SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Bethlem Royal Hospital, Narratology, Passive Smoking
6 Feb 2014
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Today we will explore how social beliefs figure in the contraction of normal/abnormal distinction. ***narratology: the explanation of stories, which tie back into doxas. The telling of the stories invokes certain social norms. All people are equal under the law. A disruption that threatens the social order of a society. Something that is blown out of proportion. We sometimes justify our hates and fears based on this ideology. Changes our beliefs as a society to determine what is acceptable. Tries to prohibit certain things/actions, for ex. Early 30"s + mulatto + seamstress + unmarried. Clara ford shot and killed frank westwood (18 years old, from a well to do white family) Certain ideas of what it means to be a woman. Prosecution tried to portray her as very rugged, masculine. From her point of view: she shot him because he raped her.
