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The human mammal
(Dublin Business School, 1999)This thesis is an attempt to shed some light on the topic of breast feeding. I decided to focus my attention on the issue of embarrassment and perceived negative aspects of breastfeeding to try to understand why the number ... -
Identity - power - humour : an anthropological exploration into Irish deaf culture
(Dublin Business School, 2003)This research was to explore the identity-power-humour paradigm amongst the Irish Deaf Community. Deaf people's subaltern sense of communnitas, expressed through Irish Sign Language, is based on the shared experiences they ... -
Identity re-negotiation, agency and linguistic competence in the experience of immigrants learning English as a second language and constructing social networks : case studies encountered in the Dublin City public libraries
(Dublin Business School, 2008)This qualitative research is an anthropological investigation of the ways social and personal identity and agency are negotiated and reshaped by a lack of linguistic competence in relation to non-native English speakers ... -
Will there be any space left for artists?
(Dublin Business School, 2001)Technology is both directly and indirectly undermining both the space and sense of place of the visual artist. The wealth generated through telecommunications industries has precipitated the commercial redevelopment of ...