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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Mary Douglas"”.
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Building Zion: Sacred Space, the United Order, and Mormon Successor Groups
… sacred communities. By using Mircea Eliade and Mary Douglas to frame the discussion, this study will attempt to piece together how different groups utilized the efforts of their joint founder in response to the social challenges they each faced.</p>
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Here tunggë made here slayn: Dangerous speech acts in four exempla from Robert Mannyng of Brunne’s <i>Handlyng Synne</i>
… Bataille, Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva, and Mary Douglas, as well as others, and conclude that speech acts, whether deviant or sanctioned, make identity at any level (de)constructable. I hope to show that while this is particularly noticeable against the historical and ideological backdrop of …
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CONCEPTUALISING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN ENGLISH FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
… sociology and the work of anthropologist Mary Douglas to analyse these cross-sector transactions. In part one of the thesis, the context for the research is outlined and the rationale for a conceptual approach is explained. In part two, an analytical framework is developed to conceptualise …
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Rules of Disorder: A Comparative Study of Student Discipline
… upon the theoretical insights of Emile Durkheim, Mary Douglas, Tom Popkewitz, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, and neo-institutionalist scholars, this study proposes explanations for this surprising pattern. I argue that increased structural-functional differentiation within schools and …
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'Anything's risky': a theoretical examination of adolescent risk decisions
… Ulrich Beck), (2) cultural theory (championed by Mary Douglas) and (3) governmentality (developed by Michel Foucault). The analysis utilises a variety of risk behaviours (as defined by the respondents) to construct a more comprehensive understanding of risk. Three analysis chapters are presented …
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The Other and the construction of cultural and Christian identity : the case of the Dutch Reformed Church in transition
… drawing, in particular, on the work of Mary Douglas and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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From Brock to Brett
… in das 21. Jahrhundert verfolgt. Basierend auf Mary Douglas' Theorie zu Reinheitsvorstellungen wird aufgezeigt, inwiefern sich nicht nur soziale Kategorien, nämlich Geschlecht, race, sozioökonomischer Status und Alter, sondern auch die sexuelle Reinheit oder Unreinheit von Betroffenen auf die …
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Uncivilized women and erotic strategies of border zones or demythologizing the romance of conquest
… study also applies the work of Victor Turner, Mary Douglas, Julia Kristeva, Gloria Anzaldua, Homi Bhaba and others to an examination of the subversive cultural formations that evolve through the boundary dissolution of colonization. Chapter two considers Louise Erdrich's novel Tracks in which …
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Algal Biomass Accrual in Relation to Nutrient Availability along a Longitudinal Gradient in the Upper Green River, Kentucky
… productivity, and community structure of primary producers. The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to assess the relationship between ambient algal biomass. and in-stream nutrient levels along the longitudinal course of a river through a transition from weak to well-developed underlying …
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Media Discourses and Postfeminism: An Analysis of Gender Logic in the Year of the Woman
Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 87892 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs
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Cultural Factors and Concepts of Pollution: Colorectal Cancer and Health Behaviors among Ashkenazi Jewish Women
The colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence in Ashkenazi Jews has been found to be highest of any ethnic group in the world (Feldman, 2001). It is currently unclear how culture and religion influence health behaviors of U.S. Ashkenazi Jews, as well as what other socio-cultural factors influence AJ …