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Chilean Cultural Identity: A Case Study Of Contemporary Mapuche Poetry, La Identidad Cultural Chilena: Un Caso De Estudio De La Poesía Mapuche Contemporánea, Christopher Culbertson Jan 2012

Chilean Cultural Identity: A Case Study Of Contemporary Mapuche Poetry, La Identidad Cultural Chilena: Un Caso De Estudio De La Poesía Mapuche Contemporánea, Christopher Culbertson

Senior Independent Study Theses

The topic is approached in three different manners: hybrid theory, academic perspectives, and poetry analysis. An application of hybrid theory facilitates the understanding of cultural identity within Chile. A discussion by three Chilean professors reveals the important themes of geographic location, generation, and language in both the production and reception of written contemporary Mapuche poetry. An analysis of selected of written Mapuche poetry depicts the unique conceptualizations of identity by contemporary Mapuche poets. As a result, this independent study shows how written contemporary Mapuche poetry is an appropriate indicator of the evolution of Mapuche hybrid identity.


One Nation, Many Borders: Language And Identity In Mayan Guatemala And Mexico, Anna Caroline Peckham Jan 2012

One Nation, Many Borders: Language And Identity In Mayan Guatemala And Mexico, Anna Caroline Peckham

Honors Papers

This paper explores language ideologies, code choice, and ethnolinguistic identity in Maya-dominated areas of Mexico and Guatemala. As the Maya, or Pan-Maya, Movement has grown in scope and force since the 1980s, particularly in Guatemala, possessing a "Maya" identity has become defined in new ways. Since Mayan languages are still spoken with a strong degree of vitality in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and the western highlands of Guatemala, examining Maya identity through beliefs about, and use of, indigenous languages and Spanish is a particularly useful focus. In comparing Maya peoples' beliefs and identities in each of these regions, this paper argues …


Mother’S Social Network And Family Language Maintenance, Isabel Velázquez Jan 2012

Mother’S Social Network And Family Language Maintenance, Isabel Velázquez

Spanish Language and Literature Papers

Abstract This article reports the results of a social network analysis (SNA) performed on the mother’s primary network of interaction in 15 Mexican American families in the city of El Paso, Texas, the neighborhood of La Villita, in Chicago, and the city of Lincoln, Nebraska. The goal of this study was to examine potential opportunities for Spanish use by her children as well as sources of information and influence that might shape her views about the benefits and drawbacks of linguistic maintenance in her family. The network features of primary language of exchange, density, strength of ties, level of integration …


Legitimacy Questions, €˜Supermajority’ To Mark Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’S Controversial Third Term, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Dec 2011

Legitimacy Questions, €˜Supermajority’ To Mark Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’S Controversial Third Term, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Better Speakers Make More Friends: Predictors Of Social Network Development Among Study-Abroad Students, J Wyatt Brockbank Dec 2011

Better Speakers Make More Friends: Predictors Of Social Network Development Among Study-Abroad Students, J Wyatt Brockbank

Theses and Dissertations

Social network development has been studied in the social sciences for the last several decades, but little work has applied social network theory to study-abroad research. This study seeks to quantitatively describe factors that predict social network formation among study-abroad students while in the host countries. Social networks were measured in terms of the number of friends the students made, the number of distinct social groups reported, and the number of friends within those groups. The Study Abroad Social Interaction Questionnaire was compared against these pre-trip factors: intercultural competence, target-language proficiency, prior missionary experience, gender, study-abroad program, neuroticism, extroversion, agreeableness, …


Costa Rica's Supreme Court Comes Through, Despite Alleged Unethical Move, And Cracks Down On Mining Project, George Rodrã­Guez Dec 2011

Costa Rica's Supreme Court Comes Through, Despite Alleged Unethical Move, And Cracks Down On Mining Project, George Rodrã­Guez

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No abstract provided.


Pri Faces Minicrises Before Presidential Campaign Is Fully Under Way, Carlos Navarro Dec 2011

Pri Faces Minicrises Before Presidential Campaign Is Fully Under Way, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Dominican Republic: First Steps To Green Economy, Charles Arthur Dec 2011

Dominican Republic: First Steps To Green Economy, Charles Arthur

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No abstract provided.


