Term of Award
Summer 2015
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Social Sciences (M.A.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Committee Chair
Nancy Malcom
Committee Member 1
Peggy Hargis
Committee Member 2
Eric Silva
Committee Member 3
Bryan Miller
Abstract
This research is a longitudinal study of differential depictions of men and women in top country music from 1944 through 2012. The study attempts to understand the gender system as theorized by Ridgeway using the analytic heuristics of cognitive sociologists and the methods of ethnographic content analysts. Findings include the various axes upon which women and men are differentially characterized over time including men and women's behaviors within romantic relationships, involvement in deviance and crime, work and the use of economic capital, their bodies, and differences in cultural capital such as education.
Recommended Citation
Lowe, Clayton Cory, "Gender Stability and Change: The Differential Characterization of Men and Women in Popular Country Music from 1944 through 2012" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1299.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1299
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