Department of Sociology and Anthropology
http://hdl.handle.net/10106/24836
2024-03-28T13:54:58Z“My Mother Hates Her Body, She Swears She Loves Mine”: The Effects of Socialization Through Mothering on Daughters’ Body Talk and Intuitive Eating.
http://hdl.handle.net/10106/31726
“My Mother Hates Her Body, She Swears She Loves Mine”: The Effects of Socialization Through Mothering on Daughters’ Body Talk and Intuitive Eating.
This study examines the effects of early socialization about the body within mother/daughter relationships and its impact on the practice of Intuitive Eating (a practice of listening to one’s own body regarding food, rather than following dieting rules). Though researchers have widely explored mother/daughter relationships and dieting, this study seeks to build on this previous research, while also examining it through a new lens of adult women’s experiences with Intuitive Eating. In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 adult women who identify as Intuitive Eaters. Interviews focused on answering three research questions; (1) how does early socialization about food and the body shape how adult women think and talk about their bodies? (2) how do the interactions daughters have with their mothers impact adult women’s body satisfaction? (3) how do these early experiences play a role in women’s current practices of Intuitive Eating? Findings show that women remember being heavily socialized as young girls about the body and dieting, and that they recall their mothers playing an important role in this socialization. Even without open discussion on such topics, women recall as children observing their mothers’ feelings about their own bodies and dieting practices. Early communication patterns about the body between mothers and daughters continue into adulthood and shape Intuitive Eating practices. Although Intuitive Eating changes practitioners’ approach to food and the body, the women in this study remain guarded about body talk. Intuitive Eaters who are now mothers, however, express the desire to establish new communication patterns about the body with their own children based on Intuitive Eating principles.
2023-08-10T00:00:00ZGOING THE WHOLE GRANOLA: HOLISTIC MOTHERHOOD AND COMPROMISE AMONG SELF-DEFINED CRUNCHY MOMS
http://hdl.handle.net/10106/31658
GOING THE WHOLE GRANOLA: HOLISTIC MOTHERHOOD AND COMPROMISE AMONG SELF-DEFINED CRUNCHY MOMS
This study is an exploratory semi-structured intensive interview project in which eight self-defining crunchy mothers in North Texas were asked about their mothering and lifestyle practices, motivations for those practices, and how they navigate compromising those practices. This project largely centers around defining crunchy motherhood and, additionally, looks at themes of risk, intensive motherhood, and gendered environmentalism throughout the analyses. Crunchy mothers appear to have internalized intensive motherhood ideals based on the intensive research process involved in deciding on their child rearing tactics. Through research, crunchy mothers are often able to manage the risk their child is exposed to in a way that is simultaneously environmentally beneficial.
Educational Attainment of Mexican American Immigrants: A Longitudinal Analysis in Six Texas Gateways
http://hdl.handle.net/10106/30400
Educational Attainment of Mexican American Immigrants: A Longitudinal Analysis in Six Texas Gateways
This paper analyzes data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series to examine trends in educational attainment from 2000 to 2018 in six Texas gateway cities: El Paso, San Antonio, McAllen, Dallas Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin. Multilevel analyses explore three variables: generational cohort, citizenship status, and English proficiency and how they relate to years of education. Results demonstrate an overall increase in education, placing the 1.75 generation at the top of attainment along with the 2nd generation, and sometimes surpassing the latter in almost every gateway, while the 1.25 generation is achieving the lowest levels. Results also show that naturalized citizens attain higher levels of education than non-citizens. Lastly, English language proficiency shows the strongest connection to educational attainment, linking much higher levels of attainment with the best speaking abilities, while dual-language speakers attain the highest levels in most cities. The different types of gateways account for some differences in the gaps between attainment, which could explain the inequity in some cities across the analyzed years.
2022-05-23T00:00:00ZThe Latina Experience: Ethnic Markers & identity Building at an Hispanic Serving Institution
http://hdl.handle.net/10106/30387
The Latina Experience: Ethnic Markers & identity Building at an Hispanic Serving Institution
This study addresses the identity reconstruction process and ethnic marker development of 2nd generation Latina undergraduates attending a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). A qualitative study consisting of 12 individual interviews and a focus group consisting of two new respondents and two old ones (N=14) were conducted virtually to understand how identity was reconstructed, and which ethnic markers this new generation uses to identify other Latinx. To understand the identity reconstruction process and ethnic marker identification, borderlands theory with a focus on the mestiza consciousness was employed. Results show that not all Latinas reconstruct their identity once they start attending an HSI. On the contrary, while some reconstructed their identity because they experienced a predominantly white k-12 education and did not have a strong connection to their culture before attending the university, others enhanced their identity. Identity enhancement occurred for those Latinas who had a strong sense of Latinx identity before attending the university. Their experiences at the university confirmed what they already believed of themselves and exposed them to a new social environment where they became even more secure in their identities. As for the ethnic markers, results suggest that this new generation of Latinas is redefining ethnic boundaries and markers. They confirmed past research by using language as a prominent ethnic marker but added kinship ties and skin tone. Kinship ties appeared in the way they talked about their families and how their Latinidad stemmed from family connections. Skin tone, on the other hand, was discussed about in terms of white-passing and white-washing Latinx. Their thought process revealed that it was not so much about skin tone (though it still was), but it was more about behavior and how one viewed their own culture.
2022-05-06T00:00:00Z