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"Too Immoral To Be Narrated By A Woman": Censoring Erotic Fiction Of Arab Women Writers In Girls Of Riyadh And Distant View Of A Minaret And Other Stories, Muhammed Salem

Comparative Woman

In the Arab world, bargaining with censorship has been an ongoing struggle for writers, particularly female authors. How could we explain that only male writers were allowed to discuss sexuality in the Arabic canon, insofar as female characters are portrayed as passive sexual objects? Are Arab women writers victims of double censorship? One is imposed on their fellow male writers, and another is tacit censorship which judges women’s morality based on their writing. Girls of Riyadh (2007) by Saudi novelist, Rajaa Abdullah Alsanea, and Distant View of the Minaret and Other Stories (1987) by Egyptian novelist, Alifa Rifaat, are two …

Interculturality, Creolization, And Globalization In "Ángeles Nómadas" By Minelys Sánchez, Cecily Bernard

Comparative Woman

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Madness As Response To Inherent Cultural Conflicts In Anglophone Fiction From 1700 To 2020, Anna Klambauer

Comparative Woman

Madness in literature has a long and colourful history. While its representation varies significantly in different literary periods, madness is nonetheless a consistent theme responding to inherent conflicts of civilisation. Thus, in the eighteenth-century novel, madness is subdued and forced to express itself in the language of rationality, while in the nineteenth century the theme becomes increasingly subversive. In the form of the madwoman trope (Gilbert and Gubar 1979), madness is simultaneously a reaction to restrictive patriarchal norms, and a frame in which the gender conflicts of the time can be safely and effectively played out. In the twentieth century, …

A Dance Of Resistance: The Puerto Rican Bomba As A Means To Challenge Intersections Of Discrimination On The Island, Daniel Loving

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis examines the Puerto Rican Bomba as a multifaceted cultural and political phenomenon, focusing on its pivotal role in challenging and subverting the enduring issues of racial and gender discrimination on the Island. Drawing from an interdisciplinary framework that encompasses cultural studies, anthropology, history, performance and film studies, this research elucidates the complex interplay between Bomba's rhythmic and choreographic elements, its historical evolution, and its contemporary significance in the context of Puerto Rico's sociopolitical landscape. By analyzing Bomba's historical roots in African and indigenous traditions, its adaptation during colonial and post-colonial eras, and its ongoing relevance in the struggle …

Measuring The Effect Of Bipartisan Support For Foreign Policy Initiatives In The Senate On U.S. Policy Success, Emily Fitkin

Honors Theses

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Changes In Girls’ Educational Opportunities In Former Afrique Occidentale Française (Aof) States Since Independence (1960), Claire Inderkummen

Honors Theses

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Influence Of Climate Change On Immigration Rates In Honduras Internally And Internationally, Revathi Menon

Honors Theses

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Trump’S Trade War: An Economic And Diplomatic Analysis From A Louisianan’S Perspective, Logan P. Berthelot

Honors Theses

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Democracy’S Effect On Attributes Of Transnational Terrorism, Alice Epley

Honors Theses

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Early Foundational Cultures Of Modern Spain, Emily Webre

Honors Theses

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The One – Way (Agri)Cultural Mirror: A Case Study Of How Young Agriculturalists Understand And Experience Culture, Janiece M. Pigg

LSU Master's Theses

As the global economy continues to transform how society operates, cultural competence has become a buzzword in education, professional development, research, government, and healthcare (Gay, 1994; Gallus et al., 2014). Cross et al. (1989) developed the most accepted definition of cultural competence: “a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals and enable that system, agency, or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations” (p. 13).

Despite this, little to no research has been devoted to understanding cultural competence in agriculture. Thus, a need emerged to describe the cultural competence …

Social Determinants Of Health: Analyzing Access Barriers In Healthcare For Hispanic/Latinx Immigrants In East Baton Rouge Parish, Abigail Dorow

Honors Theses

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The Impact Of Isolation And Quarantine Policy Strategy On The Prevention Of Covid-19 Transmission And Death: A Segmented Regression Analysis Of Interrupted Time Series Data In Scandinavia And The American South, Samantha L. Beekman

Honors Theses

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Understanding The Impact Of Psychological Empowerment, Workplace Motivation, And Social Capital On The Job Performance Of Farmers In Honduras: A Mixed Methods Study, Susan Lale Karimiha

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

A farmer’s job performance is critical to the production of raw materials such as food, fiber, and fuel and is therefore an important concern for individuals, businesses, and economies across the world. The literature on improving farmers’ job performance has focused more on introducing new technologies, and less on the psychosocial factors that improve job performance. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the impact of psychological empowerment, workplace motivation, and social capital on farmers’ job performance in Honduras.

