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Cuevas, Cristina L. "Stephen Dedalus' Search for Identity in Catholic Ireland." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2258.

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The purpose of my research was to explore the interplay between religion and art in James Joyce’s novel, A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. My aim was to trace the development of the protagonist, Stephen Dedalus by analyzing how Catholicsim is an institution that forms him, yet must reject to realize his artistic potential. I researched Joyce’s background to gain an understanding of the exilic experience on the literature. Through the exilic lens, I realized that Catholicism was the predominant influence on Stephen’s need to embark on a self-imposed exile at the end of the novel. Complic

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Pihl, Lina. "IDENTITY : In search of identity construction through the narrative of the pearl necklace." Thesis, Konstfack, Ädellab/Metallformgivning, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-3431.

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IDENTITY In search of identity construction through the narrative of the pearl necklace Lina Pihl Can one reach an understanding of identity through the narrative of the pearl necklace? The pearl necklace plays the role of the main character as well as the attribute in portraying identity in this dissertation. By looking at the pearl necklace as an object through its social context, it is possible to open it up for an understanding of its relation and impact on the individual. The world is not constructed of entities, but on relations. Thus it makes no sense to try to understand it throu

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Brodey, Deborah A. "From Judaism to Buddhism, Jewish women's search for identity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0002/MQ29145.pdf.

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Schwarzer, Mitchell. "German architectural theory and the search for modern identity /." Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37496732w.

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Rowlands, David T. (David Thomas). "Democracy, American nationalism and Woodrow Wilson's search for identity." Thesis, Department of History, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5790.

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Knights, Vanessa Nathalie Maguy. "The search for identity in the narrative of Rosa Montero." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.627026.

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Macomber, Logan W. "The Search for Authenticity: Media’s Construction of Irish Musical Identity." Thesis, Boston College, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2610.

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Thesis advisor: Michael Keith<br>This paper examines global media’s construction of Irish musical identity beginning with Irish radio in the 1920s and focusing on the Irish traditional music organization Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, which was founded in 1951. Central to the arguments in this paper is the claim that media outlets in Ireland and abroad package a simplified version of Irish culture for the purpose of cultural tourism. Through the analysis of both Irish and American media productions, as well as existing research on the topic, this paper argues that: Global media’s presentation of

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Giles, James. "No self to be found : the search for personal identity." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/18907.

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Sangco-Jackson, Generosa A. "Imaginary identity Aeneas' search for a home in Aeneid 3 /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0014386.

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Bali, Vandana. "The Resurgence of Islam in Turkey: A Search for Identity." W&M ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539720280.

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Fattah, Nadia Abdel. "James Baldwin's Search for a Homosexual Identity in his Novels." PDXScholar, 1996. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5231.

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James Arthur Baldwin (1924- 1987) is one of the two major writers who have dared write about black gay men and from a black gay perspective. However, his fame as a racial spokesman and his insightful analyses of race relations in America tend to distract attention from the fact that he has been one of the most important homosexual writers of the twentieth century. Intolerance and homophobia among black and white Americans often led to a misinterpretation or misevaluation of James Baldwin's novels. James Baldwin was very courageous to come out as a black homosexual writer during the period of t

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Ogbuagu, Buster C. "In search of communal identity : the role of the Black community in identity formation among Nigerian youth." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=113828.

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This study explores the impact of racism on the identity construction of Black Nigerian youth in Montreal. Several themes, related to socialization, family, education, integration, employment, racism, marginalization and social exclusion emerged from phenomenological interviews of 10 Nigerian youth, 5 parents and 3 community leaders. These expressions of their lived experiences exposed the negative impact of racism and racist discourses of the Canadian society on minority groups. It simultaneously showed, through the acquisition of pro-social skills, the extent that marginalized groups, as dep

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Whomsley, Stuart. "Identity search : special media interest in a clinical learning disabilities population." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/31306.

