Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-237) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Supervisors: Joseph E. Potter and Bryan R. Roberts. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available from UMI.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 101-103).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-58). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-58). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-237) and index.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, June, 2003. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 242-260)

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis focuses on the long-established interrelation between spatial and social mobility in the American context, the result of the westward movement across the frontier that was seen as being attended by the promise of improving one’s social standing – the essence of the American Dream. The focal texts are F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925), John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and Thomas Wolfe’s You Can’t Go Home Again (1940), journey narratives that all present geographical relocation as necessary for social progression. In discussing the novels’ depictions of the itinerant characters’ attempts at attaining the American Dream, my study draws on Peter Brooks’s theory of narrative dynamic, a theory which contends that the plotting operation is a dynamic one that propels the narrative forward toward resolution, eliciting meanings through temporal progression. This thesis seeks to analyse the relation between mobility and narrative by applying Brooks’s theory, which is primarily consolidated by means of nineteenth-century texts, to the modernist moment. It considers these journey narratives in view of new technological developments and economic conditions, underpinned by the process of globalisation, that impact upon mobility. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis konsentreer op die onderlinge verband tussen ruimtelike en sosiale mobiliteit in die Amerikaanse konteks, synde die gevolg van die weswaartse beweging oor grense en grondgebiede heen wat oënskynlik aangevuur was deur die belofte van ’n beter sosiale stand – die kern van die Amerikaanse Droom. Die soeklig val in die besonder op F. Scott Fitzgerald se The Great Gatsby (1925), John Steinbeck se The Grapes of Wrath (1939) en Thomas Wolfe se You Can’t Go Home Again (1940), welke drie reisverhale almal geografiese hervestiging as ’n vereiste vir sosiale vooruitgang voorhou. In die bespreking van hoe dié romans die rondreisende karakters se strewe na die Amerikaanse Droom uitbeeld, put my studie uit Peter Brooks se teorie van narratiewe dinamiek, wat aanvoer dat die intrigefunksie dinamies is en die verhaal voortstu na ontknoping, terwyl dit deur middel van temporele progressie betekenis ontsluit. Hierdie tesis ontleed die verhouding tussen mobiliteit en die narratief deur Brooks se teorie, wat hy hoofsaaklik deur interpretasie van 19de-eeuse tekste gevorm het, op die modernistiese tydsgewrig toe te pas. Dit besin dus oor hierdie reisverhale teen die agtergrond van nuwe, globalisasie-gegronde tegnologiese ontwikkelings en ekonomiese omstandighede wat mobiliteit beïnvloed.

