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Primitivismo Y Modernidad En La Literatura Modernista Hispanoamericana, Sara Marta Gonzalez

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation explores the troubled relationship between Hispanic-American Modernism and modernity through the close study of a representative array of authors (José Martí, Rubén Darío, Enrique Gómez Carrillo, Augusto Dhalmar and Pedro Prado). My analysis departs from the revisionist theories of Angel Rama and Ivan A. Schulman, which changed the traditional views about the movement towards a more complete vision of its role as a literature that is highly subversive.

During the XIX century, America experienced a vigorous cultural awakening unsupported by an incomplete modernization whose more fundamental principles are challenged by the systematic use of primitivism by these authors. …

Dun Huang Caves - A Trove Of 1000+ Years Of Art And History Preserved In The Gobi Desert Of Gansu, China, Zhaohui Fu

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The Bible Against American Slavery: Anglophone Transatlantic Evangelical Abolitionists' Use Of Biblical Arguments, 1776-1865, Richard Rodriguez

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This dissertation argues that transatlantic abolitionists used the Bible to condemn American slavery as a national sin that would be punished by God. In a chronological series of thematic chapters, it demonstrates how abolitionists developed a sustained critique of American slavery at its various developing stages from the American Revolution to the Civil War. In its analysis of abolitionist anti-slavery arguments, “The Bible Against Slavery” focuses on sources that abolitionists generated. In their books, sermons, and addresses they arraigned the oppressive aspects of American slavery. This study shows how American and British abolitionists applied biblical precepts to define the maltreatment …

A Historical Floristic Inventory Of Pine Rockland Fabaceae (Leguminosae), Adel L. Pena

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The objectives of this study were to investigate temporal changes in the diversity of pine rockland Fabaceae, induced by anthropogenic factors. Herbarium collections spanning 170 years were used to analyze species frequency and richness. The results indicated temporal fluctuations in diversity with frequency of native species highest previous to the year 1920, and exotic-invasive species richness peaking after the 1960s. The accompanying species list resulting from the inventory included 122 Fabaceae species, in 56 genera, with an additional 19 species not previously listed for pine rocklands. The results emphasize the damage caused by early and deliberate introductions of exotic species, …

Reading Spaces: Nation And Popular Learning In Nineteenth-Century Lima, Gracia G. Solis

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

My dissertation examined the transformation of reading practices and ideas about the functions of alphabetic literacy in nineteenth-century Lima. Scholars of Latin America have attributed improvements in literacy rates to the rise of the Teaching State in the twentieth century; however, as I showed, literacy and reading culture spread decades earlier in the Peruvian capital, at a time when the state lacked the stability and resources to develop a public system of education. “Reading Spaces” argued that during the second half of the nineteenth century, private educational enterprise from a diverse group of booksellers, writers, and educators established key institutions …

Examining The Relationships Between Gender Role Congruity, Identity, And The Choice To Persist For Women In Undergraduate Physics Majors, Bronwen Bares Pelaez

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Persistent gender disparity limits the available contributors to advancing some science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. While higher education can be an influential time-point for ensuring adequate participation, many physics programs across the U.S. have few women in classroom or lab settings. Prior research indicates that these women face considerable barriers. For university students, faculty, and administration to appropriately address these issues, it is important to understand the experiences of women as they navigate male-dominated STEM fields.

This explanatory sequential mixed methods study explored undergraduate female physics majors’ experiences with their male-dominated academic and research spaces in the U.S. …

The Syrian Refugee Crisis And The European Union: A Case Study Of Germany And Hungary, Simone-Ariane Schelb

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This thesis explores the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on the Common European Asylum System. It evaluates the extent to which the European Union was able to implement a common asylum system, identifies discrepancies between different European countries, primarily Germany and Hungary, and briefly examines the roots of these differences. To this end, the structure of the international refugee protection regime and the German and Hungarian asylum systems are analyzed. Furthermore, the thesis explores how the governments of the two countries perceive the rights of refugees and how their views have affected their handling of the crisis. The case …

Unsmiling Lips And Dull Eyes: A Study Of Why We Continue To Read Jane Austen, Kareen Barakat