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The current research investigated the strong interests in media characters or narratives for a group of adults with learning disabilities seen by clinicians for behavioural and mental health problems. These interests were termed "Special Media Interests". Six people with learning disabilities and a special media interest were interviewed (four interviewed once, two interviewed twice). Independently, seven clinicians were interviewed: clinicians (n=5) whose clients had been interviewed and clinicians (n=2) whose clients (n=3) were not interviewed. There were seventeen interviews in total. A gro

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Kirkpatrick, Francis Carson. "Resurrecting the town hall : a search for civic identity through place." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22399.

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Keyse, Paola. "In search of an identity, the MSI during the Almirante years." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.437028.

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Baker, Cynthia Denise. "Image and self-image : the literary search for Brazilian national identity /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3008272.

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Lyons, Benjamin A. "Unbiasing Information Search and Processing through Personal and Social Identity Mechanisms." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1248.

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Group commitments such as partisanship and religion can bias the way individuals seek information and weigh evidence. This psychological process can lead to distorted views of reality and polarization between opposing social groups. Substantial research confirms the existence and persistence of numerous identity-driven divides in society, but means of attenuating them remain elusive. However, because identity-protective cognition is driven by a need to maintain global and not domain specific integrity, researchers have found that affirming an unrelated core aspect of the self can eliminate the

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Simser, Cheryl Kathleen. "The school-to-work transition: Voice in the search for occupational identity." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/9982.

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This thesis is the story of a young woman enrolled in a co-operative education program in a Canadian secondary school. It examines the relationship between her school-to-work transition, occupational identity development and relational voice as she negotiates her emerging role in the adult world of work. In particular, the thesis focuses on the contradictions, struggles, and realities within her personal and professional relationships, school experiences, and part-time work. Data were collected from in depth interviews and periods of observation both in school and at her work placement. The th

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St, Vincent Chad Michael. "'Parasite single' women of Japan : 'parasites' or search for a new identity? /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09ars7749.pdf.

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Roytman, Grigory. "In search of identity : Soviet Jewish immigrant families in the United States /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1985. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/1060019x.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1985.<br>Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: A. Harry Passow. Dissertation Committee: Samuel D. Johnson, Jr. Bibliography: leaves 132-136.

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Pizzi, Katia. "A city in search of an author : the literary identity of Trieste." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.627499.

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Boyd, Brenda Jean. "Nationalism,anti-natioanalism and Japan's search for identity in the 19190's." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.533804.

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Cowden, Stephen. "The search for an indigenous white identity in Australian literature 1885-1945." Thesis, University of Kent, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298164.

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Gololobov, Ivan V. "Regional ideologies in contemporary Russia : in search of a post-Soviet identity." Thesis, University of Essex, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.411208.

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Reid, Suzanne Elizabeth. "Becoming a modern hero: the search for identity in Cynthia Voigt's novels." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38326.

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The purpose of this study is to explore the novels of a highly respected author of young adult literature and to summarize the plots, analyze the themes, and examine themotivations of the characters in a format that would be accessible and useful to the classroom teachers and students who read her novels. The bulk of the document will follow the format of the Twayne Series of Young Adult Writers, a serial publication of biographical information, plot summary, and critical commentary that is standard in many school libraries. Cynthia Voigt's novels are both popular with teachers and students

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Chen, Ai-Li. "The Search for Cultural Identity: Taiwan "Hsiang-t'u" Literature in the Seventies." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1382022927.

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Meyer, Stephen Conrad. "Performing identity : the search for a German opera in Dresden, 1798-1832 /." Ann Arbor (Mich.) : UMI, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40042869z.

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Rubin, Anita. "Growing up in social transition : in search of a late modern identity /." Turku : Turun yliopisto, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40204264k.

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Pitana, I. Gde. "In search of difference origin groups, status and identity in contemporary Bali /." Online version, 1997. http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/23850.

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Henderson, Lindsay Jane. "Writing Wales : Welsh historians and the search for Welsh identity, 1970-1997." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16605/1/Lindsay_Henderson_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis is a study of the way in which Wales and Welshness have been depicted in Welsh general histories published in the period between 1970 and 1997. National identity has been and remains a topical and controversial issue in Wales, due to the complex and multiple nature of the identities that could be classified as 'national' identities. Correspondingly, the issue of identity, particularly national and regional identities, has been the subject of considerable study within Wales. These studies have provided considerable insight into the nature of Welsh identity but there remain signif

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Henderson, Lindsay Jane. "Writing Wales : Welsh historians and the search for Welsh identity, 1970-1997." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16605/.

