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Lewis, Mickey (Fa 291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, Mickey (Fa 291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 291. Paper: "Folk Beliefs for Colds and Flu" written by Lewis for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Intercountry Adoption In Guatemala: Implications Of The Hague Convention, Kathleen Smallwood
Intercountry Adoption In Guatemala: Implications Of The Hague Convention, Kathleen Smallwood
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
The recent growing popularity of intercountry adoptions between the United States and Guatemala has increased opportunities for corruption. As a result, policies have been created in order to decrease instances of corruption. The current policy recently ratified by the United States is the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, which makes strides toward improving the situation, but at a cost. The anticipated ratification of the Hague in 2008 has led to a reduction in the number of adoptions between the United States and Guatemala and all adoptions ceased once the U.S. implemented the convention. This study analyzes current opinions concerning the …
American Shamans: Journeys With Traditional Healers, Jack G. Montgomery Jr.
American Shamans: Journeys With Traditional Healers, Jack G. Montgomery Jr.
DLTS Faculty and Staff Book Gallery
Magical healings, ghostly encounters, and alternate realities have been a part of American society since the first colonial settlements. Author Jack Montgomery provides ample historical and personal material to reveal a largely hidden world, primarily influenced by African, Celtic and German roots, that still exists today. It is a spiritual journey into the depths of American folk religion, shamanism and applied mysticism that spans over three decades of research.