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SOC 101: “Recap”This course has emphasized analytic reading and conceptual analysis. In accordance with an approach to sociology as an empirical social science, our readings have been based on empirical research studies or were review articles of research in an area of sociological investigation. As a writing intensive course, our culminating assignment is a Final Synthesis Paper based on a minimum of three empirical research studies – each chosen from a different unit. The Final Synthesis paper offers you an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of C. Wright Mills’ classic notion of “the sociological imagination” which encourages students to see and think about the social world, themselves, and the relations between themselves and the social world in new ways. Operating as individuals within society, at the intersection of biography and history - we become sociologically mindful as we realize that we are always participating in something greater than ourselves.SOCIAL STRUCTURES: RACE, CLASS, GENDER, CULTURESOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: MASS MEDIA, THE POWER ELITE, THE PRISON SYSTEM, EDUCATION, THE ECONOMY AND WORK, MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY, THE MILITARY, RELIGION, HEALTH AND MEDICINESOCIAL PROCESSES: SOCIALIZATION, SOCIAL CONTROL, SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DEVIANT IDENTITIES, LABELING, STEREOTYPING, WEAKENING OF SOCIAL NORMS, CULTURAL CHANGE, CHANGING MEANING OF MARRIAGE, TRANSMISSION OF WEALTH, HISTORICAL CHANGE, REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, TRANSFORMATION OF RACE RELATIONS, SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, PRESERVATION OF PRIVILEGE; INCREASING INEQUALITY, EMERGENCE OF A NEW GLOBAL ELITERESEARCH STUDIES:The Sociological Perspective“Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey,” Mary Romero (pp. 19-32, in Ferguson)-Applying the sociological imagination to domestic service“Working at Bazooms: The Intersection of Power, Gender, and Sexuality, Meika Loe (pp. 78-93, in Ferguson)-an investigation of gender, sexuality, and power in the workplaceCULTURE, GROUPS, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE“Peer Power: Clique Dynamics among School Children,” Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (pp. 191-206, in Ferguson)-a study of the structure and interactional dynamics among school children’s groupsDEVIANCE, CRIME AND SOCIAL CONTROL“Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women?,” A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade (pp. 231-243, in Ferguson)-the social organization of crimeDescent into Madness: The New Mexico State Prison Riot,” Mark Colvin (pp. 244-256, in Ferguson)-an example of social structure breaking down“Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: The Development of Deviant Identities,” Penelope A. McLorg and Diane E. Taub (pp. 219-230, in Ferguson)-the social construction of deviant identitiesTHE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIAConvergence: News Production in a Digital Age,” Eric Klineberg (pp. 440-454, in Ferguson)-an in-depth investigation of one major news organization“‘It’s Dude Time!’: A Quarter Century of Excluding Women’s Sports in Televised News and Highlight Shows,” Cheryl Cooky, Michael A. Messner, and Michela Musto (pp. 454-471, in Ferguson)-an empirical investigation of gender in sports reporting“Animating Youth: The Disneyfication of Children’s Culture,” Henry A. Giroux (supplemental reading)Influence of Disney stereotypes children’s perception of gender rolesSOCIALIZATION: SELF AND IDENTITY“No Way My Boys Are Going to Be Like That: Parents’ Responses to Children’s Gender Nonconformity,” Emily W. Kane (pp. 131-144, in Ferguson)-How parents socialize children to gender norms“Using Racial and Ethnic Concepts: The Critical Case of Very Young Children,” Debra Van Ausdale and Joe R. Feagin (pp. 144-155, in Ferguson)-a study of preschool children’s understandings of race and ethnicity“On Being Sane in Insane Places,” David L. Rosenhan (pp. 48-57, in Ferguson) -classic piece on labeling and social deviance“Doing Gender, Determining Gender: Transgender People, Gender Panics, and the Maintenance of the Sex/Gender/Sexuality System,” Laurel Westbrook and Kristen Schilt (pp. 315-329, in Ferguson)-an exploration of what accounts for gender“Dude, You’re a Fag? Adolescent Male Homophobia,” C. J. Pascoe (pp. 330-338, in Ferguson)-an examination of masculinity and homophobia in high schoolsSOCIAL INEQUALITIES: RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER“Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity,” Ann Arnett Ferguson (pp. 602-610, in Ferguson)-racial and gender stereotyping in American schools“Who Rules America? The Corporate Community and the Upper Class,” G. William Domhoff (pp. 267-280, in Ferguson)-the lifestyles and social institutions of the upper class“Race, Home Ownership, and Wealth,” Thomas M. Shapiro (pp. 281-292, in Ferguson)-an examination of racial differences in wealth and assets“Understanding the Dynamics of $2-a-Day Poverty in the United States,” H. Luke Shaefer, Kathryn Edin, and Elizabeth Talbert (pp. 293-305, in Ferguson)-an exploration of extreme poverty in the United States“The Rise of the New Global Elite,” Chrystia Freeland (pp. 430-439, in Ferguson)-how the global economy is creating a new power eliteTHE FAMILY“Invisible Inequality: Social Class and Childrearing in Black Families and White Families,” Annette Lareau (pp. 632-647, in Ferguson)-an examination of social class differences in parenting and child rearing in African American and white families“The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage,” Andrew J. Cherlin, (pp. 611-622, in Ferguson)-an examination of the weakening of social norms in the institution of marriage ................
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