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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Exoticization"”.
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The Virtual Guru and Beyond: the Changing Role of Teacher in North Indian Classical Music
… in twenty-first century California, and a de-exoticization of a musical style that most Americans are unacquainted with. A brief overview of the basic theory, history, and practice of North Indian classical music is followed by a comparison of oral and written musical traditions. A specific …
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The postexotic Arab: Orientalist dystopias in contemporary postcolonial fiction
… re-assessment of the Arab exotic. The strategic exoticization of Arab otherness in these works, I argue, is also coterminous with a historically conscious critique of global consumer culture and unequal social relations of power.
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"""I Was a Bum Once Myself"": Harry Partch, ""U.S. Highball"", and the Dust Bowl in the American Imagination"
… postulated as indicative of a trend toward the exoticization of the lower classes hardest hit by the Depression. The study then reconstructs and analyzes two of Partch's early Americana masterworks, including one completed in New York under the auspices of the Guggenheim Fellowship: Bitter Music …
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How Discrimination Experiences Impact Prolonged Grief Disorder Symptoms in Bereaved Black and African Americans
… related to PGD as well (r = .27, p < .001) with Exoticization and Assumptions of Similarity (r = .34, p < .001) being the subscale most related to PGD symptoms. In other words, Black grievers reported the most distress when they experienced prejudice perpetrated by social institutions and were …
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“Fotos y recuerdos” : decolonial ephemera strategies in twenty-first century Latina literature
… objectification of Latinx bodies through exoticization and commodification. Through these narrative strategies, Latina authors push the boundary between literary and archival storytelling, demonstrating how literary works can become more portable, accessible, and community-centered …
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Interior Chinatown: Chinatown as a Performative Space
… perpetuating the community’s poverty, how the exoticization of Chinatown and its residents impacts the community, and how tourism money leads Chinatown to lean into the cultural dynamic. At the same time, the experimental novel’s focus on Taiwanese identity shows readers the multiplicity of …
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Wok Palace 88
… material goods. It asks us to reckon with the exoticization of Asian culture and unrecognition of Asian American art. Consequently, it will investigate what it means to archive and institutionalize cultural objects. Wok Palace 88 is positioned as a defunct restaurant because of the …
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Medicinas indígenas empaquetadas : configuraciones a través de lo exótico, la comercialización y regulaciones en las urbes del altiplano cundiboyacense
La medicina tradicional indígena, como la realidad social misma, se encuentra dentro las dinámicas culturales, económicas, y legales de las sociedades modernas. Es a partir de esa relación y contexto en donde esta tesis propone la categoría de medicina indígena empaquetada para distinguir las …