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Desire, Difference, And Productivity: Reflections On “The Perverse Child” And Its Continued Relevance, Christopher Hewlett

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

This article is concerned with the relationships through which children have been born, raised, and made into Amahuaca people over the past 75 years, and within contemporary Native Communities on the Inuya River since their formation beginning in the 1980s. The process of making children into kin among Amahuaca people is similar to that described throughout much of lowland South America. The production, preparation, and sharing of proper food (manioc, plantains, fish, and game) as well as manioc beer are central aspects of sociality and the formation of specific kinds of bodies. While the processes of sharing substances, demonstrating care, …

The Beauty Of Hip-Hop Culture: Linguistic Connections Through Music, Poetry, And Literature, Aminah Patel

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis enters the developing conversation in the linguistic domain about the culture and struggles of the Black community. It explores the collectivist perspective of the Black community in the 20^th and 21^st century through the umbrella of Linguistics and its subfields. Collectively, the literary and musical works in this study demonstrates the frustrations of the Black community—including its correlation to antebellum slavery—the lamentations of oppression, which showcases in a collection of poems and their syntactical aspects, and the Black pride emulating from the societies. Despite the clear correlation between Hip-Hop culture and literary works from the early …

Sacred Music In Colonial Era Hispaniola: The Evangelization Of The Taino People, Tito J. Gutierrez

Student Theses

During the 15th-18th centuries, the major European religious orders; the Franciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits, and Jeronymites, journeyed to the newly colonized American territories in an attempt to convert the multitudes of natives peoples living there. Along with prayer books, crucifixes, and religious images, these missionaries brought sacred European music to American shores in an attempt to attract the native people to the Catholic faith.The use of music as a tool for conversion of native people in places such as Mexico, South America, California, and the South West United States, have been well researched and documented. However, the research of the spiritual …

Real Rap, Does Authenticity Even Matter In Hip Hop?, Amin Allam

Capstone Showcase

Rap and Hip hop has evolved tremendously since its inception. The collective genre has been catapulted to global influence, where in the United States it represents the largest genre based on market share. After reviewing the history of rap music there is a perceived relationship between hip hop and authenticity. To which the question arose of whether hip hop could maintain authenticity in a commercial sphere. To explore this relationship, after reviewing the literature on authenticity, a model of analysis created by Newman and Smith was used to explore 5years worth of data dealing with the Billboard top 100 list. …

A Fat Imposter: The Embodied Intersection Between Race, Body Type And Fatness In Margaret Cho’S Comedy, Julia Cox

Theses and Dissertations--Linguistics

Margaret Cho is a comedic goddess who, in her mockery, serves flaming hot social commentary about race, body image, and fatness. Within this thesis, I used critical discourse analysis to understand how Margaret Cho embodies Asianness, whiteness, and the body types and images prescribed respectively. While working on data analysis, I came across a common media trope of fat women: the use of indexically Southern (United States), Appalachian, and Working class indexicals in speech and lexical items. I connected the ideologies surrounding Southern and Appalachian language to the inequalities that fat women face. This voicing had not previously been written …

A Damn Short Prayer, Beth Jane Toren

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This poster presents a transcript poem created with murder tales in oral history recordings. Leveraging the creative arts of storytelling, transcript poetry and visual orality, the poster brings light and music to Appalachian storyteller voices in tales of shady murders.

The handout presents the poem with visual orality methods juxtaposed beside Standard English orthographic transcription, enabling a visual comparison, a link a video with graphic text and the original voice recordings, and brief readings about concepts and methods.

The Mothman And Other Strange Tales: Shaping Queer Appalachia Through Folkloric Discourse In Online Social Media Communities, Brenton Watts

Theses and Dissertations--Linguistics

Little work has been conducted on the intersections of queer and Appalachian identities, in part because these two identities are viewed as incompatible (Mann 2016). This study uses a multimodal critical discourse analytic approach to examine the Instagram posts of the Queer Appalachia Project, which represent a substantial body of discourse created by and for queer Appalachians. Of specific interest to this analysis are those posts which employ folkloric figures, such as West Virginia’s Mothman, to do identity work that is queer, Appalachian, and queer-Appalachian. Often, this act is accomplished through juxtaposition with Appalachian imagery and the reclamation of homophobic …

Scribblescholar Was Here: Confessional Notes Of A Vandal Academic, Clay Shields

Theses and Dissertations--English

As a (former) vandal-punk in the academy, I often fear succumbing to Ivory Tower Stockholm syndrome. The identities I perform, vandal-punk and scholar, ideologically clash to the point that they often feel irreconcilable. By codemeshing the high-low discourses associated with these adopted cultures, I attempt to disrupt any hierarchal privileging of either, instead searching for a way to live with and harness both.

Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent

Doctoral Dissertations

What do community interpreting for the Deaf in western societies, conference interpreting for the European Parliament, and language brokering in international management have in common? Academic research and professional training have historically emphasized the linguistic and cognitive challenges of interpreting, neglecting or ignoring the social aspects that structure communication. All forms of interpreting are inherently social; they involve relationships among at least three people and two languages. The contexts explored here, American Sign Language/English interpreting and spoken language interpreting within the European Parliament, show that simultaneous interpreting involves attitudes, norms and values about intercultural communication that overemphasize information and discount …

Prácticas De Lectoescritura En Los Exvotos, Maria Eugenia De Luna Villalón

Maria Eugenia De Luna Villalón

Prácticas de Lectoescritura en los Exvotos Abstract Maria Eugenia de Luna University of Western Ontario mdelunav@uwo.ca En este trabajo estudio las prácticas de lectoescritura en los exvotos, su producción y usos, tomando en cuenta que las prácticas de lectoescritura nos ayudan a tener una mejor idea del concepto de cómo se unen en la práctica la escritura y la lectura con las estructuras sociales. Un exvoto es un documento lleno de información tanto visual como narrativa y gracias a estos se puede decir que se tienen un acervo histórico popular, donde a través de los siglos podemos ver ilustrados y …

Letter From Harold C. Shank To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 18, 1961, Harold C. Shank

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Harold C. Shank addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 18, 1961. Within, Shank provides personal stories surrounding the holidays in Berks and Lancaster counties, including "Belsnickles," annual auctions, cherry trees and Santa Claus.

