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  • Mothers and Work: Women's Perceptions in Contemporary Japanese Society

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    Yoshizaki, Kimiyo
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    This paper investigates certain women's problems in contemporary Japan. Historically, Japanese believed ideal women fit in the stereotype of "Good wife, Wise mother." Japanese women's main roles were regarded as wife and mother. Especially, motherhood was the main responsibility of women. However, the advance of industry, technology, and methods of...
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    . Nancy Rosenberger, Dr. Joan Gross, Dr. Susan Shaw, and Dr. Anita Helle. Especially, I would like to

  • Self-identity and self-esteem of recent female Mexican migrants in an even start program

    Creator:
    Polit, Gabriela
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    The purpose of the study is to explore the life experiences, identities, and self-esteem of a group of Mexican women who attend Even Start, a family literacy program. The study also focuses on the effect that the program has on the women's self-identities. I chose qualitative research considering I was...
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    of Recent Female Mexican Migrants in an Even Start Program Abstract approved: Nancy R. Rosenberger

  • East Meets East: Cross-Cultural Communication between Japanese Managers and Thai Subordinates

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    Mekratri, Yaowarej
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    This research mainly examines the superior-subordinate relationship between Japanese managers and Thai subordinates working in joint ventures in Thailand, especially the management style of the Japanese and the reactions of the Thais, Cultural adaptation of Japanese expatriates and Thai subordinates is also explored. Through this study, we gain better understanding...
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    extend my sincere appreciation to my thesis committee Dr. Nancy Rosenberger, Dr. Natalie Dollar, Dr

  • The body of a patient and rational treatment in the managed care era

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    Sumii, Kensuke
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    This study aims to identify conceptions of the body, as well as "rational" treatment among primary care practitioners (PCPs) and emergency medicine practitioners (EMPs) dealing with managed care plans. I conducted ethnographic study throughout 1996, and interviewed six PCPs and four EMPs. In the course of my interviews, I discovered...
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    Managed Care Era. Abstract approved: Nancy R. R. Rosenberger This study aims to identify conceptions

  • Thinness in Asia : eating disorders in Singapore as seen through anthropological eyes

    Creator:
    Isono, Maho
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    There has been a growing interest in eating disorders among Singaporean medical professionals since the 1990s, and the Singaporean public is also starting to become aware of the risks of these conditions. This ethnographic research on eating disorders in Singapore, conducted in 2001, however, found that the majority of the...
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    forbearance of many people. First of all, I wish to express my great appreciation to Dr. Nancy Rosenberger

  • Self-made women of China : experiences in small-scale entrepreneurship

    Creator:
    Searles, Mackenzie L.
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    The purpose of this study is to examine the lived experiences of women small-scale entrepreneurs in Qingdao, China by placing their collective experiences within relevant social and economic frameworks. This study, conducted in 2011 over a six-month period, applies an ethnographic approach based in modified grounded theory to bring together...
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    Women of China: Experiences in Small-scale Entrepreneurship Abstract approved: Nancy R. Rosenberger

  • Civic agriculture : the successes, trials, and future of the local food movement in the Willamette Valley

    Creator:
    Klingensmith, Thomas S.
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    This study investigated the local and sustainable food movements in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The aim of the research was to better understand the current condition of the phenomenon, what it means to the communities studied and the future role it will play in the state. Other research objectives...
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    Movement in the Willamette Valley Abstract approved: Nancy R. Rosenberger This study

  • Advertising strategy and anthropology : a focused look at consumers and their organizing devices

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    Whiddon, Jeremiah J.
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    This thesis was designed and written with advertising stakeholders in mind. The aim of my thesis is to illustrate how listening to and understanding the behavior and voices of consumers from the perspective of a trained anthropologist can improve advertising strategies. My instruments for conducting this research include an in-depth...
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    The author would like to express sincere appreciation for the time and efforts of Nancy Rosenberger

  • Changing Mother-Daughter Relationships in Isan Rural Culture in the Context of Women’s Migration

    Creator:
    Ramwong, Patsarin
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    This thesis explores the changes in mother-daughter relations in Northeast Thailand over the last three generations in relation to migration out of this region. Qualitative interviews were done with ten families in two villages; the interviews focused on representatives of three generations of women in each family. In recent decades,...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Nancy Rosenberger This thesis

  • AIDS and Adolescents : perspectives by gender and class on sexual and drugs behavior

    Creator:
    Thianthai, Chulanee
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    Much-needed research on Thai adolescents (age 15-19), the fastest growing group of AIDS victims in Thailand, this study differentiates risk behavior among classes, unlike most AIDS research in Thai society, and focuses on how gender and economic factors among adolescents influence their risk-behavior patterns leading to the contraction of HIV/AIDS....
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    and Class on Sexual and Drugs Behavior. Abstract approved: Nancy R. Rosenberger Much-needed