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La Cocina Tradicional Indígena De Michoacán, Lorena Ojeda, Carmen Alicia Dávila

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A cultural study of the origins of cuisine from the P’urhépecha region, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, visible in contemporary cuisine and community practices. Considerations of agricultural products and cultural practices, related to traditional cuisine from the preHispanic to the contemporary era.

Estudio histórico y cultural de los orígenes de la cocina de la región p’urhépecha del estado mexicano de Michoacán a través de la cocina contemporánea y sus prácticas comunitarias. Consideraciones de productos agrícolas y prácticas culturales relacionadas con la cocina tradicional desde la época prehispánica hasta la contemporánea.

Cocinando La Nación: Representaciones Del Capital Cultural En Cocina Ecléctica, Rocí Del Águila

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This article analyzes cultural and gender politics, and the representation of food in Cocina ecléctica (1890). This unique cookbook, edited by Argentine writer Juana Manuela Gorriti, compiles recipes written by a group of prominent women figures and intellectuals in several countries of Spanish America. Following Pierre Bourdieu’s theory, Gorriti could be considered as an agent that accumulated cultural and social capital. Her cookbook created a space for feminist discourse, and introduced indigenous ingredients and cooking technologies in the sophisticated bourgeoisie cuisine of that era. By doing so, Gorriti and her collaborators proposed a criollo, or Spanish-American, cuisine capable of reformulating …

Social Determinants In Latino Diet And Health, Julie Collins-Dogrul, Kenia Saldaña

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This study problematizes generalized patterns in Latino diet and health after reviewing obesity and food consumption patterns by race and ethnicity gleaned from the social science and health science literature comparing Mexican-origin American, European-origin American, and African-American food consumption patterns, and summarizes data from the 2009/2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The data from these surveys describes the quantity of fruit, vegetables, grains, meat, and other foods consumed. We review the literature on social determinants of diet to study whether food environments, socioeconomic status, culture, nativity, and globalization shape dietary practices.

Culinary Mestizaje: An Afro-Latino Collective Sensory Memory, Meredith E. Abarca

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On the premise that culinary mestizajes express the complexity and often contradictory histories reflected in cultural values, this study examines historical, cultural, and symbolic stories that inform the foundation of a variety of Latino cuisines, with particular emphasis on African culinary influences on Latino food preparations. The purpose of the study is not to trace the history of any single food, but to consider the mnemonics of collective palate memories embedded in lived histories, and articulations of Claude Fischler’s idea of a “principle of tastes.”

Las Cocinas De México: Identidad Nacional Y Mestizaje Desde La Afrodescendencia, Hilda Irene Cota Guzmán

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A reflection on Mexican cuisine through the idea of national identity sui generis, which expands to analysis on mestizaje, ethnicity, and region, with particular focus on Afro-descendant influences from a “multicultural” gaze, and concluding with an analysis of Mexican cuisine and contemporary “Mexican-ness.”

Una reflexión sobre la cocina mexicana, en términos de identidad nacional sui generis, para ampliar concepciones sobre lo regional, el mestizaje y la etnicidad, particularizando el ejemplo de la afrodescendencia. Conjuntando una mirada multicultural, finaliza con la propuesta de unos conceptos sobre la cocina mexicana desde ideas sobre la mexicanidad en la actualidad.

Los Vendedores Ambulantes De Pilsen Y La Villita: Lo Formal De La Economía Informal, Francisco Piña

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A reflection on street cart vendors in the Pilsen and Little Village districts of Chicago, the products they sell, their backgrounds, hardships due to weather and municipal regulations, how they provide for families, and job training for other vendors.

Una reflexión sobre los vendedores ambulantes de los vecindarios de Pilsen y La Villita de Chicago, los productos que venden, sus historias, padecimientos por el clima y regulamentos municipales, y la manera en la que proveen sostén para las familias, y entrenamiento de otros vendedores.

Tacos And Coloniality: A Review Essay, Michael Soldatenko

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Two recently published books examine the concept of “Mexican food” in the U.S. and Mexico. Gustavo Arellano’s Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America (2012) provides a readable journalistic examination of Mexican food in the U.S., and Jeffrey Pilcher’s Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food (2012) offers an academic study of Mexican food presentations in a global setting by an established scholar. Each offers an entry for the field of Mexican food studies. This reading examines correlations of power in the colonial process and development of contemporary cuisine, drawing the conclusion that the concept of “Mexican food” is …

Green Chile And Flour Tortillas: The Making Of A Standard New Mexican Cuisine, Stephanie M. Sánchez

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Regional and ethnic cuisines result from generations of cultural mixing and adaptation. In the case of regional New Mexican cuisine, a food culture distinct from other southwestern diets, emerged since the colonial era, based on the central role of chile peppers, both green and red varieties. The mestizaje in preparations of such as flour tortillas, sopaipillas, and blue corn further defines New Mexican culinary traditions. The unique ingredients and cooking practices of New Mexico cuisine are assessed in this article as essential expressions of cultural identity and regional tourism, and are increasingly important to marketing and the agricultural industry.

