Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Impact of Globalization on Adolescent Gender Roles

博士论文研究：全球化对青少年性别角色的影响

• 批准号: 0209539
• 负责人: Louisa Schein
• 金额: $ 1.42万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-10-01 至 2003-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0209539&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Impact; Globalization

This project, to be conducted by a doctoral student in anthropology from Rutgers University, investigates how two processes, public health discourse and TV consumer culture, are reshaping adolescent values surrounding gender relations on Nevis, a small English-speaking island in the Eastern Caribbean. While social and economic life throughout the Caribbean has historically been built upon a complex and dynamic interchange between local and global forces, new forces are rapidly changing Caribbean societies. At the present time, Nevis is experiencing an influx of returning nationals as well as immigrants who arrive to work in the growing tourist industry. In addition to this demographic influence, mass media (cable television) brings more global influence. The growing Caribbean AIDS epidemic, in tandem with the other global forces, is transforming the economic and social milieu in which Nevis adolescents come of age. Relying on surveys, focus groups, in-depth interviews, and participant observation to collect data, this project investigates how adolescent gender role identity is produced within the emerging complex and changing social context of Nevis life. The majority of the research will be conducted in two communities, Charlestown, the capital of Nevis and Gingerland, a small rural agricultural community located inland. The results of this project will contribute to knowledge on gender identity, globalization, and cultural change. In terms of wider impacts, this project will inform policy makers in their effort to work with adolescents so as to limit the spread of HIV

该项目将由罗格斯大学人类学博士生进行，调查两个过程--公共卫生话语和电视消费者文化--如何在东加勒比海讲英语的小岛尼维斯重塑青少年围绕性别关系的价值观。尽管整个加勒比地区的社会和经济生活历来建立在当地和全球力量之间复杂而充满活力的交流的基础上，但新的力量正在迅速改变加勒比社会。目前，尼维斯正经历着归国国民和移民的涌入，这些人来到尼维斯从事日益增长的旅游业。除了这种人口影响力，大众媒体(有线电视)还带来了更多的全球影响力。加勒比地区日益严重的艾滋病流行与其他全球力量一道，正在改变尼维斯青少年成长的经济和社会环境。这个项目依靠调查、焦点小组、深度访谈和参与者观察来收集数据，调查青少年性别角色认同是如何在尼维斯生活的新出现的复杂和不断变化的社会背景下产生的。大部分研究将在两个社区进行，尼维斯的首府查尔斯敦和内陆的小型农村农业社区金格兰。该项目的成果将有助于了解性别认同、全球化和文化变革。在更广泛的影响方面，该项目将使决策者了解他们努力与青少年合作，以限制艾滋病毒的传播。