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A Constellation of Economic Possibilities: Latinx Food-Based Diverse Collaborative Economies as Catalysts for More Sustainable Economic Futures
Title
A Constellation of Economic Possibilities: Latinx Food-Based Diverse Collaborative Economies as Catalysts for More Sustainable Economic Futures
Author
Tornabene, Sara
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Geography, Area studies, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
Diverse and alternative forms of economies have recently gained increased attention for their potential to transform conceptually and empirically the mainstream economic system. Around the world, scholars have documented the emergence and impact o...
Healthcare at the Intersections of Race and Gender: Critiquing Eugenics in Rosario Castellanos's Ciudad Real and Renee Tajima-Peña's No más bebés/No More Babies
Title
Healthcare at the Intersections of Race and Gender: Critiquing Eugenics in Rosario Castellanos's Ciudad Real and Renee Tajima-Peña's No más bebés/No More Babies
Author
Pinales Frutos, Perla
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Area studies
Description
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the use of medicine as a technology of power used to uplift white hegemonic actors: whites in the United States and mixed-race Ladinos in Mexico. Through this lens I discuss and analyze two mid-twentieth ce...
Race, Ethnicity and Religion in Neoliberal and Post-neoliberal Bolivia: A Study of Two Films
Title
Race, Ethnicity and Religion in Neoliberal and Post-neoliberal Bolivia: A Study of Two Films
Author
Flores, Bertha
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Area studies, Religion
Description
ABSTRACTThe objective of this thesis is to use two films: Marcos Loayza’s Cuestión de fe (1995) and Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani’s The Devil’s Miner (2005) to analyze their representations of Indigenous religious practices. I focus on two dif...
The Brazilian Secret Service During the Military Dictatorship: The Herzog Case
Title
The Brazilian Secret Service During the Military Dictatorship: The Herzog Case
Author
Milligan, Bruna
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Area studies
Description
The objective of this thesis is to use the case of journalist Vladimir Herzog to analyze the Brazilian secret service’s role within the government during the military dictatorship. I use the term secret service when referring to the Brazilian inte...