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May 31, 2023

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Tricia Davis
Film Review: Generation M: Misogyny in Media and Culture
October 21, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Thomas DeGloma
Book Review: Changing Theories: New Directions in Sociology
October 21, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Richard Arnold
Book Review: Usable Theory: Analytical Tools for Social and Political Research
October 21, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Christina Weber
Literary Fiction as a Tool for Teaching Social Theory and Critical Consciousness
October 21, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Theory
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
In this paper, I discuss the possibilities that emerge from using literary fiction as a tool for teaching social theory and critical consciousness. Focusing on data from a social theory course I taught in fall 2007, along with my experiences teaching social theory, I...
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Mathieu Deflem
Book Review: The Sociology of Deviance: Differences, Tradition, and Stigma
October 21, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
Film Review: A Village Called Versailles
October 21, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Resource Type(s):
Film List
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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Martha A Easton
Gender Portfolio Project
October 10, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This portfolio project asks students to choose a social institution and analyze how gender is shaped through that institution. Using visual material such as photos or ads, students create a scrap-book style portfolio that blends theories from class with visual...
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William Tsitsos
Incorporating Islam into Sociology of Religion Courses
September 24, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Religion
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Much of the coverage of Islam in sociology of religion courses focuses on Islamic fundamentalism and/or terrorism. This single-minded focus does an injustice to a diverse religious tradition. It also does an injustice to students, many of whom are interested in...
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Martha A. Easton
Herculine Barbin Paper Assignment
September 2, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
This is a paper assignment for the book Herculine Barbin, by Michel Foucault. This book is particularly interesting in that it shows the effect of competing definitions of gender. Herculine's life as an intersexual person raised as a girl in a Catholic convent...
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Martha A. Easton
Syllabus: the Social Construction of Gender
September 2, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
College 400
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
This course examines from multiple perspectives the social construction of gender. We will deconstruct the notion that gender is a biologically binary system, while analyzing the ways that social institutions create the terms and forms of gendered experiences. We...
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