Megan Underhill
Biographic Data
| ID | 229734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan Underhill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan |
| FAMILY NAME | Underhill |
| SIGNATURE | UNDERHILL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cincinnati |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Culture of White Space: On The Racialized Production of Meaning
This article focuses on processes of meaning making in White spaces as the glue that holds their social structures together. Understanding White spaces and how they operate necessitates theoretical development from a cultural perspective. The authors' research empirically engages with a wide range of White spaces-neighborhoods, subcultural scenes, craft breweries, online digital platforms, and academia, to name a few-and do so from a theoretical …
Response to Weddington: More Lessons from Afro-pessimism
In this response to George Weddington’s critique of their recent article, the authors argue that Weddington rightfully critiques them for not paying enough attention to the role of psychoanalysis (exemplified by Frantz Fanon) in Afro-pessimist theory and for not giving primacy to the political ontology of blackness in Afro-pessimist thought. However, his critique is hindered by his mischaracterizing the authors’ argument as saying that black poli…
Critical Race Theory, Afro-Pessimism, and Racial Progress Narratives
Much work in the sociology of race and ethnicity centers on an underlying narrative of racial progress. Progress narratives are typically conceptualized as a linear process of slow, yet inevitable, improvement. Drawing on Critical Race Theory and Afro-Pessimism, theoretical perspectives that emerged outside of the discipline of sociology, this paper urges a rethinking of linear progress narratives. First we elucidate the central tenets of these t…
Diet and Exercise in Parenthood: A Social Control Perspective
Previous work on social control-the direct and indirect regulation of an individual's health behaviors by others-suggests that parent-child relationships promote healthy diet and exercise. Yet parenthood is associated with less healthy diet and exercise patterns. The authors investigated this paradox by examining social control processes in 40 in-depth interviews with mothers and fathers. They found that parenthood involves social control process…
Critical Race Theory, Afro-Pessimism, and Racial Progress Narratives
Much work in the sociology of race and ethnicity centers on an underlying narrative of racial progress. Progress narratives are typically conceptualized as a linear process of slow, yet inevitable, improvement. Drawing on Critical Race Theory and Afro-Pessimism, theoretical perspectives that emerged outside of the discipline of sociology, this paper urges a rethinking of linear progress narratives. First we elucidate the central tenets of these t…
Diet and Exercise in Parenthood: A Social Control Perspective
Previous work on social control-the direct and indirect regulation of an individual's health behaviors by others-suggests that parent-child relationships promote healthy diet and exercise. Yet parenthood is associated with less healthy diet and exercise patterns. The authors investigated this paradox by examining social control processes in 40 in-depth interviews with mothers and fathers. They found that parenthood involves social control process…
The Culture of White Space: On The Racialized Production of Meaning
This article focuses on processes of meaning making in White spaces as the glue that holds their social structures together. Understanding White spaces and how they operate necessitates theoretical development from a cultural perspective. The authors' research empirically engages with a wide range of White spaces-neighborhoods, subcultural scenes, craft breweries, online digital platforms, and academia, to name a few-and do so from a theoretical …
Response to Weddington: More Lessons from Afro-pessimism
In this response to George Weddington’s critique of their recent article, the authors argue that Weddington rightfully critiques them for not paying enough attention to the role of psychoanalysis (exemplified by Frantz Fanon) in Afro-pessimist theory and for not giving primacy to the political ontology of blackness in Afro-pessimist thought. However, his critique is hindered by his mischaracterizing the authors’ argument as saying that black poli…
Diet and Exercise in Parenthood: A Social Control Perspective
Previous work on social control-the direct and indirect regulation of an individual's health behaviors by others-suggests that parent-child relationships promote healthy diet and exercise. Yet parenthood is associated with less healthy diet and exercise patterns. The authors investigated this paradox by examining social control processes in 40 in-depth interviews with mothers and fathers. They found that parenthood involves social control process…
Critical Race Theory, Afro-Pessimism, and Racial Progress Narratives
Much work in the sociology of race and ethnicity centers on an underlying narrative of racial progress. Progress narratives are typically conceptualized as a linear process of slow, yet inevitable, improvement. Drawing on Critical Race Theory and Afro-Pessimism, theoretical perspectives that emerged outside of the discipline of sociology, this paper urges a rethinking of linear progress narratives. First we elucidate the central tenets of these t…
Response to Weddington: More Lessons from Afro-pessimism
In this response to George Weddington’s critique of their recent article, the authors argue that Weddington rightfully critiques them for not paying enough attention to the role of psychoanalysis (exemplified by Frantz Fanon) in Afro-pessimist theory and for not giving primacy to the political ontology of blackness in Afro-pessimist thought. However, his critique is hindered by his mischaracterizing the authors’ argument as saying that black poli…
The Culture of White Space: On The Racialized Production of Meaning
This article focuses on processes of meaning making in White spaces as the glue that holds their social structures together. Understanding White spaces and how they operate necessitates theoretical development from a cultural perspective. The authors' research empirically engages with a wide range of White spaces-neighborhoods, subcultural scenes, craft breweries, online digital platforms, and academia, to name a few-and do so from a theoretical …
Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Pessimism (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Abandonment (legal (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis (1 works) · Art (1 works)