SOCI 3430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Cultural Studies, Post-Structuralism, Eurocentrism
26 Jul 2016
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Conceptualizes the area of popular culture as a location or site of resistance for the marginalized and powerless; It sees culture as the site in which inequality and hierarchy as produced and contested. Cultural studies in canada and u. s: useful for bringing together ethnic studies, women"s studies, research on immigration, race, racism, an sexualities studies. All of these disciplines are positioned within the framework of post-structuralism. Analysis of text combined with ethnographic methodologies, emphasis on subjective and qualitative methods of analysis. Criticizes homogenous image of the national culture and images of a monocultural society. Identifies ideologies operating in specific cultural artefact that makes inequalities appear natural and just. Critiques discursive practices to illuminate how they create, reinforce and reproduce systems of inequality. Troubles eurocentric cultural traditions in maintaining dominance and subordination. Difficult to isolate because it is deeply embedded in the society"s value system. It consists of the tacit network of beliefs and values that encourage and justify discriminatory practices.
