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Dreaming Of Nuclear Futures: History, Toxicity, Panic, And Motherhood In Contemporary Pro-Nuclear Advocacy, Mikel Rand Inchausti
Dreaming Of Nuclear Futures: History, Toxicity, Panic, And Motherhood In Contemporary Pro-Nuclear Advocacy, Mikel Rand Inchausti
Senior Projects Spring 2023
Senior project submitted to the Division of Social Studies of Bard College. Enjoy!
Dreaming Of Nuclear Futures: History, Toxicity, Panic, And Motherhood In Contemporary Pro-Nuclear Advocacy, Mikel Rand Inchausti
Dreaming Of Nuclear Futures: History, Toxicity, Panic, And Motherhood In Contemporary Pro-Nuclear Advocacy, Mikel Rand Inchausti
Senior Projects Spring 2023
What is the future of nuclear energy? What futures do we imagine in living alongside nuclear energy and nuclear waste? Who is advocating for those worlds? Read to find out. Enjoy!
Creating Networks For Survival And Mobility: Social Capital Among African-American And Latin-American Low-Income Mothers, Silvia Domínguez, Celeste Watkins
Creating Networks For Survival And Mobility: Social Capital Among African-American And Latin-American Low-Income Mothers, Silvia Domínguez, Celeste Watkins
Silvia Domínguez
In this article, we examine the social networks of low-income mothers, using a conceptual framework that differentiates social networks that offer support from those that yield leverage. This ethnographic analysis pays particular attention to how respondents generate social capital to obtain resources for survival and social mobility. Respondents identified at least three issues beyond resource constraints that work alone or in combination to positively or negatively influence their use of family as sources of social support: physical proximity, reciprocity, and family tensions. We also explore the conditions under which respondents generate social support through friendships and non-profit institutions. We find …
Marlow, Mark Howard (Fa 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Marlow, Mark Howard (Fa 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 118. "Folk remedies and cures." Collection of folk cures and beliefs pertaining to infants and pregnant women, as well as the opinions of a pediatrician towards these practices.