CAS SO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Laura Hamilton, Glossary Of Riemannian And Metric Geometry, Parenting Styles
27 Apr 2018
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Apr. 27th, 2018
We’ve seen privilege reproduced:
- In high school: habitus, meritocracy omnivorous taste (Khan, Privilege)
- In labor market: cultural fit (Rivera on hiring in elite professions)
- In early childhood parenting styles (Annette Laureau, Unequal Childhoods)
- These are all stories of class reproduction
Paying for the Party
- Armstrong and Hamilton
- Qualitative analysis
o Interviews
o Participant observation
- Longitudinal ethnographic study over five years
- 47 (white) women at Midwest University’s “party dorm”
The institutional structure of Midwestern University
- The party pathway
o The party dorm
o The fraternity party scene
o Sorority rush
o Easy Majors
- The erotic hierarchy of MU’s “Party Dorm”
o “cute”
o Thin, tan
o Class resources, white
o Feminine
o Presumed heterosexual
vs
- Laura Hamilton
o Fewer class resources
o Non-feminine
o Lesbian
o “not hot”
Class-based resources
- How many people women knew on campus, who they know, who parents knew (“social
capital”)
- Exectation of college attendance
- Extensiveness of college search and selection process
- Expectation that college will be fun, orientation to “meeting people”
- Experience with cities, racial and religious diversity, cosmopolitanism
- Experience living away from home or traveling with peers
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Document Summary
In high school: habitus, meritocracy omnivorous taste (khan, privilege) In labor market: cultural fit (rivera on hiring in elite professions) In early childhood parenting styles (annette laureau, unequal childhoods) These are all stories of class reproduction. 47 (white) women at midwest university"s party dorm . The party pathway: the party dorm, the fraternity party scene, sorority rush, easy majors. The erotic hierarchy of mu"s party dorm : cute , thin, tan, class resources, white, feminine, presumed heterosexual vs. Laura hamilton: fewer class resources, non-feminine, lesbian, not hot . How many people women knew on campus, who they know, who parents knew ( social. Extensiveness of college search and selection process. Expectation that college will be fun, orientation to meeting people . Experience with cities, racial and religious diversity, cosmopolitanism. Experience living away from home or traveling with peers. Expense and number of material possessions (e. g. cars, comforters, electronics) Self-presentation orthodontia, fashion, makeup, grooming (hair care, tanning, etc. )
