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Identities And Racial Attitudes Of South African And American Adolescents: A Cross-Cultural Examination, Timothy B. Smith, Christopher R. Stones Jan 1999

Identities And Racial Attitudes Of South African And American Adolescents: A Cross-Cultural Examination, Timothy B. Smith, Christopher R. Stones

Faculty Publications

Issues of group identity and prejudice have played a large role in the history of South Africa. This study examined differences among Xhosa-speaking Black, so-called Coloured, English-speaking White, and Afrikaans-speaking White adolescents within a context of social change. Data was collected from 818 high school students using a questionnaire that assessed aspects of these groups' perceptions of themselves (their identities), attitudes toward other racial groups (their prejudices), and beliefs about changes in the socio-political environment. Several statistically significant differences between the groups were found. Comparative analyses on identity and attitude variables performed with 263 White American adolescents were also statistically …

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Bilingual Creativity, Multidimensional Analysis, And World Englishes, Wendy Baker, William G. Eggington Jan 1999

Bilingual Creativity, Multidimensional Analysis, And World Englishes, Wendy Baker, William G. Eggington

Faculty Publications

Research in world English literatures has concentrated on qualitative measures of analysis in order to understand what is meant by `bilingual creativity.' These measures demonstrate that there are differences in rhetorical and literary style within world English literatures both in the inner and outer circle. Using Biber's multidimensional analysis (1988) to examine a large corpus of world English literatures written in Indian, West African, Britain, Anglo-American and Mexican American varieties of English, this paper examines whether quantitative analyses can also be insightful and useful in the examination of world English literatures in expanding our understanding of what `bilingual creativity' entails. …

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Sulfide Effects On Thalassia Testudinum Carbon Balance And Adenylate Energy Charge, James M. Erskine Jan 1999

Sulfide Effects On Thalassia Testudinum Carbon Balance And Adenylate Energy Charge, James M. Erskine

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Sulfide accumulation in carbonate sediments of tropical seagrass communities may be responsible for widespread die-back of Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay. Root hydroponic chambers were used to determine the effects of below-ground exposure to 0.0, 2.0, 4.0, 6.0, and 10.0 mM sulfides. T. testudinum ATP, energy charge, photosynthesis and growth responses were determined after 48 h under light saturation. Root ATP, energy charge and adenylate ratios were all significantly reduced (P < 0.05) when exposed to 2.0-10.0 mM sulfides. Leaf elongation rates declined by an average of 43% in the 2.0-6.0 mM treatments and 63% in the 10.0 mM treatment. Although root energy charge, ATP production and leaf elongation rates declined after sulfide exposure, concentrations up to 10.0 mM failed to produce visual signs of sulfide toxicity or mortality. Photosynthesis and leaf EC remained high after sulfide treatments, suggesting a resilience of T. testudinum to short-term sulfide exposure.

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Vampire Films And The Social Construction Of Whiteness, Michael Anthony Mcqueen Jan 1999

Vampire Films And The Social Construction Of Whiteness, Michael Anthony Mcqueen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

This thesis explores the manner in which whiteness is represented and constructed in Western media through analysis of six narrative films about vampires. The study hypothesizes that vampire films have been underexamined as a site of contestation over the meanings of racial differences because they have been considered a "white" genre. Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding model is used as the principal methodology, but other theories (e.g. semiotics) are used to explore the subtexts of the films. The study pays attention to the historical moment of the films' production and explores instances where race works in tandem with gender to construct Others.

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Integrity Of The Individualism-Collectivism Cultural Syndromes Under Conditions Of Social Change, Jose Hiram Santiago Jan 1999

Integrity Of The Individualism-Collectivism Cultural Syndromes Under Conditions Of Social Change, Jose Hiram Santiago

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

This study was an attempt to examine the validity of the view that the constructs of individualism and collectivism (I-C) are coherent "cultural syndromes." It was hypothesized that different "probes" of these syndromes within the psychological domain of attribution patterns could show divergent I-C characters in a culture under conditions of social change. Ninety-eight university students from the United States and Puerto Rico were administered the Singelis, Triandis, Bhawuk, and Gelfand I-C Scale, Rotter's I-E Scale, and Miller and Luthar's (1989) justice-related moral accountability vignettes. Contrary to expectation, the Puerto Rican sample was found to be less external in locus …

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Investigating "The X-Files": Fandom And The Creation Of Meaning In Cyberspace, Jenna L. Felder Jan 1999

