SOC100H5 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pink-Collar Worker, Symbolic Interactionism, Anomie
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Functionalism: norms, values, customs, traditions, social integration, anomie, egoism and possible altruism. Conflict theory: inequality, power, authority, social disintegration, and alienation. Symbolic interactionism: symbols (gestures, signs and language), roles, front stage/back stage, social actors, and role distancing/role embracement. Feminism: gender roles, gendered division of labour, pink collar ghetto, patriarchy, masculinity/femininity, and gendered expectations. Conflict perspective: powerful groups use social structure to maintain their power. Focus on structures of inequality and power relationships. Symbolic interactionism: social reality is constructed through the daily actions of individuals. Focus on social meaning and the construction of social meaning, ie. symbolic elements and their meaning in society in emotional labour of your experience. Focus on how theses social structures work in your particular experience.
