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October 12, 2000, James Madison University Oct 2000

October 12, 2000, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


Changes In Treatment For Malaria: Western Influence On Indigenous Practice, Kourtney L. James Oct 2000

Changes In Treatment For Malaria: Western Influence On Indigenous Practice, Kourtney L. James

African Diaspora ISPs

This paper assesses the impact of western medical influence on the use of indigenous medical practices for malaria. The research was conducted through interviews and observations in four communities within the city of Cape Coast. Section one focuses on the perceptions of malaria held by members in the communities, while section two determines the traditional and western treatments administered for malaria, including the reasons that support individual choices. Section three centers around the shifts in treatment for malaria occurring during individual lifetimes and across generations. Lastly, section four places the collected data in context of private and government efforts to …


Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 27, No. 3, Fall 2000, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies Oct 2000

Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 27, No. 3, Fall 2000, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

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University Reporter - Vol. 04, No. 07 - March 2000, University Of Massachusetts Boston Mar 2000

University Reporter - Vol. 04, No. 07 - March 2000, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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Black Culture And Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters With Judaism, 1790-1930, An Overview, Yvonne Patricia Chireau, N. Deutsch Jan 2000

Black Culture And Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters With Judaism, 1790-1930, An Overview, Yvonne Patricia Chireau, N. Deutsch

Religion Faculty Works

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Review Of The Book A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles Of South Asian Women In America, Anjali Ram Jan 2000

Review Of The Book A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles Of South Asian Women In America, Anjali Ram

Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications

Ever since western feminist scholarship was accused of defining gender in transhistorical and transcultural ways, there have been attempts to add the category, `woman of colour’, in feminist enterprises that rang e from the academic to the administrative. Such toke n gestures inevitably re-inscribe the problem by glossing over distinctive material histories and the particularity of women’s experiences and struggles. For those of us who refuse such additive, tokenist approaches, A Patchwork Shawl edited by Shamita Das Dasgupta is a welcome contribution. Written by South Asian immigrant and first generation women, A Patchwork Shawlis, to us e Dasgupta’s words, `a …