Browsing by Department "International Comparative Studies"
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A Home of Our Own: Social Reproduction of a Precarious, Migrant Class
(2019-04-29)Many of the recent migrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico have experienced the rise of drug-related gang violence and declining economic conditions in their home countries brought on by transnational ... -
Agua es vida // Water is Life
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And the Winner Is...: Politics and International Film Festivals
(2010-05-14)International politics dominate every interaction occurring at an international film festival. The Cannes Film Festival as well as the Pusan International Film Festival each offer unique aspects of international politics ... -
Application of the UNHCR's "Ceased Circumstances" Cessation Clauses to the Rwandan Refugee Crisis
(2013-06-24)Over one hundred thousand Rwandans are currently living abroad as refugees, mostly in the nearby countries of east and central Africa. The Rwandan government, under the authoritarian leadership of President Paul Kagame, ... -
Beautiful White: An Illumination of Asian Skin-Whitening Culture
(2013-04)This paper uses Taiwanese and Chinese skin-whitening beauty products as a lens through which to study how globalization and the Japanese post-colonial context has influenced the nuanced East and West hybridization ... -
Black Boi
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Branding Luxury: Japan, China, and Vogue
(2014-05-18)This thesis examines the role of luxury across histories and the democratization of modern luxury. This thesis then looks at the value of the Vogue brand as both a product and an agent in the development of luxury taste ... -
Chieftaincy Reimagined: Modernity and Tradition in the Chefferie of Batoufam, Cameroon
(2015-05-02)This thesis uses chieftaincy in Cameroon, and specifically the chefferie (chieftainship) of Batoufam, as a lens through which to understand the complex tensions between modernity and tradition in postcolonial Africa. After ... -
Chinese "Sea-Turtles" and Importing a Culture of Innovation: Trends in Chinese Human Capital Migration in the 21st Century
(2013-04)This thesis explores efforts in China to create an indigenous culture of innovation aimed at freeing China’s economy from dependence on foreign sources of capital and technology while propelling China to the top tier of ... -
Confronting the 'Post-Conflict’ Label: An Exploration of Ethno-Sectarian Identity in Northern Ireland and Cyprus
(2016-04-27)Ghosts of conflict haunt many societies around the world. In those that remain divided, sectarian sentiment governs societal norms and structures. Assigning the 'post-conflict' label to these societies marginalizes the need ... -
Confronting the Imperial Narrative: Counter-Narratives from Iraqi and Syrian Refugees in Jordan
(2018-05-22)This thesis explores how individual refugees respond to imposed narratives about their communities. Iraqi and Syrian refugees in Amman, Jordan (n=40) were interviewed during the summer of 2018. Each interviewee’s response ... -
Cultural Commingling: The Impact of Western Medical Conceptions on Igbo Cultural Understandings of Disease
(2013-04)Since the beginning of colonialism, people of different cultures have adamantly fought changes that can irreversibly alter cultural identities. Sub-Saharan African societies, specifically, have been victims of aggressive ... -
Deconstructing Institutional Narratives and Building Institutional Alternatives: The Legacy of Ivan Illich and the Center for Intercultural Documentation (CIDOC) (1961-1976)
(2023-04-20)This thesis examines the combined theories and histories of humanist radical thinker Ivan Illich and the alternative educational institution, the Center for Intercultural Documentation (CIDOC), founded in 1967 in Cuernavaca, ... -
El Tango Extranjero
(2010-05-06)The evolution of the Argentine tango is examined, demonstrating the importance of fragmentation and international influences on its creation and endurance as a national symbol for Argentine identity. It looks at the evolution ... -
Fact-Checking in Buenos Aires & the Modern Journalistic Struggle Over Knowledge
(2019-04-15)In news environments all around the world, journalists are frazzled about what they consider to be a deplorable state of the media. With large demographics of consumers having access to digital technologies and new methods ... -
France and the Headscarf: Exploring Discrimination through Laïcité and a Colonial Legacy
(2013-06-24)On March 15, 2004, the lives of veiled Muslim women in France changed. A new law banned the Islamic headscarf in all public schools, claiming laïcité—secularism—as its reasoning. But this law was not solely the product ... -
Franco's Spain and the Jewish Rescue Effort during World War Two
(2013-06-25)Although a little known fact, Spanish diplomats helped save many of their own Sephardic (Spanish) Jews during World War Two. Three Spanish diplomats in three different locales – Bernardo Rolland in Paris, Sebastián Romero ... -
Furnishing a Globalized World: Local Distinctiveness in the International Furniture Industry
(2015-05-02)Advances in technology, communication, and transportation over the past thirty years have led to tighter linkages and enhanced collaboration across traditional borders between nations, institutions, and cultures. This thesis ... -
Korean Study Abroad Students: Identification and Beyond
(2014-05-18)Study abroad has become a permanent addition to the Korean education spectrum, but the existing research has not addressed the differences that exist between the subgroups within the Korean study abroad community. This study ... -
Mobile Revolution: How Migrant Workers in China Use Social Media to Defend Their Rights
(2014-05-18)In recent years, the level of rights awareness and labor unrest has been heightened through the sharing of activism knowledge and experiences across different regions of China and of the world. This is made possible by the ...
