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Soc 250, Sociology of Culture, Spring 2006, Course Outline

"Rethinking" = textbook. This is a tentative and initial list. Assignments are subject to modification during the semester

Introduction: Some Precedents and Examples

For 1/20:

For 1/23:

What is Culture and Why Does it Matter?

The Arnoldian Answer

For 1/25

The Anthropological Answer

For 1/27, 1/30:

For 2/1:

Critical Theory and Culture

For 2/3, 2/6:

For 2/8, 2/10:

For 2/13, 2/15:

For 2/17:

For 2/22, 2/24:

The Analysis of Form: Semiotics, Structuralism, and Ideology

For 2/27:

For 3/1:

Class and Culture

For 3/3:

For 3/6:

For 3/8: For 3/10:

Gender

For 3/13:

For 3/15:

For 3/17:

For 3/27:

Race and Ethnicity

For 3/29:

For 3/31:

For 4/3:

Consumer Culture

For 4/5:

For 4/7:

For 4/10:

Culture, Power, and Identity

For 4/12:

For 4/14, 4/19:

For 4/21:

For 4/24, 4/26, 4/28, 5/1, 5/3:


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