SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Class Conflict, Sampling Frame, Conflict Theories
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Sociology: the systematic study of human behaviour in social context. From britney spears to lady gaga: sociological explanations of. Added advantage of keeping consumers distracted from social, economic, and political problems that express dissatisfaction: fashion helps maintain social equilibrium o preferences. Functionalism helps understand how fashion cycles operated until the 1960s. Conflict theory helps us see the class tensions underlying the apparently stable social arrangements of the fashion industry. Symbolic interactionism explains how fashion assists communication and the drawing of boundaries between different population categories. Feminism explores the ambiguities of gender identity that underlie the rise of new fashion trends. Patterns of social relations formed during face-to-face interaction. Patterns of social relations in organizations that involve people who are often not intimately acquainted and who often do not interact face-to- face. Overarching patterns of social relations that lie outside and above one"s circle of intimates and acquaintances. Classes, system of patriarchy: global structures level.
