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- Mimesis and disillusionment in George Lamming's "In the Castle of My Skin".
- Creator
- Boit, Stephen Kiplimo., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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George Lamming portrays his characters in In the Castle of My Skin as a people who are deeply alienated by slavery's "middle passage" experience. Since the actual middle passage failed to destroy the peasants' cultural tropes, the Empire perpetuates the middle passage process through its education and religious systems. As a sign that this alienation is absolute, the peasants are portrayed as weak, and yet ever dependent on the English landlord for stability, identity, and sense of purpose....
Show moreGeorge Lamming portrays his characters in In the Castle of My Skin as a people who are deeply alienated by slavery's "middle passage" experience. Since the actual middle passage failed to destroy the peasants' cultural tropes, the Empire perpetuates the middle passage process through its education and religious systems. As a sign that this alienation is absolute, the peasants are portrayed as weak, and yet ever dependent on the English landlord for stability, identity, and sense of purpose. In the midst of this dependency the peasants find that they are locked in a mimetic world where their desire for freedom and identity can only be met by imitating the very source of their alienation. The satisfaction that they derive from imitating the landlord---and the English in general---is never sufficient to stop their search for freedom and identity, even as they achieve some level of replication of the landlord's power. But their quest for meaning in a colonial world is dashed when the representatives of the new black elite who have taken over from the landlord deny them political and economic freedoms, proving that any mimetic interaction with the oppressor, when replicated in a new political era, produces the same oppressive results.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2002
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12920
- Subject Headings
- Literature, Caribbean
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Prospects for Caribbean mariculture.
- Creator
- Ryther, John H., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1988
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007297
- Subject Headings
- Caribbean Area, Mariculture
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- RESIDUE: WORLDS THAT INHABIT US.
- Creator
- Binnings, Corrine, Mitchell, Susan, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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As humans, we walk through this world hauling remnants of all our individual and collective experiences. We are composites of the things we have seen, been through, the things that have touched our lives and marked us permanently. We are, ourselves, residues of the things that shape the worlds we inhabit and the worlds that inhabit us. On a collective level, people of the Caribbean, particularly those of African descent, are residues of a colonial past that was fraught with violence on every...
Show moreAs humans, we walk through this world hauling remnants of all our individual and collective experiences. We are composites of the things we have seen, been through, the things that have touched our lives and marked us permanently. We are, ourselves, residues of the things that shape the worlds we inhabit and the worlds that inhabit us. On a collective level, people of the Caribbean, particularly those of African descent, are residues of a colonial past that was fraught with violence on every level and a successive local legislature that continues to perpetuate much of the exploitative practices of colonialism. On a personal or individual level, most of us have suffered injury to our psyche and to our bodies that have rendered us what we are today. We are, in a sense, residue (what-lefts) hauling residue, carrying the twin load of what Paula Morgan describes in her book, The Terror and the Time, as “violence and trauma induced by the outworking of [historical and] structural inequalities” along with dust we accrue in our personal walk through this world (2). And whether we admit it or not, the lives we now live, the relationships we sustain or fail to sustain, and the lives we impact are touched by the residue of experiences we carry with us into those spheres.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013356
- Subject Headings
- Poetry, Caribbean Americans
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- DELINEATION OF PANULIRUS ARGUS POPULATIONS USING RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE ANALYSIS OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA.
- Creator
- MCLEAN, MICHAEL DOUGLAS, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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Panulirus argus inhabits western Atlantic coastal waters from North Carolina to Brazil; the planktonic larvae are potentially capable of colonizing the entire species range during their greater than six month existence. Alternatively the larvae may, despite their potential for dispersal, settle-out close to the site at which they were hatched. Restriction endonuclease analysis of P. argus mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) suggests that the species range is divided into local populations. One specimen...
Show morePanulirus argus inhabits western Atlantic coastal waters from North Carolina to Brazil; the planktonic larvae are potentially capable of colonizing the entire species range during their greater than six month existence. Alternatively the larvae may, despite their potential for dispersal, settle-out close to the site at which they were hatched. Restriction endonuclease analysis of P. argus mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) suggests that the species range is divided into local populations. One specimen from Key West, Florida, showed a unique cleavage pattern for at least one endonuclease (BstEII) when compared with twenty-three individuals from the middle and upper Florida Keys. When the lower Keys sample was compared to the middle and upper Keys samples, a tenfold increase in the number of mtDNA base changes was observed in contrast to the same comparison for an upper Keys sample.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1982
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14119
- Subject Headings
- Caribbean spiny lobster
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Queen conch mariculture in the Caribbean region and its potential for Bermuda.
- Creator
- Creswell, R. LeRoy, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1984
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3183724
- Subject Headings
- Queen conch, Mariculture --Caribbean Area
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A bibliography of Caribbean malacology, 1826-1993.
- Creator
- Mikkelsen, Paula M., Bieler, R., Petit, R. E., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1993
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007222
- Subject Headings
- Caribbean Sea, Malacology, Mollusks, Bibliography
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Caribbean Immigrant Women in Educational Leadership: Over Hills and Valleys Too.
