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Breaking Barriers: Latina Catholic Immigrants

Hillon, Deisy L (2015-03-24)

This thesis describes the negotiations of tensions, contradictions and oppositions that exist when considering immigration, religion and gender. For Catholic Latinas in the U.S, immigrating creates not only new barriers ...
Friendship in Azeroth: a Phenomenological Study of Relationships in the Context of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game World of Warcraft

Richards, Aubin

As the world moves further into the 21st century more and more of our social activities take place online. Of particular interest is the social space of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) where the ...
Front and Back Stage Presentations: The Convergence of Presentation, Negotiation, and Adjudication of Domestic Violence Cases

Hamilton, Leilani R (2014-06-02)

This thesis focuses on the symbolic interaction and socialization through front and back stage presentations of those identified as criminal justice actors. The research and observations take place over the course of two ...
Is the Embodied Pregnancy Still Relevant? Uncertainty, Embodiment and Technology in 21st-century Pregnancy

Imperatore, Catherine (2015-01-30)

Mothering begins at conception and is considered essential to womanhood, while the physical challenges and joys of pregnancy are perceived as natural and inevitable. How well this fits with a woman's lived experience of ...

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