University of Texas at El Paso DigitalCommons@UTEP Open Access Theses & Dissertations 2011-01-01 "Dancing On The orC pse's Ashes": Analyzing The Emotional Use Of Music And Genre By At The Drive In And How It Communicates Border Identity Crystal A. Robert-Segura University of Texas at El Paso,
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[email protected]. “DANCING ON THE CORPSE’S ASHES”: ANALYZING THE EMOTIONAL USE OF MUSIC AND GENRE BY AT THE DRIVE IN AND HOW IT COMMUNICATES BORDER IDENTITY CRYSTAL A. ROBERT-SEGURA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION APPROVED: __________________________________________ Richard D. Pineda, Ph.D., Chair __________________________________________ Stacey Sowards, Ph.D __________________________________________ Dennis Bixler-!"#$%&', Ph.D. __________________________________________ Patricia D. Witherspoon, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School( Copyright © by Crystal Robert-Segura 2011 “DANCING ON THE CORPSE’S ASHES”: ANALYZING THE EMOTIONAL USE OF MUSIC AND GENRE BY AT THE DRIVE IN AND HOW IT COMMUNICATES BORDER IDENTITY. By CRYSTAL A. ROBERT-SEGURA THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at El Paso in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS Department of Communication THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO May 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost I would like to thank my thesis advisor, Dr.