Reading list

Research question:

How does 21 century American Culture affect our individual values?

Search terms:

American Culture, American Values, How does American culture affect our values?

Copeland, Holly. "A Geospatial Assessment on the Distribution, Condition, and Vulnerability of

Wyoming's Wetlands." Ecological Indicators 10.4 (2010): 869-79. Print.

· This source is a good one because it talks about how wetlands are beginning to get depleted. This is a point on which I want to talk about in my paper, like how we are so worried about capitalism and don’t are not worried about our consequences.

Edwards, Monica. "Men Women and Social Change." Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.

Fall 2009. Lecture.

· This was a sociology class I took last semeseter. It was about how society looks at women and men and how it has changed over time.

Milton, Albrecht. "DOES LITERATURE REFLECT COMMON VALUES?" American

Sociological Review 21.6 (2009): 722-29. Print.

· This source looks good because it talks about literature and how it reflects the times. This shows value change over time.

Pepperberg, Irene M. Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of

Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process. New York, NY: Collins,

2008. Print.

· Im going to use this book to talk about how we as a society are so concerned about capitalism and how we only care about what can make money.

Playing Unfair The Media Image of the Female Athlete. Prod. Sut Jhally and Loretta Alper.

Media Education Foundation, 2002. DVD.

· This was a documentary about how women in sports are over sexualized and how women’s sports only get attention in the news when it has something to do with their bodies.

"Promises on Open Space." New York Times 10 Oct. 2009: 34-34. Print.

· This source looks good because it talks about how much “open space” can be used up for building. This is a point on which I want to talk about in my paper, like how we are so worried about capitalism and don’t are not worried about our consequences.

Sabo, Don. "Masculinities and Men's Health. Moving toward Post-Superman Era Prevention."

Editorial. Nursing Care in the Community 1996. Print.

· This article is about how society is so focused on men looking Big and manly that it drives them to do things like steroids. It is a point I want to make in my paper about society and body image.

Slouka, Mark. "Dehumanized: When Math and Science Rule the School." Harper Sept. 2009:

32-40. Print.

· This article is about how schools are only concerned with math and science classes because thouse are the classes that will help our GDP.

Thompson, Becky W. ""A Way Outa No Way" Eating Problems among African American,

Latina, and White Women." Gender & Society (1992). Print.

· This is about hoe society is so focused and girls looking a certain way and how girls wind up having eating disorders. It is a point I want to make in my paper about society and body image.

Tipton, Steven M., and John Witte. Family Transformed: Religion, Values, and Society in

American Life. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown UP, 2005. Print.

· This looks interesting because it is about family life and how it has transformed over time.