Brown University Theses and Dissertations

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"Meeting the Needs of Today's Girl": Youth Organizations and the Making of a Modern Girlhood, 1945-1980

Description:
In the 1910s, groups of middle-class women began organizing voluntary youth organizations to provide a blend of recreation, spirituality, patriotism, and character development for America's …
Year:
2010
Contributor:
Foley, Jessica L (creator)
Buhle, Mari (Director)
Self, Robert (Reader)
Meckel, Richard (Reader)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Girlhood
Childhood
Activism
Postwar
Women
Girls
Children
Education
Collection:
History
Theses and Dissertations
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"Not the Boss of Me": Reviving the Relationship Between Political and Parental Authority

Description:
Contemporary political theorists have tended to ignore the question of parental authority in their exploration of the nature and origins of political authority. Nevertheless, seminal …
Year:
2012
Contributor:
Silverstein, Jed Daniel (creator)
Estlund, David (Director)
Larmore, Charles (Director)
Brettschneider, Corey (Reader)
Brown University. Philosophy (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Parental authority
Political Authority
Children
Parents
Collection:
Philosophy
Theses and Dissertations
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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Major Depressive Disorder: The New England Family Study & Childhood Learning Ability and Risk of Suicidal Behavior

Description:
Paper 1: Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Major Depressive Disorder: The New England Family Study ABSTRACT Objective: Approximately 350 million people of all ages live with …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Jiang, Tammy (creator)
Buka, Stephen (Advisor)
Loucks, Eric (Reader)
Sullivan, Adam (Reader)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Depression, Mental
Suicidal behavior
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status
Children
Learning ability
Birth cohort
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
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Performing the Legacy of War in Uganda

Description:
This Dissertation explores the interaction of performance and warfare in the framework of colonial and post-colonial times. The issues in question unfold in relationship with …
Year:
2012
Contributor:
Mulekwa, Charles (creator)
Emigh, John (Director)
Ybarra, Patricia (Reader)
George, Olakunle (Reader)
Bogues, Barrymore (Reader)
Brown University. Theatre Studies (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Theatre
National Theatre
Stage
State
Song
War
Northern Uganda
Luo
Buganda
Southern Uganda
Colonial Era
Colonialism
Shakespearean
Syncretism
Fate
Uhuru/Independence
Postcolonial
Ruler
Agency
Image
Home
Epistemic
Coup
Crisis
Rebellion
Resistance
Fire
Displacement
Repression
Mirth
Citizen
AK-47
Night Commuters
Point of View
Winds of Change
European
Western World
African
Diaspora
Politics
Culture.
Performance
Drama
Playwriting
Play
Theater
Legacy
World politics
Postcolonialism
Ritual
Time
Bananas
Exile
Violence
Peace
Hope
Children
Revolutions
Hegemony
Jails
Murder
Political persecution
Silence
Child soldiers
AK-47 rifle
Globalization
History
Political science
Culture
Uganda
Uganda--Buganda
Western countries
Collection:
Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Theses and Dissertations
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The Emergence of the Anime Media Mix: Character Communication and Serial Consumption

Description:
Representative of the phenomenon of media convergence felt across the globe, the state of contemporary Japanese animation (or anime) is characterized by the proliferation, interrelation …
Year:
2008
Contributor:
Steinberg, Marc Aaron (creator)
Doane, Mary Ann (director)
Rosen, Philip (reader)
Lamarre, Thomas (reader)
Brown University. Modern Culture and Media (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Japanese anime
consumer culture
seriality
Tetsuwan Atomu
media mix
media theory
Character merchandising
Convergence
Communication
Children
Marketing
Collection:
Modern Culture and Media
Theses and Dissertations
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Three Essays on Health Economics

Description:
This dissertation comprises three chapters studying how the healthcare system and health policies work. Chapter 1 examines the effects of primary care physicians' (PCP) retirement …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Zhang, Xuan (creator)
Aizer, Anna (Advisor)
Oster, Emily (Reader)
Shapiro, Jesse (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Children
Economic policy
Medicaid
Medicare
Aging
Health insurance
Technological innovations--Economic aspects
Collection:
Economics
Theses and Dissertations
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Wealth, Health, and Child Education in Developing Countries

Description:
Children in developing countries face a myriad of hardships including poverty, household economic shocks, and high disease burden. These adverse conditions curtail children’s human capital …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Reda, Ayalu Aklilu (creator)
Lindstrom, David (Advisor)
Short, Susan (Reader)
White, Michael (Reader)
Jackson, Margot (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Sociology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Social policy
Children's Health
Developing countries
Child health
Development economics
Adolescent
Children
Consumption (Economics)
Education
Multilevel models (Statistics)
Adulthood
Population
Longitudinal studies
Social surveys
Health surveys
Demography
Economic policy
Poverty
Wealth
Parent and child
Income
Households
Collection:
Sociology
Theses and Dissertations
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