I began this series of posts talking about how little I knew about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, even when I was an upper-division college student at UC-Berkeley. At the same time I “discovered” the internment, I also discovered resistance within the internment camps. Almost 30 years later, now, and much moreContinueContinue reading “Additional Resources on Japanese-American Internment Camps During World War II”
Category Archives: Sociology
A Critical Incident and Collective Resistance in WWII Japanese-American Internment Camps
In my last post I discussed conflicting views of how Japanese-Americans ought to handle the internment. For the sake of ease, I characterized those who wanted internees to be cooperative with and supportive of the government as pro-JACL, and those who took a more negative view of the situation as anti-JACL. Over the course ofContinueContinue reading “A Critical Incident and Collective Resistance in WWII Japanese-American Internment Camps”
Conflicting Attitudes of Japanese-American Detainees during World War II
Having discussed my “discovery” of the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, as well as a brief history and mention of my pilgrimage to the Manzanar internment camp, I now want to consider conflicting attitudes of Japanese-American detainees. (Note: Documents referenced below are part of what used to be called the Barnhart Catalog ofContinueContinue reading “Conflicting Attitudes of Japanese-American Detainees during World War II”
Historical Background to the Internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII
Having discussed my “discovery” of the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, in this post I offer some historical background to the internment, based on my reading of scholarly studies which I note as I go along. To contemporary sensibilities, the evacuation and detention of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II seemsContinueContinue reading “Historical Background to the Internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII”
Handbook of Religion and Society
As my last big project in the sociology of religion I edited a Handbook of Religion and Society for the Dutch publishing giant Springer. The book was published in 2016, but I just received a book performance report from the publisher which prompted me to mention it today. The handbook includes 26 chapters by aContinueContinue reading “Handbook of Religion and Society”
“The Sociology of U.S. Gun Culture” Article Published and Available Free Online
In case you missed the announcement on my Gun Culture 2.0 blog, I am very happy to report that my second academic article on gun culture was published recently in the journal Sociology Compass (my first was on religion and gun ownership). Thanks to a generous grant from Wake Forest University’s ZSR Library and theContinueContinue reading ““The Sociology of U.S. Gun Culture” Article Published and Available Free Online”
Sociological Key Words: Guns, Gun Culture
The American Sociological Review was founded in 1936 as the official publication of the American Sociological Society. (The ASS was founded in 1906, and was apparently unaware of acronyms until 1959 when it changed its name to the American Sociological Association.) The ASR remains the flagship journal of the ASA, and is one of theContinueContinue reading “Sociological Key Words: Guns, Gun Culture”
Religion and Guns Research Digested in Academic Minute
For those of you who would rather listen to me explain my recent article on religion and guns in America than read it, you can do so thanks to WAMC Public Radio’s Academic Minute program, which is also available on the Inside Higher Education website. Or if you are a real glutton for statistical punishment,ContinueContinue reading “Religion and Guns Research Digested in Academic Minute”
Clinging to Their Guns and Religion?
Before I began studying American gun culture, I spent 20+ years studying American religion. So it is perfectly natural that I would try to bridge the two interests. It is also the case that people often connect religion and guns in America. This, too, makes sense because the United States today is one of theContinueContinue reading “Clinging to Their Guns and Religion?”
Data on Gender Segregation in Occupations (2012)
Teaching Arlie Hochschild’s The Managed Heart in my sociological theory class recently, I was looking for data on the percentage of flight attendants today who are male. I found a nice post on the issue by Mona Chalabi (“Dear Mona”) on the FiveThirtyEight blog. Answer: In 1980, 14.3 percent of flight attendants were male; inContinueContinue reading “Data on Gender Segregation in Occupations (2012)”