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Gente Joven/Young People: A Dialogue On Sexuality With Adolescents In Mexico, Magaly Marques, John M. Paxman, Judith Bruce Jan 1993

Gente Joven/Young People: A Dialogue On Sexuality With Adolescents In Mexico, Magaly Marques, John M. Paxman, Judith Bruce

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This issue of Quality/Calidad/Qualité describes the experience of one adolescent sexuality program, Gente Joven in Mexico. Gente Joven began by acknowledging reality: that the problems related to teenage sexuality will not go away simply by denying their existence. Along the way Gente Joven learned, and is continuing to learn, many lessons about how to build a successful program for adolescents. Here they share their experiences and the Afterword explores in greater depth one particular issue that Gente Joven has identified as its next major challenge: re-examining their work with young people from a gender perspective.

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Windows To Critical Thinking: Perspectives On Pedagogy In Henry James's "The Bostonians", Carson Mccullers's "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter", And Frederick Douglass's "Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave"., James Thomas Mullane Jan 1993

Windows To Critical Thinking: Perspectives On Pedagogy In Henry James's "The Bostonians", Carson Mccullers's "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter", And Frederick Douglass's "Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave"., James Thomas Mullane

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Many times teachers restrict students to viewing literature through a single "preferred" window or from a rather small set of tiny windows, thus hindering their ability to think critically and make choices for themselves. It is my contention that our pedagogy should facilitate a "school of windows" in which students are offered many different vantage points from which to "see" literature--an environment which, instead of monologically conditioning them to accept content without criticism or question, dialogically allows them their own place and importance in active discourse. This study delineates the power that literature has to enable students to acquire these …

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Self-Employment As A Means To Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency: Women Venture's Business Development Program, Katharine Mckee, Sara Gould, Ann Leonard Jan 1993

Self-Employment As A Means To Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency: Women Venture's Business Development Program, Katharine Mckee, Sara Gould, Ann Leonard

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

While the "feminization of poverty" has been widely recognized as a global phenomenon in recent years, the term originated in the United States where the number of women and women-headed households living in poverty is growing. This is especially true in the inner cities where fewer unskilled jobs remain; likewise, in rural communities, many factories have closed, family farming is declining, and few other nonfarm options are available. Today these American women face many of the same obstacles that limit women's economic participation in all parts of the world. This issue of SEEDS focuses on the evolution of WomenVenture's business …

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Findings From Two Decades Of Family Planning Research, John A. Ross, Elizabeth Frankenberg Jan 1993

Findings From Two Decades Of Family Planning Research, John A. Ross, Elizabeth Frankenberg

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This book presents a selection of empirical conclusions, or findings, from the body of family planning research that has accumulated over the last two decades. Twelve topics of current interest are reviewed, as a sequel to three similar publications issued in 1971, 1972, and 1974. A findings document compresses what has been learned into straightforward declarative statements, giving summary evidence to support each statement. In cases where a conclusion is well founded, with extensive supporting evidence, only illustrative or summary references are needed. In other cases, citations are required for individual studies. Generalizations that are unsupported or too ambiguous to …

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Family Planning And Population: A Compendium Of International Statistics, John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin, Vincent C. Miller Jan 1993

Family Planning And Population: A Compendium Of International Statistics, John A. Ross, W. Parker Mauldin, Vincent C. Miller

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This volume provides statistics on all large-scale family planning (FP) programs in the developing world, together with selected demographic and socioeconomic statistics. Time trends are given for some indicators, and data are arranged for comparative analysis across countries. Where available, time trends go back to the mid-1980s. This volume’s predecessor, published in 1992, should be consulted for earlier demographic and socioeconomic data, and for tables on maternal and child health indicators that are not repeated here. The data on FP programs come from a series of three questionnaires sent since 1987 to 100 developing countries, which have generally been kept …

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Fertility, Family Size, And Structure: Consequences For Families And Children, Cynthia B. Lloyd Jan 1993

Fertility, Family Size, And Structure: Consequences For Families And Children, Cynthia B. Lloyd

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

In 1989 the Population Council began a research project on the consequences of high fertility at the family level and its implications for the next generation. Since its inception, the project has been supported by Swedish SIDA and has involved the collaboration of researchers from selected developing countries. In countries where there has been limited research on this topic, such as India, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Senegal, the Population Council provided funding for new studies or for analysis of existing data with the potential for producing insights on this topic. In instances where relevant research was already underway, the Council …

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Wasteland Development And The Empowerment Of Women: The Sarthi Experience, Madhu Sarin Jan 1993

Wasteland Development And The Empowerment Of Women: The Sarthi Experience, Madhu Sarin

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This issue of SEEDS describes an innovative approach to rehabilitation of wastelands developed by Social Action for Rural and Tribal Inhabitants of India (SARTHI), a nongovernmental organization based in the Panchmahals District of Gujarat State in Western India. By assisting rural women to organize themselves around the rehabilitation of patches of degraded common land, SARTHI has been able to help them not only meet their needs for biomass in a more efficient and ecologically sound manner, but also to empower them to start asserting themselves in dealing with a broader range of problems. As primary gatherers and users of biomass, …

