SOC100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Peter Mansbridge, Old Media, Rob Ford

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100
• Professor: Bickis Heidi

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In class, i outlined four key questions that sociologists might ask when studying culture. Using an example, identify and explain 2 of these 4 questions. (1 mark for each explanation and 1 mark for each link to example). When studying culture, one key question that sociologists might ask is can culture be for resistance or social change? hip hop is an example of that in which spoke against oppression, racism and poverty. It highlighted the problems and the experiences that the blacks were going through. By creating awareness, hip hop was able to bring social change. Ironically, hip hop was also involved in hegemony. It reproduced oppression and racism within the black community. Black women were sexually objectified which caused the degrading of black women and reinforced gender issues. What does annette burfoot mean by a culture produced from the margins ? (2 marks for the definition; 2 marks for the example (i. e. quality, relevance and link to definition))