little attention from scholars before. You can often obtain these dissertations and benefit from all the bibliographic treasures and new ideas.
Relevant dissertations include:
"Do you live on Spruce Street or are you straight?" The boundaries of Philadelphia's Gayborhood and the production of queer identities.
Manley, Lauren E.. City University of New York, 2014.
Tales of the gayborhood: Mediating Philadelphia's gay urban spaces
Lee, Byron. Temple University, 2014.
In the margins or the mainstream? Gay and lesbian narratives about urban space, place, and community in everyday life.
Schermond, Daniel T.. Temple University, 2014.
Among other questions, the author "asked what places in Philadelphia held meaning for gays and lesbians with regard to their sexual identities and sense of community."
Queering Significance What Preservationists Can Learn From How LGBTQ+ Philadelphians Ascribe Significance to History Sites.
Duquette, Derek. Temple University, 2018.
Old attitudes and new beginnings: The Philadelphia police and MOVE: 1972-1992.
Bentley, Bryan. Temple University, 2014.
