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Gestoras económicas: Dote, consumo y ahorro en la ficción latinoamericana (1872–1905)
No full textMy doctoral dissertation examines novels published between the decades of 1870 and 1900 by women writers of Peru, Mexico, and Argentina, and analyzes the portrayals of money and economic behavior through their female characters. I investigate how some economic aspects of nineteenth-century capitalism are mobilized to challenge the figure of the angel of the house. By studying novels written by Carolina Freyre de Jaimes (1844-1916) and Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (1845-1909) from Peru; Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818-1892) and Emma de la Barra (1861-1947) from Argentina; and Laura Méndez de Cuenca (1853-1928) and Refugio Barragán de Toscano (1843-1916) from Mexico, I coin the term woman economic manager [gestora económica], that allows to analyze those women who insert themselves in the realm of the formal economy, where monetary transactions take place. I argue that the woman economic manager [gestora económica] is defined by her economic behavior: she travels, saves money, gets into debt, consumes, enters and exits banks, moves across the city. Furthermore, by being a woman who conducts most of her activities outside the house, she has a tense relationship, many times in opposition to the angel of the house. These novels are in dialogue with the economic transformations that Latin America underwent in the last decades of the nineteenth century. My research focuses on three economic practices portrayed in the stories: dowry, consumption, and money-saving. I assert that these novels articulate critical and, in some cases, alternative standpoints to women’s situation of exclusion.
Mi tesis doctoral examina novelas publicadas entre las décadas de 1870 y 1900 por escritoras de Perú, México y Argentina, y analiza las representaciones sobre el dinero y la conducta económica a través del desarrollo de sus personajes femeninos. Investigo cómo algunos aspectos económicos del capitalismo decimonónico se presentan como articuladores de posturas desafiantes frente a la figura del ángel del hogar. A partir del análisis de las novelas escritas por las peruanas Carolina Freyre de Jaimes (1844-1916) y Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (1845-1909), las argentinas Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818-1892) y Emma de la Barra (1861-1947), y las mexicanas Laura Méndez de Cuenca (1853-1928) y Refugio Barragán de Toscano (1843-1916) propongo el término gestora económica, que permite analizar a la mujer que logra insertarse el espacio de la economía formal, donde ocurren las transacciones monetarias. Sostengo que la gestora económica se define por sus conductas económicas: viaja, ahorra, se endeuda, consume, entra y sale del banco, se desplaza por la ciudad. Asimismo, tiene una relación tensa, muchas veces de oposición, con el ángel del hogar, al ser una mujer que realiza gran parte de sus actividades fuera de la casa. Estas novelas dialogan con las transformaciones económicas de las sociedades latinoamericanas en la vi última parte del siglo XIX. Mi investigación se enfoca en tres prácticas económicas retratadas en las novelas: la dote, el consumo y el ahorro. Afirmo que estas historias articulan críticas y en algunos casos alternativas a la situación de exclusión de las mujeres
Herejías en la Ciudad Global: legados de tercermundismo, asimilación y desplazamiento urbano en las narrativas literarias contemporáneas latinx y afroportuguesa (2000-2022).
No full textEsta tesis examina de manera comparativa dos corpus de novelas contemporáneas que interrogan los múltiples espacios de poder y vulnerabilidad que experimentan las diásporas latinx y africanas que logran movilidad social a través del trabajo en las ciudades globales de Nueva York y Lisboa. Mediante el análisis de autores tan diversos como la mexicano-puertorriqueña Xochitl González, la dominicana Cleyvis Natera, el puertorriqueño-ecuatoriano Ernesto Quiñonez, la angoleña-portuguesa Telma Tvon, la angoleña-portuguesa Djamilia Pereira y el angoleño Kalaf Epalanga, establezco un diálogo entre las narrativas literarias de autores caribeños de la diáspora sobre la ciudad de Nueva York y las diásporas africanas radicadas en Lisboa. Presto especial atención a las discusiones sobre el tercermundismo, es decir, el movimiento por los derechos civiles, la lucha decolonial angoleña y el panafricanismo, presentes en estas narrativas literarias. Así mismo sostengo que algunos de estos autores proponen la acumulación de riqueza y la adquisición de propiedades como las únicas formas viables de resistencia contra el desplazamiento, al tiempo que despliegan nociones clasistas de progreso colectivo. Por lo tanto, propongo la noción de “herejes de la ciudad global” como una nueva subjetividad que se nutre de la perspectiva de Anthony Bogues sobre los herejes negros para explorar cómo estas nuevas diásporas recurren a géneros literarios comerciales para cuestionar el etnocentrismo y la asimilación. Al examinar estas autorrepresentaciones como “minorías modelo”, sostengo que estos autores critican la construcción de la ciudad global “desde arriba”, desestabilizando así de forma provocativa las nociones previas de las identidades nacionales europeas y estadounidenses al imaginar futuros raciales alternativos.
