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Showing 1 to 20 of 116 for “"and Cultural Identity."”.
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Rethinking Thai architecture and cultural identity
… of colonisation by western powers, the Thai king and the country’s social elite decided to adopt and implement western notions and technology as a superior ways to develop Thailand into a civilised nation, since it was believed that a new modern image of Thai cultural identity would help the …
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Writing the self: feminist experiment and cultural identity
… non/narrative texts whose text-subjects mediate identity and call for increased possibilities for subject-identification in the world. The use of innovative formal strategies and experiment with narrative, combined with the content of identity critique, make these texts political projects that …
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Migration and cultural identity: Performing the Afro-Caribbean woman's struggle
1 PDF file (vi, 137 pages)
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Mandalas and cultural identity: Increasing positive identification with Chamorro native heritage
… of adapting a traditional art directive of mandalas for use with individuals of Chamorro descent to develop positive identification with Chamorro native heritage. Fifty participants participated in the study; the majority were females who resided on the island of Guam; a US territory. Almost …
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Imperial designs: fashion, cosmetics, and cultural identity in Japan, 1931-1943
This dissertation analyzes how women and gender shaped Japanese imperial culture at home by examining fashion and cosmetics in the 1930s and 1940s. In contrast to conventional narratives of Japanese imperial history that posit Japan’s nation- and empire-building projects as separate entities, one …
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Contemporary Islamic gardens and cultural identity: Three case studies from North America and Europe
… contemporary Islamic gardens located in Europe and North America are examined through site observation, interviews, and a review of primary and secondary sources. These cases are the Mughal Garden in Bradford, UK; the Bakewell Ottoman Garden in St. Louis, US; and the Aga Khan Park in Toronto, …
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Exploring key barriers to consumer adoption of meat analogues : meat attachment and cultural identity
… from depleting natural resources such as water and land and emitting dangerous greenhouse gases, while negatively affecting human health. The inefficiencies of converting plant matter into animal meat is particularly pronounced for beef. Despite these effects, demand is on the rise across the …
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Path place pause: re-establishing vibrancy and cultural identity in Pniël by redefining the square
Buildings provide a source of culture and cultural identity, forming part of the cultural fabric of an area with traces of the past assisting in the development of a place (Fransen, 2006). Cultural identity appears to be threatened in many mission towns in South Africa as issues of gentrification, …
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Touching on the Untouchable: contesting contemporary Black south african masculinity and cultural identity through performance
As a moment of slipping in, turning away and recovering from; the thinking for this project is focused on understanding through and from within culture. With this the paper begins to weave itself through a guided journey of my own personal accounts and the theorists that align and/or challenge such …
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Voices on the margins: the role of New Zealand cinema in the construction of national and cultural identity
… is based on the proposition that the New Zealand feature film Broken English (1996, Gregor Nicholas) constitutes a ‘break’ in New Zealand cinema on the level of its subject matter. Where feature films before ‘imagined’ New Zealand overwhelmingly in either mono-cultural or bi-cultural terms, …
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I Am What I Say I Am: Racial and Cultural Identity among Creoles of Color in New Orleans
… examines the generational changes in the culture and racial self-identification of Creoles of Color of New Orleans. This study argues that the key to understanding Creole culture is the role that isolationism has played in its history. While White ethnics pursued a path of assimilation, Creoles of …
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Political recognition and cultural identity of minorities: what is their meaning in the case of Khoisan in South Africa?
… South Africa committed to the political and cultural recognition of ethnic minorities. The commitment was instilled in the Bill of Rights of 1996, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted by South Africa in 2016, and in the direction toward repair of past …
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Haitian classical music, vodou and cultural identity : an examination of the classical flute compositions of Haitian composer Werner A. Jaegerhuber
Thesis (D.M.A.)--Michigan State University. Department of Music, 2005
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Social and Cultural Identity Development of Turkish Youth in the Age of Technology and Globalization: A Study on Internet Cafes
… that (a) spending more time at Internet cafes and frequent entertainment and communication-based activities led to an increase in affiliation with Western culture, (b) spending more time at Internet cafes and frequent entertainment-based online activities led to a decrease in the quality of …
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Socio-political and cultural identity in the visual arts in Namibia: A study of transitional and post-independent Namibian visual arts, focusing on John Muafangejo, Joseph Madisia and Ndasuunye Shikongeni
The purpose of this study was to make a critical and in-depth analysis of the cultural identity and the socio-cultural statements of transitional and post-independent indigenous Namibian visual art. It aims to investigate how transitional and post-independent indigenous Namibian visual art is …
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The Color of Youth: Mexicans and the Power of Schooling in Chicago, 1917-1939
This dissertation examines the social and educational experience of the first mass wave of Mexicans who migrated to Chicago in the early twentieth-century. It recaptures how the racially, socially, and economically charged experiences of Mexicans reshaped their national and cultural identity in …
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The role of intercultural communication sensitivity in overcoming cultural barriers
… study investigated the relationship between intercultural communication sensitivity and the culturally developed variables of emotional intelligence, ethnocentrism. multicultural ideology, patriotism and cultural identity. Correlation analysis was used to investigate the retationship between each …
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The Mirror Up to Nature: Identity Exploration through Drama for English Language Learners
… acquisition through content, arts integration, and identity development in concert with foreign or second language development are all important and valid approaches to ESOL education. However, there is a lack of literature addressing these three elements in concert. This project attempts to …
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