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This thesis is a study of the way in which Wales and Welshness have been depicted in Welsh general histories published in the period between 1970 and 1997. National identity has been and remains a topical and controversial issue in Wales, due to the complex and multiple nature of the identities that could be classified as 'national' identities. Correspondingly, the issue of identity, particularly national and regional identities, has been the subject of considerable study within Wales. These studies have provided considerable insight into the nature of Welsh identity but there remain signif

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Burton, Robert Edward. "A passion to exist : cultural entrepreneurship and the search for authenticity in Cornwall." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269833.

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Pfeiffer, Elisabeth R. "Placing Munich: A Search Through Aufbruch." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/586.

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Through my Creative Non-Fiction Writing thesis, I have attempted to challenge the boundaries of the genre, after D’Agata and the works of other contemporary creative non-fiction writers. However, I have also challenged the boundaries of our own frame for reality that defines the human experience. As I began writing this, I asked myself: can we write about spaces or do we write spaces ourselves, interlacing the city into an imagined space? I didn't realize that I had forgotten the most important question of all: do spaces write us? These stories are predominantly about my search for “authentic”

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Thomas, Njoke K. "Coming Full Circle: How Medical Student Craft Their Preferences in Search of an Authentic Doctor Role." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1504889258247326.

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Suarez, David. "The Western Sahara and the Search for the Roots of Sahrawi National Identity." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3010.

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This work is a socio-historical study of the roots of Sahrawi national identity. The Sahrawi are a community of people who live in the Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. Most of its territory has been occupied since 1975 by Morocco, which denies the existence of a distinctive population inhabiting the Western Sahara. In contrast, the POLISARIO Front, vanguard of the Sahrawi nationalist movement, argues that the Western Sahara belongs to the Sahrawi and seeks its full independence. It bases its claims on the notion of a distinctive history, language, and culture for the Sahrawi, separate

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Van, der Vlies Andrew Edward. "In search of self explorations of identity in the work of Paul Auster." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002251.

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Paul Auster is regarded by some as an important novelist. He has, in a relatively short space of time, produced an intriguing body of work, which has attracted comparatively little critical attention. This study is based on the premise that Auster's art is the record of an entertaining, intelligent and utterly serious engagement with the possibilities of conceiving of the identity of an individual subject in the contemporary, late-twentieth century moment. This study, focussing on Auster's novels, but also considering selected poetry and critical prose, explores the representation of identity

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Pyne, Kimberly B. Noblit George W. ""Good teachers" require "better students" identity crisis in the search for empowering pedagogy /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,429.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.<br>Title from electronic title page (viewed Oct. 10, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Education (Culture, Curriculum, and Change)." Discipline: Education; Department/School: Education.

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Conway, Jennifer S. Kesterson David B. "The search for cultural identity an exploration of the works of Toni Morrison /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-5191.

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Bliznik, Sean. "WHO AM I?": A SEARCH FOR AMERICA'S IDENTITY THROUGH THEATRE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2288.

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Theatre has always existed as a didactic tool to educate society about society's own successes, failures, and foibles. The theatre and theatre artists have attempted to take society's interpretation of truth and place it on the stage for all to see and experience. Sometimes, theatre creates and performs its own truth in place of society's accepted truth by re-examining pre-existing societal constructs and creating an interpretation of truth that better represents the current state of affairs as the theatre sees it. Therefore, theatre becomes the mode by which society learns, explores, refutes,

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Bradley, Ellyn Isabelle. "The search for individual identity in the works of Eugene Ionesco, 1950-1985." Thesis, Durham University, 1985. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/7138/.

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The thesis aims to demonstrate that the search for individual identity is fundamental to lonesco's work, affecting every aspect of his artistic creation. The crisis of identity, lonesco suggests, stems from early childhood when the individual experiences a separation from himself, from his surroundings, and from others. Thereafter, two states of being divide all existence: joy, wonder, and a firm awareness of being alternating with moods of anguish and estrangement from the self. This inner tension provokes the individual to seek a more secure sense of identity. The theme of the search runs th

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Manente, Aurelio. "The evolution of the Italian Communist Party : the search for a new identity." Thesis, University of Kent, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267402.

