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Rural Embodiments Of Femininity: An Autoethnographic Approach To Gender Narratives, Randi Wichman
Rural Embodiments Of Femininity: An Autoethnographic Approach To Gender Narratives, Randi Wichman
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
The socialization one experiences throughout their lifetime informs their communication behaviors with others around them. Coming of age in a rural, Westernized geography instilled in me a unique sense of femininity that was constructed to complement the narratives significant to the cultural context of Rural America. This research discusses multiple dominant and marginalized forms of gender and these identities’ relationships to the gendered experiences that I had growing up in rural Montana. This autoethnography is composed of narrated experiences, pre-teen assessments, and poetic descriptions of the disciplining I was confronted with throughout my childhood in my small, ranching community. I …
Educational Inequality In The Kebribeyah Somali Refugee Camp In Ethiopia: An Autoethnography, Ahmed Muhumed, Saleh Ahmed
Educational Inequality In The Kebribeyah Somali Refugee Camp In Ethiopia: An Autoethnography, Ahmed Muhumed, Saleh Ahmed
Global Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
Due to the Somali Civil War of 1991, more than 10,000 Somali refugees resettled in Kebribeyah, a town in the Somali region of Ethiopia. For nearly three decades, the local and resettled refugee communities shared the resources the region had to offer, adopted a new common cultural norm, and fostered some levels of social cohesions. It is the education sector, however, that caused social conflicts and hatred between resettled Somalis and the native Somali-Ethiopians. Currently, the education of Somali refugee children is funded by various international organizations, such as the United Nations. On the contrary, the local Somali-Ethiopian children pay …
Stepping Away From The Ring: An Autoethnographic Study Of Hero Worship Created Through Media Consumption, James Ross Gatfield
Stepping Away From The Ring: An Autoethnographic Study Of Hero Worship Created Through Media Consumption, James Ross Gatfield
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
This autoethnographic study examines the relationship between media consumption and hero worship in the lived experience of an individual over the course of a lifetime spent dedicated to achieving a career in professional wrestling. The focus of this study is on identity creation through repeated exposure to media sources relating to that lifelong dream. Previous communication research regarding media exposure provides significant knowledge on the potential effects of the media consumption on the lived experience of the audience, but virtually no prior research has examined explicit effects on a deeply individual level. Narratives encompassing the years devoted to a professional …