SOCS185 Study Guide - Symbolic Interactionism, Cengage Learning
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Read/review the following resources for this activity: textbook: chapters 2, 3, 4, lesson, link (library article): games children play: an exercise illustrating agents of socialization (links to an external site. )links to an external site: minimum of 1 outside scholarly source. In the article noted in this activity, the authors point out that most introductory sociology textbooks identify the main socialization agents as family, peers, schools, media, work, and religion. "[w]hat is far less often acknowledged is the contribution that children"s toys and games play in representing and reinforcing dominant conceptions of "appropriate" social identities found in social discourse and in institutional arrangements. " Toys and games can allow us to experience the subtleties of race, class, gender, and political socialization that are embedded in play. Sometimes players may challenge and subvert these images and messages at the delight or disgust of other players. Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor.
