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Pvc-Cat-004-D-011-002b-Cand, Alicia Ebbitt

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvc-Lot-027-A-003, Christian Wells

Four Valleys Archive

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Cultural Commentary: The Pied Piper Of Parmenter Street - The Philanthropic Work Of F. Holland Day, Patricia J. Fanning

Bridgewater Review

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Center For The Advancement Of Research And Teaching, Patricia J. Fanning

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Fisk Patent Coffins Recovered At The Buzzard Family Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina, Jonathan Leader, Valerie Marcil, Gene Norris

Faculty & Staff Publications

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Aids In Jamaica: The Grim Reality Of Hiv/Aids In Rural Jamaica, Diana Fox

Bridgewater Review

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The Bombay Boys Of Mira Nair, Firdaus Kanga And Ardashir Vakil, John C. Hawley

English

The valorization of traditional sources that has come to be termed nativism has a broad politics that can distort the historical record by romanticizing the past. When Leopold Senghor or Amilcar Cabral speak of a "national culture"1 as the source for post-independence development and Frantz Fanon warns against the exoticization of "native"2 culture, the contours of the argument seem to be obvious: critics in one camp seek first to counter colonial cultural dominance; critics in the other camp wish to temper such rejection with a "domestication" of European culture. Westerners, even well-meaning ones, can get caught in related entanglements when …

Fay Weldon's Late Bloomers And Comedy And A Lawyer, A Vet, And A Couple Of Dogs, One Of Them Dead, Susan Rote Siferd

Dissertations

Creative dissertation begins with a critical study of comedy as Weldon employs it in her novels of marriage, infidelity, and divorce. Traditionally, comedy ends in marriage; Weldon's dark comedies end in self-understanding as a necessary prerequisite to growth and possible future relationship. However, Weldon does not celebrate divorce. She recognizes the impact on women's lives of historic period, world events, and their own female nature. An avowed feminist, Weldon yet refuses to blame men for women's problems, but insists that while women struggle against sexism, they often conform to it. If there is no genre designation comparable to "bildungsroman" for …

Aging Beauty: The Adaptive Reconstruction Of The Aging Process In Women, Sheila Marie Bluhm

Dissertations

The youth-based, patriarchal culture in which we live bestows valuable status, power and prestige upon young, beautiful women. Within the standards of this society, the natural aging process progressively deteriorates a woman's beauty, and, therefore, her social worth. A vast network of media and societal messages prompt middle-aged women to react to this devaluation. Several pathways or behavioral alternatives are available as reactions, adaptive reconstructions, and/or the medicalization of the aging process in women. The goal of this sociological/gerontological exploratory research is to identify, examine, label, and categorize the multiple options available to midlife women.

The primary method used for …

Terence N. D'Altroy, The Incas, Sabine Hyland

Colonial Latin American Historical Review

No abstract provided.

British Travel Writing About The Americas, 1820-1840: Different And Differentiating Views, Frank Lauterbach

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article, "British Travel Writing about the Americas, 1820-1840: Different and Differentiating Views," Frank Lauterbach analyzes representations of the United States and South America in British travel writing of the post-Monroe years. His analysis rests on examples from two travelogues by Basil Hall, written in 1824 and 1829, respectively. Lauterbach discusses three related points: 1) Intent on overcoming the colonial affiliation with Anglo-American culture, British travelers try to establish a clear (romance of) difference between themselves and the United States, they employ a post-colonial rhetoric that stresses the strangeness rather than likeness of America; 2) Ironically, US-American responses to …

Living Together As An Intercultural Task, Roland Hagenbüchle

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article, "Living Together as an Intercultural Task," Roland Hagenbüchle explores the multi-faceted challenges we face in a multicultural world. At the same time, he refers the reader to a survey of recent studies indispensable to an informed investigation of this topic. After analyzing the various options for coming to terms with life in multicultural societies and paying special attention to John Rawls' global model of justice as fairness and Martha C. Nussbaum's concept of a good life (based on the capability model), Hagenbüchle advances the transcultural concept of personhood as a non-hegemonic starting point for a dialogic intercultural …

An Introduction To Intercultural Negotiations In The Americas And Beyond, Barbara Buchenau, Marietta Messmer

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

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Exploring The Social Dimensions Of Grog-Temper Use At The Ink Bayou Site (3pu252): A Plum Bayou Culture Site In Central Arkansas, Eric Chadwick Drake

Masters Theses

This thesis explores the social implications involved with the technological decision to use grog (crushed potsherds) as a ceramic tempering agent by potters affiliated with the Plum Bayou culture of central Arkansas. The analytical technique of point-counting ceramic thin sections is used to search for patterns of grog-temper use at a single Plum Bayou culture site, the Ink Bayou site (3PU252). While the thermal properties of grog-temper may help to explain the variability of use observed at the Ink Bayou site, the social implications of producing grog-tempered pots are best illuminated by the sequence of productive operations employed by the …

