Latin American Women's Perceptions of Divorce: An Exploratory Study of the Situation and Image of Divorced Women in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic

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dc.contributor.authorLópez, Nancy P.en
dc.contributor.committeechairArditti, Joyce A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFolkart, Jessicaen
dc.contributor.committeememberBixler, Jacqueline E.en
dc.contributor.departmentForeign Languages, Cultures, and Literaturesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:30:20Zen
dc.date.adate2004-02-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:30:20Zen
dc.date.issued2004-02-10en
dc.date.rdate2005-02-27en
dc.date.sdate2004-02-24en
dc.description.abstractThe identity of Latin America is composed of elements inherited from Europe, Asia and Africa. This identity has been defined with a series of images, roles, behaviors and rules created to maintain a particular unification among the citizens of these societies. Cultural ideologies involving marriage, separation and divorce have been subjected to historical changes. Divorce in Latin America typically has had a negative connotation and communities have considered divorced women as outcasts. The purpose of this study is to examine Puerto Rican and Dominican women's perception of divorce with particular emphasis on divorced women's image and experience in these countries. There are similarities and differences between the two countries based on geographical, cultural, historical, economic and legal issues. Due to the cultural presence of the United States in Puerto Rico, many issues now separate the two countries. I consider this "duality" (Traditional/Latin American and Westernized/American) to be an interesting context for exploration particularly as it relates to women's perception of divorce.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-02242004-173006en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02242004-173006/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41283en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartFinalThesisMasters.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPuerto Ricoen
dc.subjectLatin Americaen
dc.subjectImageen
dc.subjectDominican Republicen
dc.subjectOn-Line Surveyen
dc.subjectDivorceen
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.titleLatin American Women's Perceptions of Divorce: An Exploratory Study of the Situation and Image of Divorced Women in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republicen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineForeign Languages, Cultures, and Literaturesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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