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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"African-American culture"”.
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West African Food Traditions in Virginia Foodways: A Historical Analysis of Origins and Survivals.
<p>The degree of African cultural survivals in African-American culture has been debated since the Civil War. Convincing research that West African cultural traits did survive in African-American culture, particularly in African-Amercian foodways, focuses on the lower south, neglecting the upper …
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The Influence of Cultural Identification and Gender-Linked Characteristics on the Body Satisfaction of African American Men
… identification, and body dissatisfaction in African American men. The first hypothesis under study was that men with a low identification to African American culture would report higher dissatisfaction with their body than those with a high cultural identification. Secondly, it was …
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The "Christian Faith Factor" and the African American Child During the Early Childhood Years
The purpose of this research was to determine if African American children progressed through developmental faith stages in the same manner as the subjects described by Fowler in his seminal work on faith development (1981). In Developmental Psychology, many theories with stages have been developed …
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Why we dance: a community autoethnographic study of four African American community dance artists
African American and other nonwestern and non-White dance traditions are a part of cultural expression, historic preservation, a reflection of lived experiences, and a part of everyday life. In many dance programs at colleges and universities, culturally specific dance practices are often not …
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African-American attitudes toward higher education and their struggle with collective identity and the burden of "acting White"
… explores the cultural shift from the value African- Americans during the time of Washington and DuBois placed on industrial and higher education to the value placed by contemporary African- Americans. This cultural shift is linked to African-American collective identity and the contemporary …
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(Re)covering lost lore : folklore adaptations in Zora Neale Hurston and Gloria Naylor.
… practitioners are often members of marginalized cultures; for example both Zora Neale Hurston and Gloria Naylor, two prominent African American female authors, use folklore, their written literature. In doing so, both Hurston and Naylor recognize the value folklore has played in African American …
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Twenty-Four-Hour Woman
… and literally, the voices of a seldom-traveled African-American culture are depicted through these songs. In this thesis, I consider myself a GRIOT, sworn to tell nothing but the truth. These poems speak from places some might consider sacred and others quite sinful. These poems moan out the …
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Gonna Spread the News all Around: Early, African-American Popular Song as Spoken Newspaper
… either how the blues contribute to or reflect African-American identity, or how blues lyrics may be used as windows into African-American culture, values, and attitudes. Scholars have generally relied on more conventional songs about male-female relationships in this research, largely ignoring …
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"I only love them" : Dorothy Scarborough and the supernatural in literature.
… at Baylor University. Constant contact with African-American culture became a profound influence on Scarborough's writing, particularly Conjure and other occult traditions. World War I also constituted a significant influence on her work, as well as her views on supernatural literature in …
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The Crescent and the Cross: Islamic Influence in Southern Culture
To a large degree, America has adopted African American culture as its own. One may hear and see African American influence in popular music, grammar, fashion and art, but rarely are the sources of these influences divined, in no small part to difficulties inherent in interdisciplinary studies. …
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Infant-directed speech in African-American mothers
… modifications in the infant-directed speech of African American mothers; (2) examine the differences in the acoustic properties of the infant- and adult-directed speech of European American and African American mothers; (3) examine the relationship between the acoustic properties of mothers' …
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The white saviour complex in three contemporary American novels
… Industrial Complex’ became popular when Nigerian-American Teju Cole criticised a polarising documentary, Kony 2012, in a series of social media posts. Cole argues that the complex allows white saviours to be lauded for showing support to poor Africans while ignoring the structural, systemic and …
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In A Foreign Land: Stories Of African Immigrants And Their Children In Jackson, MS
My research focuses on the characteristics of African community in Jackson, MS and the factors that contribute to the development and continued existence of African community in the U.S. South. I specifically look at African community as a subregion of the South and draw conclusions about African …
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Cultural Aspects of End of Life Advance Care Planning for African Americans: An Ethnonursing Study
… Studies report even lower completion rates among African Americans are impacted by demographic variables, cultural distinctives related to patient autonomy, mistrust of the healthcare system, low health literacy, strong spiritual beliefs, desire for aggressive interventions, importance of …
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AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
… Although women of all races, ethnicities, and cultures are affected by sexual violence, how it is experienced racially and culturally is unique. African American women’s experiences are often missing from narratives because of the lack of understanding of intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1991) an …
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Historicising the Popular: Trans-Atlantic Exchanges between African American and Local South African Musicians during the Cultural Boycott, c. 1960-1993
This dissertation examines the history of over 70 African American musicians’ tours to South Africa between 1960 and 1993. This largely underexplored history also includes the experiences of South African musicians who accompanied them on these tours. The tours were often perceived by the media and …
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Just Be A Man About It: The Influence of Masculinity on Coping Mechanisms In Undergraduate African American Men
<p>African American men are socialized to strive and achieve manhood as defined by society at large. However, becoming a man within African American culture is not so simple. To achieve manhood, African American men must deal with the pressures of staying true to their culture, while striving to be …
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The Relationship Between Afrocentric Worldview and Marital Satisfaction in African-American Couples
… that many of the theories attempting to explain African-American culture derive from a Eurocentric framework, and thus paint a negative and pathological picture of the African-American family and community. What is needed is research examining African-American family life which holds Afrocentric …
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Intercultural conflict styles in the criminal justice system and the implications for intercultural interventions
… between criminal justice professionals and African American defendants that can interfere with the equitable administration of justice in the criminal justice system in Dane County, Wisconsin. The focus of this research was on the potential conflict style contrasts between criminal justice …
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The Relationship Between Racial Identity, Ethnic Identity, and African-American Acculturation and their Contribution to Psychological Well-Being
… racial/ethnic identity and acculturation in the African-American community, the purpose of this study was threefold: 1) explore the relationship between racial identity and African-American acculturation; 2) examine racial and ethnic identity associations; and 3) observe the connections between …
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