This thesis uses the case study of the Arab-Islamic Fulla doll to examine the relationships among globalization, consumption and cultural identities. Beginning with the question of how cultural products like the Fulla doll come to exist, I argue that the Fulla doll serves as an …
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This dissertation analyzes the symbolic and material culture of the Kodi people on Sumba (Indonesia) for the purpose of reconstructing a history of identity, politics, and agriculture. It examines contemporary myths about the origins of people and plants as a means for demonstra…
This dissertation demonstrates how Glissant's theory of Relation is imagined within the contemporary African novel. Particular attention has been paid to novels by Abdourahman A. Waberi and Fatou Diome which highlight themes of errantry, migration, identity and belonging. These …
In times of rapid globalization where traditional knowledge and identity categories are increasingly transformed by the mixing of languages, blendings of races, and the crossings of traditional geo-political borders, I explore the need for suitable theory, methodology, and appli…
The number of Arab-American households has almost doubled in recent years, increasing from 268,000 in 1990 to 427,000 in 2000 (Asi & Beaulieu, 2013). This is a growing immigrant population that has not been examined thoroughly. In this dissertation, the impact of immigration on …
In the twentieth century, the nationalist alignment of oral traditions with cultural authenticity and autonomy is revised by a series of writers: W.E.B. Du Bois, James Joyce, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Alejo Carpentier, Derek Walcott, Maryse Condé, and Toni Morrison. …
My dissertation compares and contrasts French Caribbean and Indian Ocean Literatures around the concepts of Créolité, Créolisation , and Coolitude . I show that the concept of insular identity in the Mascarene Islands enriches the concept of Créolité developed by Patrick Chamois…