SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Frank Tannenbaum, Counterculture, Social Constructionism
4 Apr 2016
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Lecture 11 march 15/2016 deviance: breaking bad. Socieies divide deviance into more or less serious forms, represening mores & folkways. If men deine situaions as real, they are real in their consequences (w. i. Labelling theory: frank tannenbaum: crime & community, dramaizaion of evil in regards to youth. Edwin lemert (1951) & social pathology (he looked a lot at stutering: primary deviaion-rule breaking, secondary deviaion-agreement with society"s reacion. Howard becker, outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance . The importance of deviant subcultures in maintaining the deviant self-image. Outsiders refer to people labeled as deviants who accept the deviant labels. 3 stage process: an individual commits a deviant act (primary deviance, person begins to accept deviant status (secondary deviance, the deviant joins a deviant subculture. Master status: basis of personal idenity, self-fulilling prophecy. Erving gofman (1963) deined sigma as an atribute that is deeply discrediing .
