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Wigging Out
Title
Wigging Out.
Creator
Moffa, Jeanette., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Wigging Out, a memoir, chronicles my first chemotherapy treatment which began in 2008 for the autoimmune disease Lupus. The primary focus is on how identity is affected by disability. Each symptom of my disease and side effect from my medications prompted a reevaluation of my identity as I felt a change both in myself and in the way others perceived me. In order to maintain a sense of control, I tried several techniques to pass and cover my disabled status, including the use of prosthetic...
Show moreWigging Out, a memoir, chronicles my first chemotherapy treatment which began in 2008 for the autoimmune disease Lupus. The primary focus is on how identity is affected by disability. Each symptom of my disease and side effect from my medications prompted a reevaluation of my identity as I felt a change both in myself and in the way others perceived me. In order to maintain a sense of control, I tried several techniques to pass and cover my disabled status, including the use of prosthetic hair pieces. Ultimately, the use of prosthetics made accepting my situation more difficult as it encouraged holding onto a former identity rather than creating a new one. It was not until I stopped using prosthetics as a form of denial and instead adopted them as part of a new identity that I was finally able to achieve the confidence necessary to fight for my life.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3355617
Subject Headings
Systemic lupus erythematosus, Treatment, Psychological aspects, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Patients, Mental health, Sociology of disability
Format
Document (PDF)
We are Limestone Creek
Title
We are Limestone Creek: an oral history of Limestone Creek community Jupiter, Florida.
Creator
Stout, Sara M., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
Limestone Creek is an unincorporated community existing within the planning and zoning boundary lines of Jupiter, Florida. Contrasting the economically flush and rapidly developing surrounding municipality of Jupiter, Limestone Creek is a predominantly African American community with an apparent economic gap that leaves the community untouched by development. This thesis project attempts to capture the voices of Limestone Creek and Jupiter residents pertaining to their accounts with an...
Show moreLimestone Creek is an unincorporated community existing within the planning and zoning boundary lines of Jupiter, Florida. Contrasting the economically flush and rapidly developing surrounding municipality of Jupiter, Limestone Creek is a predominantly African American community with an apparent economic gap that leaves the community untouched by development. This thesis project attempts to capture the voices of Limestone Creek and Jupiter residents pertaining to their accounts with an unincorporated area surrounded by a much wealthier municipality. Interviews were conducted with the residents of the community, Palm Beach County and the Town of Jupiter residents and officials, in an effort to explore the existence of an isolated African American community. The research resulted in varied responses to the idea of incorporation because of lack of funds. Conclusions to this research reveal that, to the members of the community, while race underlies all discussions of incorporation the more immediate issue is about securing basic services and infrastructure.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3325089
Subject Headings
Municipal government, Suburban African Americans, Social conditions, Social aspects, Political aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
Progress, Regress
Title
Progress, Regress.
Creator
Maher, Michelle., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Progress, Regress examines the narrator's journey through the world of mental illness. Psychologist Lisa James has a new client, six-year-old Megan Cooper, who has been diagnosed with child-onset schizophrenia. Megan's young age and the severity of her illness rattle Lisa, and make her question not only her role as a psychologist and a mother, but also her own mental state.
Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360951
Subject Headings
Mental illness, Mentally ill children, Family relationships, Schizophrenia in children, Patients
Format
Document (PDF)
Miami and Dade County, Florida
Title
Miami and Dade County, Florida: Its Settlement, Progress and Achievement.
Creator
Blackman, E. V. (Ethan V.)
Date Issued
1921
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000025.pdf
Subject Headings
History, History, Biography, History, The Florida Boom and Bust, 1919-1929
Format
E-book
Liberty Billings, Florida's forgotten radical Republican
Title
Liberty Billings, Florida's forgotten radical Republican.
Creator
Asarch, Rhonda V., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description
Unitarian preacher and Union Army officer Liberty Billings arrived in Florida in 1863 with the First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry. Billings settled in Fernandina and became active in Florida Reconstruction politics as a Radical Republican. Most ot the rhetoric regarding Billings focuses on his participation in the 1868 Florida Constitution Convention even though he went on to be State Senator and an influential citizen in Fernandina. This thesis examines the life of Liberty Billings...
Show moreUnitarian preacher and Union Army officer Liberty Billings arrived in Florida in 1863 with the First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry. Billings settled in Fernandina and became active in Florida Reconstruction politics as a Radical Republican. Most ot the rhetoric regarding Billings focuses on his participation in the 1868 Florida Constitution Convention even though he went on to be State Senator and an influential citizen in Fernandina. This thesis examines the life of Liberty Billings focusing on events preceding and following the Convention. In doing so, it argues that Billings' participation in Reconstruction politics derived from his experiences prior to the Civil War as did his transition from emancipationist to reconciliationist. By examining the earlier years of Billings' life as well as the evidence of his campaigns during 1867, his term as State Senator and Supreme Court cases, it will be demonstrated that Billings abandoned racial equality for class supremacy.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3356895
Subject Headings
Influence, History, Political parties, History, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Politics and government
Format
Document (PDF)
Dream of Araby
Title
A Dream of Araby: Glenn H. Curtiss and the Founding of Opa-locka.
Creator
FitzGerald-Bush, Frank S.
Date Issued
1976
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/FA00000251.pdf
Subject Headings
History, History
Format
E-book
Blended
Title
Blended: a memoir.
Creator
Greenberg, Abbe., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Blended: A Memoir is the author's recollection of her endeavors to overcome the difficulties that often accompany becoming a stepmother and build a "seamless" family.
Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360789
Subject Headings
Stepfamilies, Parent and child, Parent-child relationships, Remarriage, Children of divorced parents
Format
Document (PDF)