@article{bowen_hardison-moody_oceguera_elliott_2023, title={Beyond Dietary Acculturation: How Latina Immigrants Navigate Exclusionary Systems to Feed Their Families}, volume={6}, ISSN={["1533-8533"]}, DOI={10.1093/socpro/spad013}, abstractNote={Abstract
               Previous studies of dietary acculturation explain how immigrants’ diets change over time, but they don't tell us why. In response to calls for additional research on the complex social processes that shape health disparities, this study uses an intersectional approach to examine the role of food in the daily lives of 23 Latina immigrants living in North Carolina. Our findings, based on semi-structured interviews conducted over a five-year period, refute the idea of a unidirectional process in which immigrants abandon dietary customs from their home countries. Instead, we show how food decisions are complex, contradictory, and contextual. Latina immigrant mothers embraced and resisted parts of dominant food cultures. They strategically took risks and made tradeoffs to ensure that their families had enough food and the right kinds of food. However, political and economic structures limited their access to food and impeded their ability to autonomously make food decisions. We argue that an unequal and industrialized food system, restrictive and punitive immigration policies, and narrowly-defined food assistance programs infringe on immigrants’ ability to feed their families. By excluding and othering immigrant families, these structures reduce immigrants’ autonomy and perpetuate inequalities, contributing to what previous studies have described as dietary acculturation.}, journal={Social Problems}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Oceguera, Emilia Cordero and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2023}, pages={spad013} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_hardison-moody_2022, title={Rural Food Insecurity: A Longitudinal Analysis of Low-Income Rural Households with Children in the South}, volume={8}, ISSN={["2377-8261"]}, DOI={10.7758/RSF.2022.8.3.02}, abstractNote={Researchers have noted large spatial variations in rates of food insecurity. But little research exists on why this is so and the impacts it has on rural families. Drawing on a mixed-methods longitudinal study with 124 poor and working-class households in North Carolina, we analyze the processes that shape lower-income rural families’ access to food. We trace the narratives of three families whose stories are emblematic of themes from the larger data set to illumine how space and context influence families’ experiences across the life course. As the caregivers in our study navigated how to feed their families, living in a rural area shaped the resources and often precarious forms of support that they drew on from their social networks, local communities, and the state.}, number={3}, journal={RSF-THE RUSSELL SAGE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Hardison-Moody, Annie}, year={2022}, month={May}, pages={50–77} }
 @article{macnell_hardison-moody_wyant_bocarro_elliott_bowen_2022, title={“I have to be the example”: Motherhood as a lens for understanding physical activity among low-income women}, volume={53}, ISSN={0022-2216 2159-6417}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2022.2051116}, DOI={10.1080/00222216.2022.2051116}, abstractNote={Abstract Parents and people living in poverty are less likely to engage in leisure-time physical activity, yet these groups are underrepresented in socio-ecological studies of activity. To understand barriers and facilitators to leisure-time physical activity within these groups, this study draws on 138 interviews with low-income U.S. mothers to highlight the ways in which motherhood framed their decisions and ability to engage in physical activity. The challenges they faced were filtered through their practices as mothers; for example, they had little time and energy to be active because of the demands of daily childrearing and household labor. In addition, their strategies around leisure-time physical activity were tied to ideas of good mothering; for example, they sought opportunities that were free or low-cost for the entire family. Understanding how motherhood shapes low-income women’s leisure-time physical activity can inform interventions and policies to increase physical activity among this population.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Leisure Research}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={MacNell, Lillian and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Wyant, Amanda and Bocarro, Jason N. and Elliott, Sinikka and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2022}, month={Apr}, pages={575–594} }
