SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Semiotics
8 Dec 2016
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Involves the social production of meaning through sign systems. Sign=a unit of meaning that can be read (a gesture, an image) Does not simply reflect but actually constructs our understanding of reality. The study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation. Toys and games play crucial roles in helping children determine what is. Tells us about society"s attitude towards its women. Inclusion a collapse of multiculturalism into an easy pluralism valuable in and around them. Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another, but to make it the definitive story of that person. A political concept used to explain the absence of socialist revolutions in the. The ability of dominant groups in society to exercise control over weaker groups. Not by means of force or domination but by gaining their consent, so that the unequal distribution of power appears to be both legitimate and natural.
