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  1. 1. Building Bridges Through Visual Manifestations of Statelessness : Decolonial feminism and coalitional engagement against denial of genocide in the Dominican Republic

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle; Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle

    Author : Melike İşleyen; [2022]
    Keywords : Statelessness; Decolonial Feminism; Dominican Republic; Coalitional Engagement; Documentary; Stateless and Our Lives in Transit;

    Abstract : The work presented aims to show the complexity, causes, and challenges of being stateless in the Dominican Republic through the medium of documentaries. This thesis will also uncoverpossibilities of resistance and coalitional engagement. READ MORE

  3. 2. Female Labor Force Participation Rate and Economic Growth

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Rustam Salimov; [2019]
    Keywords : Labor Force Participation Rate; Economic Growth; Solow Model; Female Labor Force Participation Rate;

    Abstract : This thesis analysed the effect of female labor force participation rate (FLFPR) on economicgrowth and included changes in male labor force participation rate (MLFPR) to help improve thepower of the model. Here, three robust regressions were used on the sample of 16 Latin Countries(Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala,Honduras, Venezuela, RB, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador) for theperiod of 1995-2015 in order to identify the effect of each key variable when tested separately andwhen tested together. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Postmodern Aesthetic of Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Jonathan Urch; [2018]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis examines The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) by Junot Díaz as an example of postmodern fiction. The thesis begins with a background chapter that outlines the central characteristics of postmodern fiction, followed by three chapters that tackle one main postmodern aspect of the novel each: fragmentation, metafiction and intertextuality. READ MORE

  5. 4. Migration from Central America and the Caribbean: The Impact of Social Indicators on Labor Market Performance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Lena Reibstein; [2018]
    Keywords : migration; integration; Central America; Caribbean; labor market participation; social capital; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the last 50 years, immigration from Central America and the Caribbean to the United States of America has been increasing. Because these immigrants often find themselves in vulnerable positions, their successful integration into society should be of public interest. READ MORE

  6. 5. “Ghetto Nerd at the End of the World”: the Decolonized Chronotope, Liminality, and Dialogics in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Clarissa Grace Chang; [2016]
    Keywords : contemporary literature; Junot Díaz; decolonized chronotope; decolonial imagination; heteroglossia; New Jersey; Dominican Republic; Afro-Latinidad; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Narratives focusing on People of Color often suffer from neocolonial treatment with narrow focus on race at the expense of character development, working with stereotypical monoliths rather than complex individuals. These types of narratives tend to use Whiteness as a “neutral” reference point. READ MORE