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IMPACT OF OCCUPATIONAL IDENTITY: CUBAN EXILE FISHERMEN IN DADE COUNTY
Title
IMPACT OF OCCUPATIONAL IDENTITY: CUBAN EXILE FISHERMEN IN DADE COUNTY.
Creator
KHULY, MARGARITA ALEJANDRE., Florida Atlantic University, Villemez, Wayne J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Sociology
Abstract/Description
This study focuses on occupational identity of Cuban exile fishermen in Dade County, Florida, and the strength of this identity when faced with the Bahamian fishing conflict (1973-1975). It was hypothesized that this identity would become stronger because of this conflict. Other hypotheses predicted differences between perceived and actual fishing legislation in the United States, pre-revolutionary and revolutionary Cuba. The same comparison was made with occupational status. Subjective data...
Show moreThis study focuses on occupational identity of Cuban exile fishermen in Dade County, Florida, and the strength of this identity when faced with the Bahamian fishing conflict (1973-1975). It was hypothesized that this identity would become stronger because of this conflict. Other hypotheses predicted differences between perceived and actual fishing legislation in the United States, pre-revolutionary and revolutionary Cuba. The same comparison was made with occupational status. Subjective data was obtained from a questionnaire administered to fifty fishermen. Strength of occupational identity was not as strong as expected. Subjective views on fishing legislation and status did show a discrepancy with objective data. A number of fishermen conformed to all hypotheses, and further analyses attempt to explain the stronger occupational identity of this group.
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Date Issued
1975
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13721
Subject Headings
Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Format
Document (PDF)
KNOWLEDGE OF BLACK ACHIEVERS AND THE MOBILITY ATTITUDES, ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF BLACK YOUTHS
Title
KNOWLEDGE OF BLACK ACHIEVERS AND THE MOBILITY ATTITUDES, ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF BLACK YOUTHS.
Creator
BOLLING, ERIC R., Florida Atlantic University, Tittle, Charles, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Sociology
Abstract/Description
The literature concerning achievement motivation suggests a relationship between youths' awareness of similar trait occupational role models and their mobility aspirations and expectations. The research study presented here was conducted to test the hypothesis that the amount of knowledge black youths have of black achievers is positively related to their mobility attitudes, and their occupational and educational aspirations and expectations. The data indicate that the hypothesized...
Show moreThe literature concerning achievement motivation suggests a relationship between youths' awareness of similar trait occupational role models and their mobility aspirations and expectations. The research study presented here was conducted to test the hypothesis that the amount of knowledge black youths have of black achievers is positively related to their mobility attitudes, and their occupational and educational aspirations and expectations. The data indicate that the hypothesized relationships are at best weak. However, the fact that the strong relationships generally cited as existing between parents' education and occupation and their children's mobility attitudes were also not found indicates a need for further research regarding the variables that could possibly influence black mobility aspirations and expectations.
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Date Issued
1973
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13604
Subject Headings
Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Format
Document (PDF)
Evelyn Waugh and the Jews
Title
Evelyn Waugh and the Jews.
Creator
Bittner, David Jonathan, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The anti-Semitism of Evelyn Waugh went beyond mere literary characterization. A study of Waugh's attitudes toward Nazism, Zionism, and World War II provides evidence that the Jewish characterizations in Waugh's work were underlined by stable and settled negative convictions regarding the Jewish people. Waugh's anti-Semitism had surprisingly little to do with Christian religious teaching but may almost entirely be attributed to upper-class British snobbism and his view that Jews were agents of...
Show moreThe anti-Semitism of Evelyn Waugh went beyond mere literary characterization. A study of Waugh's attitudes toward Nazism, Zionism, and World War II provides evidence that the Jewish characterizations in Waugh's work were underlined by stable and settled negative convictions regarding the Jewish people. Waugh's anti-Semitism had surprisingly little to do with Christian religious teaching but may almost entirely be attributed to upper-class British snobbism and his view that Jews were agents of capitalism, democracy, and secularism. Before the Holocaust Waugh gave his anti-Semitism free and unrestrained rein in his novels. After the Holocaust Waugh tried to blunt anti-Semitism in his novels, but the anti-Semitic outlook was so ingrained in him that he was not entirely successful. There are ample signs of old prejudices at play in his post-war writings. Waugh also denied many of his Jewish characters an authentic Jewish voice.
