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This dissertation reports the results of a study about representations of (Black) women, sexuality, and gender relations in rap music lyrics. I explore the extent to which rap music lyrics reproduce or challenge gendered, racialized, and...
What emotional messages are present in Global Justice Movement (GJM) framing? What framing strategies are employed within activist-generated GJM documentaries to construct sides surrounding issues? How do these films express emotions to...
Based on 17 interviews with college football players, this dissertation examines the construction of athletic and masculine identities among a group of young men who play "big-time" college football at a Division I-FBS university in the...
This study examines the apparent impact of 9/11 on the desirability of Arab and Muslim noncitizens seeking entry into the U.S. Following the September 11th attacks, immigration legislation expanded the definition of terrorism and...
The topic of later life social engagement is of growing importance worldwide given the confluence of large demographic, economic, and sociocultural trends. However, empirical research in this area faces some serious theoretical and...
This dissertation examines cohort changes in young women's and men's intentions to pursue science majors and achievements of a science degree between the 1970s and 1990s. The National Longitudinal Study of High School Seniors of 1972 ...
Although studies suggest emotion plays an important role in constructing meaning, previous research has not identified the specific role of emotions in framing processes. In this dissertation I address this issue and identify how...
Childbirth is socially constructed as one of the most emotionally meaningful events in the life course. Birth has the potential to be a positive and empowering experience for women, yet mothers are often subordinated and objectified by...
Despite improved athletic opportunities for girls and women since passage of Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, collegiate athletic budgets dedicated to women's sports are smaller than the percentage of women athletes, and...
The concept of sustainability is theoretically comprised of three distinct dimensions: environmental, economic, and social. Most public and academic discourse, however, focuses on environmental and economic sustainability to the neglect...
This dissertation explores the relationship between the state and a social movement organization thus raising questions about relations between the two. Specifically, are state sponsored anti-tobacco youth organizations viable social...
In two empirical studies, this dissertation explores processes of constructing the Florida Highwaymen, a group of "rediscovered" Black artists, who painted from the end of the Jim Crow era to the present. The first study (Chapter 2)...
This dissertation examines one season of episodes of the television show Extreme Makeover. It focuses on the efforts of the show's producers, managers and staff as well of the majority of makeover candidates to frame their surgeries, ...
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