University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School January 2012 Inside NFL Marriages: A seven year ethnographic study of love and marriage in professional football Rachel Anne Binns Terrill University of South Florida,
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[email protected]. Inside NFL Marriages: A seven year ethnographic study of love and marriage in professional football by Rachel A. Binns-Terrill A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Communication College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Arthur P. Bochner, Ph.D. Carolyn Ellis, Ph.D. Frederick Steier, Ph.D. Robert Benford, Ph.D. Date of Approval: December 12, 2011 Keywords: Close Relationships, Ethnography, Sports, Identity, Autoethnography, Narrative Inquiry, Interpersonal Communication, Family Communication Copyright © 2012 Rachel A. Binns-Terrill Dedication For Art Bochner, for believing in me from the very beginning and working with me until the very end. Your mentorship, insights, and work helped shape the way that I understand my experiences, myself, and my future.