- Creator
- Leblanc, Nadine L., Bryan, Valerie C., Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this narrative inquiry was to explore the lived experiences of college educated, immigrant women from the Caribbean in their quest for professional advancement in educational leadership roles in the United States. There were six participants for this study who were selected based on convenience, purposeful, and criterion sampling. Each participant’s lived experience was explored through a triangulation of information provided from two in-depth face-to-face interviews, document...
Show moreThe purpose of this narrative inquiry was to explore the lived experiences of college educated, immigrant women from the Caribbean in their quest for professional advancement in educational leadership roles in the United States. There were six participants for this study who were selected based on convenience, purposeful, and criterion sampling. Each participant’s lived experience was explored through a triangulation of information provided from two in-depth face-to-face interviews, document analyses, and observation/field notes. The findings indicate that Caribbean immigrant women studied navigated hills and valleys that included acculturative stress. Furthermore, the participants are characterized with a militant motivation in their approach to achieving their goals; thus having an attitude of “by any means necessary” was essential to their success. To accomplish their goals and successfully navigate the hills and valleys, the participants shared the support of strong matriarchs in their family and with the added help of the village; they also engaged in adult learning practices in their efforts to excel. Additionally, a Caribbean identity was utilized as a source of resistance and high self-esteem bordering on ethnocentrism against prejudices to facilitate the journey to success.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013228
- Subject Headings
- Educational leadership, Immigrant women, Caribbean
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Weather and hydrographic conditions associated with coral bleaching: Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas.
- Creator
- Smith, Ned P.
- Date Issued
- 2001
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2795322
- Subject Headings
- Coral bleaching --Caribbean Sea, Coral reefs and islands --Caribbean Sea, Coral reef ecology --Research, Oceanography --Caribbean Sea --Observations
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Cultural imperialism: The Caribbean's case of colonization, media imperialism, and tourism.
- Creator
- Sabga, Nicole., Florida Atlantic University, Fejes, Fred A.
- Abstract/Description
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This study focuses on some of the complexities of cultural imperialism in the Caribbean. Five hundred years of colonization by Europe, as well as the hegemonic influence of United States' international broadcast media, has contributed to the multiple identities that Caribbean peoples recognize and possess. Tourism and the development of consumer societies has contributed to the consumption of Caribbean culture. These issues, colonization, media imperialism, and tourism, are discussed with...
Show moreThis study focuses on some of the complexities of cultural imperialism in the Caribbean. Five hundred years of colonization by Europe, as well as the hegemonic influence of United States' international broadcast media, has contributed to the multiple identities that Caribbean peoples recognize and possess. Tourism and the development of consumer societies has contributed to the consumption of Caribbean culture. These issues, colonization, media imperialism, and tourism, are discussed with regard to their influences on Caribbean identities and consumption of Caribbean culture. The efforts of international organizations and the defenses of Caribbean countries are also discussed regarding the effects of cultural imperialism.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15147
- Subject Headings
- Tourist trade--Caribbean area, Caribbean area--Social life and customs, Mass media and culture--Caribbean area, Imperialism
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Growth of Florida fighting conch, Strombus alatus, in recirculating systems.
- Creator
- Shawl, Amber L., Jenkins, Dave, Davis, Megan, Main, Kevan L.
- Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2100807
- Subject Headings
- Aquaculture, Queen conch, Marine ecology --Caribbean Area
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Biochemical and morphologicalheterogeneity in the Caribbean sponge Xestospongia muta (petrosida: Petrosiidae).
- Creator
- Kerr, Russell G., Kelly-Borges, M., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1994
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007380
- Subject Headings
- Sponges--Caribbean Sea, Morphology, Biochemistry, Sterols
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Historical overview: aquaculture in the Caribbean.
- Creator
- Ryther, John H., Creswell, R. LeRoy, Alston, D. E., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1991
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007406
- Subject Headings
- Caribbean Area, Aquaculture, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Tilapia
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Effects of dietary calcium and substrate on growth and survival of juvenile queen conch (Strombus gigas) cultured for stock enhancement.
- Creator
- Shawl, Amber L., Davis, Megan
- Date Issued
- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2144514
- Subject Headings
- Queen conch, Aquaculture, Marine ecology --Caribbean Area
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Isospongiadiol, a cytotoxic and antiviral diterpene from a Caribbean deep water marine sponge, Spongia sp.
- Creator
- Kohmoto, S., McConnell, O. J., Wright, Amy E., Cross, S. S.
- Date Issued
- 1987
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3343811
- Subject Headings
- Sponges--Caribbean Sea, Diterpenes, Antiviral agents
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A new genus and 12 new species of Eunicidae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean Sea.
- Creator
- Carrera-Parra, L. F., Salazar-Vallejo, S. L., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1998
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007235
- Subject Headings
- Caribbean Sea, Polychaeta, Eunicidae, Genus, Species
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Recommendations for culturing juvenile queen conch, Strombus gigas, for restocking and commercial purposes.
