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ââItâs a Cuâous Thing ter Me, Suhâ: The Distinctive Narrative Innovation of Literary Dialect in Late-Nineteenth Century American Literatureâ
American literature and verse advanced in dialectal writing during the late-nineteenth century. Charles Chesnuttâs âThe Goophered Grapevineâ (1887), âPoâ Sandyâ (1888), and âHot-Foot Hannibalâ (1899); Joel Chandler Harrisâ Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings (1881); Thomas Nelson Pageâs âMarse Chanâ (1884); and Mark Twainâs âSociable Jimmyâ (1874) and âA True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard Itâ (1874) provided diverse dialect representations. Dialect expanded into poetry with
James Whitcomb Rileyâs âShe âDisplainsâ Itâ (1888), âWhen the Frost is on the Punkinâ (1882), and âMy Philosofyâ (1882) and Paul Laurence Dunbarâs âThe Spellinâ Beeâ (1895), âAn Ante-Bellum Sermonâ (1895), and âTo the Eastern Shoreâ (1903). Dialect styles and how they conveyed political or social perspectives are assessed. Correspondence between late-nineteenth century literary figures as well as periodical reviews reveal attitudes toward the use of dialect. Reader responses to dialect based on their political or social interpretations are explored
Horatio Alger: The Persistence of a Ghetto Social Welfare Institution
Despite the riots, radical movements and demands for community controls of the 1960\u27s, social scientists and social workers have noted the perserverance of many non-radical, traditional institutions in ghetto neighborhoods. Some of these institutions, like settlement houses, still advance the ideas of hard work, hoensty, competition, and individual achievement which are at the heart of the American dream. These institutions were often around long before the War on Poverty and appear likely to last long after its end. They, therefore, seem to be a reliable potential source of aid for many ghetto residents. The question at the heart of this paper is whether there is any contradiction between the more or less permanent place of social welfare institutions in a ghetto community and the goal of changing and improving that same neighborhood. How have these traditional organizations been able to survive during a period of heightened social consciousness and political action? What accommodations, if any,have they had to make? and what does this perserverance indicate about the political culture in the ghetto and the possibility of significant, even radical, change? Our answer to these issues will come from looking at the ideology, staff, budget, and Board of Trustees of one social welfare institution in New York: The Boys\u27 Club
From sense making to decision making when living with cancer
The diagnosis of a catastrophic illness, such as cancer, brings with it a whirlwind of decisions to be made. As healthcare systems rely increasingly on shared decision making (SDM), understanding how patients make sense of health-related information and equip themselves to participate as equal partners in health-related decision making is essential. Coordinated management of meaningâs (CMM) LUUUTT (lived, unknown, untold, unheard, told stories, telling stories) model provides a useful conceptual and methodological framework for better understanding how stories are woven together to create meaning and influence decision making. This Research Note illustrates the potential of applying the LUUUTT model to autoethnographic vignettes and personal health narratives to reach a deeper understanding of the sense-making and decision-making processes related to living with cancer
Horatio Alger: The Persistence of a Ghetto Social Welfare Institution
Despite the riots, radical movements and demands for community controls of the 1960\u27s, social scientists and social workers have noted the perserverance of many non-radical, traditional institutions in ghetto neighborhoods. Some of these institutions, like settlement houses, still advance the ideas of hard work, hoensty, competition, and individual achievement which are at the heart of the American dream. These institutions were often around long before the War on Poverty and appear likely to last long after its end. They, therefore, seem to be a reliable potential source of aid for many ghetto residents. The question at the heart of this paper is whether there is any contradiction between the more or less permanent place of social welfare institutions in a ghetto community and the goal of changing and improving that same neighborhood. How have these traditional organizations been able to survive during a period of heightened social consciousness and political action? What accommodations, if any,have they had to make? and what does this perserverance indicate about the political culture in the ghetto and the possibility of significant, even radical, change? Our answer to these issues will come from looking at the ideology, staff, budget, and Board of Trustees of one social welfare institution in New York: The Boys\u27 Club
The Health-Related Uses and Gratifications of YouTube: Motive, Cognitive Involvement, Online Activity, and Sense of Empowerment
To better understand the utility of YouTube as a health communication medium, this study utilizes Uses and Gratifications Theory to examine a relationship among motives for health-related YouTube use, cognitive involvement with health information on YouTube, post-exposure online activity, and health-related sense of empowerment. Surveys were analyzed from 263 participants who reported using YouTube for health-related reasons. Results revealed specific motives for health-related YouTube use and a significant relationship among the variables. Implications for how health care professionals could use YouTube for communicating with users about health-related topics and empowering them in health care are discussed
Vanishing Fe 3d orbital moments in single-crystalline magnetite
We show detailed magnetic absorption spectroscopy results of an in situ
cleaved high quality single crystal of magnetite. In addition the experimental
setup was carefully optimized to reduce drift, self absorption, and offset
phenomena as far as possible. In strong contradiction to recently published
data, our observed orbital moments are nearly vanishing and the spin moments
are quite close to the integer values proposed by theory. This very important
issue supports the half metallic full spin polarized picture of magnetite.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Induced magnetism of carbon atoms at the graphene/Ni(111) interface
We report an element-specific investigation of electronic and magnetic
properties of the graphene/Ni(111) system. Using magnetic circular dichroism,
the occurrence of an induced magnetic moment of the carbon atoms in the
graphene layer aligned parallel to the Ni 3d magnetization is observed. We
attribute this magnetic moment to the strong hybridization between C and
Ni 3d valence band states. The net magnetic moment of carbon in the graphene
layer is estimated to be in the range of per atom.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
Repeated Recovery of Staphylococcus saprophyticus From the Urogenital Tracts of Women: Persistence Vs. Recurrence
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether colonization was persistent or
recurrent in a small group of women who had repeated recovery of Staphylococcus saprophyticus from
their urogenital tracts
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