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"As a family we are going to be here" : Mexican immigrant mothers' experiences with parenting in distinct community contexts

Creator:: Feeney, Sarah L.
Abstract:: Recent demographic studies have revealed a greater diversity in settlement patterns among Mexican immigrant families resulting in rapidly climbing populations of immigrants in new areas of the country, particularly in rural areas, while growth in established destinations has slowed. Host communities play an important role in families' acculturation processes and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: identification with both Euro American and Mexican American cultures, whereas the other three quadrants

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

Creator:: Polit, Gabriela
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Mexican women who attend Even Start, a family literacy program. The study also focuses on the effect that

Processes of orientation to the informal caregiving role among Mexican-origin women : a qualitative analysis

Creator:: McDermott, Elizabeth A.
Abstract:: This thesis presents the steps that were taken to develop thematic findings using data from a qualitative study. Using a grounded approach, the study focused on qualitatively exploring Mexican origin caregivers' conceptualizations of elder caregiving in terms of role functioning, social norms, cultural beliefs, and familial obligations. Data collected from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Informal Caregiving Role among Mexican-Origin Women: A Qualitative Analysis. Abstract approved

Depression, acculturation, and relationship power in Mexican immigrant women: an exploratory study

Creator:: Helfgott, Gabriela I.
Abstract:: One of the largely undetected and untreated health conditions affecting the Latino population in the United States is depression. Although the onset of depression can be influenced by a variety of factors that differ among individuals, Latinos in the United States are subject to certain cultural-specific social and environmental stresses...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and women in the United States become more acculturated into the dominant American culture, their

Chingasos y Putasos : Examining Cultural and Structural Violence among Mexican American Youth

Creator:: Lerma, Zandro E.
Abstract:: In this thesis, I examine Johan Galtung’s theory of violence and discuss how his concepts of cultural and structural violence helps explain the problem of direct violence among Mexican American youth. I argue that cultural violence, mainly dominant narratives of colonialism and masculinity, cause some Mexican American youth to act...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: state, Mexican American youth can become agents of change rather than victims of violence. Going

Leaving the Closet : Coming Experiences of Queer Chicanas and Latinas and Their Representation in Television

Creator:: Crocker, Melissa R.
Abstract:: In the contemporary United States, the process of "coming out of the closet," or public disclosure of one's non-normative sexual orientation or gender identity, is ongoing and performative. Particularly within the context of dominant contemporary U.S. society, popular media favors a hegemonic set of defining characteristics, which thereby forces the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Kolodny, 2015) refers to as “penis-in-vagina sex.” 3 Chicana/o refers to Mexican American identities and

Oppression from Within : AIM, Heteropatriarchy, Settler Colonialism, and the Death of Anna Mae Aquash

Creator:: Whitebear-Cupp, Luhui
Abstract:: This thesis describes how heteropatriarchal, settler colonialism impacted Indigenous communities' systems in power and control, particularly with the American Indian Movement during the 1960s-1970s. Further, the gendered divides this created within the American Indian Movement are described. The murder of Anna Mae Aquash is revisited as an act of gendered...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: prominent figure in the American Indian Movement after she immigrated to the United States from Canada and

Doing time : papers from Framingham prison

Creator:: Power, Katherine A.
Abstract:: This thesis is an arrangement of essays, poems, and journal entries expressing and exploring experiences from the author's six years in a medium security women's prison. They are collected around the themes of longing and grief, of despair, of survival, of joy, and of the complexity of homecoming.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Prison by Katherine A. Power A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of

Uncovering Women's Magazines: Editors' Perspectives on the Relationship between Editorial and Advertising Content in Women's Fashion/Beauty Magazines

Creator:: Felesky, C. Leigh
Abstract:: This research examines women's magazine editors' perspectives of the relationship between editorial and advertising content in women's magazines. It specifically investigates how this relationship affects both general editorial content and more specifically, social topic stories. Mainstream women's beauty/fashion magazine editors—including editors-in-chief—were queried as to the nature of these relationships. Interviews...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to over six million American women plus millions of women internationally. Identifiable traits of

Supporting Pacific Islander Student Identity in Higher Education

Creator:: Kosaki, Kayla Y.
Abstract:: In recent years, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) have become one of the fastest-growing racial groups within the United States, increasing by 40% between 2000 and 2010, and expected to nearly double in population size by 2030 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012; Empowering Pacific Islander Communities & Asian Americans Advancing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: become one of the fastest-growing racial groups within the United States, increasing by 40% between

ScholarsArchive@OSU

"As a family we are going to be here" : Mexican immigrant mothers' experiences with parenting in distinct community contexts

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

Processes of orientation to the informal caregiving role among Mexican-origin women : a qualitative analysis

Depression, acculturation, and relationship power in Mexican immigrant women: an exploratory study

Chingasos y Putasos : Examining Cultural and Structural Violence among Mexican American Youth

Leaving the Closet : Coming Experiences of Queer Chicanas and Latinas and Their Representation in Television

Oppression from Within : AIM, Heteropatriarchy, Settler Colonialism, and the Death of Anna Mae Aquash

Doing time : papers from Framingham prison

Uncovering Women's Magazines: Editors' Perspectives on the Relationship between Editorial and Advertising Content in Women's Fashion/Beauty Magazines

Supporting Pacific Islander Student Identity in Higher Education

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