Presents several socio-cultural contexts where both extremes of crudeness and euphemism are customary in everyday verbal communication. (TL)

Argues that both new journalism and popular culture are understood when they are viewed in terms of form rather than content. See CS 702 359 for availability information. (RB)

The rhetorician Richard M. Weaver analyzed culture as profoundly ill and he viewed rhetoric as closely tied to culture. Rhetoric relies on the cultural focal point for its effectiveness; orators must operate on a basis of common, accepted, uncontested terms and premises to move their audiences, and mutual assent to a "tyrannizing image"…

A CURRICULUM DESIGN WHICH APPEARS APPROPRIATE TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS IS DESCRIBED. BECAUSE OF RAPID CHANGE AND HIGHLY VARIABLE INDIVIDUAL GROWTH PATTERNS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS THE MOST DIVERSE STUDENT BODY OF ANY SCHOOL UNIT. VARIED THOUGH THE STUDENTS MAY BE, DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS AT THIS AGE INCLUDE ACHIEVING SELF-UNDERSTANDING TO REACH A…

This book attempts to shed light on the seemingly contradictory aspects of Japanese behavior. Separate chapters, grounded in interaction-oriented social scientific theory, focus on the themes of social relativism, belongingness, empathy, dependency, occupying the proper place, reciprocity, situational interaction, early socialization, selfhood,…

This booklet presents a unified perspective of natural and human systems. The problems of contemporary civilization are analyzed in terms of the interrelationships among energy, food, evolution, population, community, interactions, and balance. The authors' philosophy emphasizes that all life depends on the balance between natural systems and…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 10 and 11. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; United States civilization. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The major portion of the guide is divided into six subunits, each of which is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other sections are in list form. The guide is mimeographed and…

The Report of the President forms the major portion of the 1968-1969 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING PROGRAM. In his report, President Fred R. Harcleroad first comments on the 3 objectives of the American College Testing (ACT) Corporation, and then goes on to discuss 9 social trends presently affecting American higher education.…

This text on the sociology of language, hear defines as "...a focus upon the entire gamut of topics related to the social organization of language behavior," lays the groundwork for the theoretical development of this emerging branch of linguistics. The author proposes that sociolinguists investigate everything concerned with language from the…

This study a) determined college students' perceptions of selected women's roles and female sport involvement and b) ascertained the association of selected sociocultural characteristics with perceptions of women's roles and female sport involvement. Two hundred seventy-nine undergraduates at the University of Massachusetts completed a test…

The meaning of totems for American Indians is discussed. (NQ)

The basic automobile design has persisted for fifty years with innovations only in production and marketing. Complex interrelationships among steel, oil, rubber, road building, and automobile industries perpetuate the "modern Model T's." Efforts to alter design to meet safety and environmental standards face tremendous resistance from a…

Contains anecdotal observations of families in a small anthracite coal region in Pennsylvania who regularly present themselves for treatment at the local Mental Health Center. The paper describes a unique cultural tradition and how this tradition influences the operation of the family in this region. (Author)

The author explains the traditional Japanese view of the meaning of death and the process of dying. (SJL)

The author looks at some trends that mark our worship. He states that liturgical models are beginning to develop: models of hospitality, the faith of the community, the challenge of the gospel, or the otherness of God. (Author/KC)