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Date Issued
1989
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14504
Subject Headings
Religion, General, Literature, English, Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Format
Document (PDF)
identidad racial y cultural en la obra de Alicia Yanez Cossio
Title
La identidad racial y cultural en la obra de Alicia Yanez Cossio.
Creator
Baez, Marcela A., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Abstract/Description
Alicia Yanez Cossio, an established novelist and short story writer from Ecuador, reflects on the most serious social problems in her country. She is especially concerned with the Ecuadorian people's identity. In her works she describes how the Church and State, which promote and maintain a patriarchal social structure, have perpetuated the devaluation of women that began with the conquest. This study analyzes how women confront and define their gender as well as their race in two novels:...
Show moreAlicia Yanez Cossio, an established novelist and short story writer from Ecuador, reflects on the most serious social problems in her country. She is especially concerned with the Ecuadorian people's identity. In her works she describes how the Church and State, which promote and maintain a patriarchal social structure, have perpetuated the devaluation of women that began with the conquest. This study analyzes how women confront and define their gender as well as their race in two novels: Bruna, soroche y los tios (1972) and La cofradia del mullo del vestido de la Virgen Pipona (2002). As she traces Ecuadorian history, Yanez Cossio draws paralellisms between the loss of identity and gender, and focuses on the repercussions this has had in the lives of Ecuadorian women. Through the characters she offers possible solutions. This thesis analyzes the writer's perspective of the identity problem in this South American country and the fight of its people, most specifically women, to recover their identity by recognizing their indigenous roots and their gender, in a social environment that denies either are significant or relevant.
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Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13200
Subject Headings
Literature, Latin American, Anthropology, Cultural, Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Format
Document (PDF)
ETHNIC AND RACIAL CONFLICT IN MIAMI SINCE THE CUBAN INFLUX, 1960-1985 (FLORIDA)
Title
ETHNIC AND RACIAL CONFLICT IN MIAMI SINCE THE CUBAN INFLUX, 1960-1985 (FLORIDA).
Creator
O'HARE, PATRICK JAMES., Florida Atlantic University, Mohl, Raymond A., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description
Miami experienced considerable ethnic and racial tension after the Cuban influx began in 1960. Large numbers of Cuban, and later Haitian immigrants altered the social complexion of the city. During this period of rapid change, the Cuban, Anglo and black communities attempted to improve their standard of living. Economic and political competition created hostility among the ethnic groups. In the twenty-five year period ending in 1985, the groups perceived that the gains of one came at the...
Show moreMiami experienced considerable ethnic and racial tension after the Cuban influx began in 1960. Large numbers of Cuban, and later Haitian immigrants altered the social complexion of the city. During this period of rapid change, the Cuban, Anglo and black communities attempted to improve their standard of living. Economic and political competition created hostility among the ethnic groups. In the twenty-five year period ending in 1985, the groups perceived that the gains of one came at the expense of the others. This attitude spawned ethnic and racial tension that prevented cooperation and adversely affected the social harmony within the city to this day.
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Date Issued
1987
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14419
Subject Headings
History, United States, Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Format
Document (PDF)
influence of parenting practices on ethnic identity and social and academic outcomes
Title
The influence of parenting practices on ethnic identity and social and academic outcomes.
Creator
Williams, Vickie Annette, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description
The present study examined the relation between parenting practices and adolescent ethnic identity, behavior problems, and academic achievement. Four hundred and sixty-nine adolescents completed questionnaires assessing perceptions of parenting, ethnic identity, and social adjustment. Grades and achievement scores were obtained from participating schools. The study addressed four aims: (1) Examine the relation between parenting practices and adolescent outcomes; (2) Examine the relation...