Orientador: Darlene Aparecida de Oliveira Ferreira / Banca: Marilda Aparecida de Menezes / Banca: José Carlos Alves Pereira / Banca: Renata Medeiros Paoliello / Banca: Ana Lúcia Castro / Resumo: Este trabalho teve como objetivo central a compreensão dos significados das práticas migratórias em um contexto de trabalho reestruturado nos canaviais paulistas. Para tanto, pesquisa empírica foi realizada no pequeno município de Santa Lúcia/SP, inserido na economia canavieira regional e, mais especificamente, no bairro Nova Santa Lúcia, onde é notável a presença de um "campesinato móvel" oriundo majoritariamente do município de Gonçalves Dias/MA. A partir da reconstrução de trajetórias de mobilidade foi possível demonstrar as reconversões laborais e espaciais que ocorreram pari passu às reconfigurações do trabalho canavieiro e que reconstroem na localidade paulista redes de relações e espaços de vida, conformando um processo de ampliação dos lugares de pertença daqueles que se deslocam. Neste contexto, o principal sentido do qual estão investidas as práticas migratórias é a reprodução da família e da casa. A construção de casas de moradia na localidade paulista foi pensada não apenas em sua materialidade, mas como construtora de relações morais, centradas em novos casais e filhos. A construção de autonomia dos novos núcleos familiares desvelou-se, inclusive, nas práticas de consumo e na valoração positiva atribuída ao trabalho em São Paulo. Para a realização da pesquisa as redes sociais foram importantes operadores metodológicos, orientando o reconhecimento das próprias redes de relações existentes na localidade. Deste modo, foram privilegiadas perspectivas teóricas e metod... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Resumé: Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo central la comprensión de los significados de las prácticas migratorias en un contexto de trabajo reestructurado en los cañaverales paulistas. Para esto, la investigación empírica se realizó en el pequeño municipio de Santa Lúcia-SP, inserto en la economía de la caña de azúcar regional y, más específicamente, en el barrio Nova Santa Lúcia, donde es notable la presencia de un campesinado móvil, oriundo mayoritariamente del municipio de Gonçalves Dias-MA. A partir de la reconstrucción de trayectorias de movilidad fue posible demostrar las reconversiones laborales y espaciales que se produjeron junto a las reconfiguraciones del trabajo. En la localidad paulista, se reconstruyeron redes de relaciones y espacios de vida, conformando un proceso de ampliación de los lugares de pertenencia de aquellos que se desplazan. En este contexto, el principal sentido que asumen las prácticas migratorias es la reproducción de la familia y de la casa. La construcción de casas de morada en la localidad paulista fue pensada no sólo en su materialidad, sino como constructora de relaciones morales, centradas en nuevas parejas e hijos. La construcción de autonomía de los nuevos núcleos familiares se desveló, incluso, en las prácticas de consumo y en la valoración positiva atribuida al trabajo en São Paulo. Para la realización de la investigación, las redes sociales fueron importantes operadores metodológicos, orientando el reconocimiento de las propias redes de relaciones existentes y, de este modo, fueron privilegiadas perspectivas teóricas y metodológicas que tuvieran en los símbolos y valores corrientes entre los migrantes su punto de partida. / Doutor

The study examines social movement resource mobilization in the age of the network society. In the traditional model of Resource Mobilization Theory (RMT), material and human resources, as well as the legitimacy gained for a movement from the mass media, play crucial roles in mobilization. In the contemporary epoch of informationalism and network society, a large variety of instant communication technologies penetrate everyday life, bringing a lifestyle characterized by the intensive integration between technologies and social life. By studying the cases of two recent social movements, which witnessed the networking of different organizations/individuals and their wide use of new technologies, this research tries to identify what sorts of movement resources are employed in the mobilization process, and what the resource mobilization process is like in the paradigm of informationalism and network society. Regarding the traditional RMT, scholars identified the missing link between the movement side and the general public in terms of empathy arousal. Despite that political opportunity process theorists largely added contextual elements, they concentrated on mainstream political institutional change, but still neglecting the role of historical and social culture, and people’s role as active agency. In this study, the author also integrates the cultural aspects as a type of immaterial resource to produce a broader look into movement resources. The two cases investigated are: the anti-moral-and-national-education movement (anti-M&N) in Hong Kong and the anti-media-monopoly movement (anti-monopoly) in Taiwan. This research was conducted using a qualitative approach, employing in-depth interviews and archive study as the major methods. Results show that the traditional resources, such as resource-rich movement organizations, professionals and those possessing fruitful movement experiences are still indispensable. However, it is noteworthy that technologically adept activists have gained an increasingly important position. Their tech-savvy capabilities make them at once information archivist, movement message translator and disseminator. In addition, their heavy use of online platforms has facilitated groups which lack resources to “out-source the provision of resources to a rhizomatic movement network. In this sense, with networking taking place between those who possess resources and the tech-savvy activists, between the core and the rhizomatic participants, a networked alliance has been formed as an important resource to today’s social movements. In traditional resource mobilization theory, the mass media was regarded as an important source to legitimize the movement. In these cases, besides the legitimacy gained from certain types of mass media, the activists also presented the movement’s messages strategically, by bridging the movements with social expectation and embedding in the historical context. By this means, the activists drew wider attention to anxieties about identity. In the light of the fact that Hong Kong and Taiwan are in the eye of the storm against the backdrop of China’s rising power, the issue of identity anxiety in these two societies may provide a direction for further research. Keywords: resource mobilization, network society, Hong Kong, Taiwan