Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

International and Area Studies

Institution
Keyword
Publication Year
Publication
Publication Type
File Type

Articles 3631 - 3660 of 3855

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

Ua35/4 Annual Report, Wku International Programs Jan 1989

Ua35/4 Annual Report, Wku International Programs

WKU Administration Documents

Annual report of WKU International Programs & Projects for the year 1988-89.

Go to article

Ethnic Women Homesteading On The Plains Of North Dakota, H. Elaine Lindgren Jan 1989

Ethnic Women Homesteading On The Plains Of North Dakota, H. Elaine Lindgren

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Women as well as men took advantage of government land policies that encouraged settlement on the Great Plains. Researchers have replaced earlier stereotypes that emphasized the reluctance of women to participate in the settlement process by more dynamic and realistic conceptualizations that portray women as courageous, enthusiastic, and adventuresome. 1

Go to article

Review Of Among The Sioux Of Dakota: Eighteen Months' Experience As An Indian Agent, 1869-70, Elizabeth S. Grobsmith Jan 1989

Review Of Among The Sioux Of Dakota: Eighteen Months' Experience As An Indian Agent, 1869-70, Elizabeth S. Grobsmith

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

This brief narrative was written by DeWitt Clinton Poole, Indian agent at the Whetstone Agency in Dakota Territory from 1869 to 1870. In a rather extensive introduction, Raymond DeMallie describes the establishment of the Agency and the difficulties Poole encountered there and admonishes the reader about Poole's paternalistic and racist view of Indian life. DeMallie reports: "Among the Sioux of Dakota is not a memorable book for its insight into American Indian culture . . . Poole failed to achieve any understanding of Sioux religion, admitting that he could see in it only 'selfishness and vindictiveness'" (lii). But DeMallie rightfully …

Go to article

Review Of Renewing The World: Plains Indian Religion And Morality., J. Baird Callicott Jan 1989

Review Of Renewing The World: Plains Indian Religion And Morality., J. Baird Callicott

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Although at midcentury the distinguished anthropologist A. Irving Hallowell suggested a new field, "ethnometaphysics, " at the interface of philosophy and anthropology, there was no stampede to explore it. Philosophers for the most part remain Western cultural narcissists and chauvinists, while anthropologists labor to become scientifically "respectable."

Go to article

The Art Museum As Personal Statement: The Southwest Experience, Keith L. Bryant Jr Jan 1989

The Art Museum As Personal Statement: The Southwest Experience, Keith L. Bryant Jr

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The museum boom in this country since World War II has been easy to observe and document. Almost as many museums were constructed in the 1960s as in the previous two decades, and the erection or expansion of cultural palaces has continued into the 1980s. The rising importance of museums has been signaled not only by new buildings and massive additions but also by attendance figures. The leading public attraction in the United States is neither professional football nor baseball; it is the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This overwhelming public response is not limited to the …

Go to article

Review Of The Way To Independence: Memories Of A Hidatsa Indian Family, 1840-1920 And A Coloring Book Of Hidatsa Indian Stories: Based On The Life And Drawings Of Edward Goodbird, Joseph C. Porter Jan 1989

Review Of The Way To Independence: Memories Of A Hidatsa Indian Family, 1840-1920 And A Coloring Book Of Hidatsa Indian Stories: Based On The Life And Drawings Of Edward Goodbird, Joseph C. Porter

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The Way to Independence exhibition and catalog appeared in 1987 to mark the centennial of the passage of the Dawes Indian Severalty Act of 1887, legislation intended to "civilize" American Indians by abolishing tribes as legal entities and allotting reservation lands to individuals. With the disappearance of the tribal land base, proponents of the Dawes Act assumed that Indians would be compelled to "assimilate" into the mainstream of American life.

Go to article

Something Old, Something New : Marriage Customs Among The Druze In The Shouf Mountains Of Lebanon, Nancy Scarlette Beaini Jan 1989

Something Old, Something New : Marriage Customs Among The Druze In The Shouf Mountains Of Lebanon, Nancy Scarlette Beaini

Dissertations and Theses

The focus of this research was to obtain, specifically, data on the marriage customs of the Druze in the Shouf Mountains of southeastern Lebanon. Ten Druze informants were selected and classified according to sex, age, marital status and religious status (sheik/sheika). A detailed questionnaire was designed to use during the interviews with these informants. However, after two interviews, it became apparent that a variable questionnaire was necessary to take advantage of the new, richly-detailed, cultural information that emerged with each informant. New questions were developed, in the field, to reflect and gather this new ethnographic data on Druze marriage customs.

