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Vargas, Cindy Veronica.
What Are You? A Study Of Racial Ambiguity.
Degree: MA, Sociology, 2012, Wayne State University
URL: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/219 
► Most literature on racial ambiguity focuses on individuals of mixed-race. While this type of literature is invaluable in understanding racial identity and all of…
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▼ Most literature on racial ambiguity focuses on individuals of mixed-race. While this type of literature is invaluable in understanding racial identity and all of its intricacies, the experiences of single-race individuals are marginalized. How do people who are single race experience racial ambiguity? Do their experiences differ from those of mixed-race individuals? For this study, nineteen individuals (single and mixed-race) who consider themselves to be racially ambiguous were interviewed and asked open-ended questions. The transcribed and coded interviews yielded important information on their self-perceptions, what they get mistaken for, how it makes them feel, and how they deal with their racial ambiguity. The findings provide a more complex definition of "racial ambiguity," and also open the door to possible future study on the differentiation between the terms "race" and "ethnicity."
Advisors/Committee Members: Heather E. Dillaway.
Subjects/Keywords: Ethnic Identity; Racial Ambiguity; Racial Identity; Sociology
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Vargas, C. V. (2012). What Are You? A Study Of Racial Ambiguity. (Masters Thesis). Wayne State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/219
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Vargas, Cindy Veronica. “What Are You? A Study Of Racial Ambiguity.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Wayne State University. Accessed December 08, 2019.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/219.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Vargas, Cindy Veronica. “What Are You? A Study Of Racial Ambiguity.” 2012. Web. 08 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Vargas CV. What Are You? A Study Of Racial Ambiguity. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Wayne State University; 2012. [cited 2019 Dec 08].
Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/219.
Council of Science Editors:
Vargas CV. What Are You? A Study Of Racial Ambiguity. [Masters Thesis]. Wayne State University; 2012. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/219
Wayne State University
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Miller-Bellor, Christina M.
Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding: A Content Analysis Of Responses To Public Breastfeeding On Internet News Stories.
Degree: MA, Sociology, 2015, Wayne State University
URL: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/384
► Leading medical organizations recommend breastfeeding for at least a year. The Center for Disease Control (CDC 2011) estimates that 74% of women initiate breastfeeding,…
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▼ Leading medical organizations recommend breastfeeding for at least a year. The Center for Disease Control (CDC 2011) estimates that 74% of women initiate breastfeeding, while only 23.8% of infants are breastfed until age 1 in the United States. These statistics indicate that while there is an increase in women trying to breastfeed, there are barriers to sustained breastfeeding. Some studies indicate that negative experiences while breastfeeding in public creates a barrier to breastfeeding (Boyer 2010; McIntyre et al. 1999; Smyth 2008). This research contributes to existent literature on breastfeeding. I used a different type of analysis to explore attitudes and perceptions about public breastfeeding than the type used in previous research. I examined comments associated with five public breastfeeding cases as reported in online news stories in 2011. I performed a qualitative content analysis of these news stories and public responses to them. Furthermore, I looked at specific ways in which public breastfeeding is framed in public discourse rather than relying on the perceptions of breastfeeding mothers. This offers a differing perspective than that of most of the other literature on breastfeeding. Through this analysis, we can see that the social construction of women's bodies and ideas about when and where they are allowed to be are at the heart of the public breastfeeding debate.
Advisors/Committee Members: Heather E. Dillaway.
Subjects/Keywords: breastfeeding; embodiment; public/private; sexualization; Sociology
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Miller-Bellor, C. M. (2015). Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding: A Content Analysis Of Responses To Public Breastfeeding On Internet News Stories. (Masters Thesis). Wayne State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/384
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Miller-Bellor, Christina M. “Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding: A Content Analysis Of Responses To Public Breastfeeding On Internet News Stories.” 2015. Masters Thesis, Wayne State University. Accessed December 08, 2019.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/384.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Miller-Bellor, Christina M. “Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding: A Content Analysis Of Responses To Public Breastfeeding On Internet News Stories.” 2015. Web. 08 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Miller-Bellor CM. Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding: A Content Analysis Of Responses To Public Breastfeeding On Internet News Stories. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Wayne State University; 2015. [cited 2019 Dec 08].
Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/384.
Council of Science Editors:
Miller-Bellor CM. Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding: A Content Analysis Of Responses To Public Breastfeeding On Internet News Stories. [Masters Thesis]. Wayne State University; 2015. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/384
Wayne State University
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Rigakos, Bessie.
University Students' Attitudes Towards Body Hair And Hair Removal: An Exploration Of The Effects Of Background Characteristics, Socialization, And Societal Pressures.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2010, Wayne State University
URL: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/112
► Body hair removal is a behavior that is taken for granted by many women in the United States. Existing feminist literature suggests that body…
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▼ Body hair removal is a behavior that is taken for granted by many women in the United States. Existing feminist literature suggests that body hair removal is a major component of societal norms. This study aimed to contribute to the literature by exploring the social factors that influence the extent of women's depilation from public/visible body areas and private/hidden body areas, and the number of depilatory methods utilized. A total of 303 female students from
Wayne State University completed questionnaires asking about their attitudes towards body hair/hair removal. It was confirmed that the vast majority (291 or 96%) remove their body hair, whereas only 12 participants (4%) did not remove body hair. Because most sample participants were removers, statistical analyses are completed on this group only. Bivariate procedures were undertaken to examine whether women's social background characteristics, bodily routines, attitudes towards beauty/body hair, knowledge of and/or experiences with social rewards/consequences, and socialization towards hairlessness norms influenced the extent of participants' depilation from public/private body areas. Participants' open-ended comments were utilized to supplement and explain most of the statistical results found in this study. Multivariate techniques further examined the effects of these social factors on types of depilation, but a third dependent variable, the number of depilatory methods used, was assessed as well. Findings reveal that women in this study remove hair from more public body areas than private body areas. Additionally, and with some caution, women's socialization to hairlessness norms influenced both the extent of their depilation from public areas and the number of depilatory methods they reported using, and greater numbers of negative attitudes towards body hair influenced the extent of women's depilation from public body areas. Overall, however, it was concluded that the social contexts evaluated in this study did not play an influential role in determining the extent of participants' depilation from private body areas.
Advisors/Committee Members: Heather E. Dillaway.
Subjects/Keywords: Bodily routines/Body work; Body hair/hair removal attitudes; gender and sexuality; Hairlessness norm; social rewards/consequences; socialization to hairlessness norms; Sociology; Women's Studies
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Rigakos, B. (2010). University Students' Attitudes Towards Body Hair And Hair Removal: An Exploration Of The Effects Of Background Characteristics, Socialization, And Societal Pressures. (Doctoral Dissertation). Wayne State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/112
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Rigakos, Bessie. “University Students' Attitudes Towards Body Hair And Hair Removal: An Exploration Of The Effects Of Background Characteristics, Socialization, And Societal Pressures.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, Wayne State University. Accessed December 08, 2019.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/112.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Rigakos, Bessie. “University Students' Attitudes Towards Body Hair And Hair Removal: An Exploration Of The Effects Of Background Characteristics, Socialization, And Societal Pressures.” 2010. Web. 08 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Rigakos B. University Students' Attitudes Towards Body Hair And Hair Removal: An Exploration Of The Effects Of Background Characteristics, Socialization, And Societal Pressures. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 08].
Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/112.
Council of Science Editors:
Rigakos B. University Students' Attitudes Towards Body Hair And Hair Removal: An Exploration Of The Effects Of Background Characteristics, Socialization, And Societal Pressures. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2010. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/112
Wayne State University
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Ross, Paula Thompson.
Risking Reproduction: Reproductive Health Among Women With Sickle Cell Disease.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2013, Wayne State University
URL: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/740
► Reproductive health among women with sickle cell disease remains a critical gap in the literatures on sickle cell disease, reproductive health, and women's health.…
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▼ Reproductive health among women with sickle cell disease remains a critical gap in the literatures on sickle cell disease, reproductive health, and women's health. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a condition with a complicated clinical sequelae, accompanied by a myriad of health complications, unremitting, extreme pain, and frequent hospitalizations. The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning and lived experiences of reproductive health and health care among women with sickle cell disease.
