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- Transformational experiences of African American women: their critical reflections as former migrants who evolved from harvest of shame to seeds of hope.
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- McLaughlin-Jones, Idell, Bryan, Valerie, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
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Narrative inquiry was the qualitative method utilized to collect stories related to former migrant African American females who transformed their lives from migrant workers and found alternative career paths. Sustained poverty among migratory workers created a disenfranchised culture of uneducated citizens. A large part of this labor force was women. It was expected that this culture of poverty would perpetuate itself through generations. The universal stereotypes associated with impoverished...
Show moreNarrative inquiry was the qualitative method utilized to collect stories related to former migrant African American females who transformed their lives from migrant workers and found alternative career paths. Sustained poverty among migratory workers created a disenfranchised culture of uneducated citizens. A large part of this labor force was women. It was expected that this culture of poverty would perpetuate itself through generations. The universal stereotypes associated with impoverished migrants were so ingrained that overwhelmingly the majority of migrants accepted a life of poverty as prophesy. However, some former migrant African American women defied odds and rose above the cumulative effects of poverty. The major findings of this study revealed factors that significantly contributed to their success in a variety of professional careers: consistent family support, adaptive coping skills, catalyst for change, transformative learning, and meaningful relationships with non-family members, and commitment to community service. Sub-findings emerged that revealed that these additional factors also contributed to their success: value placed on education, strong belief in God, and leadership skills.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004305, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004305
- Subject Headings
- Experiential learning, Harvest of Shame (Motion picture), Learning by discovery, Migrant agricultural laborers -- Education, Social values, Transformative learning, United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Cultivated food plants: culture and gendered spaces of colonists and the Chachi in Ecuador.
- Creator
- Fadiman, Maria
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Colonists and indigenous groups living in and around Ecuador’s Mache-Chindul Reserve cultivate various subsistence food plants. The data reveal various differences between the two groups in regards to gendered agricultural spaces. Colonists maintain distinct planting areas, while the Chachi do so less. While each group plants some of the same crops, their basic staples differ: rice for the colonists and plantains for the Chachi. The gendered spaces are also distinct. In colonist households,...
Show moreColonists and indigenous groups living in and around Ecuador’s Mache-Chindul Reserve cultivate various subsistence food plants. The data reveal various differences between the two groups in regards to gendered agricultural spaces. Colonists maintain distinct planting areas, while the Chachi do so less. While each group plants some of the same crops, their basic staples differ: rice for the colonists and plantains for the Chachi. The gendered spaces are also distinct. In colonist households, women take primary care of plants closest to the home, while men’s domain is furthest from the home. Among the Chachi, the reverse pattern is the norm. This spatial organization is looked at in the context of previous theories regarding gender and agricultural. These distinctions are important to be considered in the context of better understanding gendered space among rural groups, and also for developing and implementing effective land use programs in and around protected areas.
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- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/165377
- Subject Headings
- Ethnobotany--Ecuador, Plants, Cultivated, Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Ecuador, Sustainable agriculture--Ecuador--societies, etc., Sustainable development--Envrionmental aspects--Ecuador, Gender identity--Ecuador, Natural resources--Ecuador
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- Document (PDF)
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- The means of national prosperity. : A sermon, delivered at Litchfield, Connecticut, on the day of the anniversary thanksgiving, December 2, 1819.
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- Beecher, Lyman 1775-1863, Sayre, John 1738-1784
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By Lyman Beecher, D.D. Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Litchfield.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb9f30
- Subject Headings
- Agriculture -- United States -- Sermons, Bible -- Ecclesiastes, V, 9 -- Sermons, Industrialists -- United States -- Sermons, Presbyterians -- United States -- Sermons, Sermons, American -- 19th century, Thanksgiving Day addresses -- Sermons, Thanksgiving sermons -- 1819 Dec. 2.
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- E-book
- Title
- " You're too late!": prenatal health seeking behaviors of Guatemalan Mayan women in Palm Beach County.
- Creator
- Supanich, Colleen., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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In this thesis I explore the circumstances in which pregnant Guatemalan Mayan women in South Florida communities found themselves. A local non-profit organization, the Guatemalan Maya Center (GMC), offered assistance to pregnant Mayan women to secure biomedical prenatal care, yet many continued to underutilize these services. The decision to utilize this form of care largely depended on whether a woman received care from a traditional midwife in the community. Women receiving care from a...