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The purpose of this thesis is to take a closer look at Jane Austen’s work and understand the importance of it in both the academic and cultural sphere. With a specific focus on Pride and Prejudice, this research starts with a focus on feminist readings of the novel. Primarily, this research looks at the novel with a feminist lens in order to better understand the female characters and their involvement in the marriage plot. Secondarily, the research goes on to look at the cultural impact of Pride and Prejudice and attempts to understand the ways in which this novel re-appears …

Artists’ Mothers, Alex Rocky Ferrer

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A Video Conversation With Pulitzer Prize Recipient Art Spiegelman, Raymond Elman, Lee Skye

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A Video Chat With Author Jay Mcinerney: Capturing The Zeitgeist, Raymond Elman, Lee Skye

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A Video Chat With The Multi-Faceted Jane Alexander, Raymond Elman, Lee Skye, Jedhi Weir

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A Video Chat With Howard Herring Of The New World Symphony, Raymond Elman, Lee Skye, Charity Johnson

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A Video Conversation With Visionary Craig Robins, Raymond Elman, Nicole Zummar, Robert Zuckerman, Charity Johnson

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Understanding The Value Of Art Education: A Video Discussion With Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent Of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Raymond Elman, Charity Johnson

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A Video Discussion With Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg, The 5th President Of Fiu, Raymond Elman, Nicole Zummar, Charity Johnson

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Bonnie Clearwater: Dean Of South Florida’S Art Museum Directors, Raymond Elman, Nicole Zummar, Charity Johnson

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Finding Purvis Young, Alfredo Garcia

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Michele Oka Doner Back Then (1990), Elisa Turner

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Michele Oka Doner: A Woman Of Nature, Raymond Elman, Manuel Perez-Trujillo, Charity Johnson

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Editor's Letter, Raymond Elman

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An Unreceptive Audience: The Mixed Receptions Of Mark Twain's And J.D.Salinger's Novels In The 1950s And 1960s, Marlene Tovar

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This thesis examines how the sociopolitical contexts of the mid-twentieth century influenced readers’ interpretations of Mark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye,” two controversial novels that were subjected to censorship activity. In particular, this thesis will focus on the reception of both of these novels during the 1950s and 1960s, a period marked by two major events: The Civil Rights Movement and the youth counterculture phenomenon. In this study, the reception of “Huckleberry Finn” will be analyzed in the context of the civil rights movement, using news articles published in …

Family Medicine, Jaimie Eubanks

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The novel FAMILY MEDICINE follows three married women as they struggle to define themselves in Foley, South Dakota, a small town where privacy is nearly impossible.

Marcy Morrow, a queen bee, in a vulnerable moment reveals misgivings about her second pregnancy to Bridget Cunningham, the wife of Dr. Herb Cunningham and his office manager at the town’s only medical practice. Bridget's offer of off-the-books help begins a chain of secrecy into which Dr. Maka Smith, the practice’s other physician, is reluctantly pulled. Meanwhile Marcy and Bridget’s husbands run for mayor, forcing the women to reexamine their lives, ambitions, and the …

Existential Bebop, Brett Kaplan

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

EXISTENTIAL BEBOP is a collection of thirteen short stories that use humor and satire to address some of the absurdities of human existence.

In some stories, characters are forced to come to terms with mortality, such as the six-year-old boy in “A Goldfish Memory,” who learns about death for the first time. In “Cassandra Knows All” a rational twenty-something is lured by a charlatan who convinces her that there is an afterlife. In others, the comedy centers on human frailties, such as “Weekend in Deceit,” where two couples confront infidelity. “The Sacrifice of Mikey Horowitz” explores family values, ancient and …

Last Laugh, Alex Rocky Ferrer

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I Want Him On My Side: A Video Conversation With Alan Dershowitz – Author, Professor, Lawyer, Activist, Raymond Elman, Lee Skye, Nicole Zummar

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Stupid Model A Timely Story Of Sexism In The Seventies, Wendy Townsend

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A Video Chat With The Multi-Talented Eric Bogosian, Raymond Elman, Lee Skye, Manuel Perez-Trujillo

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Billy Corben: A Video Chat With “One Of The Miami Guys”, Raymond Elman, Manuel Perez-Trujillo

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A Publix In Hollywood, Nick Vagnoni

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