NACIREMA: UPDATING A CLASSIC TO SEE YOUR OWN CULTURE …
WEBMay 31, 2014 · Nacirema, that “exotic”, far-off place where people do “strange” things is one of the best ways to help students look at American culture as an observer rather than as the standard by which all other cultures should be compared. The paper, written by University of Chicago trained anthropologist Horace Miner was originally published in 1956.
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act and the History of Anti-lynching ...
WEBAug 30, 2022 · Movements against lynching have a long history – a history that many different defeats have marked. Between 1882 and the passage of the Emmett Till Antilynching act this year, seven sitting presidents have called for anti-lynching legislation, and nearly 200 anti-lynching bills have been introduced to congress.
White Trash: The Social Origins of a Stigmatype
WEBJun 21, 2013 · The stigma of white trash remains an active part of our fevered cultural imagination, even as some try to reclaim the phrase as a badge of rebellious honor. But few who use the term today—either proudly or as a shaming slur—seem to know about its deep historical entanglements with the politics of sex, race, and class.
SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION: COLLEGE ENROLLMENT IN CONTEXT
WEBTodd Beer on August 16, 2014. An understanding of the sociological imagination can be difficult in our very individually focused society. As a topic, the sociological imagination is usually the first or second class of every introduction to sociology course. Teaching topics by relating them to students’ immediate context (especially early in ...
Virginity as a Social Construction - There's Research on That
WEBNov 26, 2019 · Virginity as a Social Construction. Allison Nobles and Amber Joy Powell on November 26, 2019. Research shows that by age 18, 65% of people in the US have had sexual intercourse. Graph via Guttmacher Institute. Recently, the American rapper T.I. acknowledged that he attends gynecological examinations with his …
Torches of Freedom: Women and Smoking Propaganda
WEBFeb 27, 2012 · Torches of Freedom: Women and Smoking Propaganda. Wendy Christensen on February 27, 2012. Edward Bernays (1891-1995) is largely considered the founder of public relations (or “engineering consent,” as he called it) but is not known very well outside of the marketing and advertising fields. A nephew of Sigmund Freud, Bernays was the first to ...
Unity for What? The Togetherness Created by Sports
WEBJan 23, 2017 · The emotional unity created by the long awaited Cubs’ championship season certainly created shared relief and euphoria, and undoubtedly reaffirmed or facilitated horizontal bonding among Chicagoans, but there is little evidence that it facilitated vertical bonds that could be effectively used to bridge structural divides in the city.
5 Famous Social Scientists and Why They Matter
WEBDec 2, 2011 · Du Bois was born in 1868 in Massachusetts and was a stern advocate for civil rights. In his book “The Suppression of the African Slave Trade,” he even included an attack on civil rights leader Booker T. Washington for not doing more in the campaign for civil rights. Leon Festinger and James Carlsmith – A dual of social scientists took on ...
Are Universities Helping Athletes “Go Pro in Something Other …
WEBOct 11, 2017 · As stated in the tagline of a memorable National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) branding campaign, “there are over 380,000 student-athletes, and most of us go pro in something other than sports.”. In football, only about 1.5% of college players will go on to the NFL. Given this reality, it’s important for college athletes to gain ...
Possibly the most exhaustive study of “manspreading” ever …
WEBFeb 8, 2017 · A 1979 German Photo Book Traces Manspreading Back to Ancient Civilizations – Arkadian Times — February 9, 2017. […] ever published. Translated into English in 1984, the photobook, brought to Slate’s attention by Tristan Bridges at Sociological Images, contains around 5,000 photographs of men and women in a wide range of postures and ...