Browsing by Thesis Department "Sociology (MU)"
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Academic and white working class perceptions of the economic aspects of white privilege
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)One job of social scientists is to parse out partial knowledge from every relevant social location in order to present a structural interpretation of social phenomena. A textual and content analysis was performed on both ... -
Aging well : the effect of community and social resources on subjective wellbeing among older South Africans
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] My dissertation research uses a mixture of secondary data and aims to add to a small but growing literature on the factors that influence subjective ... -
Alone/together : the production of religious culture in a church for the unchurched
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)One perennial problem for maintaining religion's place in the modern world is the question of how to make the traditions (the old) new and relevant, while conversely, relating the new and rapidly changing culture to the ... -
"And that's what I think being an American girl is all about!" : girls' reflections on American Girl and contemporary American girlhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)In this project, I analyze 289 essays submitted to the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City (TMM) as part of their 2007 “What Does it Mean to be an American Girl?” exhibit. Inspired by-- and anchored with-- the fictional ... -
Ars moriendi as social reality : articulation of the good death in the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Death and dying are often theorized as micro-level processes, focusing on the experience of the death process from the perspective of the dying, or in the context of grief and psychological healing on the part of the ... -
The art of recoverying : benchmarking and identity salvaging among injured athletes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study explores sense-making and identity strategies of athletes managing pain and injury both personally and socially. In- depth interviews were ... -
Assessing prisoner identity and redefining victimless crimes: an analysis of prisoners at Boonville Corrections Center
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)This paper addresses the task of assessing prisoner identity and redefining "victimless crimes" in the sociological literature. This paper will report on the results of 8, 1.5 hour interviews conducted at Boonville Corrections ... -
Authenticity, style, and gender: explorations in rockabilly
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this study is to build on previous work on music based subcultures to provide an overview of the rockabilly subculture as it plays out ... -
Black women's narratives of resilience through vicarious incarceration and reintegration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Systemic racism has resulted in the disproportionate imprisonment of Black people. With Black men constituting a large percentage of incarcerated bodies, many Black women (44 [percent])--mothers, wives, sisters, etc.--will ... -
Border threads : ethnographic tales of escape, agency, and violence in a shelter in Pakistan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study highlights the theoretical usefulness of viewing domestic violence shelters through the conceptual framework of border-crossing ... -
Branding faith: object and consumerism in religious identity construction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)In this thesis I theorize about the potentially negative affects of competition among Evangelical groups in their attempts to attain members on a college campus. I hypothesize that in order to draw the attention of potential ... -
Bringing up context : reconciling inmates' narratives and institutional rhetoric in prison policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research evaluates narrative-style interviews conducted with thirty male inmates at a medium-security prison, the content in the instructor's ... -
Building Wal-Mart with resistance: community political action against a new Wal-Mart supercenter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)A discussion of the three dimensions of power as they play out in the development arena sets the stage for understanding a local social movement within a specific political context. Through the use of face to face interviews ... -
A case study of organizational culture change in a hospital
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation presents a case study that describes and analyzes the organizational culture change that occurred at a hospital over a period of time ... -
A child sentenced to serve life without a mother : the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program and incarcerated women's mothering strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this research is to understand the emotional and physical impacts a mother's incarceration has on her children and to closely examine ... -
Churches addressing domestic violence : the spaces between discourse & identity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Religious communities have historically treated domestic violence as a non-issue, or as a private matter best kept within families. However, research shows that rates of domestic violence within religious groups are reported ... -
Class awareness in Iceland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)In this paper new survey data are used to study class awareness in Iceland. Responses to two subjective class questions are analyzed to test a synthesis of Weber's theory of class and reference group theory. The findings, ... -
Classlessness as Doxa: Late Modernity and Changing Perceptions of Class Division in Iceland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation advances class analysis with a historical study of how the cultural and structural changes of late modernity impact class awareness. ... -
The college destinations of black students : the influence of college-going culture in secondary schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Black students' college enrollment has increased considerably over the past few decades. Higher enrollment has not translated into an increased representation of Black students across all institutional types as community ... -
Combating nuclear power : discourses of justice, the anti-nuclear power struggle for energy justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)In the present study, I critically analyze the anti-nuclear power movement (or the movement for a carbon-free and nuclear-free energy future) in the U.S. using an environmental justice framework. I aim to explore how ...