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The power of conceptual metaphor in Diana Abu-Jaber's The Language of Baklava and Birds of Paradise

Creator:

Gratz, Kimberly A.

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This thesis examines the use of religious metaphor as it applies to food in two literary works by Diana Abu-Jaber. First, The Language of Baklava, a culinary memoir published in 2005, reveals aspects of cultural identity and memory through food and metaphor. Second, Abu-Jabers most recent novel, Birds of Paradise,...

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Masters Thesis

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you to my husband and partner in life, Richard, and to my sweet Bug, Anna G. I am one lucky girl
Going somewhere or getting stuck : transitions to adulthood in rural Oregon

Creator:

Cunningham, Sarah E.

Abstract:

This dissertation explores the real world problem of rural youth out-migration and finds that the central problem is one of persistent class difference in this rural Oregon town. The research that informs this dissertation was conducted in a rural community of approximately 2300 residents in Eastern Oregon, here called Talltown....

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Dissertation

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