SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Underground Railroad, Miscegenation, Culture Theory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Karyn Freedman

Document Summary

Soc*1100 - chapter 6 (social interaction in everyday life) What is social structure: social structure refers to social patterns that guide our behaviour in everyday life. Dramaturgical analysis: the "presentation of self: dramaturgical analysis explores social interaction in terms of theatrical performance. Idealization of performances means we try to convince others that our actions reflect ideal culture rather than selfish motives: embarrassment is the "loss of face" in a performance. People use tact to help others "save face" Interaction in everyday life: three applications: emotions: the social construction of feeling, the same basic emotions are biologically programmed into all human beings, but culture guides what triggers emotions, how people display emotions, and how people value emotions. In everyday life, the presentation of self involves managing emotions as well as behaviour: language: the social construction of gender, gender is an important element of everyday interaction. Because humour is a part of culture, people around the world find different situations funny.