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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"U.S. South"”.
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Uneven Ground: Figurations Of The Rural Modern In The U.S. South, 1890-1945
… labor, and segregation in the agricultural South, this dissertation demonstrates how the effects of nascent industrialization, emergent technologies, and "modern" thought are animated by figures and spaces associated with--or performing--versions of rurality. The project is divided into …
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Butch, Femme, Dyke, Or Lipstick, Aren't All Lesbians The Same?: An Exploration Of Labels And "Looks" Among Lesbians In The U.S. South
… and race among "out" lesbians in the U.S. south. In this thesis, I explore the following questions: (1) what labels are self-identified lesbians in the south using and/or applying to themselves, and how do they use them? (2) how do they talk about and experience their dress as a part of …
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One or Two Things I Know About Us: Narrative Strategies for Autoethnography, Self-Representation and Healing in Four Memoirs by Poor-white Women from the U.S. South
… autobiographical writings by formerly poor white Southern women, who are rarely considered as a group and are more typically studied with “rough South” male writers, which would suggest that few women have contributed their own gendered experience to discussions of class, race, and sexuality …
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The Cleanse
… takes place deep in the Appalachians of the U.S. South—a queer woman named Nola finds herself at the forefront of a racial struggle for survival amidst a crumbling nation. One century after a Black genocide of the 2040's, Nola lives in a maroon community named Omega, built inside an Appalachian …
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Analysis of the Appointment of the First African American Ambassador to Apartheid-Era South Africa
… chose to appoint Edward J. Perkins ambassador to South Africa. It explored the relationship between national and international factors that may have influenced Reagan's decision, as well as his policy preferences, beliefs and values. International factors included U.S.-South Africa relations, …
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The Crescent and the Cross: Islamic Influence in Southern Culture
… Islamic influence from West Africa to the U.S. South by way of the slave trade. The original scholarship comes from in the Mississippi Delta, although this thesis also uses quilt books from around the south in order to show widespread regional similarities. Prior scholarship on the Islamic …
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"Don't let de paddle rollers catch you": punishment, control, and resistance in the slave South
… the nature of white-slave relations in the U.S. South during the thirty-year period that preceded the Civil War. It asks one central question: How did slaveowners, overseers, patrollers, and nonslaveowners attempt to physically and psychologically punish slaves and control their behavior? An …
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From Cuba to Ybor City: Race, Revolution, Nationalism and Afro-Cuban Identity
… penetrated all levels of society in the U.S. South, black and white Cubans coexisted within the tiny bubble outside of Tampa during the last few decades of the nineteenth century. Historically, scholars have rarely focused on the voices of Afro-Cubans during this critical time period of Cuba’s …
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Looking Back: Tracing the Trajectory of Four Dominican Women Who Learned 'To Do' School
… of four Dominican educators in the U.S. South who, despite being non- English speakers and immigrants, were successful in attending college and obtaining degrees in education beyond a Master’s degree. This study explores their life journeys in order to understand and account for various …
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In A Foreign Land: Stories Of African Immigrants And Their Children In Jackson, MS
… existence of African community in the U.S. South. I specifically look at African community as a subregion of the South and draw conclusions about African community and its connections to the larger Southern region of the United States. African community in Jackson, MS develops through the …
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Out Of This World: Hearing Indigenous And Immigrant Music In The American South
… regarding traditional music in the U.S. South attempts to transcend outdated confines and limitations, the region itself experiences significant and unforeseen demographic changes. These cultural shifts call into question the foci of documentary efforts and trigger a reassessment of the …
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Discrimination and Mental Health Among South Asian College Students: The Role of Ethnic Identity
… Despite their growth and presence in the U.S., South Asian college students remain underrepresented in this literature. Thus, less is known about how psychosocial factors like ethnic identity influence the relationship between discrimination and mental health in this group. To address this gap, …
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No More Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: The Nixon Doctrine, South Korea, and the Vietnam War
<p>The fact that approximately 300,000 South Korean soldiers participated in the Vietnam War is little known to many Americans. The impact of this on the the U.S.-South Korean bilateral alliance is even less known. This thesis examines how, during the period from 1969 until the end of the Vietnam …
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Price Dynamics and Spatial Market Structure for Three U.S. Southern Pine Timber Products
… (CNS) and Pine Pulpwood (PPW)) for seven U.S. south-eastern and south-central states using quarterly data from 1976 to 2009. We find that the south-east south central market region is not a single market. However, there is evidence of market integration between 6 to 33 percent of the markets …
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Dr. Eugene Grigsby's Connections to Art, African American Life in the South, and Social Justice Education: Implications for Art Education Curriculum
… CONNECTIONS TO ART, AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE IN THE SOUTH, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR ART EDUCATION CURRICULUM by REGINALD STEPHENS (Under the Direction of Dr. Sabrina Ross) ABSTRACT Building on concepts of double consciousness (Dubois, 1903/1994), the negative effects of a lack …
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Games That Will Pay: College Football and the Emergence of the Modern South
It is often said the college football in the South is a religion. While it may be hyperbole to equate college football with religion, a visit to a southern campus on game day affirms that football is an important aspect of southern society. How did this happen? In other words, how did college …
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Original Gangsters: Genre, Crime, and the Violences of Settler Democracy
… the subaltern classes of pre-20th-century southern Europe, southern Africa, South Asia, and the U.S. South—all subjected to criminalization as a mode of colonial and capitalist control—I examine the contemporary politics of gangsterism in India, South Africa, and the U.S. For each …
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Essays on Crime and Social Inequality
… racialized enforcement of drug laws in the U.S. South during the War on Drugs. I develop a model of cultural persistence, linking punitive attitudes toward enslaved Black cotton pickers to intensified law enforcement practices a century later. Using FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data, I estimate …
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Determinants and Effectiveness of Nonpharmacologic Pain Interventions Versus Prescription Opioids
… vii American or adults residing in the U.S. South were about 40% less likely to access a nonpharmacologic pain treatment compared to opioids. Higher education nearly doubled the odds of accessing nonpharmacologic pain treatments, which may provide an avenue to reduce disparities via patient …
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Household economies of scale, food consumption and intra-household allocation of time
… model in the expenditure data from the U.S., South Africa and Russia, and show that the share of food increases relative to a more public good and decreases relative to a more private good. This suggests food is less private than the composite of all other goods in the household budget; the …
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