Go to article

Preparing Global Professionals, Alfred C. Aman Jan 1989

Preparing Global Professionals, Alfred C. Aman

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Doing Theology In An East European And Latin American Context, Ans J. Van Der Bent Nov 1988

Doing Theology In An East European And Latin American Context, Ans J. Van Der Bent

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Go to article

The Privacy Of Religion In The Self-Managing Society, Śpiro Marasović Jul 1988

The Privacy Of Religion In The Self-Managing Society, Śpiro Marasović

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Go to article

A Hungarian Christian-Marxist Dialogue And Its Lessons, József Lukács Jul 1988

A Hungarian Christian-Marxist Dialogue And Its Lessons, József Lukács

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Modern Society And Religious Liberties Contribution To The Christian -- Marxist Dialogue, Zdenko Roter May 1988

Modern Society And Religious Liberties Contribution To The Christian -- Marxist Dialogue, Zdenko Roter

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Miriam Kahn's Review Of Lenore Manderson's Shared Wealth And Symbol: Food, Culture, And Society In Oceania And Southeast Asia, Miriam Kahn Mar 1988

Miriam Kahn's Review Of Lenore Manderson's Shared Wealth And Symbol: Food, Culture, And Society In Oceania And Southeast Asia, Miriam Kahn

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Fall Newsletter 1988, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Jan 1988

Fall Newsletter 1988, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

UMSL Global

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Ua35/4 Annual Report, Wku International Programs Jan 1988

Ua35/4 Annual Report, Wku International Programs

WKU Administration Documents

Annual report of WKU International Programs & Projects for the year 1987-88.

Go to article

Current Trends In Method And Theory Of Ethnoarchaeological Research In Africa, E. Kofi Agorsah Jan 1988

Current Trends In Method And Theory Of Ethnoarchaeological Research In Africa, E. Kofi Agorsah

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

In the Social Sciences there is the need to imitate approaches that are based on properly organized theoretical and methodological frameworks. This also applies to ethnoarchaeology. It is from this perspective that this paper views current trends in the ethnoarchaeological enterprise as one that needs to be reviewed in order to give it a scientific touch that will carry it beyond the boundaries of mere accumulation of ethnographic data or the making of half-baked generalizations. Beyond such boundaries and with emphasis on explanation rather than description, the ethnoarchaeological enterprise can be considered systematic.

Go to article

Reservation Policy And The Economic Position Of Wichita Women, Carolyn Garrett Pool Jan 1988

Reservation Policy And The Economic Position Of Wichita Women, Carolyn Garrett Pool

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Early anthropological studies addressed the economic position of women as one component of women's "status"-a construct used to examine a variety of gender-based social distinctions. These distinctions were conceptualized as the opposing domains of "domestic" and "public." The association of women with the domestic domain was viewed as the critical factor in understanding asymmetrical relations of power and authority. Since status has generally been defined in terms of participation in the public, economic, and political sectors dominated by men, anthropologists have proposed alternatives to the strict association of power with public roles. They used the term "influence" to mean the …

Go to article

Symbols Of German-Russsian Ethnic Identity On The Northern Plains, Timothy J. Kloberdanz Jan 1988

Symbols Of German-Russsian Ethnic Identity On The Northern Plains, Timothy J. Kloberdanz

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

During the past two decades, the subject of ethnicity has provoked popular interest and a proliferation of research. Scholars from a variety of academic backgrounds have described, analyzed, and reassessed the importance of ethnic identity in our modern society. Yet in 1980, following the long-awaited appearance of theHarvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, the basic question "What is ethnicity?" remained a perplexing one. The volume's editors admitted that "there is as yet no consensus about the precise meaning of ethnicity" since the distinguishing characteristics of ethnic groups seldom can be forced into neat conceptual categories. 1 While certain …

Go to article

Review Of The Cheyenne Nation: A Social And Demographic History., Russel Lawrence Barsh Jan 1988

Review Of The Cheyenne Nation: A Social And Demographic History., Russel Lawrence Barsh

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

"Like every nation in the world," John Moore argues in this exceptionally candid and respectful study, "the Cheyenne have cosmopolitan origins." Building on the Cheyenne case, Moore convincingly challenges the persistent characterization of tribal societies as static "crystals" shattered by their collision with European states.

Go to article

Review Of Plains Folk: A Commonplace Of The Great Plains, Roger L. Welsch Jan 1988

Review Of Plains Folk: A Commonplace Of The Great Plains, Roger L. Welsch

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Plains Folk is a compilation of ninety-six human- interest essays written for a syndicated column published in newspapers from Texas to North Dakota. The reprinted columns deal with tidbits of history, folklore, agriculture, and humor from the plains region. The columns are brief and without documentation, as one would expect from a newspaper column.

