Essays about: "cultural persistence"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words cultural persistence.

  1. 16. Turmeric:

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kost- och idrottsvetenskap

    Author : Esther Daniel-Henriksson; [2013-01-29]
    Keywords : Turmeric; Cultural Persistence; Traditions East-Indian; Indentureship;

    Abstract : East-Indian people have moved from India to the Caribbean about 150 years ago. While keeping a close community, they have preserved their culture, including cultural practice associated with spices. In this thesis, I explore cultural aspects associated with the spice turmeric. READ MORE

  3. 17. GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE GLOBAL LABOR MARKET: A CASE STUDY ON BANGLADESHI FEMALE IMMIGRANTS IN LONDON

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Shafiqul Islam; [2012]
    Keywords : Gender Inequality; Labor Market; Globalization; Feminization of Employment; Neoliberal Economy; United Kingdom; Bangladesh; Migration; Bangladeshi Female Immigrant; Sex Segregation of Labor; Patriarchy; Masculinity; Public and Private Sphere.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to explore and understand gender inequality that exists in the global labour market in general and for the Bangladeshi female immigrants in particular. It emphasises feminization of employment in relation to state-market-family relations. READ MORE

  4. 18. COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE OF CHENGZHONGCUN VILLAGERS IN CHINA : A CASE OF GUANGZHOU, GUANGDONG PROVINCE

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Kuang Xianwen; [2010]
    Keywords : chenzhongcun ; China; collective action; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine the factors contributing to the emergence and persistence of collective action in chengzhongcun (literally known as “village(s) amid the city”) in China. Based on a one-and-a-half month fieldwork in Guangzhou, China, this study was designed to answer the questions of what triggered collective action in chengzhongcun and how and why chengzhongcun villagers could sustain their collective resistance under a repressive local state. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Emotional Driver : A Study of the Driving Experience and the Road Context

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Avdelningen för för interaktion och systemdesign

    Author : Julio Angulo; [2007]
    Keywords : Mobility; Ubiquitous Computing; Road Research;

    Abstract : In modern societies the activity of driving has become almost an essential routine. Vehicles are considered by many as indispensable tools for accomplishing their daily tasks and they are the main form of transportation for millions of people. READ MORE

  6. 20. Global Rectificatory Justice : Repairing for Colonialism and Ending World Poverty

    University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

    Author : David Sigurthorsson; [2006]
    Keywords : Global justice; rectificatory justice; historical injustice; historical obligations; collective obligations; colonialism; poverty; reparation.;

    Abstract : The current state of the global distribution of income, wealth, and well-being is in many respects the product of historical acts and processes. Of these, some have been just, others not. In philosophical discourse, processes of the latter kind are referred to as historical injustices. READ MORE