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Sandra Cisneros As Chicana Storyteller: Fictional Family (Hi)Stories In Caramelo, Sally Marie Giles

Theses and Dissertations

My thesis discusses the ways in which Sandra Cisneros makes historical claims from a Chicana perspective by telling fictional family stories in Caramelo. Not only have Chicanas traditionally been marginalized ethnically by the Anglo mainstream, they have also suffered disenfranchisement as women in their own male-dominated cultural community. Both elements have contributed to the cultural silencing of Chicanas outside of domestic spaces, and particularly in historical discourse. Cisneros introduces storytelling as a means of empowering Chicanas through language that allows them to speak historically and still signify culturally. By telling stories from the site of the family, she ingeniously utilizes …

Tidings, Volume 7, Number 2 - Summer 2005, Nova Southeastern University

Tidings: A publication of Nova Southeastern University Libraries

No abstract provided.

Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 28, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Avoiding Versus Seeking: The Relationship Of Information Seeking To Avoidance, Blunting, Coping, Dissonance, And Related Concepts, Donald O. Case, James E. Andrews, J. David Johnson, Suzanne L. Allard

School of Information Faculty Publications

QUESTION: How have theorists and empirical researchers treated the human tendency to avoid discomforting information?

DATA SOURCES: A historical review (1890-2004) of theory literature in communication and information studies, coupled with searches of recent studies on uptake of genetic testing and on coping strategies of cancer patients, was performed.

STUDY SELECTION: The authors' review of the recent literature included searches of the MEDLINE, PsychInfo, and CINAHL databases between 1992 and summer of 2004 and selective, manual searches of earlier literature. Search strategies included the following subject headings and key words: MeSH headings: Genetic Screening/psychology, Decision Making, Neoplasms/diagnosis/genetics/psychology; CINAHL headings: Genetic …

Sfra Review, July/August/September 2005, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The July/August/September 2005 issue of the SFRA Review.

Determining The Undeterminable: The Best Interest Of The Child Standard As An Imperfect But Necessary Guidepost To Determine Child Custody, Steven N. Peskind

Northern Illinois University Law Review

Since the 1960s, our nation's courts have almost universally relied on a legal standard known as the "best interest of the child" in order to resolve contested issues involving child custody. Critics of the standard conclude that, due to the complexities of defining what will serve a child's best interests, the standard is at best not helpful, and is perhaps even useless. Critics also charge that the standard is indeterminate, and depends too heavily on the subjective values and life experience of the individual fact finder--the trial judge. In this article, Steven Peskind will review the history of standards used …

Community Forests: A Perspective, Robert Mccullough

Community-Owned Forests: Possibilities, Experiences, and Lessons Learned (June 16-19)

22 pages.

"Robert McCullough teaches in the University of Vermont Graduate Program in Historic Preservation. He wrote The Landscape of Community: Communal Forests in New England."

Pacific Review Summer 2005, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Can Women's Voices Be Recovered From The Past? Grappling With The Absence Of Women Voices In Pre-Colonial History Of Zimbabwe, Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

The question of whether women’s voices can be recovered from the past may sound very old-fashioned to some people, but in the Zimbabwean academic situation, it is still pertinent even after all the advances made in researching women history elsewhere. This is because there is no attempt by historians to grapple with the absence of women voices in mainstream narratives of pre-colonial history of Zimbabwe. Invisibility of women has been maintained even in the latest historical works on pre-colonial history of Zimbabwe. This means that the existing histories neglected the activities of half of the population of the pre-colonial Zimbabwean …

Re-Envisioning George Washington Gómez: A Historical And Biographical Verification Of A South Texas Novel, Diana Noreen Rivera

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The late Dr. Américo Paredes, in addition to his exemplary scholastic contributions to Mexican American scholarship, has achieved critical acclaim for his fiction. While scholars proclaim Paredes' fictional texts, which were written and set amidst a racially intensified social structure during the first half of the twentieth century, as remarkable portrayals of South Texas life, this paper calls for a “re-envisioning” of his literary works. Rather than a mere portrayal of South Texas society, using Paredes' most influential novel, George Washington Gómez , I explore the work's autobiographical content and assert that, because of its factual basis, scholars re-access his …

Special Citation, State Of New York

Brooklyn College History

Special citation conferred by New York's Governor Pataki in honor of the 75th An+D212niversary of Brooklyn College.

Omesubel A Ureor: Workforce Development In Palau From Pre-Contact To 1999, Patrick Ubal Tellei Edd

Dissertations

After being a ward of many nations for over 250 years, the Republic of Palau gained its independence on October 1, 1994. One of the many challenges facing this young nation is the workforce preparation of its people to engage in nation building. After many years of being subjugated by foreign governments, the people have developed a taste of material consumerism. This has driven people away from their subsistence way of life in favor of a market driven economy which calls for infrastructure development that cannot be accomplished if there is a nonexistent skilled workforce to undertake this challenge. To …

The Trouble With History, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 23, Issue 22, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: The Real World Comes to SHU -- Host of Democracy Now! Speaks at SHU -- Students Arrested for Assault -- 35 Students to be Honored at Awards -- Bio Student Wins Award -- The Secret Juice: Looks Can be Deceiving -- College Choice Comes Down to Staying Close or Getting Away -- Some Words for Those Who Are Left -- 'Last Words' -- He Said... She Said... -- My Dear friend Hemingway -- Harry and the Potters Cast Spell on SHU -- Shakespeare Slams into Holy Grounds -- Farewell From FORCE -- Spring Heats Up With Summer Movie …

Congressional Record: A Tribute To Brooklyn College, Congressional Record

Brooklyn College History

Document from House of Representatives honoring Brooklyn College on its 75th Anniversary.

