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Showing 1 to 20 of 152 for “"Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies"”.
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The Persian Period Pottery of Tall Al-'Umayri
… evidence found at well-stratified sites and dating to the Persian period (539-330 BC) has been lacking until the publication series of Tall al- ‘Umayri. This dissertation determines a pottery typology of the Persian period by distinguishing between the Iron II/Persian period and the …
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The value hierarchies of J.R.R. Tolkien and his legacy: a reimagining of fantasy fiction and the propagation of colonial racism
… Tolkien’s The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion are based on his colonial worldview. They are biographical in that Tolkien draws heavily from his life experience to tell his stories. The biographical influence manifests in a hierarchical representation of everything from …
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Circuits of race: Consumption of colorism in Nivea’s “Natural Fairness”campaign
… power force dividing people from people and, in turn, people from self. It is not solely subjected as a battled issue in America, but it is a global phenomenon where support is gained from all corners of the world—resulting in a worldwide denigration. Psychological and physiological …
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Preserving Shawnee Identity through European Trade: How European Trade in Lower Shawneetown Expressed Indigenous Independence
… from colonization through direct trade be and diplomacy with European governments in the New and Old Worlds. The dynamics of trade in Lower Shawneetown were volatile, reflecting changes in Shawnee conceptualization of independence. European traders did not understand their actions through …
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Partir marron: Un parcours sémantique à travers les trous de la mémoire collective haïtienne
… "<em>marron</em> " represents both a totality, and a specificity. Totalizing, the term refers to the slave who fled from the plantation, against the colonial order, that is, the fugitive slave. Specific, in the Haitian lexicography, it stands for a shifty and cunning individual, particularily a …
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Culturally responsive engineering education: A case study of a pre-college introductory engineering course at Tibetan Children's Village School of Selakui
… students who have different learning styles, and strives to integrate multicultural information in the educational contents, among other considerations. ^ In this work, I explore the outcomes of a culturally responsive introductory engineering short course that I developed and taught to …
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Kagame’s Ruse in Rwanda: The Debilitating Role of Authoritarianism in Rwanda and its Impact on Long Term, Sustainable Development
<p>Following the genocide in 1994, Rwanda has been touted as a major, international development success, gaining praise and attention from the international community who place the prosperity of the nation in the hands of Paul Kagame, the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front and the country’s …
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Driving While Black: Stories Through the Driver's Car Window—a Communicative Analysis
… that occurs between Denver police officers, and citizens of the African-American community, during traffic stops characterized as "Driving While Black." Thirty four interviews were conducted regarding this study. Derived from the interviews were transcribed narratives, which were examined …
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Woven Kin: Exploring Representation and Collaboration in Navajo Weaving Exhibitions
… relationship between representational strategies and the employment of critical Indigenous methodologies by museum institutions in the display of Navajo weavings. A postcolonial theoretical framework is utilized to analyze six Navajo weaving exhibition installments over the past decade. …
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Relationship Adjustment in African American/White Interracial Couples
… African American male/White female pairings and African American female/White male pairings. This study sought to elucidate psychological variables that may be related to this sizable discrepancy. It was hypothesized that differences between these pairings exist with regard to …
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"Ocular Proof": Race, Religion, and Gender in The Merchant of Venice and Othello
… of early modern racial categories in England - focusing on religion and skin color as primary modes of demarcation interwoven with other prevalent categories of language, ancestry/blood, nationality, and gender - as illuminated in William Shakespeare's <em>The Merchant of Venice …
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Yellowing the Logarithm: How Money Solved the Problem of Freedom
… between money as the form of appearance of value and race as the form of appearance of human difference. It demonstrates this relationship through a study of experiments with monetary value in eighteenth-century British America. At a time when Bank of England notes circulated primarily among …
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Ethnic Identity and Adult Attachment as Correlates of Relationship Satisfaction Among White, Black, and Interracial Couples
… to relationship satisfaction in minority and interracial couples. This present study examines the extent of the relationship between ethnic identity and adult attachment to relationship satisfaction in White, Black, and Interracial couples.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>Participants completed …
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Learning And Living While Black: Black Students, White Universities, And The Age Of Post-Affirmative Action And Post-Racialism
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>LEARNING AND LIVING WHILE BLACK: BLACK STUDENTS, WHITE UNIVERSITIES, AND THE AGE OF POST-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND POST-RACIALISM</p> <p>by</p> <p>ROSALIND REAVES</p> <p>May 2013</p> <p>Advisor: Karen L. Tonso</p> <p>Major: Educational Evaluation and Research</p> <p>Degree: Doctor …
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Racial Identity and Belonging Among Asian American Undergraduate Students in the Midwest
… to inequities in admissions, scholarships, and student support. This perception feeds and is fed by the model minority stereotype, which characterizes Asian Americans as hard-working and high-achieving and creates intense pressure to succeed academically (Poon et al., 2016). In addition, …
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