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1	Mate Selection in Contemporary America: An Exchange Theory Perspective Young, Margaret H. 01 May 1989 (has links) The use of exchange theory as it applies to human relations has escalated dramatically in the past 20 years. The present study applies exchange theory as the basis of mate selection in contemporary society. Whereas an actual barter system was used in the past and families played a major role in choosing prospective mates, participants in the mate selection process are not virtually on their own and must rely upon their own bargaining skills to present their assets on the marriage market. A number of characteristics are thought to enhance or detract from a person's "worth" on the marriage market. Over 900 college students from nine universities across the united states were surveyed in order to ascertain what they considered valuable in a potential mate, and important variables in the mate selection process were determined. Comparisons were made among gender, race, marital status, family size and configuration, socioeconomic status, religious orientation, and geographical region of the United States. The results indicate that important differences exist among the various groups concerning what characteristics enhance or detract from an individual's worth on the marriage market in contemporary America. Finally, it was determined that marital worth of individuals can theoretically be measured. Mate Selection Contemporary America Exchange theory Perspective Social and Behavioral Sciences
2	Sports and the American Sacred: What are the Limits of Civil Religion? Ferreri, Frank 12 November 2004 (has links) This thesis examines whether American civil religion, in its enactment in daily American life, is cosmological. That is, it questions whether the sacred behind American civil religion is present in the physical-material realm and not in a transcendental principle or being. It is interested in why, seemingly, what is sacred in American culture is always what is happening here and now. This is evidenced by and manifested in multiple vehicles of the sacred in American culture. These vehicles include a range of institutions from economics to politics to religion to education. They also include entities such as the mass media, the arts, and various elements of popular culture, of which one of (if not the very most) prominent, large-scale, and widely accepted forms are sports. As such, this paper maintains that sports, as a vehicle for the sacred in American culture, reveal a cosmological dimension of American civil religion. The thesis' primary investigation seeks comprehension of what is sacred in America and how the culture mediates it. civil religion sports popular culture secularization contemporary America American Studies Arts and Humanities
3	SECRET HISTORY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA: RE-READING <i>ALL THE KING'S MEN</i> AND <i>PRIMARY COLORS</I> Petraska, Megan Nicole 29 April 2016 (has links) No description available. American History American Literature British and Irish Literature Secret History Contemporary America All the Kings Men Primary Colors
4	“To shape God, Shape Self”: The Political Manipulation of the Human Body and Reclamation of Space in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of the Sower James, Lisa January 2018 (has links) This paper considers the role of the human body in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of theSower and the way it interacts with defined space to stage expressive forms of politicalopposition. Understanding the relationship between physical or metaphorical space and thecontradictions of the societies they encompass is crucial to deciphering Butler’s near-futuredystopia; a world where the problems of real-life Los Angeles and Southern California aredistorted into a gross carnivalesque of gender stereotypes, sociopolitical tensions, and vigilante warfare. This paper places a special emphasis on the areas of social and political stagnation found in Butler’s vision of near-future L.A., and analyses the dangers of clinging to archaic, patriarchal systems that no longer resonate with contemporary audiences. Focus is also placed on potential methods of resistance against oppressive social institutions, particularly exploring the limitations met by protagonist, Lauren Oya Olamina, in her attempts to voice concerns in a society where language is so nuanced by “traditional” gendered qualities that the female voice carries no political value. This papers also questions theories which promote violent confrontation as a means to social reform, disregarding collateral damage and victims of war in favour of insurgency. By exploring the movement of the human body away from defined space, this paper supports Butler’s notion of alternative prosocial action which celebrates the margins of society, positing a nurturing, constructive means to resist political opposition. Butler human body space society Contemporary America literature dystopia Los Angeles Southern California ecology global warming sociopolitics gender stereotypes race ethnicity stagnation patriarchy female voice hysteria feminist studies social reform movement migration nomadology Octavia Butler empathy sympathy Parable of the Sower hyperempathy Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst
5	FE/MALE MOTHER OF TWO: GENDER AND MOTHERHOOD IN LIONEL SHRIVER’S <i>WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN</i> Smialek, Amy B. 15 April 2016 (has links) No description available. American Literature American Studies Families and Family Life Gender Studies Literature Womens Studies Ambivalence Anti-Boy Contemporary America Conventional Epistolary Gender Judith Butler Lionel Shriver Male-Dependency Menace Motherhood Queering Gender School Shootings Societal Expectation Taboo Unconventional We Need to Talk About Kevin

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