Background : Research specific to Muslim minority perspectives on social media representations of Islam remains limited and literature pertaining to Pakistani Muslim students' experiences of the phenomenon almost non-existent. This study makes an original contribution by examini…
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This PhD thesis seeks to explore and understand the use and experiences of whether text-messaging in the South-Asian (SA) community enhances positive health behaviours, and self-management through the Florence (FLO) text messaging system. It also examines socio-cultural factors …
The current study quantitatively and qualitatively investigated Spanish maintenance among 45 Spanish heritage language (SHL) speakers in Utah who completed a survey about their linguistic background, their attitudes toward Spanish, their self-rated Spanish proficiency, and their…
This dissertation explores the link between Fulbe ethnicity and Fulbe control of the entrepreneurial sector in Guinea following the liberalization policies that were instituted after April 1984, when the country's socialist regime fell. The study is based on a mixed method appro…
This dissertation focuses upon correlations between musical practice and the changing social dynamics of Arab Americans, especially during the period between 1930 and 1970. This era witnessed the development of musical professionalism, diverse patronage systems, and distinct per…
This dissertation argues that the development of sectarianism in Lebanon can be best understood as the effective means by which the ruling elite sustains its interests in response to the popular classes' demands for change. Drawing on several theoretical approaches, including th…
This study investigates the development of dances in Indonesia through the works and careers of four choreographers--Bagong Kussudiardja (b. 1928), Huriah Adam (1936-71), Sardono W. Kusumo (b. 1945), and Retno Maruti (b. 1947). They are prominent choreographers whose works repre…
This study examines role of tribal and kinship ties in the politics of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Tribal and kinship considerations are investigated in the political systems within the UAE's seven constituent emirates as well as at the level of the federal government. The t…
The major objective of this study is to understand the Afghan peoples' notions of the individual "self", "collective self", and "other". This task is achieved through the examination of the Afghans' concepts of health and illness, health care system, symbolism of the body, the s…
This dissertation analyzes changes in social identity from the distant past to the early colonial years in the western Serengeti, Mara Region, Tanzania, through an interpretation of oral tradition. My analysis of the core spatial images of oral tradition demonstrates the link be…
This study addressed the issue of marriage enrichment among Nigerian immigrants who reside in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., by investigating the effect of such variables as tribe, age, gender, income, and educational level on the western culture. This study further heightened the awar…
The primary goals of the present study were to explore generational differences in mothers' ideas and socialization practices, differences in these ideas and practices with respect to girls and boys, and interactional effects between mother's generation and gender of the child. …
This dissertation examines the meaning of nonviolent action and suggests a model for successful nonviolent political resistance. Prescriptive in its theoretical orientation, the model is based on three propositions: (1) The greater the ability of actors to sustain their nonviole…
This dissertation examines five selected plays written by August Wilson: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, and Two Trains Running. Each play represents Wilson's documentation and preservation of cultural and historical experiences of…
Pan-African thinking has come to represent a reaction to Europe's political partition of the African mainland and the similar dislocation of African peoples in the New World. Since the end of the Second World War Africans and Arabians have gained a partial independence from Euro…
The project demonstrating excellence is an original contribution to the newly emerging field of ethnopsychology and seeks to integrate key elements of traditional African healing with Western approaches to psychotherapeutic intervention. The model draws heavily from healing ritu…
The study narrated here involves an interdisciplinary inquiry which attempts to understand identity in terms of the intersection of multiple discourses. Using a reflexive stance, several theoretical frameworks guide the author's search for a personal meaning of Jewish identity. …
The detection of malingered neuropsychological impairments is an essential issue for mental health professionals. Acculturation level and performance of Mexican Americans on the Computerized Assessment of Response Bias, (CARB), was investigated in the present study. The CARB was…
Immigrant women are a growing population in Canada. In order to capitalize on their skills and education, it is important to facilitate settlement and integration. Facilitation requires an in-depth understanding of their needs and the challenges preventing full participation. Th…