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SENSEMAKING IN CINCINNATI: SHARING STORIES OF RACIAL DISCORD

SHARP, MICHAEL JOSEPH
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1123680751

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2005, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Communication.
The purpose of this study is to analyze how members of a firefighting organization in Cincinnati discuss issues of race as these issues have been experienced since the riots of 2001. Specifically, the research objective is to understand the discursive structuration of race and racial identity within this suburban department. The members of this organization reside in predominately middle to upper class suburbs of the city, are all white, and almost exclusively male. The purpose of choosing this particular subculture for analysis is two-fold: (1) I have spent a considerable amount of time as an “inside member” of this organization and am familiar with their general worldview, and (2) I cannot justifiably attempt to understanding other groups without deconstructing the “sensemaking” of my own. This project’s aim is to understand the often “unarticulated” role of “whiteness” in racial discourse from the perspective of an “inside member” of this particular group.
Heather Zoller (Advisor)
110 p.
Discourse Analysis; Structuration of Race; Deconstruction of Race

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  • SHARP, M. J. (2005). SENSEMAKING IN CINCINNATI: SHARING STORIES OF RACIAL DISCORD [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1123680751

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • SHARP, MICHAEL. SENSEMAKING IN CINCINNATI: SHARING STORIES OF RACIAL DISCORD. 2005. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1123680751.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • SHARP, MICHAEL. "SENSEMAKING IN CINCINNATI: SHARING STORIES OF RACIAL DISCORD." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1123680751

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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