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Browsing Anthropology and Sociology by Author "Lane, Amy, 1974-"
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Caging the Underclass : America and Mass Imprisonment
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2013)The prison population in the United States has skyrocketed at a rate no comparable nation can match. In light of this unprecedented growth, this project explores how a host of factors have contributed to immense disparities ... -
Critical Reflections : A Look at Educating for Freedom in School's Summer Youth Program
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2015)In this paper, the author reflects on her experiences serving as the Assistant Site Coordinator during the Kalamazoo Freedom Schools 2015 summer enrichment program. The reflections are organized as a series of vignettes; ... -
Fractal Impacts: How Gender Shapes Immigration in the Context of Globalization
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)Discourses of globalization in the United States suggest that the world's problems could be solved by either imitating the United States, or by simply coming into contact with the United States. Even scholars interpret ... -
Healthy Identity Formation : Young Women and Youth Programs
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)Female adolescents today attempt to form their identities in the face of violence, oppression, and a culture that promotes the sexual victimization of women. Without organizations committed to assisting girls in the process ... -
The Impacts of Public Education on the Learning Abilities of Autistic Children
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2015)Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that appears in earlier years of childhood (18 months-2 years old); it affects important human behaviors such as social interactions, communication skills and building relationships ... -
Judicial Decision Making, New Legal Realism, and the Faltering U. S. Constitution
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2013)Picture a judge, in a courtroom. What do you imagine? It's likely that you see an image of a black, flowing robe, seated the highest in the room. This deferential respect we pay to judges is not arbitrary, but carefully ... -
"Land of Opportunity" : Neoliberal Development and Resitance in Response to Crisis in Detroit
(2014)This ethnographic paper examines the manifestations of neoliberalism in Detroit as the city responds to crisis. Grounded within the historical context of decades of divestment, and examined through a primarily critical ... -
New Religious Movements
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2010)Previous theories and research have focused on new religious movements as a yvhole and their qualities as a .whole. This essay will use the existing religious movement continuum and definitions of religion as well as ... -
Policing the College Town : Exploring the Relationship Between Police and Students in Kalamazoo, MI
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)This study investigates the relationship between police and students in Kalamazoo, Michigan, focusing on the ways in which the decisions of the police are influenced by the schools that students attend, the spaces in which ... -
The Pro-Choice Movement Analyzed through Social Movement Theory Frameworks
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)This paper explores the Pro-Choice movement between 1973 and 1990, through the lens of Social Movement Theory. The exploration of Resource Mobilization Theory, Political Process Theory and New Social Movement Theory offer ... -
Research for Revolution : A Critical Investigation of Study Abroad Literature
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2015)In recent years, Americans have become obsessed with increasing the number of students who participate in study abroad. Actually increasing the number and diversity of study abroad students has presented a major challenge ... -
The Seeds of Change: How the 9 to 5 Women's Labor Movement Rooted a Labor Revolution
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2010)The progression of women's rights in the workplace are inextricably linked to the formation of the first women's labor union and the growth of unions in the United States. While research in the labor studies and women's ... -
The Sibling Impacts on Gang Membership among the Samoan Communities of Carson and Long Beach, CA
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2015)This study examines the relationship between siblings as well as the impact of siblings on the choice to join or avoid gang membership within the Samoan communities of Carson and Long Beach, California. There exists an ... -
'The Vertigo of Eros': Examining the Aesthetic-Ecstatic Space of Electronic Music for the Postmodern Subject
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)This study applies modem and postmodern theoretical concepts toward the analysis of interviews and observations collected at two American music festivals, as well as in examining the subcultural productions of the ...