Show moreThe present study examined the relation between parenting practices and adolescent ethnic identity, behavior problems, and academic achievement. Four hundred and sixty-nine adolescents completed questionnaires assessing perceptions of parenting, ethnic identity, and social adjustment. Grades and achievement scores were obtained from participating schools. The study addressed four aims: (1) Examine the relation between parenting practices and adolescent outcomes; (2) Examine the relation between parenting practices and ethnic identity; (3) Examine the relation between ethnic identity and adolescent outcomes; and (4) Explore whether these associations vary across ethnic groups. It was hypothesized that parenting practices would influence adolescent outcomes similarly regardless of ethnicity. Specifically, it was hypothesized that parental involvement, autonomy granting, and strictness/supervision would be associated with fewer behavior problems and higher school grades for African Americans, Anglo Americans, and Cuban Americans. Additionally, it was expected that parental strictness/supervision, autonomy granting, and involvement would predict ethnic identity for African Americans and Cuban Americans, but not Anglo Americans. Finally, it was expected that ethnic identity would be associated with outcomes for African Americans and Cuban Americans, but not Anglo Americans. The findings revealed that parenting practices were associated with adolescent outcomes for African Americans, Anglo Americans, and Cuban Americans. For African Americans, strict parenting was negatively related to behavior problems, but unrelated to academic achievement. Parental autonomy granting was negatively related to behavior problems. For Anglo Americans and Cuban Americans, parental strictness/supervision, autonomy granting, and involvement were negatively related to behavior problems. Parental autonomy granting and strictness/supervision were positively related to academic achievement for Anglo Americans, but unrelated to academic achievement among Cuban Americans. Parenting practices predicted ethnic identity for Cuban Americans, but not African Americans or Anglo Americans. Ethnic identity was related to behavior problems for African Americans, but it was unrelated to Cuban American and Anglo American adolescent outcomes. The findings from this study provide insight into the unique contribution of parenting practices and ethnic identity to adolescent behavior problems and academic achievement. As expected, parenting practices were associated with adolescent outcomes, and similarities rather than differences characterized these associations in the three ethnic groups. Ethnic identity was related to adolescent outcomes with variations as a function of ethnicity. A central focus of this study was to distinguish parenting practices from parenting styles. This distinction is key when attempting to identify specific parental behaviors that contribute to adolescent adaptation. Changing demographics underscore the need for continued study of how parenting practices and ethnic identity influence adaptation among adolescents from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
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Date Issued
1999
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12605
Subject Headings
Psychology, Social, Psychology, Developmental, Sociology, Individual and Family Studies, Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Format
Document (PDF)
Gender, race, class and the problem of meaning: Black female rappers as a site for resistance
Title
Gender, race, class and the problem of meaning: Black female rappers as a site for resistance.
Creator
Biferie, Michelle Joanne, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Abstract/Description
The issue of oppression becomes all the more complicated when it is realized that the language used by the dominant culture and, to a certain extent, those who are subordinate to that culture, is not only race- and class-biased but phallogocentric as well. It is primarily through language that social customs, beliefs and practices are normalized and viewed as "common sense" by the people engaging in them. Since it plays an integral role in constructing the "reality" for any given group of...
Show moreThe issue of oppression becomes all the more complicated when it is realized that the language used by the dominant culture and, to a certain extent, those who are subordinate to that culture, is not only race- and class-biased but phallogocentric as well. It is primarily through language that social customs, beliefs and practices are normalized and viewed as "common sense" by the people engaging in them. Since it plays an integral role in constructing the "reality" for any given group of individuals, language is anything but a benign method of communication among human beings. Certain groups, however, often manage to break with the dominant discourses and rewrite the language. From within the hip-hop subculture, black female rap artists emerge as a challenge to misogyny and racial bigotry by resisting the hegemonic modes which construct and control the human subject.
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Date Issued
1993
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14891
Subject Headings
Women's Studies, Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Mass Communications
Format
Document (PDF)
Strategies for effective communication with Hispanic students: An analysis of student responses to recruitment viewbooks used by colleges and universities
Title
Strategies for effective communication with Hispanic students: An analysis of student responses to recruitment viewbooks used by colleges and universities.
Creator
Botero, Nancy Renee, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Abstract/Description
This study examines effective strategies of communication with Hispanic students through the use of printed material, specifically recruitment viewbooks used by colleges and universities. The Hispanic market is significant in south Florida. As colleges and universities begin to seek to communicate the benefits of their institutions to this population, it is important to produce printed communication in a manner that appeals to members of the Hispanic culture. Using a qualitative approach...
