SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Trevor Pinch, Ethnology, European Colonialism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Stephan Larose

Document Summary

Ethnicity i: inequalities and social differences of ethnicity. Ethnic jokes: a short sociological analysis: humour as reality construction. Mixing conventional and unconventional realities: the social function of humour. Serving as a social safety valve: humour and conflict. As jew, black, and indian, the ku klux klan saw zelig as a triple threat. Next lecture: ethnicity continued: arab-american comedians , short (thinking) assignment: Category of people singled out as different on the basis of real or alleged inherited physical characteristics such as skin colour, hair texture, eye shape, or other arbitrarily selected attributes. A socially constructed reality, not a biological one: ethnic group. Group of people distinguished, by others or by themselves, on the basis of cultural or nationality characteristics. Ascribed membership from birth, characterized by cultural traits and a relative sense of community. Ethnicity as a stigmatized master status: an excerpt from michael moore"s fahrenheit 911: arab-american comedians. A retrospective of the bush era (harper"s index - harper"s.