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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"Culture and religion"”.
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Culture and religion constrain women in the academic sphere : the case of Lesotho
… They relegate women to a minor position and subject them to the guardianship of male partners. Traditionally, men were regarded as senior to women irrespective of age. This tradition of men regarding themselves as superior to women has its roots in our socio-cultural norms in Lesotho. …
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Examining Priming Effects of Jewish Culture and Religion on Impressions of a Jewish Individual
Recent research identified distinct cultural and religious components of American Jewish people's identities (Friedlander et al., 2010). Consequently, we conducted a series of studies assessing Jewish stereotype content and activation that confirmed these components also comprise the Jewish …
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Re-Visioning the Semantic and Semiotic Registers in the Study of Culture and Religion
… this condition in statements of `meaning.' `Religion' expresses this desire in texts and ritual practice which may be examined by in academic study; however, because the `third term' of <em>religio</em> is understood as the condition of being `bounded to or by,' the study of religion is …
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The relevance of culture and religion to the understanding of children's rights in South Africa
… aim of this paper is to explore the influence of culture and religion on the rights of the child from a South African perspective. This paper does not engage in a debate about whether children's rights are universal or not. The underlying premise is that children's rights are universal. The paper …
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Mishpacha in the American Diaspora: An Exploratory Study of Highly-Involved Jewish Families
Both family and religion are important to a large majority of the population in the United States. In the last few decades, research on religious families has significantly increased. Empirical research on Jewish families, however, is scant. The purpose of this study is to explore contemporary …
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Rituals of Power in Southern Africa: an Investigation of the Healing Dance of the !Kung in the Context of African Rituals of Power
… desert in southern Africa. This thesis describes and explains certain aspects of !Kung healing, within the context of community-wide dances. The dance is the primary setting for the relationship between the !Kung and their gods and ancestral spirits. In the dance setting their belief in the …
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Corporal Punishment: Opinion Vs. Research
… use of corporal punishment is deeply rooted in culture and religion for many. Many people feel that it is an acceptable method of disciplining children at home and in school although research has disproved this idea. In many families in the south, corporal punishment has been a trusted type of …
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Square Halos: A Thesis
… explores themes of personal narrative creation and cognitive dissonance as affected by the influences of culture and religion. In first person narrative, this thesis paper discusses the body of work created for his thesis show in March, 2016. Specifically, this paper explores his motivations for …
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The modernization of Islamic art in the realm of architecture
… six case studies representing traditional and modern mosques from an architectural and decorative perspective. By examining published materials and research papers pertaining to the artifacts and analyzing their features, this study attempts to answer the following questions: how has …
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MODERN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS OF COLONIAL SOUTH ASIA: THE ORIGINS OF REVIVAL AND REFORM
… religious movements such as Buddhist modernism and Hindu nationalism became powerful agents of resistance and change. These developments, shaped by the contrasting influences of Western cultural domination and the pervasiveness of preexisting social formations, proved to be an effective measure …
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Attitudes, practices and knowledge regarding cervical cancer screening among Greek women in the area of Perth
… this thesis is to study the attitudes, practices and knowledge of Greek women in Perth, Western Australia, regarding cervical cancer screening. This is important because no study has yet examined the cervical screening pattern of this group, despite their low participation rate in screening …
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A mosque without a community?: Muslim lives in multicultural Japan
… opportunities for upward social, professional, and economic mobility. But what do those opportunities look like? Research on migrants in Japan often focuses on issues of "race" and culture, yet the role of religion is comparatively less well understood. What does it mean to be a Muslim in a …
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LA FIESTA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO: AN ORIGINAL WORK FOR CHOIR, SOLOISTS, AND SMALL ENSEMBLE INFLUENCED BY THE SANTERIA MUSIC OF THE AFRICAN-DOMINICAN COMMUNITY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
… Republic. This musical tradition comes from the culture and religion of the Yoruba people who were brought as slaves from Africa, and features complex drum rhythms and call-and-response chants. This paper deals with the historical and social context of Santería music within the Dominican …
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Beyond the illusion of inclusion: A new vision for cannabis social equity
… work is a reflexive thematic analysis of race and gender on High Times Magazine covers from 1974-2019. The study analyzed the images on 500 covers of High Times, encoding them for race, gender, and profession, which revealed patterns of tropes. The study finds that the commodification of …
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Religious imagery at the Khmer Pagoda of Canada : the significance of images for education
… case study of the Khmer Pagoda of Canada and its visual media, this thesis examines the significance and meaning of the Khmer Temple and its religious imagery for members of the Cambodian Buddhist community. This research study involved formal and informal interviews, participant …
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Pregnancy Related Experiences of Bangladeshi Immigrant Women Living in a Major US Metropolitan Area
… personnel, non governmental agency executives; and documents analysis. The study and the design of the interview guide were influenced by the theoretical framework of the PEN-3 Model (Airhihenbuwa, 1995). A combination of purposeful and snowball sampling technique was used to select 10 women …
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Adolescent Males Involvement in Pregnancy Prevention: Deliberate Action to Protect Future Goals
… were analyzed using constant comparison and theoretical sampling techniques. The concepts and constructs which emerged from the data analysis depict the social processes of adolescent male relationships in regards to pregnancy prevention.</p><p> The findings revealed that these adolescent …
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Towards successful implementation of 5Ss in a U.S. manufacturing company with Indian sub-continent workers
… in Michigan, in the Eastern North Central U.S., and it has a diverse workforce consisting of immigrants from Asia, Europe, and South America. The majority of the workers are immigrants from the Indian Sub-Continent. XYZ has been in the process of implementing 5Ss; however, it has been unable to …
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