Go to article

Structure Of Agriculture And Women's Culture In The Great Plains, Cornella Butler Flora, Jan L. Flora Jan 1988

Structure Of Agriculture And Women's Culture In The Great Plains, Cornella Butler Flora, Jan L. Flora

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

T he family farm has prevailed as a bastion of petty capitalism in the Great Plains. Although capital and labor are highly differentiated in the larger society, they are combined in the family production unit in Great Plains agriculture. In addition to being the economic base for much of the Great Plains from the settlement period onward, the family farm provided a cultural base from which a series of values emerged. Women were important in reproducing this culture that tended to stress agrarian values and the primacy of the family as building blocks for a community based on the values …

Go to article

Review Of Open Country, Iowa: Rural Women, Tradition And Change., Seena B. Kohl Jan 1988

Review Of Open Country, Iowa: Rural Women, Tradition And Change., Seena B. Kohl

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

This book adds to a neglected area of research, rural women. Through the use of reminiscence, census data, agricultural surveys, interviews, and observations during a year of residency in a rural Iowa county, Deborah Fink examines women's experience as members of a rural social system in which farming has been, until recently, considered a viable and valued opportunity, albeit a gender restricted occupation.

Go to article

Review Of Paper Medicine Man: John Gregory Bourke And His American West, Thomas William Dunlay Jan 1988

Review Of Paper Medicine Man: John Gregory Bourke And His American West, Thomas William Dunlay

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

John Gregory Bourke (1846-1896) is best known to students of the American West as the author of On the Border with Crook, a classic record of frontier military life. He was also, like certain other army officers, among the pioneers of American anthropology. Like his commanding officer, General George Crook, he was a critic of federal Indian policy and an advocate of the rights of American Indians. His biography is, therefore, much more than the record of a frontier soldier. He is worthy of study as a chronicler of Western campaigns, a dedicated scholar of Indian culture, and a …

Go to article

Music In The Funeral Traditions Of The Akpafu, V. Kofi Agawu Jan 1988

Music In The Funeral Traditions Of The Akpafu, V. Kofi Agawu

Publications and Research

"Nna lo senu kuwe, fie oresire somoloo?" ("Who laid a mat for him, so that he slept so deeply?") With this rhetorical question, the Akpafu of Southeastern Ghana initiate a period of public mourning occasioned by the death of one of their number.1 The philosophic significance of death in Akpafu culture is twofold. First, it marks the completion of the earthly cycle of existence, birth-circumcision-puberty-marriage-death. Second, it opens the door to a higher, spiritual realm in which the deceased, as an ancestor, takes his place alongside the lesser gods and the Supreme Being in the higher reaches of the hierarchy …

Go to article

The Freedom Of The Truth: Marxist Salt For Christian Earth, Wieland Zademach Dec 1987

The Freedom Of The Truth: Marxist Salt For Christian Earth, Wieland Zademach

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Go to article

The Uses Of Maya Structures: A Study Of Architecture And Artifact Distribution At Sepulturas, Copan, Honduras, Julia A. Hendon Oct 1987

The Uses Of Maya Structures: A Study Of Architecture And Artifact Distribution At Sepulturas, Copan, Honduras, Julia A. Hendon

Anthropology Faculty Publications

This dissertation presents a compositional analysis of the architecture and a distributional analysis of the associated artifacts resulting from excavation of some ninety buildings dating from the Late to Terminal Classic Period at the Maya site of Copan, Honduras. The study of all artifacts recovered from primary contexts, both in situ and redeposited, focuses first on a determination of their function, second on an analysis of their distribution within the site, and third on their associations with one another in order to identify the kinds of activities carried out at various locations. A second line of evidence used is the …

Go to article

Patricia Polansky's Review Of Elena Viktorovna Govor's Bibliografiia Avstralii, 1710-1983 (A Bibliography Of Australia, 1710-1983), Patricia Polansky Jul 1987

Patricia Polansky's Review Of Elena Viktorovna Govor's Bibliografiia Avstralii, 1710-1983 (A Bibliography Of Australia, 1710-1983), Patricia Polansky

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Song Texts And Their Performers: The Centerpiece Of Contemporary Lakota Identity Formulation, R. D. Theisz Apr 1987

Song Texts And Their Performers: The Centerpiece Of Contemporary Lakota Identity Formulation, R. D. Theisz

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

During the 1960s and 1970s both American Indians and non-Indians showed intense interest in and awareness of the Indian world, and many traditional activities became more popular. This boom atmosphere has waned in the late 1980s, and Indian youths and young adults have therefore changed the focus of their search for identity formulation. In this article, I have been concerned with an aspect of Lakota traditionalism that is being granted more and more significance in the Lakota scheme of things-traditional song and dance. I have based the article on my readings in ethnomusicological literature, my informal observations over many years …

Go to article

A Christian-Marxist Dialogue On A Just Society, Ans J. Van Der Bent Feb 1987

A Christian-Marxist Dialogue On A Just Society, Ans J. Van Der Bent

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Christians And Marxist Theory Of Human Liberation, Stanisław Kowalczyk Feb 1987

Christians And Marxist Theory Of Human Liberation, Stanisław Kowalczyk

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Go to article

First Prev Next Last