Note On Amish "Old Christmas", January 6, 1961, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten note on the reverse of a newspaper clipping from the Ohio Daily Record entitled, "'Old Christmas' Today Is Serious 2nd Holiday For Amish Residents Of Area", by Clif Bushnell and dated January 6, 1961. The note speculates about whether the Amish have always used this date or whether it was influenced by changes in the calendar.

Outline For An Article On Apple Butter, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten outline composed by Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated circa 1961. The list compiles various aspects of apple butter ranging from terminology and history to uses and appearances in rhymes and other literary forms.

Letter From Florence Baver To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 10, 1960, Florence Baver

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Florence Baver to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 10, 1960. Within, the author provides various anecdotes from the Lehigh County region, including humor stories and naming lore.

Letter From W. A. Weller To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 28, 1960, W. A. Weller

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from W. A. Weller addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 28, 1960. Within, Weller details the harmful consequences of working the farm on Ascension Day and Good Friday.

Letter From Lois Springer To The Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, February 16, 1960, Lois Springer

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Lois Springer addressed to the Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, dated February 16, 1960. Within, Springer inquires about an Amish bell she possesses in her personal collection and whether it found potential use in religious observations.

Notes From "Now And Then" Columns And The Devil In Bucks County, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A set of handwritten notes from a newspaper column and The Devil in Bucks County, compiled and transcribed by Alfred L. Shoemaker, dating from circa 1960. Within, Shoemaker details a variety of topics ranging from a character known as the "rag peddler" to an old verse from Dr. Thomas Wood's lecture book.

Letter From Robert A. Foster To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 21, 1959, Robert A. Foster

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Robert A. Foster addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 21, 1959. Within, Foster inquires about Shoemaker's potential help in composing an article on the topic of "bundling" for Woman's Day magazine.

Letter From Susie E. Robinson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 6, 1959, Susie E. Robinson

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Susie E. Robinson addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 6, 1959. Within, Robinson requests information regarding the practices of shunning and bundling within the current Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch communities.

Letter From Walter W. Horn To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 7, 1959, Walter W. Horn

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Walter W. Horn to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated October 7, 1959. Horn responds to Shoemaker's inquiry about the similarities between the California Barn and the Pennsylvania Barn and informs Shoemaker of research that might interest him.

Letter From William D. Pattison To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 20, 1959, William D. Pattison

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A letter from William D. Pattison to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 20, 1959. Within, Pattison informs Shoemaker of Walter Horn's lectures about the history of Western barns and how they may relate to Pennsylvania barns.

Notes From The Franklin Minerva, 1799, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten set of notes compiled by Alfred L. Shoemaker from the Franklin Minerva, originally dating from 1799. The notes concern the introduction of a new fashion of bonnets to ladies in a small village and their growing dissatisfaction with this fashion.

Letter From Lester Breininger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 9, 1959, Lester Breininger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter and enclosed set of typed note cards written by Lester Breininger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 9, 1959. Within, folk beliefs and sayings surrounding bees, bee stings and beeswax are compiled from the 1959 Kutztown Folk Festival as well as recipes for honey cookies and grafting wax.

Letter From George Allen To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 31, 1959, George Allen

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from George Allen addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 31, 1959. Within, Allen informs Shoemaker of a manuscript copy he acquired concerning a minister named Peter Stryker who traveled in the eastern United States in 1815.

Letter From Evelyn A. Benson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 14, 1959, Evelyn Benson

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Evelyn A. Benson addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 14, 1959. Within, Benson discusses a book called Christmas Holidays: Or a Visit at Home and provides a photograph depicting a "Belsnickel" from a New Year's Day event in Halifax Township in Pennsylvania.

Letter From John I. Rempel To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 5, 1959, John I. Rempel

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from John I. Rempel addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 5, 1959. Within, Rempel thanks Shoemaker for information about Pennsylvania barns and considers writing an article about the architecture of German settlers in Ontario.

Letter From Edmund B. Cairns To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 15, 1958, Edmund B. Cairns

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

In this typed letter to Alfred L. Shoemaker, Edmund B. Cairns highlights the lack of historical information regarding barns in Pennsylvania. He created a series of oil paintings with the intention to bring interest to Pennsylvania barns. Attached to the letter are five photographs of Cairns' work.

Letter From Mrs. William H. Hess To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 8, 1958, Mrs. William H. Hess

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter sent from Mrs. William H. Hess and addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 8, 1958. Within, Hess writes to inform Shoemaker that the information stated on a recent radio broadcast was correct in distinguishing Sand Tarts and A. Piece cakes or cookies.

Letter From Sallie B. Fox To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 3, 1958, Sallie B. Fox

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter sent from Sallie B. Fox to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 3, 1958. Within, Fox writes in response to a cookie inquiry made during Shoemaker's program. She includes the recipes for sand tarts and A. Piece cookies.

Letter From Cora Smith To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 3, 1958, Cora Smith

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter sent from Cora Smith addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 3, 1958. Within, Smith writes in response to claims made on Shoemaker's radio broadcast about cookies and provides her family's recipe for sand tarts and 'A piece' cookies.