Using a qualitative, phenomenological methodology, this study captured the authentic voices of 28 adult women with sickle cell disease and their perceptions and experiences of reproductive health and health care. Nearly all women in this study were advised to avoid having biological children because of the concerns for their health or that they would have a child with sickle cell disease. Despite this recommendation, participants exercised agency and looked to their embodied experience living with sickle cell disease when determining whether they were healthy enough for pregnancy and childbirth. Participants also described carrying a reproductive burden due to their genetic characteristics to ensure they did not "pass" sickle cell disease on to their children. Their motivations were derived from their desire to prevent their children from "suffering" the way they had, both from the physical symptoms and social judgment that accompanies sickle cell disease. These findings illustrate the need for women with sickle cell disease to receive reproductive health care that takes into consideration their particular health characteristics in regards to gynecological care, contraception and prenatal care to avoid potentially health-harming recommendations that may exacerbate sickle cell disease symptoms.
This study extends existing ideas concerning the embodied risk and reproductive health from women who develop or contract risk, to those who were born with it. This information may also encourage more appropriate reproductive health care, and improve the understanding regarding the significance of reproductive health in general and within the context of illness among health care providers.
Advisors/Committee Members: Heather E. Dillaway.
Subjects/Keywords: reproductive health; sickle cell disease; women's health; Sociology
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Ross, P. T. (2013). Risking Reproduction: Reproductive Health Among Women With Sickle Cell Disease. (Doctoral Dissertation). Wayne State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/740
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ross, Paula Thompson. “Risking Reproduction: Reproductive Health Among Women With Sickle Cell Disease.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Wayne State University. Accessed December 08, 2019.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/740.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ross, Paula Thompson. “Risking Reproduction: Reproductive Health Among Women With Sickle Cell Disease.” 2013. Web. 08 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Ross PT. Risking Reproduction: Reproductive Health Among Women With Sickle Cell Disease. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2013. [cited 2019 Dec 08].
Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/740.
Council of Science Editors:
Ross PT. Risking Reproduction: Reproductive Health Among Women With Sickle Cell Disease. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2013. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/740
Wayne State University
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Nair, Sasikala.
The Oral Contraceptive Pill: An Analysis Of The Portrayal Of The Pill On Pharmaceutical Websites.
Degree: PhD, Sociology, 2016, Wayne State University
URL: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1467
► Internet Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising (DTCPA) continues to be an important, popular and rising platform for pharmaceutical companies to market their products to consumers. The…
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▼ Internet Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising (DTCPA) continues to be an important, popular and rising platform for pharmaceutical companies to market their products to consumers. The purpose of this study was to determine how traditional oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) are portrayed on the pharmaceutical websites during Internet DTCPA. This study also looked to see how women’s bodies and the process of menstruation were medicalized on these websites. Eight traditional OCP websites were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis. The findings suggest that website characteristics such as color, slogans, consumer incentives, images and videos are created in a strategic manner to show consumers about the positive and fail-proof aspects of the OCPs. Benefits such as pregnancy prevention, menstrual management and low amount of hormones took priority over the risks/side-effects of OCPs on the websites. The only risks/side-effects that were emphasized on the websites were the warnings given to smokers who might be using the OCPs or will begin to use the OCPs. Medicalization was also present during the Internet DTCPA of traditional OCPs. The results demonstrate that menstruation is defined through a symptomatic lens on the websites as being heavy, long, unpredictable and painful. Treatment of menstruation is encouraged to achieve main benchmarks such as a shorter period, a lighter period and a more predicable period. The role of doctors continues to be that of experts who will provide women with treatments using the OCPs to manage their menstrual cycles.
Advisors/Committee Members: HEATHER E. DILLAWAY.
