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I'Ll Take My Land: Contemporary Southern Agrarians, Suzanne W. Jones

English Faculty Publications

For many earlier southern white writers, the southern rural landscape was the repository of nostalgia for lost ways of life, whether it was the plantation fantasy that Thomas Nelson Page pined for in his stories In Ole Virginia (1887) or the segregated agrarian ideal that many contributors yearned for in I'll Take My Stand (1930). For modern southern white writers, beginning most prominently with William Faulkner, the rural landscape has conjured up unsettling guile about a way of life that flourished on the backs of the black people who tilled that land. And not surprisingly, for many black writers the …

Passing As Danzy Senna, Bertram D. Ashe, Danzy Senna

English Faculty Publications

Caucasia, written by Danzy Senna, is part of a growing sub-genre of African-American novels, some of which announce their themes by their titles: White Boys, by Reginald McKnight; The White Boy Shuffle, by Paul Beatty; The Last Integrationist, by Jake Lamar; and Negrophobia, by Darius James, to name a few. Caucasia is a "Post-Soul" novel that explores the world of "mullatos" - both cultural and racial. But even though artists such as Kara Walker, photographer Lorna Simpson, and essayist Lisa Jones also explore the vicissitudes of post-Civil Rights Movement Black identity, in Black fiction its …

Book Review: The Mormon Question: Polygamy And Constitutional Conflict In Nineteenth-Century America, Terryl Givens

English Faculty Publications

Polygamy makes for fascinating social history and for best-selling potboilers as well. This study by Sarah Barringer Gordon, who teaches both law and history at the University of Pennsylvania, is the first attempt to write a full-length legal history of “the Principle.” It turns out that even in this dry-as-dust genre, polygamy fuels a very dynamic story indeed, one that reveals the rich malleability of the Constitution, the endless resourcefulness of determined guardians of public morality, and the resilience of a peculiar people committed to the practice of plural marriage.

2002-2003 Undergraduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

Anti-Trafficking Programs In South Asia: Appropriate Activities, Indicators And Evaluation Methodologies, Dale Huntington

Reproductive Health

Throughout South Asia, men, women, boys, and girls are trafficked within their own countries and across international borders against their wills in what is essentially a clandestine slave trade. The Congressional Research Service and the U.S. State Department estimate that between 1 to 2 million people are trafficked each year worldwide with the majority originating in Asia. Root causes include extreme disparities of wealth, increased awareness of job opportunities far from home, pervasive inequality due to caste, class, and gender bias, lack of transparency in regulations governing labor migration, poor enforcement of internationally agreed-upon human rights standards, and the enormous …

Reforming Epa's Organizational Structure: Establishing An Adaptable Agency Through Eco-Regions, Paul S. Weiland, Robert O. Vos

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Heavenly Books Of Life And Of Human Deeds, Angel Manuel Rodriguez

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Marriage And Covenant: Reflections On The Theology Of Marriage, Loron Wade

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Holism, Hermeneutics, And Heterophenomenology: A Critique Of Daniel Dennett's Intentional Stance, George Fletcher

All Volumes (2001-2008)

Heterophenomenology downplays the reality of the internal experiential aspects of consciousness in deference to an intentional, language-based model of consciousness that places emphasis on the neutral acceptance of the speech reports of subjects as the basis for understanding consciousness – thus placing the foundations of consciousness in a physical, monistic (physical sans soul), computational device (the brain). I shall argue that this methodology can be seen as a form of empathic extrapolation of self-understanding onto the other in dialogue, akin to the work of early hermeneutics. 11 This methodology is closely tied in with a contemporary connectionist conception of computability …

There's Got To Be A Better Way: Retribution Vs. Restoration, Jenna Lopes

All Volumes (2001-2008)

By examining the historical treatment of punishment and the results of those practices, we can more accurately diagnose the problems and prescribe the proper remedies. It is time that we focus on healing instead of simply treating the symptoms with catastrophic intervention. As with medicine, if a problem is detected and treated early the probability of recovery and a healthy life are much higher than beginning treatment after the body has become critically ill. I propose a holistic approach to the problem of crime and punishment and here, specifically, focus on the alternative to current correctional practices. The practice of …

Promoting Effective Ethical Infrastructure In Large Law Firms: A Call For Research And Reporting, Elizabeth Chambliss, David B. Wilkins

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

Lawyer Ethics Code Drafting In The Twenty-First Century, Nancy J. Moore

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Critical Inquiry Into The Traditional Uses Of Law School Evaluation, Steven Friedland

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.

