KU ScholarWorks
KU ScholarWorks is the institutional repository of the University of Kansas, featuring scholarly work by KU faculty, staff and students. As of July 30, 2024, we've upgraded to a new version of the software, but you will still be able to search for items in the repository, download files, and work with us to deposit new content.
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Item Monomythic Time: Finn and the Hero’s Journey(University of Kansas Libraries, 2020-07-10)Item The Creative Use of Retconning(University of Kansas Libraries, 2020-07-10)Publication Tales to Astound(University of Kansas, 2021-12-31)Tales to Astound is a proposal for an anthology TV series interrogating the role nostalgia plays in “nerd culture” that has spread into the political spectrum. Included are a pitch deck/series bible used to pitch the series to networks and scripts for two episodes.20 years ago, the heroes left. Now, there’s a calling for a return to the good old days, bringing about new versions of old heroes, and a returning villain with them. However, the criminal element is changing. The line between hero and villain blurs, and some aren’t sure that heroes should exist at all. No matter how much people may cling to the past, the world is dragged kicking and screaming to a new era. Heroes must reevaluate the past and consider their part in the future.Publication Mutant Circuit(University of Kansas, 2022-08-31)This dissertation comprises a novel entitled Mutant Circuit and a critical introduction entitled “These Monsters are Haunting Modernism: Collective Subjectivity and Horror Fiction.” The introduction argues for a politically fecund but underdeveloped overlap between Modernist explorations of collective subjectivity and horror literature dealing with bodily transformation, and that a Marxist approach to developing this area would involve an emphasis on collective becoming to begin to redevelop revolutionary imagination beyond the strictures of prevailing capitalist realism. The introduction describes a broad potential area with which the novel is attempting to engage. In Mutant Circuit, working-class residents of a fictional Floridian college town are used as unwitting research subjects to study the effects on humans of a creature recovered from a deep-sea methane deposit, with a plasma center they are economically compelled to frequent serving as the introduction and monitoring site. The development of one test subject, Katherine, is interrupted, providing her with the opportunity to arrest and redirect the transformations inflicted on her body toward her own escape, rediscovery of herself, and—together with friends and allies—collective transformation and resistance.Publication Influence of demonetization on various sectors of the Indian economy(SCIndeks, 2023-01-17)Background: India demonetized the currency in November 2016, scrapping 86.9 percent of the currency in circulation. This policy disrupted most economic activities because India was predominantly a cash economy. Purpose: The study aims to analyze the impact of demonetization on the informal-formal sector and the Indian stock markets, where investment reflects investors' confidence. Another purpose is to know the usefulness of demonetization in the proliferation of digitalization. Study design/methodology/approach: The study incorporates primary data to determine the impact on informal and formal workers' income and the acceptance of digitalization in rural-urban areas in Faridabad, Haryana. A survey was conducted, and samples for informal-formal workers and rural-urban households were collected and analyzed using the F test and the ANOVA model using an independent dummy or qualitative variables. The secondary data of the Indian stock market were empirically tested and forecasted using the Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH) model. Finding/Conclusions: The empirical analysis reveals that after demonetization, informal workers' earnings dropped significantly, and there is a substantial income disparity between informal-formal workers. A wide gap persists in adopting digital transactions due to low awareness of digital instruments in rural areas compared to urban areas. On the contrary, no significant impact is noticed in the Indian stock market as the forecasted value of shares trading depicts positive growth. The study identifies the gaps in policy implementation. It exposes the implementation of macroeconomic policies ensuring the protection of the interest and livelihood of economically vulnerable populations. The spread of awareness towards electronic transactions may help to promote digitalization Limitations/future research: The study is limited to a few areas. Hence, the scope of future research rests on macro-level data where comparison could be conducted between rural and urban areas across various states in India.
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