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AIN'T I A YOGI?: A CRITICAL EXPLORATION OF SYMBOLIC AND SOCIAL BOUNDARIES IN THE YOGA WORLD
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Author
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Brooks, Temeka
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Women's studies, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Recent sociological research considers the relationship between social and symbolic boundaries in a variety of social contexts. In this study, I build on such research by exploring how such boundaries are reproduced and potentially bridged in oste...
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Affect Control Theory and Gendered Occupations
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Author
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Barry, Leanne
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Social psychology
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Description
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Gender is widely considered to be a major contributing factor in workplace inequality. This is largely due to the gendering of occupations by labelling certain jobs as more appropriate for one gender than the other. In this paper, I examine gender...
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Planning for coastal resilience: the intersection of theory and practice
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Author
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Griffith, Adam
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Geography, Geomorphology
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Description
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In the face of accelerating sea-level rise, people continue to live near anddevelop the coast. In the United States, we have chosen adaptation andprotection, via coastal defenses, over retreat from the coast despite theunsustainable nature of effo...
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Social Media Framing of the Dakota Access Pipeline
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Author
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Tierney, Carla
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Sociology
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Description
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Objectives The purpose of this research is to identify and understand the social media framing of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The DAPL is in North Dakota, crossing .55 miles north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Primary criticisms r...
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TESTING THE STRICT DEPENDENCE ARGUMENT
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Author
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Burrill, Daniel
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Social psychology
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Description
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Abstract Task cues are indications of how an individual in a task group thinks they will perform at the group’s task (Berger et al. 1986). Prior research (Conner 1977; Ridgeway et al. 1985) has shown that status characteristics influence the produ...