 @article{bowen_elliott_hardison‐moody_2021, title={The structural roots of food insecurity: How racism is a fundamental cause of food insecurity}, volume={15}, ISSN={1751-9020 1751-9020}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12846}, DOI={10.1111/soc4.12846}, abstractNote={AbstractRates of food insecurity skyrocketed during the COVID‐19 pandemic, doubling overall and tripling among households with children. Even before the pandemic, the rate of food insecurity in the United States was “unusually high” compared to other rich democracies, and rates have not improved substantially over the last 25 years. What explains the lack of progress in addressing food insecurity? This article maps out an overview of the experiences, causes, and consequences of food insecurity in the United States. We demonstrate that racism is a fundamental cause of food insecurity, both because racism contributes to racial disparities in income and wealth, and because racism is linked to food insecurity independent of poverty and socioeconomic status. For example, people of color are more likely to experience racial discrimination, which is associated with food insecurity, and to live in states where stricter regulations and harsher punishments are tied to social assistance programs, including food assistance programs. Because racism is a fundamental cause of food insecurity, eliminating it requires going beyond “just” eliminating poverty. Instead, the fundamental cause must be tackled directly: racism itself, which is built into the structure of American society and entrenched in its institutions.}, number={7}, journal={Sociology Compass}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka and Hardison‐Moody, Annie}, year={2021}, month={May} }
 @article{mycek_hardison-moody_bloom_bowen_elliott_2019, title={Learning to eat the “right” way: examining nutrition socialization from the perspective of immigrants and refugees}, volume={23}, ISSN={1552-8014 1751-7443}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2019.1700681}, DOI={10.1080/15528014.2019.1700681}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Existing studies suggests that immigrants’ dietary quality often declines over time after they move to the U.S., despite public and private efforts to provide immigrants and refugees to the U.S. with nutritional resources. Drawing on two interview-based studies with immigrants (n = 30) and refugees (n = 8) in North Carolina, we find that these immigrant/refugee communities often have healthy food traditions from their home countries that they want to maintain, but they lack guidance about how to navigate the U.S. food system in order to do so. Our findings question the notion that “good nutrition” is a universal concept; we argue that by focusing solely on the nutritional components of food, rather than approaching dietary behavior holistically, service providers exacerbate the challenges that immigrants and refugees face in continuing healthy food traditions in the U.S. Our analyzes extend previous research on food socialization by specifically examining the nutrition socialization process of immigrant and refugees, furthering our understanding of how and why immigrants’ diets change over time.}, number={1}, journal={Food, Culture & Society}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Mycek, Mari Kate and Hardison-Moody, Annie and Bloom, J. Dara and Bowen, Sarah and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2019}, month={Dec}, pages={46–65} }
 @article{hardison-moody_macnell_elliott_bowen_2018, title={How Social, Cultural, and Economic Environments Shape Infant Feeding for Low-Income Women: A Qualitative Study in North Carolina}, volume={118}, ISSN={["2212-2680"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.jand.2018.01.008}, abstractNote={<h2>Abstract</h2><h3>Background</h3> This study focuses on the cultural, social, and economic factors that shape infant feeding practices among low-income mothers. <h3>Objective</h3> The objective was to understand factors that inhibit or facilitate breastfeeding practices of low-income mothers, including how they are linked to broader social, cultural, and economic processes. <h3>Design</h3> In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with women about their feeding practices and food environments, including their experiences with breastfeeding and formula feeding. <h3>Participants</h3> The sample was comprised of 98 low-income mothers with at least one child between 2 and 9 years old at the time of interview. <h3>Results</h3> Sixteen mothers (16.7%) breastfed for 6 months, and six (6.3%) were still breastfeeding at 12 months. Only 11 mothers (11.5%) exclusively breastfed for 6 months. Women reported several factors influencing infant feeding: interactions with medical providers, work environments, shared living spaces and family supports, and concerns about supply and production. <h3>Conclusions</h3> This research highlights the complex interplay of economic and social barriers that shape how and what low-income women feed their infants. The study contributes to a better understanding of the social, cultural, and economic constraints faced by women in poverty. To improve breastfeeding rates among low-income women, it is important to examine the impacts of poverty and food insecurity on infant feeding practices.}, number={10}, journal={JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS}, author={Hardison-Moody, Annie and MacNell, Lillian and Elliott, Sinikka and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2018}, month={Oct}, pages={1886-+} }
