Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"cultural alienation"”.
-
The Social and Cultural Alienation of First and Second Generation Immigrant Youths: Interrogating Mainstream Bullying Discourse
… youth bullying as a white subject. The socio-cultural differences, past experiences of political, social and domestic violence, and the difficulties of integration and accommodation with the unfamiliar lifestyle of the new country heavily affect the vulnerability of the ignored young immigrant …
-
Every Rock Has a Soul
… rocks to explore my ongoing struggles with my bicultural identity. Through the continuous pouring of wax and plaster that create stalagmites on to domestic objects, I imbue positive qi into my artworks to pass on to whoever seeks it. I use my sculptures to create spaces for other Asian Americans …
-
A critical study on Christian mission with special reference to the Presbyterian church of Mizoram
… from the interaction of the gospel and Mizo cultural elements with the aim of reconstructing Mizo Contextual Theology of Mission. Methodologically the author employed the postcolonial and synthetic models. This study introduced the Mizos and their traditional elements with a brief …
-
“LIFE IS VERY HARD HERE”: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS IN EL NORTE AND ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY
<p>The purpose of this paper is to reveal cultural challenges indigenous peoples and people in poverty face in their Central American homelands and in the United States when migrating northward. Central Americans living in economic and social structures of hardship and/or cultural persecution leave …
-
Storying disillusionment : a decolonial reading of selected plays by Cheela Chilala, Blessing Hungwe, and Dunduzu Chisiza Jr
… playwriting due to critical acclaim and cultural relevance in their respective countries. A central thread that connects all these texts is that of disillusionment with post- independence, postcolonial contexts. Using a constructivist research paradigm, critical discourse analysis as a …
-
Overcoming loneliness: first-generation Slavic immigrants' experience with loneliness in the Inland Northwest
… has caused devastation to many social and cultural groups’ well-being. Scholars have analyzed and documented its adverse health such as suicide (Stravynski and Boyer 2001), Alzheimer’s disease (Wilson et al. 2007), depression (Erzen and Çikrikci 2018), immune system complications (Hawkley …
-
Contemporary Islamic gardens and cultural identity: Three case studies from North America and Europe
… has required certain negotiations with local cultural, geographical, and climatic conditions to produce a meaningful experience and prevent cultural alienation. These adaptations reveal the flexibility of Islamic gardens as forms and concepts. Most previous literature on Islamic gardens has …
-
Envisioning transboundary cooperation zones : en la Frontera de Cd. Juarez-EI Paso/
… disparities, political tensions, social and cultural alienation, and ecological threats. From an aerial photograph these two metropolises read as one, but on the ground their differences translate into daily contradictions, where the multiple layers that encompass these two cities overlap …
-
Exploring honour killings through literature : an investigation of motivations for honour killings
… killings. In Chapter One, I analyse specific cultural constructions of purity in Turkish author Zülfü Livaneli’s Turkish-set novel Mutluluk (2002)/Bliss (2007), in order to show how purity is championed and impurity is regarded as dishonour in the context of honour killings. In Chapter Two, I …
-
Unveiling the Challenges and Coping Strategies among Students of African Descent at a Post-1992 University in England: A Narrative-Case Study Approach
… The study is grounded in the Intersectional Cultural Capital Framework (ICCF), an original integrative model developed for this research. Drawing on Critical Race Theory (CRT), Intersectionality, Bourdieu’s Theory of Cultural Capital, and Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth (CCW), the ICCF …
-
Reflexionen über Entfremdungserscheinungen in Christa Wolfs Medea. Stimmen
… at elucidating Christa Wolf’s understanding of alienation, her examination of this topic, her own experience of alienation, as well as the subjective experience of alienation through the literary figures in her Medea.Stimmen. The introduction provides explanations concerning the history of the …
-
A CULTURAL BACKLASH ALL OVER EUROPE? INVESTIGATING THE LINK FROM VALUES TO VOTES IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
… support for far-right parties through increasing alienation of social conservatives from mainstream society in the context of progressive value change. This account of electoral change relies on a pathway from social conservatism to authoritarian personality traits and subsequent electoral …
-
Thunderbird: Embracing Indigenous Voices of Resistance
… are characteristic generational trauma due to cultural alienation and systemic discrimination. The federal government encouraged Indigenous territorial dispossession. Methods utilized included residential schools, socioeconomic marginalization due to treaties, federal government legislation, as …
-
Ecoconscious: Skilful Sensing in Young Adult Fantasy Literature
… smelling skilfully, especially in how they use cultural context to interpret the significance of scents. We need more novels depicting skilful smell to counteract cultural attitudes that shame us into loathing, fearing, and repressing our humanimal embodiment. The fourth chapter contends that a …
-
Western Historical Gardens and Chinese Influences--From Great Britain to Picturesque Royal garden in Piedmont
… collapsed the opposition between nature and cultural processes in which facts about picturesque garden influenced the Europe—the way, in particular, that the action of Chinese garden individuated in each country—that the nature, history, and semiotic or aesthetic character of picturesque …