Classroom Practices And Perspective Transformation In An Adult Elementary Spanish Classroom, Stacey Margaret Johnson Dec 2011

Classroom Practices And Perspective Transformation In An Adult Elementary Spanish Classroom, Stacey Margaret Johnson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of this research was to explore students' experiences of perspective transformation and the classroom practices contributing to that transformation in a first-semester, college Spanish class. Purposeful sampling was used to choose a college-level Elementary Spanish I class to study. The qualitative case study design required the collection of three kinds of data: 1) participant observation in the classroom, 2) student learning journals, and 3) one-on-one interviews conducted with eight students purposefully sampled from the class. The criterion for selecting interview participants was evidence in the participant observation and learning journal data of the early stages of perspective transformation. …


Pri Candidate Enrique Peã±A Nieto Proposes To Expand Efforts To Open State-Run Oil Company Pemex To Private Investment, Carlos Navarro Nov 2011

Pri Candidate Enrique Peã±A Nieto Proposes To Expand Efforts To Open State-Run Oil Company Pemex To Private Investment, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Claims Of Election Tampering As President Daniel Ortega Tightens Grip On Nicaragua, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Nov 2011

Claims Of Election Tampering As President Daniel Ortega Tightens Grip On Nicaragua, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

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As Country Drifts From Peaceful Image, Costa Ricans Turn To Buying Guns, But Ownership Tests Are Flawed, George Rodrã­Guez Nov 2011

As Country Drifts From Peaceful Image, Costa Ricans Turn To Buying Guns, But Ownership Tests Are Flawed, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Region Continues Push To Give Voting Rights To Citizens Living Abroad, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Oct 2011

Region Continues Push To Give Voting Rights To Citizens Living Abroad, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Citizen Coalition To Bring President Felipe Calderã³N’S Failed War Against Drug Traffickers To International Criminal Court, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

Citizen Coalition To Bring President Felipe Calderã³N’S Failed War Against Drug Traffickers To International Criminal Court, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Dismal Approval Ratings For Both Of Chile’S Principal Coalitions, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Oct 2011

Dismal Approval Ratings For Both Of Chile’S Principal Coalitions, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli's Alianza Por El Cambio Falls Apart, Louisa Reynolds Oct 2011

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli's Alianza Por El Cambio Falls Apart, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Oct 2011

Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Nicaragua: Rosy Growth Numbers An Added Boost For President Daniel Ortega As Election Nears, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Oct 2011

Nicaragua: Rosy Growth Numbers An Added Boost For President Daniel Ortega As Election Nears, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

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No abstract provided.


Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo's Vision Crippled By Friends And Enemies, Andrã©S Gaudin Oct 2011

Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo's Vision Crippled By Friends And Enemies, Andrã©S Gaudin

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Controversy Over Separation Of Church And State Resurfaces After Cardinal Claims Vatican Influenced Supreme Court Vote On Abortion, Carlos Navarro Oct 2011

Controversy Over Separation Of Church And State Resurfaces After Cardinal Claims Vatican Influenced Supreme Court Vote On Abortion, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Peru: Building The Road To Change, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Sep 2011

Peru: Building The Road To Change, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Uruguayan Right Moves To Lower Criminal-Responsibility Age., Andrã©S Gaudã­N Sep 2011

Uruguayan Right Moves To Lower Criminal-Responsibility Age., Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


After A Lull, Chile’S Education Reform Movement Marches On, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Sep 2011

After A Lull, Chile’S Education Reform Movement Marches On, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Guatemala’S Presidential Election Goes To Second Round In November, Louisa Reynolds Sep 2011

Guatemala’S Presidential Election Goes To Second Round In November, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Chiapas Prosecutor Files Manslaughter Charges Against Former Gov. Pablo Salazar Mendiguchã­A, Carlos Navarro Sep 2011

Chiapas Prosecutor Files Manslaughter Charges Against Former Gov. Pablo Salazar Mendiguchã­A, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Ecuador: Made In China Development, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra Sep 2011

Ecuador: Made In China Development, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Pemex Boosts Participation In Spain’S Repsol, Prompting Some Nationalist Concerns In Spain, Carlos Navarro Sep 2011

Pemex Boosts Participation In Spain’S Repsol, Prompting Some Nationalist Concerns In Spain, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Otto Pã©Rez Molina Leads The Polls Ahead Of Guatemala's Presidential Election, Louisa Reynolds Sep 2011

Otto Pã©Rez Molina Leads The Polls Ahead Of Guatemala's Presidential Election, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


State-Run Oil Company Pemex Awards First Exploration Contracts To British, Mexican Companies, Carlos Navarro Aug 2011

State-Run Oil Company Pemex Awards First Exploration Contracts To British, Mexican Companies, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


President Felipe Calderã³N Signs Legislation Eliminating Pocket Veto, Carlos Navarro Aug 2011

President Felipe Calderã³N Signs Legislation Eliminating Pocket Veto, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.