Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Families Mormon families'

Debates over Mormons in the nineteenth century United States were rarely solely about Mormonism. This dissertation examines the ways in which Utah-oriented discourses of outsider groups influenced political debates at the local, regional, and national levels between 1848 and 1893. As recent studies by Sarah Barringer Gordon and Terryl Givens have shown, the conflicts around which these discourses developed pertained to Mormons and polygamy specifically, but also to broader questions of religious freedom, racial diversity, and the extent to which a community might operate autonomously within the United States. The dissertation expands on decades-old analyses of visual and literary representations of Mormons, considering intertextual dynamics and drawing on a broad source base including non-traditional artifacts such as government reports, objects, maps, and personal writing. My analysis of the changing attitudes towards and representations of Mormon settlement is informed by the growing historiographies of anti-polygamy, anti-Mormonism, and the relationship between gender, family and empire. Examining anti-polygamy discourse through the lens of settler colonialism offers a fresh perspective on the motives, anxieties, and priorities of United States policymakers seeking control of the resources and people of the Great Basin. I will argue that this analytical viewpoint, which has been used primarily in indigenous and subaltern studies, can also be meaningfully applied to a religious sect that was part of the racial majority. Exploring objections to Mormon settlement over time reveals the extent to which Mormon self-fashioning was seen as potentially destabilizing to Anglo-American categories of race and gender—and the profound implications of those categories in political and economic terms. Overall, my analysis reinforces the significance of monogamy as a means of maintaining political control and enforcing racial order. The resolution of the “Mormon Question” in favor of the prevailing kinship model contributed to gendered imperial practices of the United States in the subsequent period of overseas expansion. As a site of confrontation between United States expansionism and distinct social and cultural configurations, the Great Basin was a principal laboratory for the development and testing of issues of United States colonial policy prior to the Spanish-American War.

Esta pesquisa procura desenvolver uma leitura da produção literária de duas mulheres a russo-ucraniana naturalizada brasileira Clarice Lispector e a colombiana Marvel Moreno. Da primeira, foram selecionados contos publicados no volume Laços de família (1960). Da segunda, contos publicados no volume Oriane, tía Oriane (1980). Vale-se, para tanto, de metodologias do comparativismo e de teorias sobre a literatura feminina. E procura problematizar questões referentes a esse universo em que mulheres escrevem sobre o ser feminino, aí considerado num sistema que inclui experiências existenciais, relações sociais e que considera também o campo mais amplo da própria condição humana. Entre os vários aspectos estudados, considerou-se o modo como as autoras comparadas estruturam as personagens femininas, nos seus diversos estágios de desenvolvimento: enquanto crianças e adolescentes em formação, na sua primeira juventude como mulher, na vida de casada e no seu papel de mãe. A análise comparativista dos contos está fundamentada em alguns elementos considerados pela crítica feminista como determinantes do conjunto de obras produzidas por mulheres, ressaltando-se, dentre eles, o uso frequente do discurso indireto livre e da narração em primeira pessoa, recursos que, mediante a mobilização da lembrança do passado, da auto-análise e da auto-descoberta, colaboram para uma problematização da identidade feminina e do significado da existência.
This research aims to develop a reading of the literary work of two women russianucranian naturalized brazilian Clarice Lispector and Colombian Marvel Moreno. Significant stories of both authors were selected for this study; from the first, were chosen some stories published on volume entitled Laços de família (1960), and from the Colombian writer, some stories on volume Oriane, tía Oriane (1980). To do this, methodologies as comparatism and female literature theories are the principal theoretical elements. It also tries to problematize questions related to that universe within women write about female being, thought as a part of a system including being experiences, social relationships, and with regards to the wider field of human condition itself. Among the diverse aspects, the way both authors organize female characters on their different levels of growing was considered: from childhood, teenage years, the first youth as a woman and the life as a wife, until they assume their mother roles. Comparative analysis of the stories is supported by some elements that feminist critic consider as deciding factors to be inserted into the group of writings produced by women, and between them those whose relevancy rests on the frequent use of free indirect speech and first-person narrator; this sources, mediated by past memories, selfexamination and the self-discovery strengthen the complexity of female identity and the meaning of existence.

Utilizando estos métodos que resaltan un “énfasis en la entrevista cualitativa” para poder colectar las historias personales de los Braceros y sus familias, en esta tesis analizo las historias orales de mi familia que han sido transmitidas de generación en generación (Uribe et al.). Específicamente, me enfoco en las experiencias de cuatro generaciones: un Bracero (mi Bisabuelo Filiberto) y su esposa, sus hijos (es decir, mi Abuelita Luisa), sus nietos (mis padres), y su bisnieta (yo). El propósito de este enfoque en la memoria intergeneracional de las experiencias de mi Bisabuelo Filiberto y sus descendientes en el Programa Bracero es resaltar los efectos que el Programa Bracero ha tenido en múltiples generaciones de las familias involucradas en él.

