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"And the North Carolina MORONS LIVED | HAPPILY EVER AFTER": The Human Betterment League of North Carolina, 1947-1988
Title
"And the North Carolina MORONS LIVED | HAPPILY EVER AFTER": The Human Betterment League of North Carolina, 1947-1988
Author
Wilds, Sarah
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
History, Area studies
Description
Following World War II, eugenics became associated with Nazis abuses, leading many States to end their eugenics programs. North Carolina was a rare exception to this trend. Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina sterilized over 7,600 people, the ma...
BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A BRONZE AGE SKELETAL SAMPLE FROM THE QIJIA CULTURE CEMETERY MOGOU (1750-1100 BCE) IN GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA
Title
BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A BRONZE AGE SKELETAL SAMPLE FROM THE QIJIA CULTURE CEMETERY MOGOU (1750-1100 BCE) IN GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA
Author
Johnson, Elizabeth
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Physical anthropology, Archaeology, Area studies
Description
Bronze Age China has consistently been an area of research foci for both domestic and international researchers. However, paleopathological analysis of certain cultures within the "Northern Zone" is relatively new and demands scholarly exploration...
Indigenous Rights at the Crossroads of Development and Environmental Protection in the TIPNIS, Bolivia
Title
Indigenous Rights at the Crossroads of Development and Environmental Protection in the TIPNIS, Bolivia
Author
Walton, Leah
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Area studies, History
Description
On September 25, 2011, Bolivia garnered international attention when federal police violently attacked the camp of indigenous protestors marching against the construction of a highway through the Territorio Indígena y Parque Nacional Isiboro Sécur...
MEMORIAL CINEMA IN LATIN AMERICA: FILMIC DEPICTIONS OF THE DIRTY WARS IN BRAZIL AND MEXICO
Title
MEMORIAL CINEMA IN LATIN AMERICA: FILMIC DEPICTIONS OF THE DIRTY WARS IN BRAZIL AND MEXICO
Author
PAIVA DE ARAUJO, SOFIA
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Motion pictures, Area studies, History
Description
Notably, the authoritarian regimes of Latin America during the Cold War have been discussed not only in the academy but also by the arts. The conflicts and violence of the period have been depicted in several plays, performances, testimonios, memo...
Mi Rey, El Narco: Masculinity in Mexico’s Narco Culture
Title
Mi Rey, El Narco: Masculinity in Mexico’s Narco Culture
Author
Ruiz-Gonzalez, Nashaly
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Area studies
Description
This thesis analyzes two works of narco culture: Yuri Herrera’s Trabajos del reino and Luis Estrada’s El infierno. In these works, the themes of masculinity and its relationship to honor and power were found to be prevalent. This thesis will disse...
SOMBRAS EN VIDEOJUEGOS: VIRTUAL TOURISM AND COLD WAR REPRESENTATION IN TACTICAL SHOOTERS
Title
SOMBRAS EN VIDEOJUEGOS: VIRTUAL TOURISM AND COLD WAR REPRESENTATION IN TACTICAL SHOOTERS
Author
Hawkins, Sarah
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Area studies, History
Description
In 2018, Newzoo reported video games as a 135 billion USD industry selling millions of units each year around the globe which also create a response in the real world as Venezuela’s prohibition on violent video games in 2009 reveals. I argue that ...
Sacrifice and Violence: Paśubali in Nepal
Title
Sacrifice and Violence: Paśubali in Nepal
Author
Carroll, Lindsay
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Religion, Area studies
Description
Animal sacrifice in Nepal—known as paśubali—exemplifies the complexities of ritual animal sacrifice. It also complicates understandings of the relationships between sacrifice and violence. The word "violence" in sacrificial studies has been met wi...