 @article{elliott_mckelvy_bowen_2017, title={Marking time in ethnography: Uncovering temporal dispositions}, volume={18}, ISSN={["1741-2714"]}, DOI={10.1177/1466138116655360}, abstractNote={ In this paper, we reflect on how time is appraised, organized, and managed by a group of researchers conducting an ethnography of 12 low-income families. We develop the concept of temporal dispositions: perceptions and preferences around time that in turn shape temporal practices. The concept of temporal dispositions encapsulates individuals’ background and training, agency and reflexivity, and the dynamic nature of ongoing social life and interactions through which temporal meanings may change or take on new symbolic weight. Overlaid upon each of these are larger social structures and power relations that affirm some temporal dispositions and stigmatize others. We conclude by considering the implications for ethnographic fieldworkers. We argue that analyzing the many ways researchers and participants navigate and perceive time offers insight into unspoken temporal assumptions, ideologies, and inequalities. }, number={4}, journal={ETHNOGRAPHY}, author={Elliott, Sinikka and McKelvy, Josephine Ngo and Bowen, Sarah}, year={2017}, month={Dec}, pages={556–576} }
 @misc{elliott_2016, title={Sexuality in schools: The limits of education}, volume={74}, number={9-10}, journal={Sex Roles}, author={Elliott, S.}, year={2016}, pages={472–474} }
 @article{grzanka_mann_elliott_2016, title={The Neoliberalism Wars, or Notes on the Persistence of Neoliberalism}, volume={13}, ISSN={["1553-6610"]}, DOI={10.1007/s13178-016-0255-8}, number={4}, journal={SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY}, author={Grzanka, Patrick R. and Mann, Emily S. and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2016}, month={Dec}, pages={297–307} }
 @article{reid_webber_elliott_2015, title={"It's Like Being in Church and Being on a Field Trip:" The Date Versus Party Situation in College Students' Accounts of Hooking Up}, volume={38}, ISSN={["1533-8665"]}, DOI={10.1002/symb.153}, abstractNote={This article examines the importance of setting as a factor shaping college students' dating and sexual behavior using a Goffmanian framework to explore how U.S. students interpret a vignette describing a casual heterosexual encounter at a party followed by a sexless dinner date. Rather than simply follow generalized cultural scripts, students indicate that college heterosexual encounters are guided by standardized patterns of behaviors based on the distinct settings and roles associated with each situation. Students view sexual behavior as appropriate to being a partygoer but unsuitable to being on a date. As such, hooking up with a stranger at a party can be more appropriate than having sex with the same person on a first date.}, number={2}, journal={SYMBOLIC INTERACTION}, author={Reid, Julie A. and Webber, Gretchen R. and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2015}, month={May}, pages={175–194} }
 @article{elliott_2016, title={Kids Gone Wild: From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype over Teen Sex}, volume={30}, ISSN={["1552-3977"]}, DOI={10.1177/0891243215569597}, number={2}, journal={GENDER & SOCIETY}, author={Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2016}, month={Apr}, pages={396–397} }
 @article{elliott_2014, title={"Who's to Blame?" Constructing the Responsible Sexual Agent in Neoliberal Sex Education}, volume={11}, ISSN={["1553-6610"]}, DOI={10.1007/s13178-014-0158-5}, number={3}, journal={SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY}, author={Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2014}, month={Sep}, pages={211–224} }
 @article{elliott_2013, title={Being Female: The Continuum of Sexualization}, volume={42}, ISSN={["1939-8638"]}, DOI={10.1177/0094306113477381ww}, number={2}, journal={CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS}, author={Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2013}, month={Mar}, pages={288–289} }
 @article{elliott_powell_brenton_2015, title={Being a Good Mom: Low-Income, Black Single Mothers Negotiate Intensive Mothering}, volume={36}, ISSN={["1552-5481"]}, DOI={10.1177/0192513x13490279}, abstractNote={ The tenacity of the intensive mothering ideology—the notion that good mothers should invest vast amounts of time, money, energy, and emotional labor in mothering—is well documented, particularly among affluent White mothers. Drawing on 16 interviews with low-income, Black single mothers, we analyze how gender, race, class, and the ideology of intensive mothering intersect to shape these mothers’ parenting. Mothers repeatedly emphasized the importance of sacrifice, self-reliance, and protection. In short, good mothers sacrifice for their children; they are self-reliant and teach their children to be this way too; and they protect their children. We argue that low-income mothers embrace and perform intensive mothering in the absence of larger social supports for their children’s upbringing and at a cost to their own emotional and physical well-being. }, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES}, author={Elliott, Sinikka and Powell, Rachel and Brenton, Joslyn}, year={2015}, month={Feb}, pages={351–370} }