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES
O meio literário tornou-se um ambiente fecundo para a representação e elaboração de narrativas que procuram refletir sobre as relações familiares. Entre os diversos assuntos explorados nessas obras, a temática da decadência tem sido um motivo recorrente. É sob esse aspecto que se insere a presente dissertação, a qual possui o objetivo de examinar como se configura o tema da decadência nos romances Absalão, Absalão! (1936), de William Faulkner, e Ópera dos mortos (1967), de Autran Dourado, levando em consideração a influência das transmissões transgeracionais e o peso simbólico do passado sobre os integrantes das dinastias Sutpen e Honório Cota. Para atingirmos esse objetivo, procuramos investigar o valor simbólico atribuído à figura paterna presente nos romances, enfatizando o seu papel na constituição da estrutura e na formação da identidade familiar; examinar as relações intersubjetivas e as transmissões comportamentais entre ascendentes e descendentes; analisar o papel da memória familiar e os efeitos causados pela compulsão dos descendentes em preservar as heranças ancestrais; e, por fim, verificar o modo como as memórias familiares se articulam na configuração espacial, mais precisamente na casa, como vestígios mnemônicos que asseguram a presença dos mortos e apontam para a apreensão do passado frente às transformações históricas e sociais. Para tanto, nossa pesquisa está ancorada nos pressupostos teóricos desenvolvidos por Assmann (2011), Benjamin (2012; 2013), Candau (2011), Freud (1996) e Penso, Costa e Ribeiro (2008). Os resultados deste trabalho evidenciam que as transmissões transgeracionais e o peso simbólico do passado exercem uma forte ação negativa sobre as personagens. Além disso, a decadência que acomete as duas famílias funciona como uma representação metafórica e metonímica que correlaciona a trajetória de ascensão e queda das duas dinastias com o esfacelamento das sociedades às quais aludem as narrativas.
The literary field has become a fruitful ground for the representation and elaboration of narratives which attempt to reflect upon family relations. Among the diversity of motifs presented in those productions, the theme of decay has been a recurrent topic. In light of this, the present research aims at analyzing how the theme of the declining family is portrayed in William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! (1936) and Autran Dourado’s The voices of the dead (1967) taking into account the influence on transgeracional transmission and the symbolic burden of the past over the Sutpen’s and the Honório Cota’s dynasty members. In order to reach the objective above, we seek to investigate the symbolic value of the father figure within the novels, focusing on his role in the constitution of the structure and formation of the family; to examine the relation among the family members as well as the transmission of behavior between ancestors and descendants; to analyze the role played by the family memory and the effects caused by the descendants’ compulsion to preserve their inheritance; and, lastly, to verify in what way the family memories are embodied in the spatial configuration, more precisely the house, as a mnemonic trace that keeps the presence of the dead and reflects the view of the past towards historical and social transformations. To this end, we based our analysis on the studies developed by Assmann (2011), Benjamin (2012; 2013), Candau (2011), Freud (1996), Penso, Costa and Ribeiro (2008). The results show that the transgeracional transmission and the burden of the past hold a remarkable negative power over the characters. Furthermore, it may be concluded that the decay which tears the families apart function as a metaphorical and metonymic representation that associate the rise and fall of both dynasties to the process of destruction and transformation of the societies described in the novels.