Investigating "The X-Files": Fandom And The Creation Of Meaning In Cyberspace, Jenna L. Felder

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

This thesis focuses on the fandom surrounding the FOX network's hit show, The X-Files, via a long term study of an America Online site specifically devoted to the show. The primary focus is on audience opinions in relation to gender issues. Specific topics of analysis include why The X-Files is so popular with fans, the different types of episodes exhibited in season six, the character of Dana Scully, Mulder and Scully's platonic yet sexually charged relationship, and the contribution the Internet has made to the development of the fan community. The analysis finds that, although the show is targeted toward …

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Media Literacy And Hegemony: A Textual Analysis Of The Promotional Materials Offered By The Media Literacy Movement, Susan Ellen Holt Jan 1999

Media Literacy And Hegemony: A Textual Analysis Of The Promotional Materials Offered By The Media Literacy Movement, Susan Ellen Holt

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

We are living in a society where the commercial imperative of the mass media rather than the public interest is shaping our cultural environment. In response to the deleterious consequences of this phenomenon, many educators, parents, and community and religious groups are promoting the teaching of media literacy. This study looks for signs of hegemonic containment within the Media Literacy Movement, and delineates why an understanding of the political-economic implications of media institutions is vital in developing an effective media literacy program. The study concludes that the diversity found in the promotional texts of the Media Literacy Movement generally reflects …

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Representations Of Values And Myths: A Narrative Analysis Of Three Television Domestic Situation Comedies, Stacy Caryn Seiser Jan 1999

Representations Of Values And Myths: A Narrative Analysis Of Three Television Domestic Situation Comedies, Stacy Caryn Seiser

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

One episode each of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Home Improvement, and Grace Under Fire was analyzed in attempt to understand how the episodes function of myth. Each of the domestic situation comedies, which consist of different types of families, present the myth of rite of passage. The episodes serve as a perceptual system; they rejuvenate a culture's reality; they appeal to our emotions; and they serve as exemplary models. The episodes were analyzed also to discern how different types of television families represent the values of rationality and emotionality. This analysis takes a narrative approach to consider the narrative probability …

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Resisting The Others: Gender, Multiculturalism, And Social Identity In "Alien Resurrection", Joseph W. Sowers Jan 1999

Resisting The Others: Gender, Multiculturalism, And Social Identity In "Alien Resurrection", Joseph W. Sowers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

Despite increasing racial diversity, the growth of multicultural awareness, and constantly changing ideas regarding gender roles in the United States, some Hollywood films still, directly and indirectly, stereotype "others" via images. Through methods of ideological film criticism, genre analysis of the science fiction film, some feminist theory and psychoanalysis, and the theory of the cyborg, this thesis argues that the Hollywood film Alien Resurrection is a cultural text which promotes racism, sexism, and Eurocentrism. Various film techniques, narrative elements, characters along with their development, and other aspects of the film serve to stereotype and confine those with multiple social identities.

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Bodies From The Darkside: Paradoxes Of Female Anatomy In The Rena Issance, Lana. Thompson Jan 1999

Bodies From The Darkside: Paradoxes Of Female Anatomy In The Rena Issance, Lana. Thompson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999

The body in anthropo logy represents more than a phys ical endpoint of human evolution. It is both the template for cultural imprint, and a symbol that communicates cultural information. ln the context of the Renaissance as an ethnographic e ntity, th e status of women is examined through two kinds of images: anatomic and fine art. Although the Renaissance is generally heralded as a boundary between medieval superstition and humanism, with its improvement in the quality of life, few scholars have examined if that change applied to women. Using Kelly-Gadol's thesis that women did not have a renaissance in …

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Perceptions Of Web Site Design Characteristics: A Malaysian/Australian Comparison, R. Laupase Jan 1999

Perceptions Of Web Site Design Characteristics: A Malaysian/Australian Comparison, R. Laupase

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The study compared the perceptions of Malaysians, representing Asian culture, and Australians, representing Western culture, for four Web design characteristics (atmospherics, news stories, signs, products and services), as part of the Integrated Internet Marketing model. Under controlled laboratory conditions, two groupings of thirty subjects evaluated eight Web sites in the retail and services sectors located equally in Malaysia and Australia. This study hypothesised that the predominant culture would not be generalised to another culture. Significant differences found for Web design characteristics were typically for one site only and not across all sites. In other words, consistent differences did not eventuate. …

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