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The Culture Industry, Hip Hop Music, And The White Perspective: How One Dimensional Representation Of Hip Hop Music Has Influenced White Racial Attitudes
(Sociology, 2010-03-03)
This theoretical study builds from Ben Agger's theory in his 1992 book, Cultural Studies as Critical Theory:The ideological outcomes of the culture industry are in a sense unintended; they emerge in the interplay of ...
Towards A Globalization Of Conservation Models In Zoos: The AZA And The Case Of A Mexican Zoological Park In León
(Anthropology, 2011-07-14)
The recent expansion of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) to include culturally-foreign institutions, underscores the ever-increasing globalization of conservation ideas. This paper investigates the structural ...
First-generation College Students: A Comparison Of Graduates And Drop-outs
(Sociology, 2011-10-11)
With an increase in the number of students who are considered at-risk, much research has been directed at understanding why these students fail to achieve at the same level of their White counterparts. To this end, this ...
State-agents Vs. Citizen-agents: How Parental Values And Socioeconomic Backgrounds Impact The Construction Of Work Related Identities In Street-level Bureacracy
(Sociology, 2011-10-11)
Scholarship on street-level policy implementation identifies two dominant approaches street-level bureaucrats use to describe their work: the "state-agent" and "citizen-agent" narratives. The former focuses on how street-level ...
Investigating Juvenile Supervisory Officers' Attitudes At A Texas Juvenile Detention Center
(Anthropology, 2011-10-11)
Punitive and rehabilitative ideologies have traditionally competed to influence correctional policy. The growing emphasis on prisoner rights however, has subtly transformed the mindset of the carceral institution. Juvenile ...
Resurrecting Old Pattonia: Uncovering The Lifeways Of A 19th Century Shipping Port Community
(Anthropology, 2014-03-12)
An East Texas steamboat landing community, known as Pattonia, operated from 1843 to the late 19th century. Here I attempt to identify what socioeconomic stratification and consumerism on the landscape meant for the daily ...
Burger Cultures: McDonaldization And De-McDonaldization In Croatia And The U.S.
(Sociology, 2012-07-25)
The primary goal of this thesis is to contribute to critical/ social theory through food theory by examining the interactions between local (i.e., internal food trends) and delocalization/ globalization, which are external ...
An Explanation For The Non-integration Of Gay Men Into Retirment Communities
(Sociology, 2012-07-25)
This qualitative research paper explores the reasons why gay men are not integrating into retirement communities. Through extensive interviews, three major themes emerged- "not out but hiding", "the need to pass at work", ...
Ethnicization Of Politics In Afghanistan
(Sociology, 2012-07-25)
This thesis project examines the relationship between ethnic identity and politics and to explore how ethnicity has influenced the post-Taliban state building, the electoral system, and ethnic manipulations in presidential ...
Facebook Or Face-to-face? Connection And Community In A Wired World
(Sociology, 2012-07-25)
We live in a state of constant connection. Literally speaking, businesses provide free Wi-Fi connections to patrons, and smartphones allow people to connect to the Internet anywhere and everywhere. Social networking ...