 @article{brenton_elliott_2014, title={Undoing gender? The case of complementary and alternative medicine}, volume={36}, ISSN={["1467-9566"]}, DOI={10.1111/1467-9566.12043}, abstractNote={AbstractDespite a rich body of sociological research that examines the relationship between gender and health, scholars have paid little attention to the case of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). One recent study (Sointu 2011) posits that men and women who use CAM challenge traditional ascriptions of femininity and masculinity through the exploration of self‐care and emotions, respectively. Drawing on 25 in‐depth interviews with middle‐class Americans who use CAM, this article instead finds that men and women interpret their CAM use in ways that reproduce traditional gendered identities. Men frame their CAM use in terms of science and rationality, while simultaneously distancing themselves from feminine‐coded components of CAM, such as emotions. Women seek CAM for problems such as abusive relationships, low self‐esteem, and body image concerns, and frame their CAM use as a quest for self‐reinvention that largely reflects and reproduces conventional femininity. Further, the reproduction of gendered identities is shaped by the participants' embrace of neoliberal tenets, such as the cultivation of personal control. This article contributes to ongoing theoretical debates about the doing, redoing and undoing of gender, as well as the literature on health and gender.}, number={1}, journal={SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS}, author={Brenton, Joslyn and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2014}, month={Jan}, pages={91–107} }
 @article{elliott_2012, title={Adult Supervision Required: Private Freedoms and Public Constraints for Parents and Children.}, volume={118}, ISSN={["0002-9602"]}, DOI={10.1086/665922}, abstractNote={Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsAdult Supervision Required: Private Freedoms and Public Constraints for Parents and Children. By Markella B. Rutherford. Piscataway, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2011. Pp. xii+212. $45.95.Sinikka ElliottSinikka ElliottNorth Carolina State University Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 118, Number 1July 2012 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/665922 Views: 45Total views on this site For permission to reuse a book review printed in the American Journal of Sociology, please contact [email protected]PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.}, number={1}, journal={AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY}, author={Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2012}, month={Jul}, pages={242–244} }
 @book{elliott_2012, title={Not my kid: what parents believe about the sex lives of their teenagers}, publisher={New York: New York University Press}, author={Elliott, S.}, year={2012} }
 @article{elliott_aseltine_2013, title={Raising Teenagers in Hostile Environments: How Race, Class, and Gender Matter for Mothers' Protective Carework}, volume={34}, ISSN={["0192-513X"]}, DOI={10.1177/0192513x12452253}, abstractNote={ In contemporary discourse, children are imagined with “surplus risk,” and parents often feel pressure to protect their children from danger. Drawing on interviews with 40 Latina, White, and Black mothers of teenagers, the authors examine the factors that shape these mothers’ concerns for their teens’ safety, how they articulate these concerns, and the strategies they employ to try to keep teens safe: individual responsibility, monitoring, and organized activities. Drawing on insights from Black feminism and critical race theory, the authors demonstrate how the intersections of race, class, and gender shape mothers’ perceptions of the dangers their children face and their efforts to help their children navigate these “hostile environments.” Findings reveal intersecting axes of inequality in mothers’ protective carework as well as how inequalities are resisted, but may also be reproduced, through mothers’ understandings and strategies. The benefits and challenges of an intersectional analysis are discussed in the conclusion. }, number={6}, journal={JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES}, author={Elliott, Sinikka and Aseltine, Elyshia}, year={2013}, month={Jun}, pages={719–744} }
 @article{solebello_elliott_2011, title={"WE WANT THEM TO BE AS HETEROSEXUAL AS POSSIBLE" Fathers Talk about Their Teen Children's Sexuality}, volume={25}, ISSN={["1552-3977"]}, DOI={10.1177/0891243211403926}, abstractNote={ This article examines heterosexual fathers’ descriptions of conversations with their teen children about sexuality and their perceptions of their teen children’s sexual identities. We show that fathers construct their own identities as masculine and heterosexual in the context of these conversations and prefer that their children, especially sons, are heterosexual. Specifically, fathers feel accountable for their sons’ sexuality and model and craft heterosexuality for them, even as many encourage their sons to stay away from heterosexual relationships and sex until they are older. Fathers are more accepting of homosexuality for their daughters yet question the authenticity of teen lesbian identity and do not recognize their daughters’ sexuality as agentic. They instead construct their daughters as sexually passive and vulnerable and position themselves as their daughters’ protectors. The findings illustrate the complexities of heteronormativity in a context of shifting, frequently contested gender and sexual landscapes. }, number={3}, journal={GENDER & SOCIETY}, author={Solebello, Nicholas and Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2011}, month={Jun}, pages={293–315} }