- Creator
- Spring, Ashley, Davis, Megan
- Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2147049
- Subject Headings
- Queen conch, Aquaculture, Fisheries --Caribbean Sea --Congresses
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- ANTENNULAR CHEMOSENSITIVITY TO FEEDING STIMULI IN THE SPINY LOBSTER PANULIRUS ARGUS.
- Creator
- JOHNSON, BRUCE RAYMOND, Florida Atlantic University, Ache, Barry W., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
- Abstract/Description
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Antennular chemoreceptors of P. argus were surveyed electro-physiologically to determine their relative sensitivity to low molecular weight components of the shrimp, Penaeus duorarum. An ultrafiltrate (less than 1,000 molecular weight) of shrimp extract did not differ significantly in stimulus value from the total extract itself. A mixture of the 19 amino acids present in the ultrafiltrate was slightly less stimulatory than the total extract. Taurine alone approximated the stimulus value of...
Show moreAntennular chemoreceptors of P. argus were surveyed electro-physiologically to determine their relative sensitivity to low molecular weight components of the shrimp, Penaeus duorarum. An ultrafiltrate (less than 1,000 molecular weight) of shrimp extract did not differ significantly in stimulus value from the total extract itself. A mixture of the 19 amino acids present in the ultrafiltrate was slightly less stimulatory than the total extract. Taurine alone approximated the stimulus value of the amino acid mixture at its component concentration. Taurine was also the most stimulatory of the 19 amino acids when compared at the homogeneous 10^-3 M concentration. Taurine is the major individual stimulant of shrimp extract but a contribution is also made from other non-amino acid low molecular weight compounds.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1976
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13805
- Subject Headings
- Caribbean spiny lobster, Spiny lobsters, Chemoreceptors
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Real Mothers or Otherwise.
- Creator
- Aldana, Melissa, Brown, Susan Love, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis is a memoir of the women in my family and their relationship to motherhood, both adoptive and biological. The primary source of this work is memory and is contextualized within the Caribbean culture. The process of interpreting these memories relies on narrative, cultural, and life history theory that disarticulate ideas of motherhood found in North America from those in the Caribbean. The beginning chapters are a personal memoir of motherhood while the end chapters are analyses...
Show moreThis thesis is a memoir of the women in my family and their relationship to motherhood, both adoptive and biological. The primary source of this work is memory and is contextualized within the Caribbean culture. The process of interpreting these memories relies on narrative, cultural, and life history theory that disarticulate ideas of motherhood found in North America from those in the Caribbean. The beginning chapters are a personal memoir of motherhood while the end chapters are analyses of the theoretical foundations of what I have explored. In the last chapter, I reflect upon the personal process of writing memoir. There is no equivalent study of the perception of the adoptive mother versus the biological mother in the Caribbean. These stories of my family contribute to our understanding of motherhood in the lives of women of color in the Americas, many of which have been missing from history's larger narrative.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013050
- Subject Headings
- Motherhood., Mothers--Caribbean Area., Memoirs.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- CHEMOTAXIS IN THE FLORIDA SPINY LOBSTER, PANULIRUS ARGUS.
- Creator
- REEDER, PAMELA BIRDE., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The relative importance of chemosensory input from the medial vs the lateral antennular flagellae to the orientation behaviour of the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, is examined. The experimental results show that the lateral filament, specifically the aesthetasc tuft of the lateral filament, is necessary and sufficient to effect chemotaxis in this organism. Results further demonstrate a role of lateral filament input in both tropotactic and klinotactic mechanisms of odour orientation.
- Date Issued
- 1979
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13975
- Subject Headings
- Spiny lobsters, Caribbean spiny lobster, Chemotaxis
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- PERIPHERAL MODULATION OF CHEMOSENSORY ACTIVITY IN THE SPINY LOBSTER, PANULIRUS ARGUS.
- Creator
- BOUTON, REBECCA KYLE., Florida Atlantic University, Ache, Barry W.
- Abstract/Description
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The physiological effect of antennular flicking was analyzed behaviorally and electrophysiologically in the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Behavioral studies indicate that glycine and L-glutamic acid cause a transient concentration-dependent increase in flick rate. Electro-physiological analysis of primary chemosensory afferents indicates that flicking modulates ongoing chemically-elicited activity in approximately half of the units observed by causing either a brief increase or decrease in...
Show moreThe physiological effect of antennular flicking was analyzed behaviorally and electrophysiologically in the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Behavioral studies indicate that glycine and L-glutamic acid cause a transient concentration-dependent increase in flick rate. Electro-physiological analysis of primary chemosensory afferents indicates that flicking modulates ongoing chemically-elicited activity in approximately half of the units observed by causing either a brief increase or decrease in the frequency of impulses. Responses of remaining units were not altered by flicking. Antennular flicking is discussed as a mechanism to prolong the address of the peripheral chemoreceptors to the central nervous system and allow the lobster to prolong its awareness of the chemical environment.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1974
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13643
- Subject Headings
- Caribbean spiny lobster, Spiny lobsters, Chemoreceptors
- Format
- Document (PDF)
