389 research outputs found
Jasmine\u27s Family History
No full textJasmine Kimber authored this family history as part of the course requirements for HIST 550/700 Your Family in History offered online in Spring 2016 and was submitted to the Pittsburg State University Digital Commons. Please contact the author directly with any questions or comments: [email protected]
Oral history of Jasmine Mans
No full textJasmine Mans is an artist who calls Newark her home and celebrates the childhood she there spent through her poetry. As an author, performer, poet, and teacher, Jasmine uses a variety of mediums and means, such as books, videos, live performances, and social media to serve as a platform to speak on behalf of others and her community. She recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2014 with a Bachelor's in African-American Studies, and is now traveling the world as a poet. Her work has received a multitude of awards from the Star Ledger-NJPAC, Arts Millennia, and the New York Knicks Poetry Slam. She is a proud member of the LGBTQ community and works through her words and actions as a black feminist and proud Newarker
Plant the Kinds of Seeds That Destroy Foundations: An Interview with Jasmine Sawers by CH Assistant Editor Nicole Lawrence
No full textJasmine Sawers is the author of The Anchored World (Rose Metal Press, 2022). Their work appears in such journals as Ploughshares, NANO Fiction, [PANK], SmokeLong Quarterly, Sycamore Review, and many more. Sawers won the Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest and the NANO Prize
Blue Blanche & Jeanette zvana Jasmine: Jasmine French – pastiš Woodyja Allena
No full textThis paper analyzes Woody Allen's 2013 movie Blue Jasmine as a pastiche of the famous 1951 movie A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Elia Kazan. The paper points out the similarities between the two films in terms of plot and relationships between female and male characters, as well as the differences between them in terms of genre and film techniques. The main emphasis in the comparative analysis of these movies is placed on the character and destiny of the female protagonist – Blanche DuBois and Jasmine French. At the end of the paper, the author draws attention to the name of Woody Allen’s protagonist as proof that Blue Jasmine should be interpreted not as a parody but rather a pastiche of A Streetcar Named Desire.Keywords: A Streetcar Named Desire, Blue Jasmine, Tennessee Williams, Woody Allen, pastich
From Jyoti to Jasmine: Mukherjee's Quest for Hybrid Identity in Jasmine
No full textAbstract: The present paper investigates the empowering force of
hybridity in female diasporant in Bharati Mukherjee’s outstanding novel
Jasmine. The novel depicts Jasmine’s journey of transformation from a
passive, traditional girl at the mercy of fate in a village in India to an active,
modern, and most importantly cross-cultural hybrid woman in America. All
through the novel, her identity is transformed in line with shifts in her name
from Jyoti to Jasmine to Jazzy to Jane. Accordingly, she stands in-between two
cultures, shuttles between identities, welds opposing identities, enters the third
space and emerges as a hybrid. The present study in the light of Homi Bhabha's
insights seeks to demonstrate that immigrating, experiencing displacement and
in-betweenness, and being positioned in the third space pave the way for
Jasmine’s becoming a hybrid and being liberated. Besides, the study is to
depict by creating a hybrid character, Bharati Mukherjee, the author, alludes to
her own very hybridity
JASMINE: Near-infrared astrometry and time-series photometry science
No full textThe Japan Astrometry Satellite Mission for INfrared Exploration (JASMINE) is a planned M-class science space mission by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. JASMINE has two main science goals. One is Galactic archaeology with a Galactic Center survey, which aims to reveal the Milky Way's central core structure and formation history from Gaia-level (∼25 as) astrometry in the near-infrared (NIR) Hw band (1.0-1.6 m). The other is an exoplanet survey, which aims to discover transiting Earth-like exoplanets in the habitable zone from NIR time-series photometry of M dwarfs when the Galactic Center is not accessible. We introduce the mission, review many science objectives, and present the instrument concept. JASMINE will be the first dedicated NIR astrometry space mission and provide precise astrometric information on the stars in the Galactic Center, taking advantage of the significantly lower extinction in the NIR. The precise astrometry is obtained by taking many short-exposure images. Hence, the JASMINE Galactic Center survey data will be valuable for studies of exoplanet transits, asteroseismology, variable stars, and microlensing studies, including discovery of (intermediate-mass) black holes. We highlight a swath of such potential science, and also describe synergies with other missions. © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Astronomical Society of Japan
A Study of Alienation and Disharmony in Bharathi Mukherjee’s Jasmine
