SOCI 2P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: International Inequality, Consumerism, Monarch Butterfly
10 Feb 2015
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Instruments of socializationn and social control: from fear of death to fear of embarrassment, george orwell 1984. Structure (socialization) versus agency (resistance: being the agent of your own faith. Deviance as a form of resistance/agency: depending on standpoint of observer, when individuals or groups reject the mores, norms, and conventions of society. Underlying issues: what is deviance/agency and do we know it when we. The family" is a kind of sacred value in modern canada; part of hegemonic ideology. Transgendered families may challenge this conception of the family unless they are invisibilized or stigmatized. Incorporating what was once deviant e. g. respectable queer" married, children, (legalization) etc. New normal benefitted by employer benefits, legal rights etc. Fear of being perceived as just gay and not queer (identity/authenticity) Example of active pursuit of an alternative social order and active rejection of mainstream social structures.