Show moreIn this thesis I explore the circumstances in which pregnant Guatemalan Mayan women in South Florida communities found themselves. A local non-profit organization, the Guatemalan Maya Center (GMC), offered assistance to pregnant Mayan women to secure biomedical prenatal care, yet many continued to underutilize these services. The decision to utilize this form of care largely depended on whether a woman received care from a traditional midwife in the community. Women receiving care from a midwife generally did not seek biomedical care until late in their pregnancies. Women unable to locate a midwife often incorporated biomedical care once they suspected pregnancy. Due to the difficulties accessing the GMC's services prior to enrollment many of these women did not obtain "timely" care. A better understanding of the ways in which Guatemalan Mayan women incorporated biomedical prenatal care into their lives is the first step towards increasing their participation in these services.
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- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/192990
- Subject Headings
- Maya women, Medical care, Prenatal care, Maternal health services, Midwifery, Social aspects, Migrant agricultural laborers, Medical care
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Kona Field System: An interdisciplinary investigation of the human-environmental interactions that caused the death of Captain James Cook.
- Creator
- Carney, Melissa Crimi., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Susan Love
- Abstract/Description
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By comparing research from several disciplines and subfields such as history, anthropology, and environmental archaeology, an alternative theory for the cause of Captain James Cook's death on February 14, 1779 developed. One of the basic needs of human beings is food. In 1779, food played an integral part in Hawaiian culture. The population in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii was at maximum potential and was supported by a large-scale agricultural system known as the Kona Field System. There were 284...
Show moreBy comparing research from several disciplines and subfields such as history, anthropology, and environmental archaeology, an alternative theory for the cause of Captain James Cook's death on February 14, 1779 developed. One of the basic needs of human beings is food. In 1779, food played an integral part in Hawaiian culture. The population in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii was at maximum potential and was supported by a large-scale agricultural system known as the Kona Field System. There were 284 men on Captain Cook's third expedition and they relied on the Hawaiians for their food provisions. The economic production of the Kona Field System was affected by several external factors. Environmental conditions, limited farming technology, population density, and sociopolitical organization were causes of food shortages and famines in Hawaiian prehistory. The death of Captain Cook was an indirect result of food scarcity that was caused by a combination of these external factors.
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- 2002
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12946
- Subject Headings
- Cook, James,--1728-1779, Agricultural systems--Hawaii--18th century, Food supply--Hawaii--18th century, Human beings--Effect of environment on--Hawaii--18th century
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Un puente hecho de tierra: un estudio comparativo de la visiâon indigenista del problema de la tierra en Balâun Canâan, por Rosario Castellanos, y "El problema del indio," por Josâe Carlos Mariâategui.
- Creator
- Modic, Blaire., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis uncovers a deep and recurring link between two indigenista texts of the 20th Century: Balâun Canâan, by Rosario Castellanos, and "El problema del indio," by Jose Carlos Mariâategui. Mariategui's text, an essay, takes a deductive approach to prove that the "Indian's problem" in Peru is related to the concentration of land in the hands of his oppressors. Using Marxist theory, Mariâategui shows that only through more equitable distribution of land can the indigenous Peruvian's...
Show moreThis thesis uncovers a deep and recurring link between two indigenista texts of the 20th Century: Balâun Canâan, by Rosario Castellanos, and "El problema del indio," by Jose Carlos Mariâategui. Mariategui's text, an essay, takes a deductive approach to prove that the "Indian's problem" in Peru is related to the concentration of land in the hands of his oppressors. Using Marxist theory, Mariâategui shows that only through more equitable distribution of land can the indigenous Peruvian's fortunes be improved. Castellanos chooses the years of the Cardenas presidency (1934-1940) for her novel, a work that deals with the legacy of the Mexican Revolution. Set in Chiapas, Mexico, autobiographical and fictitious elements and characters dramatize a conflict over indigenous rights to land and education on a criollo family's enormous estate. Supported by intellectual criticism from a number of fields, this thesis connects episodes from Castellanos's novel with the core premises of Mariâategui's essay.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3170604
- Subject Headings
- Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Indians of Mexico, Government relations, Land tenure, Social aspects, Indians of South America, History, Agriculture, Economic aspects, History, Civilization
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- Document (PDF)
