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Master's Thesis
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- Editor(s):
- Daniel G. Groody
- Subject(s):
- Liberation theology--Congresses, Poverty--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--Congresses
- Abstract:
Since the publication of Gustavo Guti\u00Errez’s 1973 groundbreaking work, A Theology of Liberation, much has been written on liberation theology and its central premise of the preferential option for the poor. Arguably, this has been one of the most important yet controversial theological themes of the twentieth century. As globalization creates greater gaps between the rich and the poor, and as the situation for many of the world’s poor worsens, there is an ever greater need to un…
- Date Published:
- 2007-04-01
- Date Created:
- 2016-03-15
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- Public
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- Author(s):
- Caroline Hawes
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Addresses generational shifts in Latino communities in South Bend and the increase in oppositional youth sub-culture within second-generation Latino youth communities. Research comes from Pew Hispanic Trust data on 21st century Latino immigrants and their families. Explores reasons for the emergence of oppositional youth sub-cultures such as gangs, particularly among males. Includes interviews from members of the South Bend Latino community as well as staff and incarcerated youth at the South…
- Date Published:
- 2010
- Date Created:
- 2010-01-01
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- Public
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- Author(s):
- Jenna Knapp, Alicia Quiros, Brianna Muller
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Addresses gender roles in Latino families and the effect immigration, social networks, and labor markets have in shifting traditional gender roles. Explains spatial identities in traditional Mexican families and the division of me and women in the home. Notes the modernization of the Mexican household and increased female autonomy due to immigration. Draws from personal interviews and previous research on the topic.
- Date Published:
- 2009
- Date Created:
- 2009-01-01
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- Public
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- Author(s):
- Katia Fernandez Soto
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Finds a lower risk of cancer among Latinas but a higher death-rate in comparison to non-Hispanic white counterparts due to a lack of cancer awareness and screening. Analyzes inhibitors of health awareness including: socioeconomic status, education and knowledge, health access and insurance, documentation status, family support, and acculturation. Most common cancers among Latinas include breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and cervical cancer. Quantitative data gathered via St. Joseph Regional Med…
- Date Published:
- 2014
- Date Created:
- 2014-01-01
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- Public
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- Author(s):
- Wei Sun, Sung David Chun, Karen Richman, Justin Sena
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Interdisciplinary study of how and whether gender influences Latinos’ savings for retirement. Third phrase of project examining the structural-economic factors limiting Latinos’ eligibility to participate in pension savings programs and social and cultural reasons affecting participation (See La Tercera Edad: Latinos’ Pensions, Retirement and Impact on Families (2008) and Confianza, Savings and Retirement: A Study of Mexican Immigrants in Chicago (2012). Analyzes data from U.S. Ce…
- Date Created:
- 2015-12-01
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- Public
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- Author(s):
- Allert Brown-Gort, John Koval, Timothy Ready
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Studies migration trends of Mexican women in Chicago area including topics of family units, education, reasons for migration, remittances, gender, age, income, health, and language. Draws from 2000 Census data and 2003 Chicago-Area Study. Findings include an increase in female migration since 1989, most coming directly from 7 Mexican states, and an average migration age of 20.
- Date Created:
- 2005-01-01
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- Public
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Master's Thesis