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Browsing by Subject "Global Studies"

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    El joto y la mestiza: Bridging a Divide in Chicano Tribe
    (2018) Rojas Jr., Joseph;
    Thus far, the experiences of Chicano gay men have been sparsely discussed in comparison to those of Chicana lesbians in both academia and activism. I began noticing that there was a certain divide between Chicano gay men and Chicana lesbians while reading Gloria Anzaldúa’s emblematic work, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, in which she writes that “Lumping the males who deviate from the general norm with the man, the oppressor, is a gross injustice” (Anzaldúa 106). She goes on to say that she and other queer Chicanas have remained in the dark pit where the world keeps lesbians, and that as feminists and lesbians, they have closed off their hearts to men, including their queer brethren, disinherited and marginalized as they are (Anzaldúa 106). Not only did I notice the existence of this divide, but Anzaldúa helped me realize the power of queerness and of queer people of all stripes uniting together. She describes homosexuals as “Being the supreme crossers of cultures, […] [having] strong bonds with the queer [of many races] and with the queer in […] the rest of the planet. [Coming] from all colors, all classes, all races, all time periods” (Anzaldúa 106). She calls on Chicanos to acknowledge the contributions of these supreme crossers of cultures, “to listen to [their] jotería [Chicano term for queer folks],” who have been “at the forefront […] of all liberation struggles in this country” (Anzaldúa 107). Other queer Chicana academics and writers such as Cherríe Moraga have also commented on the scarcity of engagement and cultural production coming from Chicano gay men and the potential to bridge the divide described by Anzaldúa. Exploring differences and commonalities between the experiences of Chicano gay men and lesbians and their respective positionalities in the Chicano social-cultural hierarchy can elucidate the unique roles these men could play in a future coalition-building process and activism.
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    The Impact of International Human Rights Laws and the International Community on North Korea's Human Rights Situation
    (2014-02-25) Kim, Yonsoo;
    The Democratic People's Republic of Korea(North Korea) has been one of the most repressive regimes in the world. The international community, including the United Nations, several States including the United States and the Republic of Korea(South Korea), and nongovernmental organizations including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have criticized and accused North Korea of numerous human rights violations. This paper seeks to explore whether there has been any impact of those criticisms on North Korea either at the macro-level (laws and policies) or micro-level (common people's lives on the ground). The paper will discuss how international human rights laws, the international community, and global trends have impacted North Korea by looking into three aspects of North Korea's political culture: its legal reforms, changes in policies and diplomatic actions, and the overall quality of people's lives. The first two will be considered at the macro-level, and the third aspect at the micro-level. The impacts of international human rights laws and international community on North Korea will be measured based on Risse, Ropp, and Sikkink's "Spiral Model," which involves five phases of human rights compliance by States from "repression" to "rule-consistent behavior."
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    Public Opinion in El Salvador in Relation to Disappearance Rates
    (2020) Harrell, Eva;
    During recent years, gangs in El Salvador have become increasingly powerful. Additionally, people in El Salvador continue to feel the effects of the gangs in the form of violent crimes and corrupt and controlled local governments. A crime often attributed to the gangs is disappearances. Disappearances cause fear and propagate awe of the power that the gangs hold. These effects need to be evaluated, this is done in this paper by looking at if there is correlation between public opinion, evaluated through a yearly survey, and disappearance rates per 100,000 people during the years 2010-2017. The data is separated on a regional basis to look at the variances in different parts of the country, as well as on a gendered basis to look at male and female residents. Both of these categories will be evaluated in three public opinion sections to measure the impact of disappearance rates. The first section measures whether there is a correlation between perception of crime and the biggest issues facing El Salvador, and disappearance rates. The second measures whether there is correlation between trust in public institutions and disappearance rates. Finally, the third measures whether there is correlation between a desire to leave the country and disappearance rates. I have found that while the first and third sections indicate little correlation between the variables, the second section, evaluating trust in public institutions, did show some correlation between variables. This demonstrates that people may be attributing disappearances rates to a failure of public institutions in their local regions to effectively control gang violence.