Browsing by Subject "India"
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(2021-04-22)In this work I investigate the new aesthetic form that has been emerging in India, post-Nirbhaya case. This aesthetic is centered on representations of acid-attack survivors. Using disability studies as the framework for ...
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(2022-08-01)My dissertation pertains to the past, present, and future of Heritage Preservation in India. India, one of the oldest world civilizations - has a diverse built heritage – one that is constantly vying for attention against ...
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(2015-09-01)This dissertation presents three separate studies designed to provide empirical and anecdotal information on the topic of oral health among rural populations in middle-income countries of India and Dominican Republic. ...
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(2022-07-22)The purpose of this dissertation study is to explore the career aspirations of Generation Z (individuals born between the years 1995 and 2012) within India’s information technology (IT) industry’s context. Career aspirations ...
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(2014-12-17)The practice of marrying girls to deities or priests existed historically in many cultures across South Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. In India alone, this system is known by different names like Devadasi, Mathamma, ...
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(Howard Journal of Communication, 2005)A content analysis of randomly selected films (N = 24) about India produced from 1930–2000 in the US or UK was undertaken to examine the social construction of “Indian-ness.” There were significant inter-group differences ...
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(2012-07-16)Emerging markets such as India have witnessed waves of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. This historical analysis, which consists of two parts, tests central tenets of resource dependence theory. The ...
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(2020-06-06)This is a reflection on home cooking, and how it intersects with gender, class, education.
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(Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2021-03-30)The ubiquity of digital and social media has led to considerable academic debate regarding their role in the lives of children and adolescents. The Global North, especially United States and Europe, has largely led this ...
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(2013-11-13)This dissertation is an ethnographic inquiry into women’s experiences of food insecurity in Rajendranagar, a slum in Bangalore, India. As a critical ethnographer, I undertook this study with a goal of addressing the problem ...
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(2011-02-22)Secular nationalism, India?s official ideology and the basis for its secular Constitution, is being challenged by the rising religious nationalist discourses. This has resulted in an ongoing struggle between the secular ...
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(2018-05-09)This research investigates the interaction between environmental conservation and management in a protected area and the livelihoods of rural producers set against the political backdrop of an ethnically diverse and ...
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(2013-08-08)Proposed Omkareshwar National Park Complex (ONPC), is a planned park in Madhya Pradesh (central India) that is being designed as a compensatory conservation plan to overcome the loss of wildlife and forest by the construction ...
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(Sex Roles, 2003)An exploratory content analysis was conducted to examine portrayals of sexual violence in popular Hindi films. Nine films were randomly selected from box office hits (1997–99). The findings suggest that moderate sexual ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2010)Evaporative cooling potential for building in various climatic zones in India is investigated. Maintainable indoor conditions are obtained from the load - capacity analysis for the prevailing ambient conditions. For the ...
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(2013-04-08)The rural poor of Hazaribag suffer from vitamin A and iron deficiencies from meals containing rice (200-400g) and limited (25-50g) slow-cooked vegetables with potatoes. This causes undernourishment in 50% of children and ...
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(2012-02-14)This dissertation focuses on the nature of governance of the urban poor and examines the 'behind the scene' politics as well as the 'side effects' of a recent good governance project designed to serve six million poor ...
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India currently observes an alarmingly low child sex ratio regarding females. The 2011 Indian National Census found that the child sex ratio had reached an all-time low of 914 girls to 1000 boys. The low child sex ratio ...