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Submitted by BYU student David Premont, about Brazilian food and the huge role it plays in their everyday life, and in their culture and festivals. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants talking about different kinds of Brazilian food, from eggplants with cheese, esfihos, spices Brazilians use, pao de queijo, feijoada, and much more. Prepared for David Premont's Summer 2010 English 495 class under Dr. Thursby.

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Davis collected Brazilian practices to cure simple ailments or enhance bodily performance. Included are cures using breast milk, cures for constipation, and methods of enhancing body parts. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Alisa Barrus collected personal narratives about three women's process of bread making. Included are recipes for white and wheat bread, comparisons and contrasts of the three women's techniques, and photographs of the process and the women baking the bread. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1989.

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Submitted by Zachary James Strickland on bad break-up stories. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informant interviews. Created for English 392 course for Dr. Eric Eliason.

Scope and Contents note This project takes a look at how preparing breakfast is a gendered performance in a typical American household. The analysis claims that breakfast is a nurturing task that is usually assigned to the females in a family, and is evidence of patriarchal definitions of gender and family. The project looks at Mormon family and comments on patriarchal order and roles in several Mormon families. Includes interviews with ten informants about the preparation of breakfast. Collected by Allan Davis,...

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Gordon collected stories of pranks and jokes played by family members on each other to celebrate April Fool's Day. Included are jokes between husbands and wives, jokes on family and friends, and jokes that backfire. The project was collected for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

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Darren G. Vance collected personal narratives of missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who broke rules and were famous for being tricksters. Included are stories of an Elder bleaching his hair blonde, a companionship going to a basketball game, and times that breaking rules actually lead to baptisms and re-activations in the church. Project was written for an English 667 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1990.

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Darren G. Vance collected personal narratives about trickster-hero missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are stories about a missionary dying his hair an outlandish color, companionships sneaking into sporting events, and several instances of breaking mission rules. Project was written for an English 667 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1990.

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Berrett collected personal narratives of relationship break-ups experienced by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Included are stories of a breakup that happened over text, a girl who had a spiritual impression to break up with a boyfriend she really liked, and a boy that kissed his ex-girlfriend's three best friends as revenge for the breakup. The project was written for for an English 392 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy at Brigham Young University in 2009.

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Hattaway explores the realm of dating and more specifically, breaking up. He analyzes the negative aspects of breaking up, like the loss of so much time and effort, compared to the positive aspect, like the opportunity to grow and fine tune requirements for a future spouse. Created by John Hattaway while enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 course during fall semester 2006 at Brigham Young University.