SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Betty Friedan, Antonio Gramsci, Bell Hooks

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Dr. Lina Samuel

Document Summary

Antonio gramsci: --> agreed with marx, with classes, but had a concept of control. Gramsci argued that marx didn"t focus on ideological control. Society"s dominant ideas reflect the interests of the ruling class. Involves consent, ideological control and consent of the subordinate classes. Feminists differ in their explanations of women"s oppression + nature of gender. actual: where people live and where their reality is constituted through discourse. Rarely recognized black women as separate from black men. Criticized feminist theorizing that automatically places households as a place of patriarchal oppression for women. Hooks argues against universal assumptions about women"s experiences. Power creating thru social relationships, multidimensions, found everywhere, always at work. Knowledge can never be separated from relations of power. Discourses guide how we think, act and speak. Tell us how the world is and how it ought to be. Focus on the political and cultural effects of colonialism. Post suggests a focus on events that happened after formal colonialism.