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Social Capital And High School Football: A Game Plan For The Development Of Human And Cultural Capital, Blane R. Dobey
Social Capital And High School Football: A Game Plan For The Development Of Human And Cultural Capital, Blane R. Dobey
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The origin of this study was twofold: a concern for the lack of human and cultural capital in many of today's adolescents and a desire to understand the role that athletic participation plays in this situation. The focus of this study is to examine the development of human and cultural capital in the Black male adolescent as a result of his participation in the high school football program. This study is based on a year-long ethnography in three Miami-Dade County high school football programs. Specifically, the social capital and the resources it makes available in each football program was examined …
The Quincunx: A Theory Of Yucatec Maya Indigenous Identity, Juan Castillo Cocom
The Quincunx: A Theory Of Yucatec Maya Indigenous Identity, Juan Castillo Cocom
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
A major concern in Cultural Anthropology has been the question of change and continuity. In a world immersed in a process of globalization, with concomitant socioeconomic and political effects, the quest for ethnic reaffirmation, and indigenous identity, has increasingly become reconsidered by scholars from without and from within cultures under geared change. Indigenous identity is thus the main theme of this thesis, specifically based on ancient Maya cosmovision, which is applicable to the present-day Maya. This inquiry, by means of text interpretation of the Maya sacred books, the Popol Vuh and the Books of Chilam Balam, coupled with descriptive commentary …
Donde Esten Mis Hijos Alli Que Me Entierren. The Migration History Of Aura Lila Callejas, Linda M. Callejas
Donde Esten Mis Hijos Alli Que Me Entierren. The Migration History Of Aura Lila Callejas, Linda M. Callejas
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
"Adonde esten mis hijos alli que me entierren," presents the migration history of my great-aunt Aura Lila Callejas. This work utilizes the oral history method to examine one woman's migration experience in an attempt to identify various theoretical issues. Aura Lila's immigration experience sheds light on a number of different issues, including the reasons why people migrate and how they adapt to an entirely new and often frightening set of circumstances in the country of arrival. The oral history method has proven useful in presenting some of the ways in which structural factors combine with personal motivations to provide the …
The Other Side Of The Kitchen Door: Domestic Service In Lima, Peru, Elena Sabogal Bee
The Other Side Of The Kitchen Door: Domestic Service In Lima, Peru, Elena Sabogal Bee
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Domestic service refers to the work required to complete duties pertaining to the maintenance and functioning of the household, particularly when performed by employed labor. This study provides an ethnographic account of domestic service through an analysis of social behavior and cultural patterns. The participants in the social structure of domestic service are the señora (the lady of the house), her family, and the empleadas (domestic workers) all of whom have specific social identities and roles within the household. The señora/empleada dyad is central to the institution and all other participants are secondary. This study contributes to the growing body …
The Demands Of Globalization On The Lodging Industry, Laurence Geller
The Demands Of Globalization On The Lodging Industry, Laurence Geller
Hospitality Review
In this guest editorial the distinguished president and CEO of Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc., a leader in the lodging industry outlines his views in a paper written for the Review which was also delivered at the Credit Lyonnaise Lodging Converence in Paris in March of 1998.
Prospects Of The Hong Kong Tourism Industry, Rob Law, Catherine Cheung
Prospects Of The Hong Kong Tourism Industry, Rob Law, Catherine Cheung
Hospitality Review
Suggestions for future planning are offered to Hong Kong tourism practitioners and policy makers on the basis of estimated tourism demand, 1998 to 2007. The authors give an overview of the historical background of the Hong Kong tourism industry and use formal tourism forecasting techniques to estimate this demand.