I (Don't) Hate School: Revisiting Oppositional Culture Theory of Blacks' Resistance to Schooling

Social Forces ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 797-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Oppositional Culture ◽  
Culture Theory ◽  
Oppositional Culture Theory

Oppositional Culture Theory and the Delusion of Colorblindness

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin J. Berlowitz ◽  
Brandi N. Hutchins ◽  
Derrick J. Jenkins ◽  
Mark P. Mussman ◽  
Carri A. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Oppositional Culture ◽  
Culture Theory ◽  
Oppositional Culture Theory

The acculturation in Sweden of adolescents of Iranian and Yugoslavian origin

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Hällsten ◽  
Christofer Edling ◽  
Jens Rydgren
Keyword(s):  
Social Contact ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Contact Network ◽  
Friendship Networks ◽  
Social Difference ◽  
Oppositional Culture ◽  
Culture Theory ◽  
Oppositional Culture Theory ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Culture Of Origin

Ethnic acculturation in a sample of 19-year-old individuals of Yugoslavian and Iranian origin in contemporary Sweden was studied, with a focus on how acculturation is contingent on social structure and social context. Acculturation was measured as orientation to the majority and the parental culture of origin. The results suggest, first, that the two dimensions are weakly but positively correlated, meaning that acculturation identity does not involve any trade-offs, as new strands of oppositional culture theory suggest. Second, it was found that ethnic closure in friendship networks is positively associated with orientations to parents’ culture and negatively with orientations to Swedish culture. Individuals with a rich occupational social contact network tended to be orientated towards both the majority and the parental culture. There was a marked social difference between the most disadvantaged social class and all other classes, with the former being less oriented to both cultures compared to more advantaged classes.

Girl fights: exploring females’ resistance to educational structures

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 15-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Leitz
Keyword(s):  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Peer Culture ◽  
Oppositional Culture ◽  
Student Culture ◽  
School Girl ◽  
Family Expectations ◽  
Oppositional Culture Theory ◽  
Educational Structures ◽  
And Gender

This article looks at girls who fight in order to evaluate theories of education for marginalized girls. As oppositional culture and educational resistance theories suggest for boys’ misconduct in school, girl fights are found to be a product of deindustrialization, family expectations, and peer culture. Within peer groups of marginalized students an oppositional culture develops such that girls gain respect from their peers by fighting because they demonstrate a necessary toughness. Girls who fight have a complicated relationship to education. Contrary to oppositional culture theory, these girls value educational achievement. However, the girls’ relationships with teachers are strained. Teachers do not appreciate “tough” girls. Race, class, and gender together construct a student culture that produces girls who fight in school.

Looking at Innovation through CCT Glasses: Consumer Culture Theory and Google Glass Innovation

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Pace
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Diffusion ◽  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
New Product ◽  
Google Glass ◽  
Culture Theory ◽  
Cultural Determinants ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
Consumer Culture Theory

Today innovation can be so radical and futuristic that common models of innovation diffusion might not be enough. The success of an innovation relies on the functional features of the new product, but also on how consumers shape the meaning of that innovation. Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) can help managers by focusing on the cultural determinants of consumer behaviour. The work provides a preliminary analysis of how consumers elaborate the cultural platform that will determine the degree of success of the upcoming innovation Google Glass.

State-Private Partnership in the Field of Culture: Theory and Practice Problems

2010 ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
Olga N. Astafieva
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
Culture Theory ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Town ◽  
Practical Conference

On the Second Inter-regional scientific and practical conference Development of state and private partnership in culture branch: Theory, Reality and Prospects, held in the town of Chekhov, Moscow region on August, 11th, 2010.

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