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Both loved and loathed, Disney occupies a contested position in contemporary culture. This dissertation argues that examining American audiences' varied and contradictory responses to Disney challenges our most basic assumptions about the roles of media institutions, content and…

This dissertation consists of two articles. The first article presented is a literature review written to identify and review studies of intergenerational value transmission and social change. The main outcomes fell into five subsections (a) culture and values (b) social change …

This dissertation explores visions of the good life in America through the lens of what middle-class parents from Liberal Protestant, Evangelical Protestant, Roman Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, and Atheist communities want for their children. In the book Habits of the Heart , Robert …