Sociology of Culture

Soc. 250 MWF 1:55-2:45 Rm. 100, Sociology Bldg.

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II. Culture and Rituals

For 1/26
• Douglas E. Foley, "The Great American Football Ritual," from Learning Capitalist Culture: Deep in the Heart of Tejas, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990, pp. 28-62.
• David Brooks, "Business Life" (on "Burlington, Vermont and other Latte Towns"), from Bobos in Paradise: the New Upper Class and How They Got There (Simon & Schuster: 2000), pp. 103-112.

For 1/28-2/4
• Clifford Geertz, "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight," from The Interpretation of Cultures, 1973.

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