A place in town: Women producing cultural stratification

This study examines how women in a working class, fishing community select and present cultural orientations to distinguish themselves from other women and create stratification. Based on data gathered through eight months of participant observation and 44 in-depth interviews, the research shows that local women choose and then reinforce social identities that reflect the norms, values, lifestyles of either the working class town, the wealthy summer colony, or people from outside the community. They present their cultural orientations through their work ethics, leisure activities, consumption practices, and family values and expectations. By producing these identities, women create and establish a place within three distinct cultural groups that reflect the American class structure. Relying on the theoretical work of Weber, Bourdieu, Goffman, and Blumer, this study shows that cultural aspects of stratification are not merely determined by structural position, but are continually produced and reproduced through daily interaction. Women play a unique role in this process as a result of their social roles in the family, community, and work

Getting Dressed: Conformity and Imitation in Clothing and Everyday Life

Berpakaian mengajarkan sosiologi melalui keputusan sehari-hari tentang apa yang akan dikenakan. Ini tentang aturan yang membentuk cara kita berpakaian dan bagaimana dan mengapa kita menyesuaikan diri. Ini tentang bagaimana dan mengapa kita meniru orang lain. Kita mungkin berpikir tentang pakaian sebagai gaya dan identitas pribadi kita. Tapi gaya pribadi kita tidak begitu pribadi; itu sosial, dibentuk dan dibatasi oleh pengaruh sosial yang tak terhitung jumlahnya. Kami menggunakan pakaian untuk memberi peringkat dan memperlakukan satu sama lain sebagai lebih baik dan lebih buruk. Namun kita saling membutuhkan untuk menjadi diri kita yang sebenarnya saat berpakaian. Buku ini tentang apa yang kita kenakan, mengapa kita memakainya, dan mengapa itu penting

Acquaintance and Date Rape: An Annotated Bibliography.

This annotated bibliography reviews scholarly work on acquaintance and date rape published in recent years. Acquaintance rape research has grown significantly since the mid-1980s, and it is often argued that acquaintance rape is a common occurrence, especially on college campuses. It is also argued that this type of sexual assault is very different from stranger rape, principally because of the socially defined and accepted nature of the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator. Works specifically on acquaintance or date rape are included, as well as earlier works that led to the emergence of the separate conceptual category of acquaintance rape. Each work is summarized, and the annotation includes a statement of the purpose, the method, and the major findings of the work. Separate chapters are devoted to the incidence of acquaintance rape; its social correlates; and its causes, effects, treatment, and prevention

Prevalence of violence against dating partners by male and female university students worldwide

This article presents rates of violence against dating partners by students at 31 universities in 16 countries (5 in Asia and the Middle East, 2 in Australia-New Zealand, 6 in Europe, 2 in Latin America, 16 in North America). Assault and injury rates are presented for males and females at each of the 31 universities. At the median university, 29% of the students physically assaulted a dating partner in the previous 12 months (range = 17% to 45%) and 7% had physically injured a partner (range = 2% to 20%). The results reveal both important differences and similarities between universities. Perhaps the most important similarity is the high rate of assault perpetrated by both male and female students in all the countries