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Tranter, Mark. "History, identity and the search for roots in the poetry of Geoffrey Hill." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442015.

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Conway, Jennifer S. "The Search for Cultural Identity: An Exploration of the Works of Toni Morrison." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5191/.

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Many of Toni Morrison's African-American characters attempt to change their circumstances either by embracing the white dominant culture that surrounds them or by denying it. In this thesis I explore several ways in which the characters do just that-either embrace or deny the white culture's right to dominion over them. This thesis deals primarily with five of Toni Morrison's novels: The Bluest Eye, Beloved, Paradise, Sula, and Tar Baby.

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Shafer, Cynthia Trout. "Muslim Women on the Catholic Campus: The Search for Identity, Community, and Understanding." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1355324422.

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Bersselaar, Dmitri van den. "In search of Igbo identity : language, culture and politics in Nigeria, 1900-1966 /." Leiden, 1998. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40124972c.

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Osman, Youssef. "“TWO THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS” AN ACCENTED CINEMA IN THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/408.

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This paper examines the creative process behind the “2001 Nights”narrative film project. The filmmaker (Author) chose the ancient book TheThousand and One Nights, as a foundation and structure to tell a number ofcontemporary stories. Through these stories the author is hoping to explorea number of themes.The film mixes elements of magical realism with dramatic fiction toexplore the concepts of alienation, displacement and diaspora, trying tounderstand the concept of the “other”. Under the politicized, stressfulclimate of current world events, the film also examines identity. This piece isperso

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Farreras, Morlanes Teresa. "East Timorese ethno-nationalism: search for an identity - cultural and political self-determination." Phd thesis, University of Queensland, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/267386.

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This thesis is an examination of the development of ethnic, cultural and national identity among the East Timor people reaching Australia after the East Timor civil war of August 1975 . In the introduction I argue that ethnic and national identity, or ethno-nationalism, is not a natural phenomenon and that it can emerge at any moment in time owing to specific historical, socio-economic or political circumstances. I argue that during the 1974-1975 period the Portuguese- Timorese mestieo (racially mixed) elite of East Timer, principally those of Dili, of which the refugees are represe

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Tengvall, Catrin. "Identitetssökandet hos unga flickor i 2010 års barn- och ungdomslitteratur." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-9887.

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My ambition with his exam is to study how young girls are being depicted in swedish novels of 2010. I have analyzed how the identity and the search for identity are produced in these books. To be able to make my analysis of these books I have used Maria Nikolajeva’s book Barnbokens byggklossar. From wich I have worked out a few questions that I have used my analysis in the portrayal of these girls. All the girls are between 12-14 years old and they all are struggeling to find out who and what they realy are. To put my results and analysis in a bigger perspective i have compared them with earli

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Bruhagen, Åsa. "European Identity-building and the Democratic Deficit - a Europe in search of its 'Demos'." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Political Science, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-557.

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<p>During the last two decades the citizens’ trust in the European Union (EU) has decreased. It has been established that the Union suffer from a democratic deficit which has caused it to impose so called “identity-policies”. There is a need for the citizens to identify with the Union as a foundation of its legitimacy. But there is a problem since there is no clear idea of who constitutes “the people” in the European case.</p><p>Democratic theory presupposes a demos and a polity. The problem of the EU is that there are difficulties defining the ‘demos’ – there are difficulties identifying ‘the

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Turner, Helen M. "Gender, Madness and the Search for Identity in selected works of F. Scott Fitzgerald." Thesis, University of Essex, 2015. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/16820/.

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In this thesis I engage with the subject of identity and how it is formed and undermined in the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. In many of the novels and short stories a tension exists between two opposing forces. The first is the pursuit of a social identity which values inherited wealth and familial connections, mirroring in the values of the Old European World. In opposition to this is the protagonists’ personal identity that is not dependent on these long established connections to others. In characters such as Jay Gatsby and Dick Diver the latter is sacrificed in order to pursue the former.

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