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The Perceived Religiousness Of The Repertoire Of The Muslim Minority In France, Brian Mawyer
The Perceived Religiousness Of The Repertoire Of The Muslim Minority In France, Brian Mawyer
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
France is a secular society with a deeply rooted Catholic tradition. This environment affects the acceptability of demonstrations of Muslim religious identity. Muslim immigrants to France are often ghettoized into rent controlled housing in suburbs around the cities. Rejected from French society, these immigrants cling to what links them together, which is their religion. By the third generation, fluency in heritage languages declines greatly, yet the youth of the banlieues re-appropriate Arabic words into their French speech, leading to the emergence of a Muslim repertoire that is not always accepted by speakers of standard French. This thesis surveys French people …
Kibbee, Community And Culture: Lebanese Food And Identity In Waterville, Miles De Klerk
Kibbee, Community And Culture: Lebanese Food And Identity In Waterville, Miles De Klerk
Senior Scholars Papers in Jewish Studies
No discussion of Lebanese food is complete without the mention of kibbee. Whether the discussion is simply a description of the legendary dish in general, an examination of the various methods in which kibbee can be cooked (or not cooked), or the type of meat one uses, if you don’t know kibbee, you don’t know the Lebanese community of Waterville, Maine. Surely this is not to say that this singular dish can encompass Waterville’s entire particular brand of Lebanese identity. Dishes like cabbage rolls and grape leaves compete with kibbee in popularity, and like many other dishes, represent the local …