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Full-Text Articles in Sociology of Culture
Eng 100: The Escape From Cool, Pu Hsin Huang
Eng 100: The Escape From Cool, Pu Hsin Huang
English 100-200-300 Conference
No abstract provided.
Les Villes Jumelées: Finding Bowling Green A Francophone Sister City, Sarah Kinnicutt
Les Villes Jumelées: Finding Bowling Green A Francophone Sister City, Sarah Kinnicutt
Student Research Conference Select Presentations
No abstract provided.
Notes, Phrases, And Clauses: An Examination Of Identity In Music Focused Conversation, Bryan Cannon
Notes, Phrases, And Clauses: An Examination Of Identity In Music Focused Conversation, Bryan Cannon
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Music is everywhere. From formal occasions to a person’s morning run. Music is available on cell phones, computers, in religious ceremonies, at concerts and venues. Music is seen by society to be important and a person’s choice of music can be used to present an identity. The question considered in this article is how people talk about music and how they present identity through their discussion. The current study examines eight focus groups of three actors instructed to simply talk about music. The discussions were recorded and analyzed in a conversation analytic style to identify the structures of the conversations …
University College Connection Winter 2013, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley, University College, Western Kentucky University
University College Connection Winter 2013, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley, University College, Western Kentucky University
UC Publications
No abstract provided.
University College Connection Spring 2012, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley
University College Connection Spring 2012, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley
UC Publications
No abstract provided.
Review: Moral Psychology: Historical And Contemporary Readings, Audrey L. Anton
Review: Moral Psychology: Historical And Contemporary Readings, Audrey L. Anton
Philosophy & Religion Faculty Publications
Moral Psychology: Historical and Contemporary Readings is a much-needed collection of essays on issues of moral psychology. The aim of the book is to present the reader with a comprehensive view of both the history and foundations of moral psychology as well as the discipline's position in academia and its relationship with other disciplines, such as psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, all of which involve empirical investigation of human capabilities and behavior. This collection is well organized into five distinct parts. Each part has a helpful editorial introduction that not only summarizes the main themes of the debate assigned to …
Socialization In Chinese Academic Immigrants' Conversion To Christianity, Zhan Jiang
Socialization In Chinese Academic Immigrants' Conversion To Christianity, Zhan Jiang
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The aim of this research is to find social factors in Chinese academic immigrants’ conversion to Christianity using the perspectives of symbolic interactionism and social exchange theory. The research data are drawn from observation and interviews. Fourteen Chinese student converts were interviewed. The analysis focuses on the interaction between recruits and Christians. Results supported the idea that religious conversion happens progressively. Affective bonds are essential for the religious conversion of Chinese academic immigrants. Chinese Christian converts experienced five stages. First, they develop affective commitment to Christians close to them and regard them as their reference group. Second, an emergent generalized …
Edmonson County, Kentucky - New Deal Program Files (Mss 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edmonson County, Kentucky - New Deal Program Files (Mss 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and list of Civilian Conservation Corps applicants (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 95. Administrative files, chiefly applications and correspondence, for three Edmonson County, Kentucky New Deal programs: the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Youth Administration, and the Works Progress Administration.
Sport As The “Opiate Of The Masses”: College Football In The American South, Eric Bain-Selbo
Sport As The “Opiate Of The Masses”: College Football In The American South, Eric Bain-Selbo
Philosophy & Religion Faculty Publications
Karl Marx famously describes religion as the “opiate of the masses.” Marx argues that religion is an ideological tool that legitimates and defends the interests of the dominant, wealthy classes in the population. It does so in part by placating the poor and exploited classes. Faced with an arduous and seemingly unjust life in this world, the poor and exploited at least can look forward to a more perfect existence in the afterlife. To reach that afterlife, however, one must peacefully and quietly persevere through life’s tribulation—respecting the life, liberty, and (especially) private property of others. In this way, religion …
“Texts Memorized, Texts Performed: A Reconsideration Of The Role Of Paritta In Sri Lankan Monastic Education.”, Jeffrey Samuels
“Texts Memorized, Texts Performed: A Reconsideration Of The Role Of Paritta In Sri Lankan Monastic Education.”, Jeffrey Samuels
Philosophy & Religion Faculty Publications
During the past twenty years there has been a growing interest in monastic education within the larger field of Buddhist studies. Within the last ten years in particular, a number of monographs and articles examining the training and education of monks in Korea (Buswell [1992]), Tibet/India (Dreyfus [2003]), Thailand/Laos (Collins [1990], McDaniel [2002, 2003]), and Sri Lanka (Blackburn [1999a, 1999b, 2001] Samuels [2002]), have been published. Many of those works have paid particular attention to the texts used in monastic training, as well as to how the information contained in those very texts is imparted to and embodied by monks …
Vietnamese In Bowling Green: An American Story, Nathaniel Walker
Vietnamese In Bowling Green: An American Story, Nathaniel Walker
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Three years in the making, this project delves into the world of the Vietnamese in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It attempts to understand and interpret their complex society by using a combination of photography and writing. Mostly refugees, the three hundred or so Vietnamese share the burden of migrating to a new country with one another. They rely on each other. The community is what inspires them to succeed.