Mapping 'New' Geographies Of Religion: Politics And Poetics In Modernity, Lily Kong

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This article reviews geographical research on religion in the 1990s, and highlights work from neighbouring disciplines where relevant. Contrary to views that the field is incoherent, I suggest that much of the literature pays attention to several key themes, particularly, the politics and poetics of religious place, identity and community. I illustrate the key issues, arguments and conceptualizations in these areas, and suggest various ways forward. These 'new' geographies emphasize different sites of religious practice beyond the 'officially sacred'; different sensuous sacred geographies; different religions in different historical and place-specific contexts; different geographical scales of analysis; different constitutions of population …

Citizenship And Migration: Globalization And The Politics Of Belonging. Stephen Castles And Alastair Davidson.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Stephen Castles and Alastair Davidson, Citizenship and Migration: Globalization and the Politics of Belonging. New York: Routledge, 2000. $85.00 hardcover, $22.95 papercover.

Trends. Logic Limitations And Missile Defense, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the limitations of logic in truth-finding using public discourse on national missile defense as an example.

Communication And Shared Reality: Implications For The Psychological Foundations Of Culture, Ivy Yee-Man Lau, Chi-Yue Chiu, Sau-Lai Lee

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Lau et al present a conceptualization of the evolution of shared beliefs from individual interactions, focusing on the role of communication. They argue that the reciprocal relationship between shared reality and communication enables the development of systems of social representations at an individual level.

Webbing Egypt: An Ethnographic Insight Into Levels Of Imagination Surrounding The Production Of Web Sites, Ivan Panovic

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is an ethnographic description of practices of the producers of Egypt-based and Egypt-related websites.

Archaeobotanical Evidence For Pearl Millet (Pennisetum Glaucum) In Sub-Saharan West Africa, A. C. D'Andrea, M. Klee, Joanna Casey

Faculty Publications

Examines the association of domesticated pearl millet recovered at the archaeological site of Birimi in northern Ghana with the Kintampo cultural complex. Description of the Birimi site; Identifications of the Birimi pearl millet specimens; Features of the Birimi pearl millet.

Contract And Grant Awards Fiscal Year 2001, Office Of The Vice President For Research

Office of the Vice President for Research

I invite you to read this report Contract and Grant Awards FY 2001, which lists contract and grant awards received by the University of New Mexico (UNM) during the period from July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2001. These awards represent new funds that were acquired during FY01 by the main campus, branch campuses and education centers, and the Health Sciences Center (HSC). The HSC includes the School of Medicine, College of Nursing and College of Pharmacy. The awards received for FY01 total $235.7M, of which $147.2M is attributed to the main campus and $88.5M to HSC. These awards assist …

Faculty Senate Degree Candidates, Summer 2001, Vol 28, P 360-416, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

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Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A list of books recenlty received by Michigan Law Review.

Change Among Bedouins: An Exploratory Study In El-Hammam, Egypt, Neveen Gorgy Dawoud Azmy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

This research was triggered by an interest in examining the changes that took place in Bedouin communities, especially when it comes in the framework of a development process. The existing writings on this topic are divided into two camps: one maintains that change within Bedouin communities was very minimal, and to a great extent inconsequential, whereas, the other argues that changes therein were quite considerable. This thesis, through examining the local Awlad 'Ali community of el­Hammam, holds the latter view. Thus, the research traces the recent changes in their area and compares and contrasts the changes that their society has …

Learning To Serve-Serving To Learn, Anne E Zaki

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Western News, May 31, 2001, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Heinigs to lead centennial celebration efforts; awareness campaign to be launched this summer, Three WMU students capture prestigious Down Beat awards, Firm partnering with University to train pilots for European airlines, Borish chosen for committee; to present three papers abroad, Delene tapped for position as vice provost, International convention draws horn players from around the world, On Campus with Barb Wygant, Gershon examines telecom industry in book, Speaker to discuss his personal struggle with little-known disorder, HUD grant funding multilevel project to improve quality of life in city of Benton Harbor.

Pvc-Cat-007-F-018-002-Fwo, Juliana Novic

Four Valleys Archive

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Early Public Participation And Support For A Brownfields Redevelopment Project : A Study On Perth Amboy, Leena A. Raut

Theses

Public participation is an important aspect of brownfields redevelopment. Because brownfields are a localized issue, those most affected by a site should have a say in its redevelopment. Both the process of redevelopment and the final outcome must measure the success of a brownfields project.

Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in conjunction with the Middlesex County Vocational School System, is in the process of preparing former brownfields land into a new vocational -technical high school. Residents were notified after the decision had been made, rather than be included from the start of the decision-making process. Residents within a 500-foot radius were …

The Guardian, May 5, 2001, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty-four page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 5, No. 43 May 27, 2001, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2001

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