 @article{reid_elliott_webber_2011, title={Casual Hookups to Formal Dates: Refining the Boundaries of the Sexual Double Standard}, volume={25}, ISSN={["1552-3977"]}, DOI={10.1177/0891243211418642}, abstractNote={ “Hooking up,” a popular type of sexual behavior among college students, has become a pathway to dating relationships. Based on open-ended narratives written by 273 undergraduates, we analyze how students interpreted a vignette describing a heterosexual hookup followed by a sexless first date. In contrast to the sexual script which holds that women want relationships more than sex and men care about sex more than relationships, students generally accorded women sexual agency and desire in the hookup and validated men’s post-hookup relationship interest. However, in explaining the sexless date, students typically reasoned the woman was being chaste and withholding sex to redeem her reputation whereas they often characterized the man’s abstinence in terms of a pity date. The findings underscore the tenacity of gendered sexual scripts around heterosexual dates and hookups but also reveal fissures and contradictions that suggest some changes to the sexual double standard. }, number={5}, journal={GENDER & SOCIETY}, author={Reid, Julie A. and Elliott, Sinikka and Webber, Gretchen R.}, year={2011}, month={Oct}, pages={545–568} }
 @misc{solebello_elliott_2010, title={"I didn't divorce my kids!": How fathers deal with family break-ups.}, volume={24}, number={4}, journal={Gender & Society}, author={Solebello, N. and Elliott, S.}, year={2010}, pages={552–554} }
 @misc{solebello_elliott_2010, title={Defiant dads: fathers' rights activists in America.}, volume={24}, number={4}, journal={Gender & Society}, author={Solebello, N. and Elliott, S.}, year={2010}, pages={551–554} }
 @misc{solebello_elliott_2010, title={Intimate Fatherhood: A sociological analysis.}, volume={24}, DOI={10.1177/0891243210374039}, number={4}, journal={Gender & Society}, author={Solebello, N. and Elliott, S.}, year={2010}, pages={551–554} }
 @article{elliott_2010, title={Parents' Constructions of Teen Sexuality: Sex Panics, Contradictory Discourses, and Social Inequality}, volume={33}, ISSN={["1533-8665"]}, DOI={10.1525/si.2010.33.2.191}, abstractNote={Teen sexuality occupies a highly ambivalent and contradictory place in U.S. society. Teenagers are deemed too young to know about sex, but too sexually driven to be trusted with information. Teen sexual activity is portrayed as fraught with danger, yet sexuality is a pervasive aspect of the American cultural landscape and considered key to identity and fulfillment. Drawing on in-depth interviews with forty-seven parents of teenagers, this article explores how parents navigate these contradictory discourses in making sense of teen sexuality. The findings show that parents do not think of their own teenagers as sexually desiring subjects, even as they construct adolescents in general as highly sexual and sexually predatory, with gender, racial, and class signifiers woven through their descriptions. I argue that parents' binary thinking—constructing their teen children as asexual but other teens as hypersexual—represents more than simply an effort to maintain a notion of their teens as sexually innocent: it reveals deep anxieties about their teenagers' future life chances and underscores the prominent role sexuality plays in reproducing social inequality.}, number={2}, journal={SYMBOLIC INTERACTION}, author={Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2010}, pages={191–212} }
 @article{elliott_2010, title={Talking to Teens about Sex: Mothers Negotiate Resistance, Discomfort, and Ambivalence}, volume={7}, ISSN={["1868-9884"]}, DOI={10.1007/s13178-010-0023-0}, number={4}, journal={SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY}, author={Elliott, Sinikka}, year={2010}, month={Dec}, pages={310–322} }
 @article{reczek_elliott_umberson_2009, title={Commitment Without Marriage Union Formation Among Long-Term Same-Sex Couples}, volume={30}, ISSN={["1552-5481"]}, DOI={10.1177/0192513X09331574}, abstractNote={ The majority of Americans will marry in their lifetimes, and for many, marriage symbolizes the transition into long-term commitment. However, many Americans cannot legally marry. This article analyzes in-depth interviews with gays and lesbians in long-term partnerships to examine union formation and commitment-making histories. Using a life course perspective that emphasizes historical and biographical contexts, the authors examine how couples conceptualize and form committed relationships despite being denied the right to marry. Although previous studies suggest that commitment ceremonies are a way to form same-sex unions, this study finds that because of their unique social, historical, and biographical relationship to marriage and ceremonies, long-term same-sex couples do not follow normative commitment-making trajectories. Instead, relationships can transition more ambiguously to committed formations without marriage, public ceremony, clear-cut act, or decision. Such an understanding of commitment making outside of marriage has implications for theorizing alternative forms of union making. }, number={6}, journal={JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES}, author={Reczek, Corinne and Elliott, Sinikka and Umberson, Debra}, year={2009}, month={Jun}, pages={738–756} }
 @misc{elliott_2009, title={Risky lessons: Sex education and social inequality}, volume={61}, number={1-2}, journal={Sex Roles}, author={Elliott, S.}, year={2009}, pages={133–135} }