The Cross-Cultural Use Of Sexually Explicit Language To Express Anger And Aggression, Deanna May
The Cross-Cultural Use Of Sexually Explicit Language To Express Anger And Aggression, Deanna May
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Freud postulated that the instincts of sex and aggression are fused. One possible example of the expression of this fusion is the use of sexually explicit language to convey anger and aggression. If this usage is universal, then it may be construed as evidence for Freud's theory. The present study attempted to determine the pervasiveness of the use of sexually explicit language to express anger and aggression (SEL). Thirty-one epresentatives of languages other than American English completed questionnaires detailing the use of SEL in their native cultures. Results indicated that 28 of the respondents reported use of SEL in their …
Sericulture, Silk And South Union Shakers, Donna C. Parker, Jonathan J. Jeffrey
Sericulture, Silk And South Union Shakers, Donna C. Parker, Jonathan J. Jeffrey
SCL Faculty and Staff Publications
Kentucky Shakers were particularly adept at the process of producing silk. Kentucky's temperate climate was conducive to mulberry tree cultivation and sericulture, the raising of silkworms. South Union Sisters hatched and grew silkworms to harvest the delicate silk fibers they used in the manufacture of kerchiefs, neckwear, hat bands, bonnets, and sewing silk. Occasionally entire garments such as dresses were made from the luxurious silk.
Fandom Is A Way Of Life: A Folkloristic Ethnography Of Science Fiction Fandom, David Axler
Fandom Is A Way Of Life: A Folkloristic Ethnography Of Science Fiction Fandom, David Axler
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
A science fiction (“sf”) fan is an individual whose interest in this literary genre has extended past reading into involvement in such things as local science fiction clubs, fan magazines (“fanzines”), and sf conventions (“cons”). Science fiction fandom is the loosely-structured, geographically-dispersed organization of these fans. Drawing on both written sources and field interviews with eight informants, the history, composition and structure of sf fandom is examined from a folkloristic viewpoint. The forms of folklore which serve to bind the individual fan to the larger social entity of fandom are detailed.
Despite its literary orientation, fandom is primarily a social …
Ua62/7 Archaeological Survey Of Proposed Realignment Of Highway 119, Harlan & Letcher Counties, Kentucky, Gary Foster, Jack Schock
Ua62/7 Archaeological Survey Of Proposed Realignment Of Highway 119, Harlan & Letcher Counties, Kentucky, Gary Foster, Jack Schock
WKU Archives Records
Archaeological Survey Report No. 4 created by WKU Sociology & Anthropology prior to realignment of Highway 119.
Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 7 – Childhood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology
Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 7 – Childhood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology
WKU Archives Records
Table of Contents:
- Bachelor, David L. & Rosalie S. Donofrio. Poor Children: Images & Interpretations
- Birenbaum, Arnold. The Recognition & Acceptance of Stigma
- Denzin, Norman K. Childhood as Conversation of Gestures
- Miller, James Jr. A Comparison of Racial Preference in Young Black & Mexican American Children
- Rath, Robert A. & Douglas J. McDowell. Coming Up Hip: Child Rearing Perspectives & Life Style Values Among Counter Culture Families
- Thomas, Darwin L. & James M. Calonico. Birth Order & Family Sociology: A Reassessment
Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 5 – Pre-Adulthood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology
Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 5 – Pre-Adulthood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology
WKU Archives Records
Table of Contents:
- Angrist, Shirley. Personality Maladjustment & Career Aspirations of College Women
- Belcher, John C. Living Arrangements of Youth
- Bregenzer, John M. Campus Dress Styles as Communication
- Longino, Charles F. Jr. Student Ecology: The Sociology of College Life
- Reed, John P. & Robin S. Reed. Profile of the Student Censor: A Research Note on Pornography
- Richard, Michel P. Encounter with Deserters
- Shostak, Arthur B. Young Adulthood in the Blue Collar Class
- Simmons, Robert H. & A. Didrick Castberg. The Political Context of Student Protest
- Stanfield, Robert E. A Typology of Student Role Orientations