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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.

Abstract:

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,...

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...

Resource Type:

Dissertation