This research assessed the extent to which sociocultural factors implicated in explanations of weight dissatisfaction among young Western females extend to sources of body image concern in emerging adult and adolescent males from the People's Republic of China. In Study 1, 219 Mainland Chinese male university students completed measures of stature…

The purpose of this study is to gain knowledge about conditions for boundary crossing between academic and vocational practices and to identify dimensions of social practice within workplaces. The data consist of 28 questionnaires and 14 in-depth interviews with newly qualified secondary school teachers in their first year of teaching. We use the…

Though politically separate from the Seminole, the Miccosukees are, like the Seminoles, originally from Georgia and North Carolina, and their language and customs parallel those of the Seminole. (JC)

This analysis focuses on the interrelationship between the family and the larger societal totality in order to give a better understanding of the family and to serve as a theoritical basis for the creation of a more realistic social policy. Presented at 13th International Seminar on Family Research, Paris, September 1973. (Author)

The geolinguistic history of Norden (Scandinavia plus Finland) is reviewed. The shifting political boundaries, particularly of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, have contributed to a complex distribution of language populations that is all the more interesting given the common ancestry of most of the languages involved. The forces of nationalism have…

"The Computer Revolution", a part of the "Second Industrial Revolution", is examined with reference to the social consequences of computers. The subject is introduced in an opening section which discusses the revolution in the handling of information and the history, powers, uses, and working s of computers. A second section examines in detail the…

The trend toward eating out and gourmet cooking as recreational activities is reviewed. (DS)

The Ramah leadership, aware of their isolation, the lack of economic opportunity, the Navajo's poor self image as a people, and the almost total absence of any sense of community, built a radio station. This study, conducted over three and a half years after the station was put into operation, is a preliminary assessment of its impact upon the…

Claims that the rhetoric of Quebec sovereignty is based on an appeal to a particular motivated subject, the "Quebecois." Discusses certain consequences for the theory and practice of rhetoric that are suggested by Kenneth Burke's treatment of the term "identification" and an understanding of rhetoric's constitutive and…

Gives an analysis of the way in which Spanish speakers in rural New Mexico gain metacommunicative competence. Suggests that native metacommunicative routines provide a rich source of sociolinguistic and social-cultural data and that awareness of these repertoires can assist field workers in using interviews more appropriately and effectively. (EKN)

Bearing in mind that the regular readers of this journal are for the most part non-sociologists, this article provided an explanation of the nature of sociology. (Editor/RK)

Critical analysis of the work of Ivan D. Illich, crediting him with providing a significant contribution to current efforts by a number of thinkers to reenergize our cultural consciousness relative to the insidious effects which institutional dependency fosters. (Author/GB)

The lack of an identification system for designating ethnic status of Mexican Americans for public data sources is discussed. (NQ)