No full textAlienation is the unbearable rift between a human being and self. The state of exile is a sense of loss. The pain of separation and dislocation makes Barathi Mukerjee’s novel “jasmine” a quest for identity in an alien land. Jasmine the protagonist of the novel under goes several transformations during her journey of life in America. Her journey becomes a tale of moral courage, a search for self-awareness and self-assertion. Jasmine sways between the past and present attempting to come to terms with the two world’s one of nativity and the other as an immigrant. Caught between the cultures of the east and west, past and present, old and new jasmine experiences alienation and disharmony. Jasmine tries to establish a new cultural identity in exile and she ultimately cultivates new habits and expressions of life. Born in Calcutta and now a distinguished Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Barathi Mukerjee was the first naturalized American citizen to win the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. She is also the author of leave it to me, The holder of the world, Darkness, The Tiger’s Daughter, and Wife. Bharati Mukherjee was born on July 27, 1940 in Calcutta, India. She was born into a wealthy family, which assisted her in her dream of becoming a writer. She lived in India, Europe, the United States, and Canada. Migrating to these countries that are so different from her place of birth enabled her to write very powerful novels on immigrant experiences. Mukherjee’s novels focus on exploring the migration and the feeling of alienation that is experienced by these immigrants. Her works have explored such themes as isolation, sexism, discrimination, the mistreatment of Indian women, and exploring identities. The novel Jasmine follows the life of the title character from her birth in a rural village in India to her adulthood in the United States. Jasmine, which changes her name even as she recreates herself again. The course of Jasmine's life unfolds in five vastly different locations across the globe, beginning in the Punjab, continuing across the Atlantic Ocean in Florida, New York, Iowa, and finally on the other side of the continent in California. Major themes explored in the novel include rebirth, identity, alienation, and free will. The journey of Jasmine, as presented in the novel, touches the readers making them feel for her. The journey of Jasmine appears to have a direct association to with the subject of alienation and in this process, offers an insight into the issue of disharmony. ‘Jasmine’ is based on the idea of the marriage of the East and the West, with a story that portrays a Hindu Indian woman whose husband is murdered. Being widowed at the age of seventeen, Jasmine leaves India for the United States. Through a series of events including her number of problems and getting raped, shatters her completely
Learning the Game: A Narrative Inquiry Into Tenure-Track Black Women Faculty’s Perceptions of Institutional Support
No full textThe full text of this item is not available at this time because the author has placed this item under an embargo until December 20, 2026.The first Black woman professor in the U.S. was hired in 1859, yet Black women are still underrepresented in faculty roles and experience the academy in unique ways. While Black women faculty offer special contributions to research, teaching, and service rooted in their Blackness and womanhood; unfortunately, certain barriers to their professional success exist that, if unaddressed, result in their departure from the academy, and therein lies the problem. The purpose of this narrative study was to investigate the ways Black women faculty on the tenure track author their experiences in the academy based on their perceptions of support from the institutions where they work. Using Black feminist thought and perceived organizational support as frameworks, this study’s data was collected through individual interviews and journal entries from six Black women faculty on the tenure track at 4-year Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Texas. Four themes emerged from the data: the participants’ (1) foundational narratives, (2) positive perceptions of support, (3) negative perceptions of support, and (4) response to institutional support or the lack thereof. The study’s findings contributed to recommendations that support a change in behavior for higher education administrators, encouragement for new and aspiring Black women faculty on the tenure-track, and the underresearched area of Black women faculty’s experiences at HSIs.Educational Leadership and Policy Studie
The Family Difference? Exploring the Congruence in Grant Distribution Patterns Between Family and Independent Foundations
No full text· Using a broad group of family and independent foundations from a representative sample of Georgia foundations, the authors examined differences in giving patterns between family and independent foundations.
· Findings confirm the result of previous work that studied large foundations.
· There are no substantial differences between family and independent foundations’ preferences even when controlling for a nonprofit’s location and size.
· These findings are relevant for discussions about the role of non-family members on boards
Gender, globalization, and health in a Latin American context
No full textBook synopsis: Using a political economy of health, Gender, Globalization, and Health in a Latin American Context demonstrates how the development of health systems in Latin America was closely linked to men's participation in formal labor. This established an inherent male bias that continues to shape health services today. While economic liberalization has created new jobs that have been taken up mainly by women, these jobs fail to offer the same health entitlements. Author Jasmine Gideon explores the resultant tensions and gender inequalities, which have been further exacerbated in the context of health care commercialization
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