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Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 6, No 1 Fall Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

Pauline N. King's Review Of Edward Dodd's Edition Of Captain Henry Byam Martin's The Polynesian Journal, Pauline N. King

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Eugene Ogan's Review Of Solange Petit Skinner's The Nauruans, Eugene Ogan

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ronald S. Jackson's Review Of Brian Sutton-Smith's A History Of Children's Play: The New Zealand Playground, 1840-1950, Ronald S. Jackson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Gordon Pi'ianai'a'S Review Of Wayne S. Wooden's What Price Paradise? Changing Social Patterns In Hawaii, Gordon Pi'ianai'a

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/7/1 Panhellenic Rush, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Audiotape regarding Panhellenic Rush by Jo Anne Cox.

Significance Evaluation And Research Potential Of Prehistoric Sites In Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming, Christopher A. Cojeen

Masters Theses

Known and potential prehistoric archeological sites in Thunder Basin National Grassland in Wyoming are examined and problems involved in significance evaluation are discussed. Emphasis is placed upon the need to develop research strategies to contend with two frequently encountered site types -- lithic scatters and stone circles. Some archeologists (Frison 1978; Tibesar et al. 1987) have suggested that further research on these site types would contribute substantially to an understanding to an understanding of High Plains prehistory. In conclusion, a recent attempt to develop a conceptual basis for prehistoric study in Thunder Basin National Grassland is discussed, and some regional …

Pastoral Production Systems In Eastern Africa: A Comparative Analysis, Stephen Speranza

Masters Theses

This thesis aims at examining variations in pastoral production systems of some Eastern African pastoral societies. It explores interactive models for such variations which focus on specific ecological, socioeconomic and social-structural factors of pastoral production per se. These models highlight some of the factors which create differing degrees of homogeneity or heterogeneity among Eastern African pastoral societies in general.

This problem is of intrinsic interest in anthropology because of the general lack of consensus as to the major factors related to pastoral variations in Eastern Africa or more importantly, in determining which factors are directly responsible for influencing modes of …

Assimilation Of Korean-Americans In Vancouver, Washington, Dennis Chaseong Park

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This paper is a study in the assimilation of Korean-Americans in Vancouver, Washington. The objectives of the study are to: 1. Evaluate the applicability of the concept of the "melting pot"; 2. Locate the factors that affect this process; and 3. Measure the degree of assimilation in orientation to American life. Generally speaking, one's ethnic loyalty and self-identity affect his lifestyle and choice of reference group.

The data were gathered with the use of a questionnaire with open-ended questions. Informants were asked to state their feelings on many topics such as language fluency, preference for traditional Korean foods, knowledge of …

Log Structures: Criteria For Their Description, Evaluation And Management As Cultural Resources, Margaret L. Glover

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis discusses mining cabin sites from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as cultural resources. Special attention is given the concept of "description" in regards to discussion of the resource category, history, and physical attributes of the sites. Evaluation and management suggestions are presented for this particular resource category. To aid in the process of identification of log cabin notching, a typology of notches is developed and presented within the context of the thesis.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Kathryn E. Johnson, Ray Snyder, Ann Snyder, Clovis Bolen, Ramona Bolen, Donald Thompson, Louise Thompson, Brenda Hanna, Gail M. Hartmann, Richard Shaner, Lysbeth W. Clark, Theodore W. Jentsch, Peter Paulsen, Richard C. Bond

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Of Baskets and Basket Makers
• Egg Decorating at the Kutztown Folk Festival
• Spatterware
• Scrimshaw
• Folk Musical Instruments at the Kutztown Folk Festival
• Puppets: Fun at the Festival
• Festival Focus
• Folk Festival Programs
• Festival Focus on Quilts
• The Kutztown Folk Festival's Calico Seamstresses
• Summer Drinks of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• The Folk Festival's Lace Maker
• The Country Cemetery: Connection Between Past and Present
• Coopering
• The Dialect of the Pennsylvania Dutch

U.S. Declares War On Coyotes

Close Up Reports

Department of Interior reinstitutes cruel killing methods

O. Henry’S Use Of Stereotypes In His New York City Stories: An Example Of The Utilization Of Folklore In Literature, Martin Ostrofsky

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Stereotyping is a folkloristic process which permits people to reduce the complexities of the real world into simplified, abstract terms. O. Henry one of America’s most popular short story writers, made generous use of stereotypes in his stories. By examining O. Henry’s use of stereotypes, insight may be gained into the essential role which folklore often plays in creative literature. Stereotypes greatly influence the composition, function and reception of O. Henry’s work. O. Henry’s personal habits and circumstances demanded that he produce a prolific stream of short stories which would have the greatest popular appeal. Clever manipulation of stereotypes permitted …

Annual Report 1981, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

Annual Reports

The review presented in this Report is a brief summary of the various activities of the Institute in 1981. It provides a representative cross-section of the kinds of activities that have been a part of the Institute's daily life for approximately thirteen years.

