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Creator:: Kabarec-Quiroz, Tina M.
Abstract:: A social issue of great importance in contemporary society is the involvement of youth in gangs. Youth involvement in gang activity has dominated the national media and the minds of public policy makers in contemporary society. In this thesis I examine how Latino and Chicano youth sub-culture, language, dress, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in the United States (Mexican-American). The second meaning is more political in its orientation and

Creator:: Kubein, Adele
Abstract:: This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ............................................................................................ 11 2.1 Changes in Rural Communities and Their Roles in American Life ....................... 11

Creator:: Keys, Robert T. III
Abstract:: From February to September of 2001, a significant body of qualitive data was collected to investigate barriers for Hispanic participation in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program. As a means to investigate this topic, comments were solicited from physicians, hospital administrators, social service agencies, and low-income Hispanics through semi-structured focus groups...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for Hispanic participation in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program. As a means to investigate this

Creator:: Villalba, Alex Aleman
Abstract:: Indigenous and Latinx communities have always used storytelling to pass along ancestral histories and memories, whether it be through the act of speaking, performing or other types of artwork. This thesis examines the ways that queer Latinx artists are retelling the stories that have been mistold to erase, repress and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , the authors continue on to accuse American (United States) culture and English-speakers for imposing

Creator:: Hayden, Alyssa
Abstract:: For much of history, U.S. schools have employed ideologies of assimilation and nationhood - involving an exchange of immigrants' ways of life for a homogenous American identity - as frameworks for their curriculum and language education programs. However, a new ideology of multiculturalism has gained popularity in recent decades. Multicultural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: schools: “Hispanic and Native American youth have dropout rates that are persistently almost three times

Creator:: Herrera, Tere Lynn
Abstract:: The goal of this study is to elucidate the similarities between the grammar of oral folk music and oral language grammar through field examples from Grupo Kultura, a group of neo-Latin American musicians in the mid-Willamette Valley area of Oregon. The linguistic analysis of oral folk music explores textual and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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