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Rethinking Postpartum Health Care, Martha Brady, Beverly Winikoff Jan 1993

Rethinking Postpartum Health Care, Martha Brady, Beverly Winikoff

Reproductive Health

These proceedings come from papers and discussions as part of the Population Council invitational seminar entited "Rethinking Postpartum Health Care," in 1992. The seminar on postpartum reproductive health was the fifth in a series of seminars convened by the Population Council as part of its Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health and Population. The program focuses on four topics: 1) improving and devising new approaches to postpartum care; 2) improving the quality of care in family planning and reproductive health services; 3) managing unwanted pregnancy and preventing the consequences of unsafe abortion; and 4) bringing attention …

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Employment-Based Family Planning Services, Placide Tapsoba, Ian Askew, J. Tunde Taylor Thomas, Sering Falu Njie, Momodou Jasseh Jan 1993

Employment-Based Family Planning Services, Placide Tapsoba, Ian Askew, J. Tunde Taylor Thomas, Sering Falu Njie, Momodou Jasseh

Reproductive Health

Although The Gambia Family Planning Association (GFPA) has always been interested in promoting contraceptive use in the Greater Banjul Area (GBA), insufficient funds and the need to prioritize program expansion in rural areas hindered this. The GFPA operates two clinics in GBA, open to few workers. The government has three Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health clinics in Banjul, also used by few workers. Factory managers, trade union leaders, and the GFPA believe that a well-organized family planning (FP) education and service delivery program could benefit employees and employers. This operations research study tested the feasibility of a work-based …

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The 1992 Indonesia Norplant® Use-Dynamics Diagnostic Study, Dinan S. Bratakoesoema, Abdul Rodjak, Sulaiman Sastrawinata, Faisal R. Djamal, Hafni Bachtiar, Dr. Masrul, Nadra B. Azwar Jan 1993

The 1992 Indonesia Norplant® Use-Dynamics Diagnostic Study, Dinan S. Bratakoesoema, Abdul Rodjak, Sulaiman Sastrawinata, Faisal R. Djamal, Hafni Bachtiar, Dr. Masrul, Nadra B. Azwar

Reproductive Health

Although the Indonesian Norplant® program is unique in terms of scale and pace of expansion, it also characterizes many of the operational problems that other developing countries are likely to confront as they expand their Norplant programs. Many of the concerns—such as screening and counseling, use-effectiveness, removal on demand, and tracking and notification systems for five-year removal—can only be answered through research on the Indonesian program. As this report states, operations research on issues related to Norplant within the Indonesian program will be of direct relevance to the growing number of Norplant programs in other developing countries. While the Indonesian …

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The Intelligibility Of Japanese Speakers Of English To Native Speakers Of English, Manabu Aoki Jan 1993

The Intelligibility Of Japanese Speakers Of English To Native Speakers Of English, Manabu Aoki

All Master's Theses

This research was conducted to identify the most important English speech sounds which determine non-native English speakers' intelligibility to native speakers of English. The researcher focused on variation of pronunciation by Japanese English speakers of differing levels of proficiency and examined the correlation between their pronunciation and intelligibility to native speakers. The results provided some keys to intelligible English speech and some implications for developing comprehensible speech in teaching English as a second language or English as a foreign language.

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Christianity And Social Power In The Works Of John Arden, British Dramatist., Donald Travis Sandley Jan 1993

Christianity And Social Power In The Works Of John Arden, British Dramatist., Donald Travis Sandley

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines the subject of political and social power in the plays and prose of John Arden and selected works co-authored by Arden and his wife, Margaretta D'Arcy. Particular focus is given to the institution of Christianity and how it may either be used as a tool for the maintenance of established authority or as a vehicle for rebellion. Arden's collected essays, along with a personal interview conducted in August of 1990, provide the starting point for a discussion of four specific works, pieces in which Arden most closely explores the political involvement of Christianity. These four works, The …

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Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.10 (December 1992), Northern Lambda Nord Dec 1992

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.10 (December 1992), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

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Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.9 (November 1992), Northern Lambda Nord Nov 1992

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.9 (November 1992), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

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Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.8 (October 1992), Northern Lambda Nord Oct 1992

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.8 (October 1992), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

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Finding The Ties That Bind: Beyond Headship And Household, Judith Bruce, Cynthia B. Lloyd Oct 1992

Finding The Ties That Bind: Beyond Headship And Household, Judith Bruce, Cynthia B. Lloyd

Gender Equality and Equity

No abstract provided.