This dissertation examines a constellation of contemporary novels that interrogate multiple sites of power and vulnerability as experienced by Latinx and African diasporas who achieve class mobility through labor in the global cities of New York and Lisbon. By analyzing authors as diverse as Mexican-Puerto Rican Xochitl González, Dominican Cleyvis Natera, Puerto Rican-Ecuadorian Ernesto Quiñonez, Angolan-Portuguese Telma Tvon, Angolan-Portuguese Djamilia Pereira, and Angolan Kalaf Epalanga, I establish a dialogue between the literary narratives by Caribbean diaspora authors about New York City and African diasporas based in Lisbon. I pay particular attention to discussions on Third-Worldism, that is, the Civil Rights movement, the Angolan decolonial struggle and Pan-Africanism, present in these literary narratives. I contend some of these authors propose wealth accumulation and property acquisition as the only viable forms of resistance against displacement, while simultaneously deploying class-based notions of group advancement. Therefore, I propose the notion of “global city heretics,” as a new subjectivity that draws from Anthony Bogues\u27s perspective on Black Heretics to explore how these new diasporas turn to commercial literary genres to interrogate ethnocentrism and assimilation. While I examine these self-representations as “model minorities,” I argue that these authors critique the making of the global city “from above,” thus provocatively unsettling previous notions of European and US national identities by imagining alternative racial futures
Introduction to Sociology: The Family
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This paper explores the evolving landscape of modern family structures, analyzing their diverse forms, core functions, and the challenges they face within contemporary society. Drawing on recent research and theoretical frameworks, it examines the transformation of parenthood—especially single fatherhood—the shifting definitions of family and kinship, and the influence of family structure on emotional security, socialization, and reproductive roles. The discussion highlights the rise of dual-career households, increased grandparental involvement, the complexities of blended and single-parent families, as well as the growing acceptance of cohabitation and child-free couples. Special attention is given to persistent social problems, such as the cycles of teen pregnancy and family violence in marginalized communities, and the pervasive issues of child, spousal, and elder abuse. The analysis underscores the interplay between socioeconomic factors, cultural expectations, and systemic barriers that shape family experiences and outcomes. Ultimately, the paper advocates for a nuanced, inclusive understanding of family, emphasizing the need for comprehensive support systems and prevention strategies to foster resilience, equity, and well-being across diverse family forms
Introduction to Sociology: Culture
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A Synthesis of Sociological Perspectives on Culture and Social Evolution This paper provides an in-depth exploration of culture as a foundational element in the study of sociology, dissecting its central components—knowledge, language, symbols, values, norms, and material objects—and their profound impact on society. Through the examination of cultural integration and diversity, the analysis foregrounds the dynamic tensions between assimilation and the preservation of subcultures, illustrating how these forces shape identities, relationships, and social cohesion in contemporary contexts. The discussion offers nuanced insights into the processes by which dominant and minority cultures interact, negotiate power, and navigate the challenges of globalization, with particular emphasis on language, healthcare, and the preservation of cultural heritage. Additionally, the evolution of societies is traced from hunting and gathering bands to complex post-industrial communities, highlighting transformative moments such as the agricultural and industrial revolutions. Each societal type is examined for its social structures, economic practices, technological innovations, and their implications for stratification and cultural change. By interweaving theoretical perspectives and real-world examples, this synthesis deepens our understanding of how culture continuously adapts in response to technological advances, demographic shifts, and global interactions. Ultimately, the work underscores the necessity of balancing integration and diversity to foster resilient, inclusive, and innovative societies
Translanguaging: Leveraging Theoretical Shifts Toward Social Change
Get PDFTranslanguaging posits that all people make meaning, communicate, and learn by orchestrating heterogeneous features from a unitary repertoire in ways that defy named languages and other socially constructed language categorizations. In this chapter, we share insights about translanguaging theory for applied linguistics by revisiting themes we surfaced in an encyclopedia article we authored a half-decade ago, specifically reconsidering our 2017 tenets in light of scholarship that has (a) deepened translanguaging\u27s relationships to dismantling social and political hierarchies; (b) emphasized how translanguaging has been used to highlight the heterogeneity of all language-in-use, and not just the practices of those people recognized as bi/multilinguals; and (c) explored how metaphors for translanguaging such as “orchestration” can help researchers and educators consider types of semiosis that go beyond the linguistic. In recognizing that named language and modal categories and the hierarchies set up among them are socially constructed and ideological, and that the practices of people defy those categorizations, translanguaging can help fields like applied linguistics reframe research, teaching, and learning around people\u27s creativity and criticality, as determined by their own logics
Performance Practice as Compositional Style: Wet Ink’s Collaborative Work
No full textIn its twenty-five years in New York City’s new music scene, Wet Ink Ensemble has established a distinctive approach in which members blend the roles of performer, composer, and improviser. This dissertation investigates how the ensemble’s beginnings at the nexus of the experimental rock and avant-garde music scenes prepared it for a turn towards collaborative composition and improvisation. After defining essential elements of the ensemble’s performance practice, I analyze Eric Wubbels’ Auditory Scene Analysis (I) and Sam Pluta’s Lines on Black—compositions that exemplify opposing poles of notational specificity. I then trace the defined elements through two “Performance Practice” works, which incorporate contributions with shared authorship by Wet Ink members and Artists in Residence. This research will provide tools for further analysis and insights into how a group might move from a work-centered repertoire of individually-led compositions to one that welcomes a spectrum of notational specificity and a range of collaborators
Inhibition of Return and Attentional Blink: Aspects of a Singular Attentional Process?
