Date of Award

Summer 2007

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

Program/Concentration

English

Committee Director

Carl Whithaus

Committee Member

Joseph Cosco

Committee Member

Kevin DePew

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E64 S315 2007

Abstract

This thesis examines several aspects of nine feature articles I wrote about the road bicycling community in southeastern, Virginia from January 2005 to September 2006. Chapter II examines how my preconceived notions of the "cycling feature" genre were reinforced as well as compromised through the process of writing and publishing the articles. Chapter III discusses how the process of composing the articles exposed some of the language peculiarities within the cycling community and how cyclists' shared language is a defining aspect of cycling culture. Chapter IV addresses how the feature stories and cycling webblogs generate action and discourse in the cycling community. Finally, Chapter VI is a compilation of the articles in the form in which they were submitted to editors of various regional publications.

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DOI

10.25777/wyqp-zx64

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