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Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.7 (September 1992), Northern Lambda Nord Sep 1992

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.7 (September 1992), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

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Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.6 (July/August 1992), Northern Lambda Nord Jul 1992

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.6 (July/August 1992), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

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The Houses That Charles Built: The House As Symbol In "David Copperfield", "Bleak House", And "Great Expectations", Toni Johnson-Woods Jun 1992

The Houses That Charles Built: The House As Symbol In "David Copperfield", "Bleak House", And "Great Expectations", Toni Johnson-Woods

Student Work

Because of his work’s enduring quality, Dickens has been subjected to critical scrutiny. Slater examines Dickens’ women; Herst explores Dickens’ heroes; Thurley considers the myth in Dickens; Collins traces crime and education in Dickens. Each study adds a richer understanding of either his characters, his symbolism, or his craft. The research seems extensive, and it would appear that little remains to be said; however, after reading Bleak House the title suggested to me another area for future interpretation. To date, few have examined the Dickinson house in detail. Frances Armstrong considers Dickens’ concept of home, and Alice Van Buren Kelley …

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Measuring Entry Characteristics Of Writing Program Participants: Apprehension And Previous Exposure To Specific Writing Strategies., Gladys E. Haunton Jun 1992

Measuring Entry Characteristics Of Writing Program Participants: Apprehension And Previous Exposure To Specific Writing Strategies., Gladys E. Haunton

Student Work

This investigation is a descriptive study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Daly-Miller Writing-Apprehension Scale (DMWAS) and the Student Exposure Survey (SES) in describing entry level characteristics of students entering Methodist College of Nursing and Allied Healt (NMC). Results from the study will be used to design a student outcomes-based evaluation component for a Writing Across the Curriculum program. The following assumptions were tested: 1. NMC students, who have chosen careers in health care, will report higher apprehension than University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) students, who are entering a variety of other occupations. 2. Exposure to specific writing …

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Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.5 (May/June 1992), Northern Lambda Nord May 1992

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.5 (May/June 1992), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

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The Siege, Chris Muffoletto May 1992

The Siege, Chris Muffoletto

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

A short story written by Chris Muffoletto.

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Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.4 (April 1992), Northern Lambda Nord, Dick Harrison Apr 1992

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.4 (April 1992), Northern Lambda Nord, Dick Harrison

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

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Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.3 (March 1992), Northern Lambda Nord Mar 1992

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.3 (March 1992), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

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Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.2 (February 1992), Northern Lambda Nord Feb 1992

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.2 (February 1992), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

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Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.1 (January 1992), Northern Lambda Nord Jan 1992

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.13, No.1 (January 1992), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

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Book Chapter: The Return Of The Repressed: Saussure And Swift On Language And History, Tony Crowley Jan 1992

Book Chapter: The Return Of The Repressed: Saussure And Swift On Language And History, Tony Crowley

Scripps Faculty Publications and Research

Departures in linguistics are nothing new of course. Ideas come and go, "facts" appear and disappear along with the theories which first brought them to light, trends shift and alter. The language used to describe the history of the field, a field which once constituted a new departure in its own right, is replete with the language of innovation: "breakthrough," "advance," "progress," and even "revolution" are familiar enough epithets. In the face of all this novelty then the question must be, how to do something new? The answer which is proposed here might appear somewhat odd for the intention is …

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The Presence Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau In The Work Of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Monika H. Lee Jan 1992

The Presence Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau In The Work Of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Monika H. Lee

Digitized Theses

This dissertation, "The Presence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau In the Work of Percy Bysshe Shelley," is an inquiry into the important but previously unexamined literary relationship of Shelley and Rousseau, as it presents itself historically, intertextually and in relation to language theory. The initial chapter argues for Shelley's awareness of the legendary Rousseau through his works and also through Rousseau's influence on William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. A literary historical context is established as a background against which a much more complicated series of representations of Rousseau in Shelley's poetry is set. The simplistic configurations in Shelley's England of …

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Representing "Shakespearean" Discourse: "Hamlet", "Cymbeline", "Timon Of Athens" And "Lucrece", Dale G. Churchward Jan 1992

Representing "Shakespearean" Discourse: "Hamlet", "Cymbeline", "Timon Of Athens" And "Lucrece", Dale G. Churchward

Digitized Theses

In my dissertation, I am concerned with the manner in which verbal and visual categories might be articulated in specific Shakespearean texts: Hamlet, Cymbeline, Timon of Athens and Lucrece. The textual narrative undertakes a new set of relations, and potentially undergoes a phenomenological transformation in stage space. For in the texts of the plays there are numerous references to signifying images which remain open and indeterminate. The nature of such openness becomes problematic in a verbal/visual venue. The manner in which textual editors intervene in order to "clarify" such openness functions to stabilize the unstable.;The Lucrece documents might be understood …

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Mother Outline: A Critique Of Gender In Blake's Aesthetics And "The Four Zoas", Peter Georgelos Jan 1992

Mother Outline: A Critique Of Gender In Blake's Aesthetics And "The Four Zoas", Peter Georgelos

Digitized Theses

Recent feminist critics of William Blake have drawn attention to the marginalization of a split metaphor of the female in his work as either passively good or actively evil. Not only does this metaphor constitute a stereotypically negative view of femininity, but Blake goes on to resolve its conflictedness by absorbing the female into a male collective of psychic faculties or Zoas known as the Human Form Divine. The work of Julia Kristeva, when placed within a specifically feminist revision of psychoanalysis, can help us to understand the implicit misogyny of Blake's gender-coded myth as symptomatic of broader cultural tensions. …

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