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The Virtues of Ethnicity
Error theorists about race face a challenge from the occurrence of diseases and other health ailments that, appear, to be tracked by groups that are carved out by racial terms. If race does indeed allow us to make useful medical distinctions, then it would seem foolish or even a form of medical …
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Ethnicity, Nature, and Community Gardens
… gardening influence gardeners’ notions of ethnicity. The study examines the dialectical relationship between nature and culture in community gardens from the theoretical perspectives of debates over ethnicity, the social construction of nature, and political ecology. The study’s analytical …
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Ethnicity and Differential Career Success
… in organisational psychology has focused on ethnicity (Cox, Nkomo & Welch, 2001; Kenny & Briner, 2007). Therefore this thesis presents three studies designed to enhance our knowledge of minority-ethnic career experiences and the processes that contribute towards differential career success. …
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Intra-Family Communication of Ethnicity
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Ethnicity and attitudes to body shape
… towards overweight individuals. The role of ethnicity is an under researched area in attitudes to body shape, particularly views of obesity in different cultures. The primary aims of this study were to compare British-born South Asian and Caucasian pre-adolescents and their views of their …
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The Female Athlete Triad and Ethnicity
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to summarize the current literature on the Triad and individual components, to investigate the relationship between the Triad and the prevalence in different ethnicities (White and Black), and determine if acculturation has an effect on disordered eating or …
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Visualization of Ethnicity: Beyond What You See
… up participating in the institutionalization of ethnicity. On the other hand, if she denies the categorization of being ethnic, that is being invisible, blending with the rest, she will have to face the danger of being accused of becoming “too westernized” or “white-washed.” My research is a …
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Symbolic Ethnicity: A Non-Textual Translation Process
… practices. By examining examples of symbolic ethnicity, I demonstrate that cultural phenomena can be considered a process of non-textual translation. To do this, I draw on Maria Tymoczkos notion of the cluster concept in order to explore the similarities and overlaps between translation and …
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Cayes, Coral, Tourism and Ethnicity in Belize
… The study attempts to understand the role of ethnicity, socio-economic status, amount of contact with tourists, and the environment in regard to attitudes towards tourism utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods. The study also attempts to understand the organization and disorganization …
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Ethnicity in Festival Landscapes: An Analysis of the Landscape of Jaialdi '95 as a Spatial Expression of Basque Ethnicity
… cultural performances and symbols, metaphors of ethnicity and spatial expressions of social processes which influence ethnic groups. As a metaphor of ethnicity, festival landscapes have become both a tool for the ethnic boundary maintenance of ethnic groups and a form of symbolic ethnicity for …
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Perceptions of Weight Status: The Effects of Target Features (Fat/Muscularity Level, Gender, Ethnicity) and Rater Features (Ethnicity and Gender)
Previous research has explored self-perception of weight and has established that women tend to overestimate their own weight while men tend to underestimate. New research has also begun to examine parental perceptions of their children's weight and has indicated that parents tend to be fairly …
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Crime, Vegetation, and Ethnicity, Austin, Texas 2006-2010
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Ethnicity, boundaries, and nationalism in a "European" Croatia
Despite the E.U.'s attempts to create a sense of European homogeneity between its members, issues of nationality and identity continue to play a vital role in both its function and expansion. This research examines the shifting role that the nation plays in Croatia's transition to the European …
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Living the differences: ethnicity, gender and social work
… departments. Whilst the discourses of 'race'/ethnicity and equal opportunities provided the impetus for the employment of black women as qualified social workers the understanding and experience of this employment was mediated through a sense of organisational and managerial exclusion. Thus …
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Counselor's multicultural competencies: from gender and ethnicity perspectives
Multicultural counseling competencies are stressed so as to maximize counseling efficacy. Previous research discovered how social desirability tends to confound counselors' self-perceived multicultural competence, which multicultural training helped to enhance. Still, counselors' perception of …
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Privacy Concerns About Genetic Testing: Does Ethnicity Matter?
… also impacts their privacy concerns. The role of ethnicity is important due to historical reasons e.g., the case of Henrietta Lacks (Rao, 2016), medical experimentation on slaves, and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (Gamble, 1997). This research aims to address this research gap, by examining the …
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Violin Performance Practice and Ethnicity in Saraguro, Ecuador
… younger Saraguros understand and express their ethnicity in correspondingly different ways. I investigate the diversification of performance practice among Saraguro violinists to analyze this phenomenon. To point to the differentiation of ethnic consciousness, I focus on the import of the …
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