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

Creator:

Yoshizaki, Kimiyo

Abstract:

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...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

Creator:

Saylor, Kirsten N.

Abstract:

The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), piloted in Oregon in 2001, provided $100 worth of vouchers (aka coupons) to low-income seniors to buy fresh local produce from farmers at farmers' markets and roadside stands. Presented in a political ecology framework, this research integrated the perspectives of beneficiaries and their...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Portlandia's Other Children : Refugee Communities in Urban Life

Creator:

Kubein, Adele M.

Abstract:

This research analyzes the relations of ethnic refugee communities and particularly their businesses to gentrification and community vitality in a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. The data indicates that gentrification is not a linear process of displacement of African Americans by Whites seeking affordable housing and new frontiers, but rather is...

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Dissertation