A mixed methods approach was used to collect and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data. For quantitative data, a …

The Growth Of Louisiana’S English Language Learners And Policy Implementation In The East Baton Rouge Parish School System, Sarah Terracciano

Honors Theses

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"La Llorona": Evolución, Ideología Y Uso En El Mundo Hispano, Raquel Sáenz-Llano

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis studies the evolution, ideology and use of the myth of La Llorona through time in the Hispanic World. Considering this myth as one of the most known traditional narratives of the American continent, I begin by providing visual, ethnohistorical and ethnographical insights of weeping in Mesoamerica and South America and the specific mention of a weeping woman in some Spanish chronicles to say how western values were stablished in “the new continent” through this legend. I suggest that during the postcolonialism the legend did not tell anymore about a mother that cries and search a place for their …

A Systematic Review Of Post-Migration Facilitators And Barriers To Integration Among Muslim Refugees In The United States, Sarah Elizabeth Mähler

Honors Theses

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Foreign Aid And Political Stability In Post-Colonial Africa: A Case Study Analysis, Justine Biettron

LSU Master's Theses

Is foreign aid helpful or harmful in African countries? Even though scholars have tried to answer this question for decades, it is still unclear if foreign aid has efficiently helped the African continent to overcome the challenges that arose with the end of Colonization. A priority for the African countries was to reorganize the institutions in order to reestablish autonomous and stable system of governance. An important amount of help for this reconstruction has come from external actors, that have been referred to in the literature as foreign aid. In this paper, I seek to test the relationship between the …

Trade-Related Job Loss, Support For Trade, And Vote Choice In The 2016 Presidential Election, Hannah Lukinovich

Honors Theses

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Producing "Fabulous": Commodification And Ethnicity In Hair Braiding Salons, Sylviane Ngandu-Kalenga Greensword

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Black women wearing fabulous braids are a striking feature of the Afro-diasporic cultural landscape. However, the braiders and salon owners who enable this aesthetic engineering are seldom acknowledged. This dissertation investigates the experience and role of Caribbean and West and Central African women in the hair braiding industry, a rapidly growing business in the U.S. I address the complexity of these women’s multiple social roles and the multiple consciousness (King, 1988) associated with their demographic characteristics (color, ethnicity, gender, nationality, and immigrant status). The commonalities between the braiders and their mostly African American customers contrast vividly with their perception of …

Humanity, The Interplanetary Species. The Legality Of Colonizing Space., Zachary S. Miller

Honors Theses

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Global Disconnect: Drug Trafficking And The Failure Of International Enforcement, Melissa Wheeler

Honors Theses

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Islam In France And Germany: A Comparative Study Of The Immigrant Religion’S Experience In The State Sphere, Kristen Callais

Honors Theses

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The “Arab Spring” In The Discourse Of The Western Media, Logan De La Barre-Hayes

Honors Theses

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The Effects Of The Arab Spring On Security Concerns In Yemen: An Analysis Of The Houthis, The Southern Movement, And Al Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula, Rachel Beard

Honors Theses

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The Question Of Development: A Case Study Of The Bui Hydropower Project, Virginia Richard

Honors Theses

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Tools For A Greater Union: The Implications Of The Lisbon Treaty For The European Union, Lacy Hebert

Honors Theses

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Citizenship, Social Protest, And Possible Foundations For Institutionalizing Conflict Resolution In China, Aubrey Kenton Thibaut

Honors Theses

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The Role Of Norms In Un Peacekeeping Operations: European Union Member States And Collective Identity Formation, Sarah Gates

Honors Theses

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L’Immigration Aux Etats-Unis Et En France: Discours Politiques Et Realités Sociales, Katelyn Wannage

Honors Theses

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