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Catching Herself In the Middle: How Chinese-American Adoptees and Their Parents Construct Narrative and Ethnic Identity

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2014-January-01
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Since 1992, over 85,000 children have been adopted from China by U.S. citizens (Miller-Loessi and Kilic 2001:246; U.S. Department of State 2013). Most of these adoptees are girls. They were abandoned as infants due the combined factors of patrilineal culture...

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Caves of Hella: Visual and Environmental Clues for the Early Medieval Christian Settlement in Southern Iceland

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2024-April-30
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This thesis explores the early medieval Christian settlement in Iceland through an interdisciplinary approach that combines Art History and Earth Science. The primary focus of the thesis is the artificial caves in Hella, Iceland. By examining literature, regional climate changes...

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Champagne and Caviar for all? Exploring the juxtaposition of gourmet culture with social justice activism and transitions within the Slow Food movement

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2013-January-01
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As issues of food and agriculture enter the mainstream culture of the United States, the number of passionate supporters of efforts to change the industrial food system is growing steadily. However, those at the helm of the movement are conflicted...

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Champagne and Caviar for all? Exploring the juxtaposition of gourmet culture with social justice activism and transitions within the Slow Food movement

Publication Date
2013-January-01
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Department or Program
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As issues of food and agriculture enter the mainstream culture of the United States, the number of passionate supporters of efforts to change the industrial food system is growing steadily. However, those at the helm of the movement are conflicted...

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Children of the Barcode

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2025-May-05
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CHILDREN OF THE BARCODE illuminates the ridiculousness, irreverence, and frustration of the of the word "artificial" in the face of twenty-one half siblings and their queer family. Well, twenty-one siblings they know of, so far. Through a collage of documentary...

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Children of the Barcode

Publication Date
2025-May-05
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CHILDREN OF THE BARCODE illuminates the ridiculousness, irreverence, and frustration of the of the word "artificial" in the face of twenty-one half siblings and their queer family. Well, twenty-one siblings they know of, so far. Through a collage of documentary...

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