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Arnold's theory of culture
This item was digitized by the Internet Archive. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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Education and Jordan's Theory of Culture
… in DSpace on 2014-12-04T17:33:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0023368.pdf: 24169061 bytes, checksum: 9807079c471dbeacd3f7e51caf18fb0e (MD5) Previous issue date: 1957
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Croce's Aesthetic and Theory of Culture in 'The Philosophy of Spirit.'
… in DSpace on 2014-12-10T17:07:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6812108.pdf: 6756046 bytes, checksum: 6cc319c3d6129f97d5b26e8f7e9955db (MD5) Previous issue date: 1968
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Generic and professional culture care meanings and practices of Finnish women in birth within Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality
The domain of inquiry was generic and professional cultural care meanings and practices of Finnish women in birth. The purpose was to discover culture care diversities and universalities of generic and professional care of Finnish women in birth. Discovery of the epistemic and ontological …
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The cosmic tantrum
… Tantrum, is presented in two parts: the body of creative work, in the form of a series of art works created over the course of two years of study, and the theoretical work discussed in this document. The creative work is subdivided into two sections: 1) a series of ten figurative mixed-media …
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The Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Different National and Organisational Cultures
… Resource Planning) packages provide generic off-the-shelf business and software solutions to customers. However, these packages are implemented in companies with different organisational and national cultures, and there is growing evidence that failure to adapt ERP packages to fit these …
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Culture Care Beliefs, Meanings and Practices Related to Health and Well-Being of South Sudanese "Lost Boy and Lost Girl" Refugees
The purpose of this ethnonursing study was to describe, analyze and interpret the culture care beliefs, meanings and practices related to health and well-being of South Sudanese "Lost Boy and Lost Girls" following resettlement in the United States. Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and …
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Health-Related Beliefs, Practices, and Experiences of Migrant Dominicans in the Northeastern United States
… the ways that migrant Dominicans take care of their health in their new environment, and their experience with professional health care in the Northeastern United States.</p> <p><strong>Design: </strong>This descriptive qualitative study was guided by Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care …
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Understanding Lists: Umberto Eco's Rhetoric of Communication and Signification
… <em>Understanding Lists: Umberto Eco’s Rhetoric of Communication and Signification</em>, begins and ends with an observation and warning suggested throughout Eco’s work: lists are the origin of culture and the Internet as the Mother of All Lists threatens to end culture. To understand this …
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Cultural Competence and the Residents of the Homeward Bound Residential Homeless Program
… To help define homelessness as a recognizable subculture.</p> <p>Background: Homelessness is a growing public health issue, with over 3.5 million individuals facing homelessness each day in the United States. The difficulty providing health care to this diverse population is well documented, yet …
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Racial residential segregation in the Kansas City area: a comparative study between Blacks and Hispanics
… and cultural methodology that utilizes a theory of culture to explain differences. The second is a statistical methodology that uses data from the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Censuses. The culture theory is predicated upon three axes of a cultural framework: philosophical rationalism versus …
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Ideas for Diabetes Prevention in High Risk American Indian Children: A Parent Focus Group Approach
… Winnebago tribe in Northeastern Nebraska is one of the tribes experiencing this disease in epidemic proportions. Given the chronic nature of this disease and the severity of the complications it is important for American Indian communities to develop strategies for the prevention of NIDDM.<br /> …
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Health Perceptions and Health Care Practices of Lakota Sioux Living Off the Reservation in Western South Dakota
… implications for nursing, given the role of the nurse in providing holistic, culturally congruent care. The fundamental emphasis of nursing on understanding and treating human responses to health and illness lends itself to a concern for culture. Individual health beliefs are complex and …
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Stylizing, Commodifying, and Disciplining Real Bodies: An Examination of WWE Wrestling
<p>This dissertation examines professional wrestling in the U.S., in particular, live and television shows produced by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Through the examination, it addresses complex issues of authenticity, audience, commodification, and discipline in contemporary popular …
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Culture care values, beliefs, and practices of Mexican American migrant farm workers related to health promoting behaviors
The purpose of this study was to describe, explicate, and systematically analyze the culture care values, beliefs, and practices of migrant farm workers related to health promoting behaviors in context of their temporary living accommodations and work setting in two small towns in east central …
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THE THIRD WORLD WOMEN’S ALLIANCE: HISTORY, GEOPOLITICS, AND FORM
<p>This dissertation focuses on the work of the Third World Women’s Alliance (TWWA), a women-of-color-led activist organization that maintained active chapters in New York City and the Bay Area between 1971-80. Drawing on archival research and qualitative interviews, I reconstruct how the group …
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Raymond Williams, cultural materialism and the break-up of Britain
This thesis re-examines the writing of Raymond Williams. It has two goals. Firstly, it explores Williams's concept of cultural materialism, which theorises the role played by cultural forms in the creation and contestation of a national political order. Secondly, it extrapolates Williams's implicit …
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The Aesthetic Agency of Popular Culture in the Writings of Pierre Bourdieu and Arthur C. Danto
ABSTRACT The Aesthetic Agency of Popular Culture: In the Writings of Pierre Bourdieu and Arthur C. Danto Rebecca L. Farinas, Ph.D. Pierre Bourdieu and Arthur C. Danto are significant interlocutors in the areas of aesthetics and popular culture. This study affirmatively answers a question raised by …
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An Analysis of Cultural Content in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Textbooks
The purpose of this study was to analyze the cultural content of selected psychiatric/mental health nursing textbooks. The study was based on Madeleine Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality. Four major research questions were posed for the study: (1) What cultures are …
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Teacher Perceptions of Food and Activity Patterns Among Children in an American Indian Community at High Risk for Diabetes: A Teacher Focus Group Approach
… among American Indians. The complications of diabetes to the health and welfare of American Indians is devastating. The age-adjusted diabetes mellitus death rate for all American Indians is 2.5 times the U.S. death rate for diabetes. In addition, diabetes mellitus is the fourth leading …
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