Framing Intelligibility, Identity And Selfhood: A Reconsideration Of Spatio-Temporal Models, Sally Munt

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

The relationship between intelligibility and identity over the past thirty years has largely been approached through the linguistic construct of the subject. Proposing that our subjectivities be theoretically comprehended (made intelligible) as discursive effects is now common sense. Poststructuralism, following particularly Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and Jacques Lacan, has ensured that the subject is a cardinal category of contemporary thought; in any number of disciplines, it is one of the first concepts we teach to our undergraduates. But are we best served by continuing to insist on the intellectual primacy of the subject, formulated as it has been …

The Fair Housing Act And Insurance: An Update And The Question Of Disability Discrimination, John F. Stanton

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

Brief Amici Curiae Of Thirty-Three Media Scholars In The St. Louis Video Games Case, With Introduction By Marjorie Heins, Marjorie Heins, Joan E. Bertin

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

Testing The Promise Of The Churches: Income Inequality In The Opportunity To Learn Civic Skills In Christian Congregations, Philip Schwadel

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Political researchers point to church activities as a major avenue for lower-class individuals to learn the civic skills necessary for many forms of political participation, the skills that higher-status individuals learn through education and occupation. This article tests this theory through multilevel analyses of the effects of both individual income and average congregational income on three measures of participation in church activities and organizations that offer participants the opportunity to learn and exercise civic skills. The results show that churches are only slightly stratified when it comes to members’ participation in charity, public policy, or social justice organizations within the …

Reviews In French From L’Année Sociologique (1896-1905) Of Books, Monographs And Articles Published In English: A Chronological List., Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Contents

Introduction —Michael R. Hill iv

The Chronological List of Reviews

Volume I: 1896-97 1

Volume II: 1897-1898 4

Volume III: 1898-99 9

Volume IV: 1899-1900 14

Volume V: 1900-1901 22

Volume VI: 1901-1902 27

Volume VII: 1902-1903 31

Volume VIII: 1903-1904 36

Volume IX: 1904-1905 42

Familial And “On-The-Street” Risk Factors Associated With Alcohol Use Among Homeless And Runaway Adolescents, Barbara J. Mcmorris, Kimberly A. Tyler, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Objective: This study investigated factors associated with alcohol use among homeless and runaway adolescents, using a risk amplification model.
Method: Homeless and runaway adolescents (N = 536, 60% female) were recruited and interviewed by outreach workers directly on the streets, in shelters and in drop-in centers in four Midwestern states. The average age was 16 years; ages ranged from 12 to 22.
Results: Parent alcohol problems were indirectly linked to adolescent drinking through familial abuse and its relationship to deviant peers, time on own and risky subsistence behaviors. Parent alcohol problems also predicted offspring alcohol use through parental rejection and …

The Lawyer As Consensus Builder: Ethics For A New Practice, Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In this Article, I explore the roles of lawyers in alternative dispute resolution ("ADR"), including traditional roles in arbitration and "new" roles in mediation and facilitation. I also discuss how conventional ethics rules for lawyers fail to provide guidance and "best practices" for lawyers who serve in these new roles. State legislatures and professional associations, such as the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), the Center for Public Resources Institute for Dispute Resolution ("CPR"), and the Association of Conflict Resolution, have adopted ethical codes for mediators and arbitrators. Select professional associations are also developing "best practice" guides for the provision of ADR …

"To Blanch An Ethiop": Jonson's Masque Of Blackness And Multicultural Approaches To Early Modern English Literature, Kristin Mcdermott

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

The Web - 2002, University Of Richmond

The Web

No abstract provided.

Locating Moral Responsibility For War Crimes : The New Justiciability Of 'System Criminality' And Its Implications For The Development Of An International Polity, Samantha Jane King

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

This thesis examines the question of international responses to system criminality. It argues that the assignation of moral responsibility, expressed in the act of prosecuting individuals, expresses a fundamental conceptual shift towards an international polity. Although political rhetoric, the media and international legislation express the moral dimension of system criminality, the character of humanitarian law and the contingency of its operation is the most concrete indicator of such a development. The status of an embryonic international polity becomes particularly evident- with `individual responsibility' being a criminally liable offence, as set against `collective responsibility' which entails `civil', (non-penal) liabilities. However, the …

Contact Experiences And Native American Elders' Use Of Medical Care, Sandra Tibke

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Exploration Of Experiences Of Gay And Bisexual Married Men : After Coming Out, Matt A. Pearcey

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

9/11: Usa And Uk, Philip A. Thomas

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article is based on the inviolability of the legal principles underlying rule of law and explores the ways in which various governments have responded. In addition, it considers the importance of the legislative processes, recognizing that the failure to honor them leaves open the door to executive exploitation and the misuse of power. It also reflects on the efficiency of anti-terrorist legislation. Does this legislation stop, deter or punish criminals; is it "comfort legislation" directed towards producing and maintaining public confidence; or is it counter-productive through the alienation of innocent victims and ethnic, religious and immigrant groups?

Differences In Knowledge Of The Prospective Payment System For Home Health Nurse Administrators In Rural Versus Urban North Dakota And Its Effect On Home Health Services, Bruce L. Davidson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Uncontrolled Hypertension Between Institutionalized And Community-Dwelling Elderly, Kathy M. Holt

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Patton : Military Ideology In The War Film, Kristian Kjelsberg

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Using Writing To Learn In The Theatre Arts : Exploring Wac Applications And Limitations, Kevin A. Moberg

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.