Show moreThis study examines effective strategies of communication with Hispanic students through the use of printed material, specifically recruitment viewbooks used by colleges and universities. The Hispanic market is significant in south Florida. As colleges and universities begin to seek to communicate the benefits of their institutions to this population, it is important to produce printed communication in a manner that appeals to members of the Hispanic culture. Using a qualitative approach through focus group research, Hispanic freshmen students of a community college and upper division students at a public university were asked a series of open-ended questions about their preferences in the use of language, photographs and several design elements of three publications. One college viewbook represented a majority enrollment of Hispanics. The second viewbook represented a university that is culturally diverse. A third viewbook represented a university that has Hispanic enrollment of less than 4%.
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Date Issued
1999
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15621
Subject Headings
Business Administration, Marketing, Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Mass Communications, Education, Higher
Format
Document (PDF)
Heartland Germans: Cultural maintenance in mid-nineteenth century America
Title
Heartland Germans: Cultural maintenance in mid-nineteenth century America.
Creator
LaVigne, Madelyn Witt., Florida Atlantic University, Engle, Stephen D.
Abstract/Description
Midwestern Germans who populated Indianapolis, St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul represented a kind of cultural identity that revealed an ethnic pride. Through the church, the press, their language, social organizations and political involvement, these Germans demonstrated the tenacity of a people willing to risk the security of their homeland for a better life in America and in the process established a set of cultural norms that reflected a significant attempt to maintain their ethnic...
Show moreMidwestern Germans who populated Indianapolis, St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul represented a kind of cultural identity that revealed an ethnic pride. Through the church, the press, their language, social organizations and political involvement, these Germans demonstrated the tenacity of a people willing to risk the security of their homeland for a better life in America and in the process established a set of cultural norms that reflected a significant attempt to maintain their ethnic identity. During the years 1830-1870, the pull of cheap and available land fueled the chain migration that led to the largest influx of German immigrants in American history. German insistence on the maintenance of their cultural distinction, while achieving full acceptance as Americans, reveals the tenacity of one ethnic group not to be lost in the "melting pot" of American folklore, but rather to fully, identifiably contribute to their new homeland.
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Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13338
Subject Headings
German Americans--Ethnic identity, Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, German Americans--Middle West--History
Format
Document (PDF)
Using the "We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution" curriculum to improve middle school minority student knowledge and understanding of the United States Constitution and perception of their rights and responsibilities in American society
Title
Using the "We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution" curriculum to improve middle school minority student knowledge and understanding of the United States Constitution and perception of their rights and responsibilities in American society.
Creator
Shreffler, Michael R., Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning
Abstract/Description
The focus of this study was to determine whether the We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum improved knowledge and understanding of the U.S. Constitution of middle school minority students. A second focus of this study was to determine if the same curriculum improved student perception of their rights and responsibilities in American society. The Test on the History and Principles of the United States Constitution Level II was used to determine whether there existed a...
Show moreThe focus of this study was to determine whether the We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum improved knowledge and understanding of the U.S. Constitution of middle school minority students. A second focus of this study was to determine if the same curriculum improved student perception of their rights and responsibilities in American society. The Test on the History and Principles of the United States Constitution Level II was used to determine whether there existed a difference between middle school minority students participating in the We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum and middle school minority students enrolled in the traditional textbook-driven civics education program. The second instrument, Student Perception Questionnaire, measured perception of the rights and responsibilities of middle school minority students who participated in the We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum and students enrolled in the traditional textbook-driven civics education curriculum. The instruments were administered to a total of 247 8th grade middle school students. The inquiry found significant differences in knowledge and understanding between 8th grade students who used the We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum and students who used the traditional textbook-driven civics education curriculum. Independent sample t tests revealed mean pretest values to be nearly identical but posttest values to be higher among students using the We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum. The results demonstrated that the We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum had a greater impact on the knowledge and understanding of the U.S. Constitution of middle school minority students participating in the We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum compared to students enrolled in the traditional textbook-driven civics education program. The study also found that there was only a marginally improved student perception between those students who participated in the We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum and students enrolled in the traditional textbook-driven curriculum. Independent sample tests revealed that the change was insignificant. Research on effective citizenship education programs in American schools can play a significant role in the continuous efforts of social studies educators in promoting political participation among minority populations.
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Date Issued
2003
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12058
Subject Headings
Education, Bilingual and Multicultural, Education, Secondary, Education, Social Sciences, Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Format
Document (PDF)