SOCI 2P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, British Association For Immediate Care, Individualism
26 Nov 2015
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Soci 2p95 social class identities-the role of the media and education. Honey boo boo: what were your feelings as you watched working class" reality t. v. o o o. The working-class stereotype: uncouth bodily functions, unkempt dirty, clothing inappropriate, unmaintained, uneducated don"t know basics, stupid cannot be taught, unaware willing to be the butt of the joke. Article honey boo boo (rtv) as a means: o o o o o. A)to moblize bias against working class through humour/scorn from audience. Viewpoint: to avoid eliciting sympathy/empathy for the participants . Individualism/neoliberalism they are the authors of their own fate. Importance of point of view onlooker "we" not implicated this humiliation: to provide ideal embodiment of social class relations from viewpoint of elites. Construction of self and other significance of television a)redneck/white trash extreme othering/non-you. Links to gender b)creation of viewers/onlookers" superiority role of experts judge judy .
