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¿Que es rico? In Support of the ¡Que Rico Es! 250mil Familias Campaña : Practice, Ideology, Rica, Sana, y De Nuestra Tierra

Creator:: Fisher, Nicholas A.
Abstract:: What does comida rica mean? In this thesis, I explore the meanings of comida rica, sana, and de nuestra tierra through the discourses, practices, and kitchen geographies in six urban, highland households in the Ecuadorean Andes. This research, as part of a larger investigation carried out by a team of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

You better work : negotiating race, sexuality, gender, and neoliberalism in plus-size fashion blogs

Creator:: Conway, Clare
Abstract:: Over the past decade, the explosion of social media has secured the Internet as a venue for political discussions of all sorts; as well as a realm of consumption and commodification. One population of women that has utilized social media in this way is the plus-sized fashion ("fatshion") community on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by Clare Conway A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Yoga Philosophy as a Framework for Ethical Yoga Tourism: Avoiding Harm and Traveling Responsibly in the Era of the Anthropocene

Creator:: Mylan, Jessica A.
Abstract:: Contemporary spiritual tourism impacts many stakeholders including environmental ecosystems, tourists, tourist operators, and community members. Increasingly, in the era of the Anthropocene, there is a need for ethical guidance to inform spiritual tourism so as to mitigate social injustice and environmental degradation. This research project investigates the potential for the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by Jessica A. Mylan A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Writing Rhodesia : young girls as narrators in works by Doris Lessing and Tsitsi Dangarembga

Creator:: Thomas, Jane McCauley
Abstract:: Doris Lessing and Tsitsi Dangarembga write fiction set in Zimbabwe, the former Southern Rhodesia. Although Lessing grew up as a white settler and Dangarembga, a generation later, as part of the colonized African population, the women sometimes address similar issues. Both write of young girls trying to find a speaking...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: privacy ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank Laura Rice of Oregon State University for her

Writing home : memoirs of a working-class student

Creator:: Lathrop, Arminda W.
Abstract:: This collection of personal essays, inspired by Richard Rodriguez's Hunger of Memory, raises questions about the separation that becomes apparent through writing, education, and transitions between class. The author uses her personal experience of writing in, and attending a private university to explore the interactions of class, literacy, and education....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries

Writing against convention : Kate Chopin's short fiction in Vogue, 1893-1900

Creator:: VanKooten, Crystal
Abstract:: Kate Chopin, author of the proto-feminist novel The Awakening, was also a prolific writer of short stories. Nineteen of her stories were originally published in Vogue magazine between 1893 and 1900. This study looks at six of these stories, "The Father of Desiree's Baby," "A Respectable Woman," "The Dream of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Writing (righting) the silences : "points of perspective" for texts and students

Creator:: Payne, Eva M.
Abstract:: The classroom practices discussed in this thesis come slowly and at a "slant" to feminism through critical reading of texts, a practice that I call a (re)presentation of the silent women in texts. Given our patriarchal western culture, making meaning, and especially making sense, of the role and representations of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by Eva M. Payne A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of

Working in a Korean hagwon: a native English teacher's view

Creator:: Hendrickson, Lyla B.
Abstract:: My thesis explains the several problems that arise when a person from a Western English speaking country goes to work as an English teacher at private institutes in South Korea. It is based on my own experiences when I worked as an English teacher at private institutes in South Korea...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Department of Anthropology at Oregon State University (O.S.U.), in Corvallis, Oregon, and was accepted into

Women's experiences of breastfeeding in an out-of-hospital birthing community

Creator:: Marshall, Lindsay J.
Abstract:: In this thesis, I examine the experiences of breastfeeding mothers who chose to give birth with Certified Professional Midwives at a free-standing birth center, and the factors that influence their known high rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration. Using grounded theory and data collected from participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

William Ernest Castle, American geneticist : a case-study in the impact of the Mendelian research program

Creator:: Taylor, H. Terry
Abstract:: In their modern context questions of heredity have come to be closely aligned with theories of evolution because all such theories require the presence of heritable variation. Thus the need for an understanding of a source of variation and a mechanism for its inheritance became very apparent with the general...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Library at Oregon State University has been unfailingly gracious and helpful; I have especially

ScholarsArchive@OSU

¿Que es rico? In Support of the ¡Que Rico Es! 250mil Familias Campaña : Practice, Ideology, Rica, Sana, y De Nuestra Tierra

You better work : negotiating race, sexuality, gender, and neoliberalism in plus-size fashion blogs

Yoga Philosophy as a Framework for Ethical Yoga Tourism: Avoiding Harm and Traveling Responsibly in the Era of the Anthropocene

Writing Rhodesia : young girls as narrators in works by Doris Lessing and Tsitsi Dangarembga

Writing home : memoirs of a working-class student

Writing against convention : Kate Chopin's short fiction in Vogue, 1893-1900

Writing (righting) the silences : "points of perspective" for texts and students

Working in a Korean hagwon: a native English teacher's view

Women's experiences of breastfeeding in an out-of-hospital birthing community

William Ernest Castle, American geneticist : a case-study in the impact of the Mendelian research program

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