Readings week 5
Achebe “The Madman”
https://tinyurl.com/y9yld22g
Hesmondhalgh “Sex, Gender and Work Segregation in the Cultural Industries”
https://tinyurl.com/y5wgevj4
We will work on the themes of Cultures and Gender Equality this week and return and reflect on this theme with various readings throughout the course. React to both themes on the discussion board with an example that you can think of from current events, every day issues, your own culture, weekly readings, etc. Respond in a paragraph or two.
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Sociology:
Understanding and changing the social world. (2016). University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. https://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/
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Chapter 11: Gender and Gender Inequality
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11.2 Feminism and SexismLinks to an external site. (pp. 400–405) https://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/11-2-feminism-and-sexism/
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Chapter 11: Gender and Gender Inequality
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11.3 Gender Inequality Links to an external site.(pp. 406–417) https://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/11-3-gender-inequality/
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Chapter 8: Social Stratification
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8.2 Explaining StratificationLinks to an external site. (pp. 255-262). https://open.lib.umn.edu/sociology/chapter/8-2-explaining-stratification/
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Bureau of International Information Programs. (n.d.).
Global women’s issues: Women in the world todayLinks to an external site.
. Pressbooks. https://opentextbc.ca/womenintheworld/front-matter/about-the-extended-version/
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Chapter 8: Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of WomenLinks to an external site.
Chapter 8: Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women
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Kennedy, V. (2018).
Beyond race: Cultural influences on human social life
Download Beyond race: Cultural influences on human social life. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks?term=beyong+race&commit=Go
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Module 3 “Cultural Power” (pp. 25–33)
Note: Please read Module 3 “Cultural Power” on pages 33-43.
Credit Line: Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life by Vera Kennedy, West Hill College Lemoore is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Media
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Intercultural English. (2019, July 7.)
What is ethnocentrism?Links to an external site.
[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4lU3iOBeEE
Note: The approximate length of this video is 5 minutes.
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Sociology Live! (2015, November 16.).
Cultural capitalLinks to an external site.
[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DBEYiBkgp8
Note: The approximate length of this video is 5 minutes.
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