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An Evaluation of Tattooing

it causes, that is also attractive and why it is so controversial. Finally, an important notion about tattooing is its permanence....

Applied Social Research/Whyte and Yin

and racketeering. Whyte readily acknowledges that he had no training in either sociology or anthropology when he began the rese...

John Demos, Joseph Plumb Martin and Wartime Experience

one stroke" (Demos 29). Williams and his five children make it to Montreal alive. Once they arrive in Montreal, the Indians begin ...

Rearing a Happy, Loving and Productive Child: A Critique of the Scientology Philosophy

a child in an authoritarian way but rather essentially allow the child to do whatever it is that they want (Reitman, 2006). Scien...

A Sociological Analysis of the Role of Malcolm X

at a speaking engagement ("Biography of Malcolm X," 2007). Of course, the 1960s were tumultuous times. Yet, prior to his demise, h...

Sociology Applied to News and Music

no child support at all? Or that everyone who makes over $50,000 should be forced to pay some maximum amount to make up for the sh...

Seltzer's Serial Killers

that society, or the perpetrators parents, should not be blamed for any horrific acts. The offender is the only one that someone s...

Sociological Theories' Impact On Education

values (Hoenisch, 2005). Durkheim believed that "society can survive only if there exists among its members a sufficient degree of...

Canada, Social Class, and Inequality

the haves wielding the greatest power (Macionis & Gerber, 2006). First, there is the predominantly Anglo upper class, in which mo...

The Social Problem of Substance Abuse

of the overall problem of substance abuse to inform potential methods for change, it is necessary to consider both the driving and...

Exploitation of Children in the Art World: Is it Art or Pornography?

nude children as art continued to be deemed socially inappropriate, which is why several photographers of note were the subjects o...

Economy and State by Bandelj, Sowers

This book review is on Economy and State, A Sociological Perspective by Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers. A summation, critique...

Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown

of African Americans who fled the entrenched racism of the South and migrated North, in search of a "Promised Land" where they mig...

Being a Man in the Films La Mission and The Brothers

and their relationships with them. Director and screenwriter Peter Bratt aimed his lens at San Franciscos primarily Latino Missio...

Racism's Rhetoric

raised in a prejudicial environment and while they think they are sophisticated and do not have a prejudiced bone in their bodies,...

Film Rebel Without a Cause and Theories of Sociology

In seven pages this paper examines juvenile delinquency in this analysis of the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause from a perspective...

Comparison of 4 Sociological Theorists

In five pages this paper examines how capitalism, the individual, and society are viewed from the sociological perspectives of W...

Modern World Changes Brought by Modernism and Postmodernism

In six pages this paper discusses modernism and postmodernism from sociological perspectives. Eleven sources are cited in the bib...

Canadian Women and Changes

In five pages women and their role throughout the course of Canadian history are examined through a sociological perspective with ...

Jonathon Kozol's 'Savage Inequalities'

This 6 page book report provides a chapter overview and a discussion of the sociological theoretical perspective that the author p...

Poverty and the Social Theories of Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx

In fourteen pages this paper evaluates the applicability of the sociological perspectives of theorists Marx, Weber, and Durkheim t...

City Life, Homelessness, Race, and Sociology

In twenty five pages this paper examines issues of race, urban life, gender, and poverty from the sociological perspectives of Ell...

Changes in Clothing for Children

In six pages the eras of premodern, modern, and postmodern are discussed in terms of children's clothing changes with a sociologic...

Sociology and Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

In fifteen pages this paper examines this novel by Kurt Vonnegut from a sociological perspective. Five sources are cited in the b...

Claude McKay and Harlem Renaissance

In ten pages the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s is examined in a consideration of how Claude McKay's writings embodied the spirit...

A Conflict Perspective and Affirmative Action

hand, woven into the fabric of contemporary American society is an intense prejudice against minorities that propels some white pe...

Bosnia and Ethnic Cleansing

In eight pages sociological and historical perspectives are applied in this examination of the Serbs' ethnic cleansing and its rep...

Society and Gambling Addiction

In twelve pages this paper examines the problem of gambling from a sociological perspective. Seven sources are cited in the bibli...

American Ways by Althen

Althen's book entitled American Ways is discussed. This book portrays the white, middle-class perspective. This paper takes a soci...

Sociological, Physiological, and Psychological Issues of Stress and Stress Management

In eight pages this report examines stress and stress management from sociological, psychological, and physiological perspectives....