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Browsing Undergraduate Honors Theses and Student papers by Department "Romance Studies"
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A Comparative Sociological Investigation of the Conceptions and Perceptions of Mental Health and Illness in Arica, Chile and Rome, Italy
(2013-05-08)This comparative study aimed to discover the principal factors that influence the perceptions of citizens in Arica, Chile and Rome, Italy toward mental illness. Specifically, the study aimed to investigate how these perceptions ... -
A Comparative Sociological Investigation of the Conceptions and Perceptions of Mental Health and Illness in Arica, Chile and Rome, Italy
(2013-11-12)This comparative study aimed to discover the principal factors that influence the perceptions of citizens in Arica, Chile and Rome, Italy toward mental illness. Specifically, the study aimed to investigate how these perceptions ... -
A Música Tropicália: Três Histórias, Um Movimento
(2018-04-20)Tropicália é o nome do movimento cultural influenciado pela cultura popular e de massa e pela cultura de vanguarda que se tornou proeminente no Brasil no final da década de 1960. Durante este período, um grupo de músicos, ... -
An Analysis of French and English Indo-Caribbean Literary Depictions of Indentured Servitude and Its Associated Neurological Implications
(2021-04-23)The Indo-Caribbean diaspora is largely unstudied in current scientific literature. However, 300,000 Americans and 2,500,000 people worldwide currently make up this demographic. Indo-Caribbeans are descendants of indentured ... -
Assessing the Evaluation Methods of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Latin American Compact Projects
(2020-11-20)Por décadas, agencias de desarrollo internacional se han esforzado para remediar los desafíos globales del desarrollo. Una de estas agencias es el Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Este trabajo explora la programación ... -
Au Revoir Paris, Bonjour Pékin en Afrique Francophone ?
(2022-04-23)La géopolitique de l’Afrique francophone est en processus de changement rapide. La France a longtemps été un pouvoir sans compétition dans la région pendant des décennies mais doit maintenant prendre en compte une nouvelle ... -
Cajun, Créole, et CODOFIL : La politique et la planification linguistique en Louisiane
(2023-04-08)Today, linguists consider there to be two varieties of French in Louisiana: Louisiana French (Cajun) and Louisiana Creole. Both of these languages are classified as endangered, with a continually declining population of ... -
“Ceci n’est pas une pipe”: A Comparison of French and U.S. Health Research on the Neurodevelopmental and Epigenetic Effects of Tobacco Exposure on Vulnerable Populations
(2016-04-25)This thesis explores how cultural beliefs and practices influence biomedical research landscapes in two high resource cultural contexts, the US and the Euro-American francophone world. First, I examine how cultural mores ... -
Clément Marot : traduction, religion, et musique
(2012-05-14)Clément Marot était poète, éditeur, traducteur, et musicien du seizième siècle. Dans son travail, il a essayé de rendre la traduction un art égal à la création littéraire, une quête démontrée par son réécriture de François ... -
Come be my guest (or not): National Identity, Hospitality, and Construction of a Literary Genealogy of Haitian-Dominican Bordering Ideologies in Three Dominican Foundational Fictions
(2017-05-09)Following its 1844 independence from Haiti, the Dominican Republic was faced with two questions: national identity and establishment of a border with its neighbor. These two questions fueled among the nation’s political ... -
Comunicación y confianza: La influencia cultural en la comunicación entre doctores y pacientes latinos en Durham
(2017-04-30)Los latinos en Durham, Carolina del Norte, constituyen un componente significativo de la comunidad en términos de tamaño y aportación social y económica. Sin embargo, experimentan barreras al acceso y una peor calidad de ... -
Deux Langues, Deux Mondes? —Une étude de la situation littéraire actuelle de l’écrivain maghrébin bilingue
(2010-06-28)Since gaining Independence from France in 1962 and 1956 respectively, Algeria and Morocco have sought to reinstate the prestige of the Arabic language. French, however, has not completely been eliminated from the daily ... -
Diferencias y disparidades de salud para la comunidad hispana en Durham
(2020-04-01)Due to multiple factors including language and culture, predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods in Durham County may experience health differently than other areas in the county. In conjunction with the Durham County Department ... -
Discipline décadente et stylistique de l'existence dans la littérature française, 1884-1922
(2023-04-24)Decadence, a loosely defined literary movement in France and England at the fin de siècle, has proved popular for its paradoxes and transvaluations that, according to some critics, destabilize modern binarisms. In this thesis, ... -
El acceso a la atención dental: Las experiencias de la comunidad hispana en el Triángulo de Carolina del Norte
(2019-04-05)La salud dental es muy importante a la salud sistémica en general. Sin embargo, muchos factores, que incluyen el acceso a la atención dental, las barreras del idioma, el conocimiento de la salud dental y el sistema dental ... -
Empowerment, Ethics and Intercultural Competence in Short-Term Medical Missions in the Dominican Republic
(2013-05-07)While the Dominican healthcare system has recently been lauded by USAID for strides in more efficient patient care, the day-to-day experiences of patients, doctors and other healthcare providers in a small community in San ... -
Entre le Code et la misère : Les femmes de La Comédie humaine d’Honoré de Balzac
(2011-05-13)Un des plus grands écrivains du 19ème siècle, Honoré de Balzac écrit son chef d’œuvre La Comédie humaine entre 1829 et 1850. La Comédie humaine dépeint la vie quotidienne à Paris et en province pendant la Restauration, sous ... -
Equity in Healthcare Access: Using Cultural Competency Training to Bridge the Gap between Providers and Latino Patients in Durham, NC
(2022-04)Alongside Asians, Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States with a projected population of 99.8 million by 2050 and 111.22 million by 2060. With this significant uptick comes an inevitable diversification ... -
Fictionalized Italian Gender Relations Through Ferrante and Ammaniti
(2017-05-01)The thesis investigates sexual assault and gendered violence in Italy using a study of Italian gender relations through sociopolitical research and literature. Beginning with an inclusion of the author’s independent study ... -
L'art et la terreur dans l'après-attentats, Paris 2015 – Fred Le Chevalier et Renald Luzier
(2017-05-08)This thesis explores the intersection of terrorism and art in response to the two high profile terrorist attacks in Paris: Charlie Hebdo, and the attacks of November 13th, 2015. First, I examine the historical and political ...
