Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2008. / Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 247-262).

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Honors)--College of William and Mary, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-65). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Delaware, 2005. / Principal faculty advisor: William B. Farquhar, Dept. of Health and Exercise Science. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Canterbury, 2006. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 268-302). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2008. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-157). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2007. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-191). Also available on the World Wide Web.

This dissertation asks how we should conceptualize white identity in the United States. I examine how we should measure white identity and assess the characteristics of white identity, primarily the robustness and durability of white identification. Taken together, the four papers offer two conclusions. First, traditional measures of white identity underemphasize the relationship between political preferences and white identification. I argue that we should instead characterize white identity in terms of adherence to white racial norms. Second, as opposed to narratives that portray white identity as reactionary, I find that white identity is remarkably durable in the face of both positive and negative information about whiteness.

As the number of elderly people increases, the need for care of frail elders also rises. When looking at elder care, feminist scholars have pointed to the need to consider not only the caregiver's gender, but also the interlocking power relations of gender and raceethnicity. For these reasons, this study addresses the following question: how does raceethnicity influence the relationship of gender and care of frail elders? Analysis of data on Hispanic (N=182) and non-Hispanic White (N=1252) frail elders, and their caregiver spouses (N=74 and N=742, respectively) and children (N=150 and N=654, respectively) taken from a study of a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalzed elders (AHEAD), reveals that women (wives and daughters) are more likely than men (husbands and sons) to be the caregivers of Hispanic and of non-Hispanic White elders. With respect to the type of tasks involved in caregiving, the study shows that among non-Hispanic White elders, husbands are indeed involved in the personal care of their wives, and that daughters are more likely than sons to provide assistance with these tasks. Among Hispanic elders, husbands are more likely than wives to help with managing money. The study also reveals that daughters spend more total hours caring for their frail elders than sons do. Importantly, this study shows that daughters of Hispanic elders provide about 1.5 times more hours per week of care to their parents than daughters of non-Hispanic White elders. I also examined how the caregiver's gender interacts with their work status, marital status and number of children to affect the amount of time spent in caregiving, but did not find any significant relationships. / Master of Science

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Johannesburg, March 2017 / This thesis focuses on group of poorer white South Africans who have settled, informally and illegally, in a former caravan park on the West Rand of Johannesburg, The King Edward Park. It is enthographic study that explores the socio-economic genealogies of the poorer white residents of the park, the everyday practices of making livelihoods, and attempt to produce ideologies of South African blackness. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version] / MT 2018