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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Caribbean women"”.
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Madness in 20th and 21st century francophone Caribbean women writers
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01
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The online identity development of Indo-Caribbean women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
… of the identity development of six Indo-Caribbean women in STEM through the theoretical frameworks of intersectionality and equity, and phenomenological, narrative, and participatory research methodologies. Findings suggest that online communities provide participants numerous educational …
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Culture and Diet: Food Choice among Black African and African-Caribbean Women with Type 2 Diabetes
… known about the factors influencing the diet of women of Black African heritage with T2DM. In addition, clinical and public health conceptions of the problem tend to be individualistic in orientation. This study is an exploratory and in-depth inquiry into food choice and the implications of …
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Living with Sugar: Socioeconomic Status and Cultural Beliefs About Type 2 Diabetes Among Afro-Caribbean Women
In the U.S., individuals of Afro-Caribbean and Latino descent are two to three times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than non-Hispanic whites. Caribbean and Latin America migrants, particularly minority women bear a disproportionate burden of type 2 diabetes and its risk factors. The purpose …
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The Experiences of Panamanian Afro-Caribbean Women in STEM: Voices to Inform Work with Black Females in STEM Education.
THE EXPERIENCES OF PANAMANIAN AFRO-CARIBBEAN WOMEN IN STEM: VOICES TO INFORM WORK WITH BLACK FEMALES IN STEM EDUCATION By BEVERLY A KING MILLER B.A., Psychology, Nyack College, NY, 1985 M.A., Teaching, National-Louis University, IL, 1992 Ph.D., Multicultural Teacher and Childhood Education, …
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An Exploration of Self-Identity Experiences Within the Lives of Afro-Caribbean Women Undergraduate College Students: A Feminist Phenomenological Study
… to explore the self-identity experiences of Afro-Caribbean women undergraduate college students. In doing so, self-identity experiences, ethnic marginalization, and counseling experiences were explored for six participants. Data was collected and analyzed using Simone De Beauvoir's feminist …
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French Caribbean Women and the Problem of Empowerment: A look at Moi, Tituba, sorcière...Noire de Salem and Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle
… the problem of self-empowerment for the French Caribbean Black woman as presented in the novels Moi, Tituba, sorcière...Noire de Salem and Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle. The respective authors, Maryse Condé and Simone Schwarz- Bart, use fiction to convey the plight of women in the French …
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A Means to An End: Articulations of Diasporic Blackness, Class and Survival among Female Afro-Caribbean Service Workers in New York City
… oral histories and personal narratives of Afro-Caribbean women who migrated to New York from 1961-2008 and explores how they articulate and negotiate multiple identities surrounding diasporic Blackness, class, and gender. This dissertation studies Afro-Caribbean women in the spaces they live …
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Cartographic Memories and Geographies of Pain: Bodily Representations in Caribbean Women's Art
… aims are rooted in a guiding principle of Caribbean womanhood; and, with black women's bodies located at the center, the goal of this study is to provide new alternatives to understanding "writing the body" by looking to Caribbean women's cultural products as sites of theory formation. The …
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Raras al mando/queer women command: Alternative Spanish-speaking Caribbean femininities on the global stage
… documents current artistic projects led by queer Caribbean women performers who disrupt and reframe traditional Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican femininities through performance and media. Through words, images and sounds I narrate the multimedia tales and epiphanic moments that served as turning …
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THE TRANSNATIONAL NARRATIVES AND STRUGGLES OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN TEACHERS IN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
<p>Between 2001 and 2003, 1500 Caribbean teachers were recruited to teach in New York City’s low income and primarily immigrant/student of color school districts. Using ethnographic research methods through interviews, observations, focus groups, and document analysis, this dissertation documents …
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Educational Leadership and the Ethic of Care: The Experiences of Four Women Educators of Trinidad and Tobago
… influences over followers are the four women who constitute this study. To understand how they evolved as educational leaders, testimonies of their experiences and perceptions were developed. These testimonies are presented as reconstructed narratives. The discussion on these narratives …