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121	Bread, Bullets, and Brotherhood: Masculine Ideologies in the Mid-Century Black Freedom Struggle, 1950-1975 Harvey, Matt 08 1900 (has links) This thesis examines the ways that African Americans in the mid-twentieth century thought about and practiced masculinity. Important contemporary events such as the struggle for civil rights and the Vietnam War influenced the ways that black Americans sought not only to construct masculine identities, but to use these identities to achieve a higher social purpose. The thesis argues that while mainstream American society had specific prescriptions for how men should behave, black Americans were able to select which of these prescriptions they valued and wanted to pursue while simultaneously rejecting those that they found untenable. Masculinity in the mid-century was not based on one thing, but rather was an amalgamation of different ideals that black men (and women) sought to utilize to achieve communal goals of equality, opportunity, and family. U.S. history African American African American history gender history masculinity black feminism Vietnam Black Freedom Struggle civil rights black power black power studies Black history military history Masculinity -- History -- 20th century African American men -- Psychology twentieth century (dates CE)
122	A Study of Influences and Life Choices: African American Males From an Urban Pre-Trial Detention Center and the Navy Arnwine, Patrick O'Neal 01 January 2001 (has links) This study was designed to explore the influences, experiences, and disparate life choices of eight African American males from the Jacksonville's Pre-trial Detention Center and the U.S. Navy. The focus of this project was on the choices made by the participants and possible reasons for those choices. Specifically, the research question for this study is "How do some African American males from Jacksonville's Pre-trial Detention Center and the Navy describe their life experiences and the influences of these experiences on their choices?'' The framework for this project was a cross-case and cross-site study. The sites were the Jacksonville Pre-trial Detention Center and the Navy. There were four participants from the Jacksonville Pre-trial Detention Center and four from the Navy. The research yielded some interesting results. All of the participants took full responsibility for their choices. At no time did any of these young men blame anyone but themselves for the bad decisions they made. Additionally, they did not verbalize that the race and gender of their teachers were factors in their educational experience. Finally, there was no specific point at which the participants had a choice that resulted in their diverging from productive citizenship. What emerged from the research were factors, which in their aggregate, resulted in the decisions of the participants. The factors were parental control and resiliency. The participants from the Pre-trial Detention Center lacked many resiliency factors, which those from the Navy enjoyed. Whereas the home life of the participants from the Navy had the element of parental control, the home life of those from the Pre-trial Detention Center did not. UNF University of North Florida Educational leadership African American men Florida Social conditions Case studies Jacksonville Interviews Navy Education Race and Ethnicity
123	African American Men Who Give Voice to the Personal Transition from Criminality to Desistance Nightingale, Naomi 28 February 2014 (has links) No description available. African American Studies African Americans Black Studies Criminology Social Psychology Sociology African American men criminality recidivism turning point desistance successful reentry criminals ex-offenders redemption narrative inquiry storytelling Black communities Blacks prison system interviews change
124	An investigation into social factors influencing poor uptake of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) services by middle-aged black men (35- 49 years of age) in Pimville, Soweto Mdunge, Nomsombuluko Sybil 11 1900 (has links) This study investigated the social factors influencing the poor uptake of HIV Testing and Counselling (HCT) services by middle-aged black men in Pimville, Soweto. A qualitative research approach was used for this study in which ten men and two key informants were interviewed. Themes explored were the participants’ biographical characteristics, knowledge of HIV and AIDS, health-seeking behaviours, understanding of multiple sexual partnerships, male circumcision, and challenges in using HCT services. Various social behaviour change theories formed the theoretical framework guiding this study. It was found that fear, stigma and cultural factors are major reasons for the poor HCT uptake. Despite the men’s high HIV risk perceptions, behaviour change lags behind. Greater efforts to establish a men’s forum to discuss sexual health matters in Pimville are recommended. / Sociology / M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS) Male circumcision and HIV Men’s sexual health Multiple sexual partnerships 362.196979200968221
125	First strike : the effect of the prison regime upon public education and black masculinity in Los Angeles County, California Schnyder, Damien Michael 16 October 2012 (has links) My dissertation is an ethnographic analysis of a public high school in Southeast Los Angeles County. My research analyzes three issues that make major contributions to issues of race and gender within anthropology. First, my ethnography examines the linkages between the prison and public education systems. Second, I argue that as a means to control the movement of black bodies on campus, the public education system denies black students access to traditional spaces of black cultural autonomy. Third, I address the manner in which the public education system constructs and reinforces a particular type of deviant black masculinity with respect to black male youth. Building upon the school-to-prison pipeline scholarship, my dissertation examines the micro-processes by which public education as a state structure facilitates the movement of black male bodies into the labyrinth of the prison system. However, departing from the body of literature, I detail how the public education structure is an ideological and pragmatic extension of the organizational logic of prison. / text African American prisoners Prisons--Social aspects
126	An investigation into social factors influencing poor uptake of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) services by middle-aged black men (35- 49 years of age) in Pimville, Soweto Mdunge, Nomsombuluko Sybil 11 1900 (has links) This study investigated the social factors influencing the poor uptake of HIV Testing and Counselling (HCT) services by middle-aged black men in Pimville, Soweto. A qualitative research approach was used for this study in which ten men and two key informants were interviewed. Themes explored were the participants’ biographical characteristics, knowledge of HIV and AIDS, health-seeking behaviours, understanding of multiple sexual partnerships, male circumcision, and challenges in using HCT services. Various social behaviour change theories formed the theoretical framework guiding this study. It was found that fear, stigma and cultural factors are major reasons for the poor HCT uptake. Despite the men’s high HIV risk perceptions, behaviour change lags behind. Greater efforts to establish a men’s forum to discuss sexual health matters in Pimville are recommended. / Sociology / M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS) Male circumcision and HIV Men’s sexual health Multiple sexual partnerships 362.196979200968221
127	Quality of Life in Older African American Men Living with HIV/AIDS: A Structural Equation Analysis St. Pierre, Valessa 03 October 2011 (has links) No description available. African Americans African American Studies Aging Behavioral Psychology Behavioral Sciences Behaviorial Sciences Black Studies Clinical Psychology Counseling Education Counseling Psychology Cultural Anthropology Ethnic Studies Health Health Care Health Sci Quality of life General Well-Being Satisfaction with Life Structural equation modeling African American men Caucasian men HIV/AIDS HIV-positive Older Aging
128	Homeless in Indianapolis: Characteristics of the Sheltered and Long-Term Homeless Barnes, Brian David 25 February 2014 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Virtually every society can, at some point, be affected by homelessness. In recent years in the United States, homeless rates have hovered around three percent of the entire population. Although this marginalized population has been studied before, little is known regarding the possible characteristics that can keep an individual in homelessness or affect their living conditions while being homeless. This thesis provides an in-depth look at specific characteristics that could be factors in the length of the homeless experience, as well as how these same characteristics could impact the shelter status while an individual is homeless. The study reveals that homelessness in Indianapolis was mostly experienced by those who were male, African-American, and between the ages of 31-50. Furthermore, the majority were found to live in shelters and be homeless for twelve months or less. Homeless Homelessness Indianapolis Homelessness -- Indiana -- Indianapolis Unemployment -- Indiana -- Indianapolis Stigma (Social psychology)

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