Contents:

Table of Contents.....p. iii
Introduction.....p. 1
Basic Research.....p. 2
Teaching.....p. 11
Archeology and the Public.....p. 14
Other Professional Activities.....p. 20
Conclusion.....p. 25
Appendix A - Institute Staff.....p. 26
Appendix B - Institute Research Affiliates.....p. 27
Appendix C - Publications, 1978-1981.....p. 29
Appendix D - Papers Presented, 1978-1981.....p. 43
Appendix E - Talks and Public Education, 1978-1981.....p. …

The Iban (Sea Dayak) Of Second Division, Sarawak, East Malaysia, Linda S. O'Bryan

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The Iban or Sea Dayak are the once fierce headhunters of Borneo, observing the practice as late as World War II. They are located in the in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, specifically in East Malaysia. This paper deals with the Iban living in the Second Division or province of Sarawak. The Iban are currently (as of 1981) the most numerous and widespread of all native people in Sarawak, still living in longhouses along inland rivers amid the rainforests. They are a people in rapid transition, however. Their world is being stripped of its forests. Civilization is encroaching, bringing T.V.'s, …

An Investigation Of Selected Caring Behaviors In A Hong Kong Chinese Village, Mary Jon Waldron

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The lack of scientific information regarding caring beliefs, expectations, and behaviors in the Chinese community of Hong Kong was the problem underlying this descriptive study. A knowledge of caring behaviors as they routinely occur within a culture can provide a basis for the development of professional nursing care that is meaningful for the people of that culture. The purpose of the study was to obtain the opinions of the residents of a Hong Kong Chinese village regarding current beliefs and practices relating to touch, surveillance, health counseling, and special ethnocare techniques. Representatives of twenty families were interviewed with the assistance …

The Culture Of Bulaq As Viewed By Its Children, Iness Maurice Louca

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Folklife Expressions Of Three Isle Royale Fishermen: A Sense Of Place Examination, Timothy Cochrane

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Selected forms of three Isle Royale fishermen’s folklife expressions – material folk culture, social folk custom and narrative folklore – were documented and analyzed. The informants are representative of the group of Scandinavian fishermen who operated commercial fisheries on Isle Royale from the 1880s to date. Documentary and analytical emphasis centered on occupational aspects of their folklife expressions and the fishermen’s perception of the island archipelago. Accordingly, special interest was focused on the fishermen’s interplay with the Lake Superior and Isle Royale environs. Selected folklife expressions were analyzed to uncover fishermen’s cognitive and affective responses to their insular environment. Analysis …

A History Of The Bowling Green Fire Department: A Look At Two Traditional Methodologies, Edward Mccurley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The history of the Bowling Green, Kentucky, Fire Department is presented through the use of two methodologies. Traditional historical methodology has been applied to compile the first ninety years of history while traditional folklore fieldwork--the collection of personal narratives through interviews--has been applied to compile the last fifty-six years, concluding with 1970. Six years, from 1914 to 1920, reflect the blending of the two methodologies.

The personal narratives used in this study are those of Assistant Chief Harold Hazelip, who joined the fire department in 1952. Recognized informally as the department's historian, Hazelip's recollections include his own personal experiences as …

A Study Of The Biblical Narrative Of Saul, Including Investigation Of The Folktale & Proverb As Genres Of Folk Narrative, Ervin Mason Jr.

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A biblical passage from the Old Testament book of I Samuel is studied from the perspective of narrative, folktale, and proverb. The narrative account of Saul's becoming the first king of Israel, as depicted in I Sam. 9:1-10:16, is examined and found to be an example of traditional folk narrative. Using the work of Stith Thompson and Axel Olrik, the Saul narrative yields evidence indicating it is composed of traditional motifs and arranged in a manner reflecting traditional interpretation. Within the larger Hebrew narrative of the I Sam. 9:1-10:16 passage there is lodged a folktale. The folktale is found interspersed …

A Contemporary Female Psychic: A Folkloristic Study Of A Traditional Occupation, Jan Laude

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis is a case study of a contemporary woman psychic, Peggy Sue Turner, who resides in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The traditional aspects of her occupation are balanced with adaptative mechanisms in order to meet current cultural and social needs resulting in a satisfying job for both Turner and her clients. Chapter One provides a review of pertinent literature. Chapter Two details fieldwork methodology. Chapter Three gives the life history of Turner as it relates to the joint development of her femininity and her occupation. Chapter Four describes the overall generalities which Turner applies to all of her work and …

Adaptation To A Unique Environment: El Jebelya Of Saint Catherine, Iman Youssef Bastawisi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Lot-386-K-061, Jennifer Shearin

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

The Tahltan Feast For The Dead: A Symbolic Examination Of Space, Howard C. Higgins

Anthropology ETDs

The Tahltan Athapascan ceremony, the Feast for the Dead, contains symbolic messages that pertain to space as it is conceived of and used by these northern people. In this dissertation this issue, space among the Tahltan Indians, is explored. The work examines the historical antecedents, the ecological settings and spaces of the individual, the village, region and total area. Cosmology and the ceremonial cycle are discussed. The argument concludes with a detailed examination of the Tahltan Feast for the Dead, the chief ceremony of the yearly round.

Access to space for the Tahltan is based upon the principles of matrilineality, …

Beshens, Paige A. (Fa 99), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 99. Folklore in "B.C." Examines the comic strip "B.C.", created by Johnny Hart, for examples of traditional and contemporary folklore.

Is Your Pet Safe From Laboratory Experimentation?

Close Up Reports

Researchers still claim need for shelter animals as test subjects

Polynesian Perceptions Of Europeans In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries, I. C. Campbell

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Colin Newbury's Review Of Edwin N. Ferdon's Early Tahiti As The Explorers Saw It, 1767-1797, Colin Newbury

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Char Miller's Review Of T. Walter Herbert, Jr.'S Marquesan Encounters: Melville And The Meaning Of Civilization, Char Miller

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Michael D. Lieber's Review Of Edwin Hutchins' Culture And Inference. Cognitive Science Series, 2, Michael D. Lieber

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.