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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES WHEN DISCOURSES COLLIDE: HEGEMONY, DOMESTINORMATIVITY, AND THE ACTIVE AUDIENCE IN XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS By BRIAN H. MYERS A Thesis submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2008 The members of the Committee approve the Thesis of Brian H. Myers defended on March 26, 2008. Leigh Edwards Professor Directing Thesis Jennifer Proffitt Committee Member Caroline Joan Picart Committee Member Approved: R.M. Berry, Chair, Department of English Joseph Travis, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii This thesis is dedicated to my parents, who may not always understand my obsessions but have always encouraged me to pursue them, and to Nanny and Grandpa, who I hope will look down on this with pride. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As is the case with any work of this size, more people went into it than can possibly be included on a title page. My first thanks, of course, must go to the members of my thesis committee, whose advice and comments frequently saved me from myself in both the writing of this thesis and in the grander realm of life.