Fotógrafo Adalberto Ríos Szalay, Adalberto Ríos Szalay

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Government Senior Executives' Perceptions Of Brain Drain On Leadership In The United States Virgin Islands, Shurla Jeffers-Knight

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Highly qualified individuals are leaving the Caribbean and relocating to the United States and other developed countries. Researchers describe this resulting flight of human capital, or brain drain, from the Caribbean as a problem which has no clear definition or immediate solution. This phenomenological study explored perceptions of government senior executives in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) of the cause and impact of brain drain. Burns' and Bass's transformational and transactional leadership theories were used as the framework for this study. Data were collected through a demographic questionnaire and semistructured interviews with a snowball sample of 10 participants. Data …

Deviant Politics: Hip Hop As A Form Of Resistance Against Hypercriminalization And Structural Violence, Selene Ines Diaz

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Deviant Politics: Hip Hop As A Form Of Resistance Against Hyper Criminalization And Structural Violence

Memory, State Violence, And Revolution: Mexico's Dirty War In Ciudad Juárez, Vanessa Claire Johnson

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

After the uprising that took place in Madera, Chihuahua on September 23, 1965, the first armed challenge to the state since the Mexican Revolution, the north became a region of historical significance for understanding the subsequent "Dirty War" that spanned from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Ciudad Juárez was a key locale in which a wide variety of revolutionary groups conducted both open and clandestine activities. Attempting to rouse the masses, a dedicated few organized protests, counter-meetings, popular assemblies, and launched a prepa popular to reorganize and democratize education. The Mexican state responded to these events with repression, …

Memoria, Espacio Y Lenguage En Rasgado De Lila Zemborain, Mariela Méndez

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

Con esta pregunta la hablante poética de Rasgado cierra su recorrido urbano en el poema titulado "1987 - septiembre 2001". El sitio/ escenario de las Torres Gemelas en New York City antes y después del atentado del 11 de septiembre de 2001 marca y demarca las coordenadas espacio-temporales de este diario poético cuyo proceso de composición la misma autora describe como de "documentación de un evento temible" "desde las imágenes, el ritmo y la f orma de un libro celebratorio" (10). Este es de hecho el único poema que visualmente reproduce en el espacio de la página la forma de …

Comunidades Y Relatos Del Libro En América Latina, Fernando Degiovanni

Publications and Research

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Las Madres De Plaza De Mayo, Then And Now: A Comparative Analysis Of Its Fractured Factions And Lasting Sybolism In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sondra Anton

Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters

I conducted research on three different factions of the original Madres de Plaza de Mayo cause in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Madres de Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora, and Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo. Through interviews and archival research, I have completed a comparison of the three groups. I have concluded that although their original cause of demanding the whereabouts of their disappeared children united them, they are now deeply fragmented among one another due to their differing opinions of how to achieve justice in post-Dirty War Argentina. Furthermore, it is interesting to note the …

Enhancing Workplace Productivity And Competitiveness In Trinidad And Tobago Through Ict Adoption, Kennedy Jerome Swaratsingh

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The productivity of Trinidad and Tobago's public sector workplaces is related to their absorptive capacity for technological adoption. Guided by the technology acceptance model, which suggests that individuals' and institutions' use of technology increases in relation to perceived ease of use and apparent value, this case study explored how Trinidad and Tobago used information and communications technology from 2001 - 2010 to improve public sector workplace productivity. Study data were collected from 22 individual interviews with senior executives from the government of Trinidad and Tobago, members of the e-business roundtable, and local industry experts, and from reviewing the archives of …

Latino Catholicism And Indigenous Heritage As A Subfield Of Latino Studies: A Critical Evaluation Of New Approaches, Elizabeth C. Martinez Ph.D.

Cultural Encounters, Conflicts, and Resolutions

Posed through critical theory on "third-space," and a brief history of Latin American Studies, this article pursues analysis of recent interdisciplinary scholarship in English, to delineate the emergence of a new subfield in Latina/o Catholicism, connected to greater understanding of Indigenous legacy. The article also demonstrates the path of study toward creation of a themed academic issue.

Faith, Works, And Praxis: Emergent Post-Colonialism And The Catholic Church In North America, Alexander Odicino

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

The personal papers of American Jesuit priest, Wilfrid Parsons, evince an international information war concerned with the praxis of "facts" pertaining to Mexico’s Church and state conflicts of 1925 to 1939. While editor-in-chief of the Jesuit weekly magazine, "America", (1925-1936) Parsons transformed the publication into the pre-eminent Catholic source of information about the "Mexican situation", consequently enabling him to coordinate the publication of "facts" with several other New York based Catholic publications. However, rather than speaking to strictly Catholic interests in the Mexican conflict, research has shown that, when analyzed as a focal point of information processing, the sources in …

Interpretative Ingredients: Formulating Art And Natural History In Early Modern Brazil, Amy Buono

Art Faculty Articles and Research

"In this article I look at two early modern texts that pertain to the natural history of Brazil and its usage for medicinal purposes. These texts present an informative contrast in terms of information density and organization, raising important methodological considerations about the ways that inventories and catalogues become sources for colonial scholarship in general and art history in particular."

A Case Study Of Information System Security Compliance Of Small Medical And Dental Practices, Debra Landry Folse

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Small medical and dental practices must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, and Title XIII Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The case study, utilizing interviews, observations, and existing documentation of two medical and the two dental practices, not only analyzed the compliance solution choices made involving procedures and technologies, but also analyzed the emotion aspects of fear of non-compliance, perceived confidence in compliance, and the primary and secondary appraisals of the compelled compliance. Although compliance is not an easy process, …