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Browsing Anthropology and Sociology by Author "Baptiste, Espelencia M., 1970-"
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Paddling in the Public Schools : How Do Parents Decide?
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2016)Corporal punishment is still used as a disciplinary method within 19 States’ Public School systems. At Valley View High School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the administration gives the disciplinary decision to the parents in ... -
The Paradox of Blackness : Everything and Nothing All at Once
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2022-11-01)The Global capitalization of slavery was a strategically complex system to develop the world economically, politically, and socially for the domination of whiteness. Through the erasure of historical narratives, whiteness ... -
Pennies Per Pound: How the Agricultural Sector Keeps Food Cheap and Farmworkers Exploited
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2012)This paper applies Johan Galtung's concept of structural violence to the exploitative system, largely consisting of governmental programs and agribusiness corporations, that abuses migrant farmworkers in the United States. ... -
Pimps, Whores and Missionaries : The Charity Industrial Complex in Haiti and Beyond
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)Through the study of the role of history, culture, and religion, the author attempted to find out about the relationship that exists between United States missionaries and Haitians. Her study focused on how forms of knowledge ... -
Returning Through Remittances: Immigrant Connections that Propel The Forces of Globalization
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2008)As a second generation Indian in America, I have long been exposed to stories of the immigrant experience, though I was never able to fully immerse myself in the nuances of immigration until I heard narratives from various ... -
A Review of Complementary and Alternative Medicine with a Concentration on Ayurveda, Acupuncture and Chiropractic
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2016)This paper investigates the phenomenon of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and how the various practices within it have continued to flourish despite the preeminence of the Western biomedical tradition. Through ... -
The Rise of Neoliberalism and Economic Capital in National Education Policy
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2016)Beginning in the 1960's, the federal government has enacted national educational policy in the American education system. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was passed in 1965, and has been constantly updated on a ... -
The Role of Formal Education in American Social Class As A Diasporic Experience
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2008-12)Dislocation and hybrid identities, two characteristics of diaspora, are also experienced by individuals undergoing class mobility in the United States of America. I examine how formal education, one mechanism of American ... -
Schooling Your Body: The Role and Ability of Public Schools in Promoting Student Wellness
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)This study examines the role of schools in promoting student health and the ways in which the government's Child Nutrition and WIC Act of2004 will affect that role. It looks specifically at Fitzgerald Public School ... -
The Secret Ingredient: Sexuality in Kitchen Culture and Traditional Gender Roles
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)Recipes can be reproduced, altered, modified, and perfected. Some even have secret ingredients that make them particularly special and unique. Those secret ingredients are at times not shared, nor passed on, or not even ... -
A Silhouette of Vietnamese Shadow Education : Credential Culture, Historical Legacies, and National Examinations
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2015)This paper aims to analyze the extent to which socio-historical processes of Vietnamese education have influenced contemporary structures of education. Such contemporary structures of education include the development ... -
Smartphones : Living in the Presence of Their Progress
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2017)This project explores the personal and practical effects of smartphone usage of this era in order to gauge the direction of society and culture under the pervasive influence of technology. Research consists of survey and ... -
Smartphones and Chilean Social Identity : A Tool to Cope and Manage Oppression
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)This study examines the economic, political and social relationships between urban and rural Chile, the extent to which rural Chile is oppressed, and the role the smartphone plays in the rural individual's management of ... -
"Sweat is what the body want" : Race, Politics, Geography, and Basketball In Trinidad
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)How does the sport of basketball, which is characterized by a flowing system of improvisation and teamwork, function in a divided racial and class landscape on the Caribbean island of Trinidad? The project looks at how ... -
Tasting Karma: How Food Produces Hindu Communities Within India
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)Food and religion are an integral part of India's society. In this thesis I will be exploring the many interrelationships between the two to gain a wider understanding pf India's society. By choosing Hinduism, I focused ... -
Temporary Return Trips to Israel and American Jewry
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)This paper examines Jewish American return to Israel. In specific it investigates the meaning of temporary return trips to Israel attended by many youth and young adults in the U.S. Through relevant literature by professionals ... -
To My Family : A Final Request : Death, Transnationalism, and Mourning
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2017)This research involves conversations revolving around the topics of death and immigration. Most studies on death and immigration are often studies on the alarming (im)migrants who have settled in the US. This project ... -
The Trajectory of Black Male Athletes
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)This paper aims to analyze the dynamic between black male revenue sport athletes and their community. That community includes coaches, referees, media members, spectators. The community also includes professors and ... -
A Treatment Out of Reach : A Look into Rising Multiple Sclerosis Drug Prices
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2016)This paper attempts to uncover the reasoning behind the high prices of Multiple Sclerosis medications, as well as bring to light many of the struggles of those who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Through ...
