Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Michigan, 1945.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995. / Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Douglas Sloan. Dissertation Committee: Joseph Lukinsky. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 251-262).

Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Michigan, 1945.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Sociology. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.B.A.) -- Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Ponce, 2007. / Digitized and made available on the World Wide Web by Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, 2007.

Thesis (M.I.S.)--Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, 2008. / "7 de mayo de 2008." Abstract in Spanish. Tables. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-128).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 11, 2007). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-196).

Ce travail de recherche porte sur la littérature caribéenne et plus précisément sur la narration. Le corpus littéraire sert de support pour l'étude des migrations et des métissages dans les sociétés de Cuba, Porto Rico et la République Dominicaine. L'importance de l'histoire chez les écrivains caribéens, leur attachement à décrire leur société est un phénomène constant depuis le début du XXe siècle. Dans cette thèse, nous essayerons de voir si tous les apports laissés par ces mouvements migratoires vers, dans et hors de la Caraïbe sont reconnus par les cultures d'accueil. La thèse se divise en trois parties; une première partie de présentation des concepts et des contextes des œuvres, une deuxième d'analyse littéraire et une troisième centrée sur les points de vue de trois écrivains. Marta Rojas, Luis López Nieves et Marcio Veloz Maggiolo répondent à cinq questions sur la littérature caribéenne, leur œuvre et leurs influences. Grâce à leurs réponses, nous tenterons de savoir si on peut parler aujourd'hui d'une littérature caribéenne, ou bien si elles sont multiples. / This research work deals with Caribbean literature and more precisely with the issue of narration. A literary corpus will be used to study migrations and amalgamations within societies living in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Caribbean writers have always been very concerned with History, and their attempts to describe their own society have been a constant phenomenon since the early 20th century. Thanks to this thesis, we will try to see whether all the contributions brought along via migratory movements toward, inward and outward Caribbean have been acknowledged by the culture of the host countries. The study is divided in three parts: the first will present the concepts and the historical background alluded to in the novels and short stories, the second will consist in a textual analysis, the third will focus on some authors' points of view. Marta Rojas, Luis López Nieves and Marcio Veloz Maggiolo have been asked five questions about Caribbean literature, their own oeuvre and their sources of inspiration. Thanks to their answers, we will try to figure whether nowadays Caribbean literature should be considered as one or many.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:56:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 HeitorAS.pdf: 4094303 bytes, checksum: c29c1e6f6fa8bfe9cd3016aa91e3ead5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2002-11-25 / This dissertation focuses on the theme of urban revitalization in historical centers. It starts from a survey of international and national concepts and experiences about the subject, in special, the historical center of Ribeira, in Natal, Brazil. It gives more attention to local management and it is dedicated to the study of objectives and actions developed, basically, by two segments that manage works in the district. Companhia Docas do Rio Grande do Norte aims at the economical development of the state and it implies the enlargement of capacity of loading and unloading of the harbor of Natal and the Natal city counsil aims at urban preservation and revitalization. It was analysed speeches ans projects related to Ribeira and it was discovered that Natal has done very little to revitalize its historical center in the last two dacades. It analyses what seemed, or at least, should be a conflict of interests between incompatible projects, revealing both conciliatory proceedings and connivance between the participants in decision making. The conclusion directs attentions to the threat to historical building in the city and the importance of enhancing discussion about the future of our historical sites / Este trabalho trata da tem?tica da revitaliza??o urbana de centros hist?ricos. A partir de um levantamento de conceitos e de experi?ncias internacionais e nacionais sobre o assunto, estudamos o caso do centro hist?rico da Ribeira, em Natal/RN, Brasil. Com aten??o especial para aspectos da gest?o local, nos dedicamos ao estudo de objetivos e a??es desenvolvidas, basicamente, por dois seguimentos, que coordenam a??es no bairro e parecem definir fins distintos, em muitos casos contradit?rios. Tratam-se da Companhia Docas do Rio Grande do Norte, que se ap?ia na id?ia de desenvolvimento econ?mico do Estado, a qual significa interesses na amplia??o da capacidade de embarque e desembarque de cargas do Porto de Natal, e da Prefeitura da cidade, que justifica suas a??es em pressupostos de preserva??o e revitaliza??o urbana. Para tanto realizamos entrevistas com os representantes mais significativos de cada seguimento onde analisamos discursos e examinamos projetos relacionados com a Ribeira. Observamos que em Natal pouco se avan?ou nas duas ?ltimas d?cadas no que tange ? revitaliza??o do seu centro hist?rico. O que parecia, ou ao menos deveria ser, um conflito de interesses resume-se a uma mera incompatibilidade de projetos, visto que identificamos procedimentos e posturas conciliat?rias e, por vezes, coniventes entre os ?rg?os analisados. Nossas conclus?es nos permitiram chamar a aten??o para a amea?a a qual est? submetido o patrim?nio edil?cio desta cidade e a import?ncia de aprofundarmos as discuss?es sobre o futuro de nossos s?tios hist?ricos

« noir-e-s fantômes» n’est pas une simple formulation appellative, le terme «fantôme» dans cette thèse désigne le déni et le rejet psycho-social de la présence et de l’histoire culturelle des noir-e-s aux formations identitaires caribéennes et américaines actuelles. Force est de constater que malgré les efforts en faveur de la réhabilitation humaine et sociale, la présence des noir-e-s reste encore «fantôme» dans les littératures canoniques, les manuels scolaires et les discours officiels caribéens et latino-américains. Cela est d’autant plus notoire à Porto Rico, état non souverain des Etats-Unis d’Amérique. De ce fait, ma thèse propose une relecture de l’historiographie officielle et des pratiques discursives en vigueur à Porto Rico loin des postulats hégémoniques qui minimisent le rôle fondateur des noir-e-s aux formations socio-culturelles portoricaines. Partant précisément de l’analyse critique de Fe en disfraz (2009) de Mayra Santos Febres et Capá Prieto (2010) d’Yvonne Denis Rosario, ma thèse de doctorat entend montrer comment le fantôme se manifeste dans les œuvres littéraires de ces deux auteures. Celle-ci questionnera également la légitimité des discours en vigueur au regard du statut politique particulier de Porto Rico. / “Blackness as ghost” is not a fanciful phrase. In the present context, the word “fantôme” is the psycho-social denial and rejection of the presence of Blacks and their cultural history in present-day Caribbean and American identity-building. It is noteworthy that, despite various efforts to restore their human and social dignity, Blacks’ presence is still invisible in canonical literary books, textbooks, and in the official discourses of the Caribbean and Latin America. This is even more visible in Porto Rico—a non sovereign state of the United States of America. From that perspective, my PhD thesis proposes a new interpretation of national and official Puerto Rican historiography and its discursive practices far from the hegemonic assumptions that downplay the founding role of Blacks in Puerto Rican socio-cultural identity. Drawing from Fe in disfraz (2009) by Mayra Santos Febres and Capá Prieto (2010) by Yvonne Denis Rosario, my PhD dissertation aims to show how the ghost appears in the literary works of the above mentioned authors. It also questions the legitimacy of current discourses vis-à-vis Puerto Rico's special political status.