O presente estudo analisa as formas como os familiares de pessoas mortas e desaparecidas durante a ditadura civil-militar no Brasil (1964-1985) se organizaram para reivindicar: 1º) o reconhecimento da responsabilidade do Estado brasileiro pelas violações aos direitos humanos praticadas em nome do regime autoritário; 2º) a apuração das reais circunstâncias em que estas mortes e desaparecimentos ocorreram; 3º) a responsabilização dos culpados; 4º) o resgate e a preservação da memória relativa a estes fatos. Fortalecida na primeira metade da década de 1970, a luta dos familiares organizados em torno da Comissão de Familiares de Mortos e Desaparecidos Políticos (CFMDP) estende-se até a atualidade. Canalizadas para os Comitês Brasileiros pela Anistia (CBA’s) que surgiram a partir de 1978, suas demandas foram, entretanto, praticamente desconsideradas no momento em que o Governo Federal aprovou a Lei da Anistia, em agosto de 1979. Com o fim da luta pela Anistia, e, por consequência, com a extinção dos CBA’s, os familiares rearticularam-se, centralizando seus esforços no fortalecimento da CFMDP. Em mais de três décadas de atividades, a CFMDP vem trabalhando de forma insistente junto à sociedade na tentativa de fazer com que os crimes cometidos no período autoritário não sejam esquecidos e buscando ampliar seu apoio com vistas à construção de políticas que atendam suas demandas. O trabalho desenvolvido pela CFMDP neste sentido obteve: a) o reconhecimento da responsabilidade do Estado brasileiro pelos crimes cometidos em nome do regime civil-militar; b) a concessão de indenizações aos familiares das vítimas fatais do aparato repressivo; c) um incremento no tocante à divulgação do tema junto à sociedade. Para aprofundar suas conquistas e formular novas políticas, que, mais efetivas, tratem do tema, a Comissão continua, no entanto, tendo que lidar com legados do autoritarismo que, tais como o bloqueio interpretativo que defende uma anistia recíproca e incentiva a impunidade e o esquecimento dos crimes cometidos pela ditadura, o rol das prerrogativas militares, a política nacional de sigilo ainda vigente e os resquícios culturais da Doutrina de Segurança Nacional, seguem limitando visivelmente a obtenção de avanços significativos no que se refere à reparação dos familiares.
This study examines the ways in which relatives of people killed or disappeared during the civil-military dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985) were organized to demand: 1) recognition of liability by the Brazilian state for violations of human rights committed in the name of the authoritarian regime; 2) the investigation of actual circumstances of these deaths and disappearances occurred; 3) liability of perpetrators; 4) the rescue and preservation of the memory on these facts. Strengthened in the first half of the 1970s, the struggle of families organized around the Commission of the Families of the Dead and Disappeared Political Activists (CFDDPA) extends until present. Channeled to the Brazilian Committees for Amnesty (BCA’s) that have emerged since 1978, their demands were, however, virtually ignored at the time the Federal Government approved the Amnesty Law in August 1979. With the end of the fight for amnesty, and, consequently, with the extinction of the BCA’s, the families reorganized themselves, centering its efforts on strengthening the CFDDPA. In more than three decades of activity, CFDDPA has been working persistently to the society in an attempt to make the crimes committed during authoritarian period are not forgotten and seeking to extend their support towards the construction of policies that meet their demands. The work developed by CFDDPA in this direction has obtained: a) the recognition of the liability of the Brazilian state for crimes committed on behalf of civil-military regime, b) the granting of compensation to the families of the victims of the repressive apparatus, c) an increase in respect of the disclosure of the issue to the society. To deepen their achievements and formulate new policies, more effectives to address the issue, the Commission continues, however, having to deal with legacies of authoritarian regimes, such as the interpretative blocking that defends a mutual amnesty and incentives the impunity and forgetfulness for crimes committed by the dictatorship, the role of military prerogatives, the secrecy national policy still in force and the remnants of the cultural National Security Doctrine, still follow limiting the obtaining of significant advances with regard to compensation to the families.

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In 1995, the Brazilian government promulgated the Law 9,140 that aims at the moral reparation to the victims of the military dictatorship in the country and reparation through indemnity to their families. This law also established the creation of the Special Committee of Killed and Political Missing (CEMDP) with the objective of promoting the recognition of the State through the responsibility of crimes committed during the period of political repression. Currently to the immediate enactment of this law, the State recognized 136 people as missing, according to the Dossier of killed and political missing, prepared by the Committee of Relatives. The other cases were referred to CEMDP, whose task was to analyze, investigate and judge the cases related to the victims. During the process of assessment of the cases, it was under the responsibility of each family the lifting of sufficient evidence to blame the State in the crimes. During the 11 years of action (1996-2007) to CEMDP received files relating to 475 victims. Of this total, 136 names were already listed in Annex I of Law 9.140/95, related to the missing. The other 339 cases were subject to review by the Committee. Of this number, 221 cases were accepted and families could be indemnified, and 118 cases were dismissed. Although it has been expanded in the years of 2002 and 2004, the Law 9.140/95 does not solve the case of the political missing, it does not allow the location of their remains and it does not guarantee punishment for those who practiced crimes at the time. Even today, it is a law of restricted nature
Em 1995, o governo brasileiro promulgou a Lei 9 140 que visa à reparação moral às vítimas da ditadura militar no país por meio de indenização as suas famílias. Essa Lei estabeleceu ainda a criação da Comissão Especial de Mortos e Desaparecidos Políticos (CEMDP), com o objetivo de promover o reconhecimento Estado mediante a responsabilidade dos crimes cometidos durante o período da repressão política. No momento imediato à promulgação dessa Lei, o Estado reconheceu 136 pessoas como desaparecidas, conforme Dossiê de mortos e desaparecidos políticos, elaborado pela Comissão de Familiares. Os demais casos foram encaminhados para a CEMDP, cuja tarefa foi analisar, investigar e julgar os processos relacionados às vítimas. Durante o processo de apreciação dos casos, ficou sob responsabilidade de cada familiar o levantamento de provas suficientes para responsabilizar o Estado nos crimes. Durante os 11 anos de atuação (1996-2007), a CEMDP recebeu processos referentes a 475 vítimas. Desse total, 136 nomes já constavam no Anexo I da Lei 9 140/95, relacionado aos desaparecidos. Os outros 339 casos foram objeto de análise da Comissão. Desse número, 221 casos foram deferidos e as famílias puderam ser indenizadas, e 118 casos foram indeferidos. Embora tenha sido ampliada nos anos de 2002 e 2004, a Lei 9 140/95 não soluciona o caso dos desaparecidos políticos, não permite a localização de seus restos mortais e não garante punição aos que praticaram crimes na época. Ainda hoje, é uma lei de caráter restrito

The purpose of this study is to examine if school or community characteristics correlate with suspensions and expulsions. The data examined in this study were drawn from Riverside County schools. The schools were examined to determine if school or social disorganization characteristics correlate with suspension and expulsion rates.