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Lived Experiences of “Beautiful” Women : A Postmodern Feminist Exploration of Beauty Discourse and Identity

Creator:: Marie, Michelle
Abstract:: While a great deal is known about the benefits of being culturally identified as attractive, very little is known about the lived experiences of beautiful women. In this study, 21 adult women who are currently employed as models or represented by modeling agencies participated in open-ended interviews, and their responses...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: throughout my life that my body and appearance is essentially acceptable by social standards. I think of

Thai rural family life in transition

Creator:: Nitidandhaprabhas, Smorn
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Family Life. . . 51 V Needed Adjustnients of the Thai Rural Family to the Trends of Democracy and

The Tlingit button blanket

Creator:: Otness, Sharol Lind
Abstract:: The Tlingit Button Blanket was developed on the Northwest Coast of North America in the early 19th century as a result of the introduction of foreign materials brought by European explorers and traders in the late 18th century. The-Tlingit Indians substituted trade items for indigenous materials and integrated the resulting...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Matrilineal - a type of societal organization in which social position and worldly goods come to each person

An exploration of people, culture and work organization across cultures : theoretical framework and case studies

Creator:: Heim, Erik A.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: developing multiple perspectives and understandings of organizational life and also in terms of creating a

Change in some aspects of Chinese core values, 1978-1988

Creator:: Qi, Xiaoping
Abstract:: Great change has taken place in China during the past decade. As core values represent the most basic aspects of social life, change in some aspects of Chinese core values indicates that China is moving rapidly from being an agricultural society toward becoming a modern industrial society. China today can...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , economic, social or political aspects of human life and experience. According to some research, this term

The influence on Manchu women of changes in social institutions and the sinification of Manchu Society

Creator:: Fang, Jin-cai
Abstract:: Gender relations as well as the social situation of Manchu women have long been ignored in studies of the cultural evolution of the Manchu. By setting the discussion of Manchu women in the context of cultural adaptation, this study reintroduces gender and women's problems into the research on the Manchu...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: their life cycle; and social attitudes towards women. Questions were made as simple and concrete as

Reminiscences of eastern Oregon

Creator:: Lord, Elizabeth
Abstract:: Gerald W. Williams Collection
Resource Type:: Book

Constituting the Invisible : An Examination of the Social Construction and Communication of Female Bisexual Identity

Creator:: Whitney, April L.
Abstract:: Bisexual females experience unique forms of discrimination, but are often overlooked in scholarship. Recent research focuses on various aspects of bisexuality, yet female bisexuality is largely overlooked. Many existing studies focus on the experiences of bisexuals, rather than on social constructions of the identity and the role communication plays in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Social Construction and Communication of Female Bisexual Identity AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

Mayan Bilinguality and Cultural Change in Ancient and Contemporary Mesoamerica

Creator:: Smith, William Hoyt
Abstract:: The importance of language and bilinguality in the development, perpetuation, and "degeneration" or change of culture is a central theme throughout this treatise. Original pictorial representations of Mayan hieroglyphic sculpture are included as examples, and represent artistic styles and language variations of written Cholan and Yucatec. Modern Cholan and Yucatecan...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: DECAY OF MAYAN CITY-STATES 41 Aspects of Cultural Florescence and Decay 41 Adjunctive Social and

Cultural changes influencing rising obesity rates in France

Creator:: McGregor, Erin M.
Abstract:: A survey of a non-random sample of adults was conducted in Angers, France to investigate possible cultural changes in dietary behaviors that may contribute to increasing rates of obesity. Participants described contemporary habits regarding eating habits and activity level, as well as attitudes and opinions about obesity. The results largely...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: between meals. In open-ended questions, participants focused on the increased pace of life and

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Lived Experiences of “Beautiful” Women : A Postmodern Feminist Exploration of Beauty Discourse and Identity

Thai rural family life in transition

The Tlingit button blanket

An exploration of people, culture and work organization across cultures : theoretical framework and case studies

Change in some aspects of Chinese core values, 1978-1988

The influence on Manchu women of changes in social institutions and the sinification of Manchu Society

Reminiscences of eastern Oregon

Constituting the Invisible : An Examination of the Social Construction and Communication of Female Bisexual Identity

Mayan Bilinguality and Cultural Change in Ancient and Contemporary Mesoamerica

Cultural changes influencing rising obesity rates in France

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