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ThesisFekaris, George DinoThe paradox of being and non-being drives the self to find an ally in poetry, and gestures that consecrate their intimacy are made. Appropriation, origination, hybridity, and purity are the methodological ideals of the gestures; the assumptions that g . . .
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ArticleSchafer, John C.In this article I investigate notions of womanhood in Vietnam by examining an autobiography by Lê Vân, a well-known actress. My approach, taken from literary studies, is intertextual: It assumes that in telling their life stories authors will inevitab . . .
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ThesisArellano, Cynthia De HaroThis research aimed to transform the commonly portrayed image of Latino immigrant youth as “at-risk” to youth who exhibit resiliency. With this intention in mind, I took the definition of resiliency and focused on how Latino immigrant youth overcome i . . .
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ThesisDavis, SeanAbstract: This qualitative study examines the process of worker displacement due to the structural conditions of technological advancements in the presentation of media and their impacts on newspaper press workers. I use Erving Goffman’s concept of a . . .
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ThesisEspinoza, JeanetteThis study examines the sexual experiences of Latinas and how they learned about sex and sexual health, how schooling changed their views, and their sexual practices. I conducted 10 in-depth open-ended interviews with college educated Latinas in South . . .
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ThesisCordero, Brittany D.Since 2000, the Internet has quadrupled in size and Computer-Mediated Dating (CMD) websites have become multibillion-dollar businesses (Wysocki & Childers, 2011). The Internet has been able to accommodate increasingly smaller niches, speaking to a . . .
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ProjectEhlers, Alison AynA therapeutic intervention in the form of a time-limited group curriculum was developed for child victims of domestic violence. Domestic violence (DV) is defined as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by an intimate partner . . .
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DissertationKirchner, Scott DanielTo address concerns related to student success, more and more institutions of higher education are using electronic portfolios to assess student development. Institutions using ePortfolios focus on the use of the medium as a summative tool, and though . . .