No full textInhibition of Return (IOR) and Attentional Blink (AB) are two distinctly defined phenomena that display some intriguingly similar properties. They both describe suppression effects following a visual stimulus that has captured attention, both may be preceded by an enhancement, and both share partially overlapping effect time windows which can be manipulated by task difficulty. The current study attempted to measure the two phenomena simultaneously to test our hypothesis that behavioral indices of AB and IOR will display significant spatial and temporal overlap, suggesting the two phenomena may reflect, at least in part, different aspects of a singular attentional process. To investigate both IOR and AB simultaneously, we combined experimental paradigms for the study of each phenomenon into a dual stream rapid serial visual presentation design, allowing us to assess both spatial and temporal components. Reaction time and accuracy measures were collected for behavioral analyses, respectively, of IOR and AB. Pearson’s analysis revealed significant correlation between RT and accuracy, while separate ANOVAs for each dependent variable found interaction effects of lag and location, suggesting spatiotemporal effects modulate each other, causing quicker recovery from AB for novel than for same locations, while augmenting early lag suppression of same and novel locations during IOR. We conclude AB and IOR commonalities across lags and locations may reflect different aspects of a singular attentional inhibitory mechanism
Economy smart watch fails to accurately monitor blood glucose among healthy adults
No full textMonitoring and maintenance of blood glucose (BG) concentrations is of critical importance to individuals with diabetes mellitus. However, this often requires multiple finger-sticks and a glucometer, or the use of a prescription continuous glucose monitor (CGM). Recently, some smart watches have become available which claim to non-invasively monitor BG. This should not be confused with watches that pair with CGMs. The purpose of this study was to assess whether the economy smart watches were capable of detecting BG changes among healthy individuals. Currently three participants have completed this study. Healthy young adults reported to the lab after a 4-6 hour fast to perform an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The participants wore a Dexcom G7 CGM which is FDA approved and frequently prescribed for the monitoring of BG concentrations. In tandem, they wore the smart watch. Over the course of two hours, BG measurements were taken on both devices so that the changes could be compared. Results: During the OGTT there was a significant difference in the two devices measurements of BG over time (Λ=0.04, F=50.95, p=0.02). Due to currently low sample size, the difference across timepoints does not appear significant for either the CGM (F=7.83, p=0.09) or the smart watch (F=0.42, p=0.63). While the study is ongoing, it is already becoming clear that the smart watch is not accurate in its assessment of BG, and thus should not be endorsed for use in guiding any medical decision making
Charging and Discharging Capacitors: Brightspace Package of an Arithmetic Quiz
No full textDescription:
This material is a quiz in the Brightspace Learning Management System (LMS). The quiz includes 10 physics problems on the topic of charging and discharging capacitors through a resistor.
The quiz assesses student understanding of key concepts, including voltage and charge of a capacitor, exponential functions, time constants, and dynamic changes in voltage and current.
Quiz problems are called in Brightspace LMS as arithmetic questions. The Problems give students random initial values to provide many quiz variants.
The quiz is appropriate for high school AP Physics or introductory college-level physics courses. Key Features:
10-question quiz in Brightspace importable format (.zip)
Aligned with RC circuit learning objectives
Covers exponential charging/discharging, time constant.
Ready for direct use in LMS
Suitable for homework, formative assessment, or quizzes
Educational Level: High School (Advanced Placement), Undergraduate (Introductory Physics)
Format: Brightspace Quiz Package (.zip
Beyond “A Purely Passive Servitude”:Antonio Oblitas, Casta, and Afro-Descendants in the Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
No full textThis article examines the contributions of Afro-descendants to the Túpac Amaru II rebellion in Peru. It argues that although historians have recognized the importance of race and casta in the rebellion, they have been insufficiently attentive to the complex roles that those of African descent have played. It argues that the most famous Afro-descendant, Antonio Oblitas, has often been ignored, misidentified, and minimized in his aesthetic and visual contributions to the uprising. This problematic historical approach extends to other free and enslaved men because scholars place them within the paradigm of passive (and enslaved) servitude. Furthermore, the article contends that Indigenous and Black relationality during the uprising cannot be reduced to dominant discourses of enmity and conflict in light of the regional networks of kinship, patronage, and labor in which Afro-descendants were enmeshed. Relatedly, it argues that Black and Indigenous relationality during the rebellion needs to be understood within eighteenth century anti-colonial thought and practice which opposed European norms of ethics and morality