Subjects/Keywords: Sociology
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Nair, S. (2016). The Oral Contraceptive Pill: An Analysis Of The Portrayal Of The Pill On Pharmaceutical Websites. (Doctoral Dissertation). Wayne State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1467
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Nair, Sasikala. “The Oral Contraceptive Pill: An Analysis Of The Portrayal Of The Pill On Pharmaceutical Websites.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Wayne State University. Accessed December 08, 2019.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1467.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Nair, Sasikala. “The Oral Contraceptive Pill: An Analysis Of The Portrayal Of The Pill On Pharmaceutical Websites.” 2016. Web. 08 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Nair S. The Oral Contraceptive Pill: An Analysis Of The Portrayal Of The Pill On Pharmaceutical Websites. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 08].
Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1467.
Council of Science Editors:
Nair S. The Oral Contraceptive Pill: An Analysis Of The Portrayal Of The Pill On Pharmaceutical Websites. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2016. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1467
Wayne State University
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Lance, Michael.
Identity Maintenance Through Emotional Release and Rejuvenation: A Link Between Hardcore Dancing and the Straightedge Collective Identity.
Degree: MA, Sociology, 2007, Wayne State University
URL: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/88
► For many, the hardcore punk rock show experience can act as a way to ritualize participation (and reinforce meanings) in the identities one associates…
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▼ For many, the hardcore punk rock show experience can act as a way to ritualize participation (and reinforce meanings) in the identities one associates with the experience. Blumer's expressive crowd offers insight into how such ritualized, yet seemingly chaotic behavior provides to many a cathartic release in a socially-stimulated, approved, and maintained atmosphere. In the process, such a release has consequences for the Straightedge identity tied to the experience, since Straightedge and hardcore punk coexist in the social construction of a larger sub-culture.
In this study, participation as such in the Straightedge (a lifestyle-based, diffuse social movement in which one resists drugs) collective identity is examined. Those in the Straightedge subculture who do not attend shows, dance at shows, and attend shows without dancing were interviewed via asynchronous
e-mailing (and a few phone interviews) to qualitatively compare the three groups based on how they experience being Straightedge at hardcore shows and in general. The dancing process was observed via participant observation of Straightedge and non-Straightedge dancers. Finally, an interview with some of the observed dancers was conducted using asynchronous emailing.
As the findings allow, the overall Straightedge collective identity is often tied to other "lower-level" identities, in this case as one who dances at hardcore shows. Here, identity maintenance is explained with an alternative form of Burke's Identity Control model, which in this study explains processes of group or social identity instead of role identity, as Burke et al. use it. The cathartic release of the expressive crowd (a la Blumer) is posited as the social situational aspect of (the adapted) Burke's Identity Control model to provide a subjective, yet structural Symbolic Interactionist account for this often-observed yet seldom-explained social phenomenon.
Advisors/Committee Members: Leon H. Warshay, Heather E. Dillaway, Monica M. White.
Subjects/Keywords: Straightedge; Diffuse social movements; Symbolic interaction; Blumer; Expressive crowd; Identity control theory; Social Psychology; Social Psychology and Interaction; Sociology
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Lance, M. (2007). Identity Maintenance Through Emotional Release and Rejuvenation: A Link Between Hardcore Dancing and the Straightedge Collective Identity. (Masters Thesis). Wayne State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/88
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lance, Michael. “Identity Maintenance Through Emotional Release and Rejuvenation: A Link Between Hardcore Dancing and the Straightedge Collective Identity.” 2007. Masters Thesis, Wayne State University. Accessed December 08, 2019.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/88.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lance, Michael. “Identity Maintenance Through Emotional Release and Rejuvenation: A Link Between Hardcore Dancing and the Straightedge Collective Identity.” 2007. Web. 08 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Lance M. Identity Maintenance Through Emotional Release and Rejuvenation: A Link Between Hardcore Dancing and the Straightedge Collective Identity. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Wayne State University; 2007. [cited 2019 Dec 08].
Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/88.
Council of Science Editors:
Lance M. Identity Maintenance Through Emotional Release and Rejuvenation: A Link Between Hardcore Dancing and the Straightedge Collective Identity. [Masters Thesis]. Wayne State University; 2007. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/88
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