New York State Senate Resolution No. 1459, New York State Senate

Brooklyn College History

New York State Senate Resolution commemorating the 75th anniversary of Brooklyn College.

Spectrum, Volume 23, Issue 21, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: 2005 Mr. SHU Crowned -- ESPN VP Speaks at Pitt Center -- Greek Week Kicks Off -- Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany Elected Pope -- The Dangers of Indoor UV Tanning -- NRHH's Introduction To SHU -- Health Expo A Tremendous Success -- Fun Summer Jobs For College Students -- He Said... She Said... -- Extra Credit Project Rocks Outpost...Again -- Students Converge To Create University Ad Campaign -- Inspirational Speaker Wheels into Edgerton Center -- Amityville Horror Returns in Frightening Remake -- Want to be a Part of the Real World? -- 'Happy Birthday to You!' -- …

From Courtly Curiosity To Revolutionary Refreshment: Turkish Coffee And English Politics In The Seventeenth Century, Alexander Mirkovic

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Why was coffee so fashionable yet so divisive a political symbol during the latter half of the seventeenth century? Historians have offered several answers, including the suggestion that the nascent Orientalism generated its popularity. Undeniably seventeenth century England imported exotic commodities, including coffee and tea, and began to appropriate them for the English culture. Did that also imply maintaining the cultural superiority over the natives? I argue that coffee was symbolically transformed during the political and revolutionary turmoil of the seventeenth century. Coffee was first introduced in the early part of the century to the Stuart court where it was …

The Pacifican April 7, 2005, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 23, Issue 19, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Student Car Stolen from Knights Of Columbus Lot -- Students Encourage Eating Disorders -- "Fear No Body" Raises Awareness -- Public Safety Offers Important Tips -- Pilgrims Pack St. Peter's Basilica in Rome -- Relationships That Money Can't Buy -- He Said... She Said... -- Student Artists Converge on SHU Gallery -- Sick Ticket Ready for the Big Time -- America Transfixed With Celebrity Trials -- 'GOLF: The Musical' on Par With Audiences -- Spring Fever: Have You Caught It? -- SHU Students Respond to Death of Catholic Hero -- Is MYSPACE For Internet Dating? -- Spring Forward …

When Hatred Controls A Nation, Nadia Qazi

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

The Supreme Court: A Unique Institution, John Paul Jones

Law Faculty Publications

Established by the U.S. Constitution in 1789, the Supreme Court is both the final arbiter of significant legal cases and the prevailing authority on the constitutionality of individual laws. While the Constitution specifies the Court's original jurisdiction, it does not spell out how the Court should conduct its business, or even the number of justices who should serve on the Court or what their qualifications should be. Thus, the Founding Fathers provided a High Court for the nation with the adaptability to respond to the needs of its citizens.

Memoirs Of The Relief Society In Japan, 1951-1991, Yanagida Toshiko

BYU Studies

My poems are my tears,

as my eyes are moistened at once

in joy and in sorrow.

—Yanagida Toshiko

Sfra Review, April/May/June 2005, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The April/May/June 2005 issue of the SFRA Review.

The Japanese American Cases, 1942-2004: A Social History, Roger Daniels

Law and Contemporary Problems

Daniels examines the changing reactions of the government and the public to the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII and in the six decades following. Some comparisons can be drawn between this action and the attitudes encountered by the public in the wake of the Sep 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Kieft's War And Tributary Politics In Eastern Woodland Colonial Society, Nicholas Klaiber

Honors Theses

From the earliest interactions between the Dutch and native groups in the New World, cultural differences regarding the ideas of property and governmental jurisdiction created societal conflict. When native tribes in the vicinity of New Netherland began to consolidate into traditional political alliances based on tribute and protection during the mid-1630s, thereby undercutting theoretical European dominance in New Netherland and New England, the English and Dutch both aggressively used the native system by forcing tributary status on local tribes through armed conflict, ritualized violence, and the use of tribal extermination as symbols of power. For the Dutch, this movement was …

Postcards From The Past: Berceau-De-Saint-Vincent-De-Paul

Vincentian Studies

A history and detailed description of the Berceau, Vincent de Paul’s birthplace, is accompanied by ten images.

The First Twenty-Five Years Of The Vincentian Studies Institute Of The United States (1979–2004), Edward R. Udovic C.M., Ph.D.

Vincentian Studies

The origins, antecedents, initiatives, and projects of the Vincentian Studies Institute are described. The VSI started by serving the Double Family, but has led the way in serving the national and international Vincentian Family. It has also worked to develop collaboration with different groups within the Vincentian Family. The VSI’s purpose is to foster the study of Vincentian history and spirituality and to “promote a living interest in the Vincentian Heritage.” The article pays particular attention to the VSI’s publications and symposia. The VSI’s partnership with DePaul University, as the university strives to become “the premier international site for Vincentian …

The Pacifican March 31, 2005, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican March 17, 2005, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.