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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Indian Culture"”.
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"How do you integrate Indian culture into your life?" : second generation Indo-Canadians and the construction of "Indian culture" in Vancouver, Canada
… segment of what is commonly referred to as the "Indian community" in Vancouver, focusing particularly on its second-generation youth members. The study examines members' constructions of "Indian" identity, "Indian community," and "Indian culture." The first generation members of this population …
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Reverential fear as a ground of marriage nullity with particular reference to the Indian culture
… choices one makes is determined largely by the culture of people. The system of arranged marriages is so deeply rooted in Indian culture that, even today, almost ninety-five percent of the marriages are contracted in accord with that system. Although this system has its own merits within the …
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What's mine isn't yours, but what's yours is definitely mine: University student use of Cherokee Indian culture in identity formation
… links to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. I chose to analyze WCU's student newspaper within a 50-year period before and during the beginning emergence of the American Indian Movement to determine in what ways, if any, do students engage with settler-colonial narratives to …
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A Study of the Applicability of Makah Indian Music as Material for Concert Band Composition
… appreciation of the artistic values of Northwest Indian Culture, and (3) promote an appreciation of the people who strive to perpetuate their Indian cultural heritage.
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The historical background of the American Indian in Round Valley, California
… deals with the disintegration of the aboriginal Indian culture of northern Mendocino County under the influence of American settlers and military personnel. As such it is concerned with the factors and responses inherent in, and resulting from the interaction of two civilizations, the one old and …
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The lived experience of second-generation, Indian, Hindu women in a cross-cultural romantic relationship: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… cultural lineage is paramount within the Indian culture, and extant literature has highlighted the challenges second-generation, Indian women endure, particularly in the context of romantic relationships, where cultural values differ between the second-generation and their parents. …
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The Waning of Victorian Imperialism: Stylistic Dualism in Gustav Holst's One-Act Opera Sāvitri (1908-9)
… view of the world, Sāvitri renders Hindu-Indian culture in positive terms without relying on the purely exotic, offers a perspective on gender relationships that does not depend solely on convention, and presents the commoner as the British ideal rather than romanticizing the aristocracy. …
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Memories of Motherland: Gender, Diaspora and National Identity in 1990s Indian Popular Culture
… and diasporic experiences on the 1990s popular Indian culture, focusing on discourses of gender, national identity and family. Recent Indian beauty queens and international beauty contests are discussed in the context of gendered nationhood in 1990s India. Several popular films of the 1990s are …
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Past, Present & Future: Decolonization Through American Indian Performance & Installation Art
… a means to address the cultural struggles that Indians face throughout the Americas. In examining the work of artists like the Postcommodity Collective, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, James Luna and Erica Lord, the connection between performance and installation art and Indian culture can be made. This …
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Hindi filmigit: On the history of commercial Indian popular music
… of the Hindi film song from the beginning of Indian sound film in 1931 to the present day, with an emphasis on the years 1931-55. Based largely on fieldwork carried out within the Bombay film industry in 1982-83, this dissertation addresses questions that relate to musical as well as cultural, …
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Geochemical evaluation of the Younger Dryas Boundary (YDB) impact hypothesis, El Carrizal Baja California Sur, Mexico
… extinction and disappearance of the Clovis Paleo-Indian culture. Evidence supporting or refuting this hypothesis has great implications for the fields of geology, paleontology, and archaeology. Our field site for testing the YDB ET impact hypothesis is located on the El Carrizal fault, 38 km south …
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The Migration of South Asians from India to Guyana: The Journey, Struggles in a New Land, Reasons for Changes Over Time and Their Cultivation of a New Culture.
<p>Indians from different regions of India arrived in Guyana through indentureship in 1838. They were under a five-year contract and had to work on the sugar plantations for the duration of their indentureship. While they tried to persist their Indian culture, assimilation in their new environments …
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Let’s talk mental health: analysis of Indian immigrant women’s culturally centered mental health perceptions and identifying modifiers in interventions
… Negative perceptions and barriers persist among Indian immigrant women due to stigma and fear of judgment. Although previous research has documented the prevalence of mental health diseases among Indian immigrant women, there is a limited understanding of the role of Indian culture in influencing …
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Perceptions of typically developing children in India about their siblings with disabilities
… opportunities and resources. Because of the Indian culture around acceptance of disabilities, family members may face social, financial, and emotional difficulties or hardships. Having a child with a disability in the family may lead to strained sibling relationships. Often siblings have …
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Bollywood Broads: Reconstructing the Femme Fatale in Popular Indian Film
… nation of India, many of whom do not belong to Indian culture in the Diaspora. The significance of this influence draws from the cross-cultural borrowings increasingly present in Bollywood cinema. The advent of Western investment in the production center has coincided with the diversification of …
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American Indian Professionals: Educational Decision-Making and Persistence
<p>American Indian graduate students are experiencing a higher matriculation rate in higher education today; however, those rates are still lower than other underrepresented minority groups’ rates. The purpose of this study is to conduct exploratory research to investigate the decision-making …
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The Diary of a Vanishing Indian: Arnold Spirit's Assimilation in Sherman Alexie's YA Novel the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
… of the current ongoing debates regarding Indian autobiographies and their relevance to Sherman Alexie’s Young Adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The introduction and subsequent chapters provide a background on Indian autobiographies and present a critical reading …
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Fermenting Identities: Race and Pulque Politics in Mexico City between 1519 and 1754
… Mexico. The socio-political discourse and food cultures that engulfed pulque and the maguey developed under combustible contexts. Paternalistic Spanish ideologies combined with prevailing indigenous elite strategies to create identity membership categories that defined the major negative …
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Unearthing the Inner Compass
… came from my travels, interests in American Indian culture, wildlife, trees, photographs, and still-life objects. I devoted as much time as possible in my make-shift apartment studio working on art. Balancing career and home activities was a habitual challenge. I learned to trust my intuition …
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Unearthing the Inner Compass
… came from my travels, interests in American Indian culture, wildlife, trees, photographs, and still-life objects. I devoted as much time as possible in my make-shift apartment studio working on art. Balancing career and home activities was a habitual challenge. I learned to trust my intuition …
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