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Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 2 (WINTER, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Nuckolls, MelissaPublication TOWARD A SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF FOOD USE(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Shifflett, Peggy A.; Nyberg, Kenneth L.This paper focuses on the social construction offood use patterns through the dialectical moments of externalisation, objectiuation, and internalization. The major emphasis is on the situational, intersubjective, and symbolic dimensions of food use which have most often been overlooked by normative programs and research. Also, the point is made that there is great diversity in food use patterns across groups and cultures and each is based upon different logic by which food use is organized. The "basic four" logic popular in middle-class America is not the food logic, but a food logic.Publication A CRITICAL REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF LAW(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Sheskin, ArleneLiterature in the sociology of law has been increasing but, as yet, this growth has been accompanied by few theoretical assessments of the field or the state of knowledge which has been produced. This paper will be concerned with such an assessment.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 2 (WINTER, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Lembright, Muriel FaltzPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 2 (WINTER, 1978): Front Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01)Publication REFLECTIONS ON THE PARADIGMATIC STATUS OF SOCIOLOGY(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Ritzer, GeorgePublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 2 (WINTER, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Dickens, David R.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 2 (WINTER, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Piran, ParvizPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 2 (WINTER, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Fitch, Starla D.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 2 (WINTER, 1978): Back Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01)Publication SOCIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE HABERMAS-RELATED SECOND GENERATION OF THE FRANKFU·RT SCHOOL: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Weiner, Richard R.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 3, Number 2 (WINTER, 1978): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Ollenburger, Jane C.Publication LABELING AND OPPRESSION: WITCHCRAFT IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Campbell, Mary AnnThe attempt here is to understand the social conditions and processes through which witches were labeled, hunted and persecuted in Europe during the Middle Ages. An historical analysis, utilizing anthropological accounts; Church doctrines and handbooks from the Inquisition, as well as testimonies, notes and sentences from witch trials, identifies the Church as labeler and the witch as rule-breaker. Throughout Church proclamations and convicting testimonies, there run three strands of indictment against witches: they did not worship the Christian God; they used magical powers to help or harm people; and they threatened or harmed men sexually. It is shown how these witches, many of whom were peasant healers, represented threats to the entrenchment of the Church, the legitimation of medicine as an honorable profession, and the perpetuation of patriarchal authority. It is submitted that the witch-image was created by the Christian Church, with support from secular rulers and "professional" medical practitioners, to eradicate persistent pagan religions and lay healing practices, including midwifery. This image of women as evil incarnate, and the accompanying sex oppression, has persisted through the centuries. Modem-day implications ofthe witch-image are discussed in light of the current women's culture movement.Publication ROLE CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH WIDOWHOOD AMONG MIDDLE AND UPPER-CLASS WOMEN(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1978-01-01) Gibbs, Jeanne M.This research explores the role changes for a segment of widows that may be associated with their perceptions of widowhood. Face-to-face, in-depth, standardized interviews were administered during 1973 and early 1974 to a selected sample of30 middle and upper-class widows living in the Kansas City Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. Interviews focused on five traditional women's roles, as perceived before and after widowhood, and on the changes which occurred in these roles as attributed to widowhood. The data indicate that role-jilling and compensating behavior include assumption of former husband's responsibilities (financial management, home maintenance, etc.), renewal or acceleration of work careers, renewal or acceleration of organizational activity, travel and other relatively individualized activities, and adjustment of role relationships with relatives and others. The women interviewed were educated, had no major health constraints and, for the most part, had no financial constraints; therefore, they have the resources and abilities to re-create their life situations after widowhood, once the initial period of grief is over. The general impression from the sample is that these women have or will turn to roles which essentially contain "secondary" type relations when they perceive that there are no roles containing "primary" relations in which they can function.