Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Johnson, Joseph Terry Author's Email Address terryphd@gmail.com URN etd-04052006-175950 Title Racial Disparity in Social Spatiality: Usage of National Parks and Opera Attendance Degree Master of Arts Department Sociology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Toshi Kii Committee Chair Chip Gallagher Committee Member Romney S. Norwood Committee Member Keywords
- place attachment
- popular cultural activities
- high cultural leisure activities
- leisure activity
- interracial contact
- arts
- collective memory
Date of Defense 2006-04-10 Availability unrestricted Abstract This study investigates the existence of an ethnic separation in different settings of leisure activities. I examine the relationship between race, gender, socioeconomic status, and education with respect to the usage of popular cultural activities and high cultural activities to demonstrate the racial disparity occurring in both. A literature review pertaining to the usage of outdoor recreation, as in camping and hiking evidences the influence of racism on the disparity in Non-white participation. In contrast to out-door leisure activities, literature evidences the influence of class instead of race for the disparity in indoor leisure activities. Using the 1993 General Social Survey (GSS), I am able to arrive at the conclusion that the type of leisure chosen by an ethnic group relates much less to the educational level, economic status or the place of residence as it does to the perception of the socially constructed settings.Files
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