SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Gender Binary
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Early interactionist theory and the self: george herbert mead (often considered the creator), separation of the i and me. Where does it come from: roots in the chicago school (again!, similar basis as pragmatism. We react to the world based on past experiences/ understandings: social learning, was in functionalism"s shadow for years. Why did it become popular: new perspective needed as functionalism became unpopular, expansion of education more perspectives, shift from strict study of crime to the broader category of. Deviance as dramatic social shifts occurred: rise of postmodern thinking. Premises related to deviance: deviance is not a real category. Thief, stoner: signs and what people stood up for actually had purpose (i. e. posters that read gays fight back) Chambliss 1973: examined life of two groups of high school students in an. The origins of canadian narcotics legislation (boyd 1984: selling in vancouver (crude, smokeable) was legal in late. Fears over increased immigration: growing resentment among white british columbians.
