SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Sociological Perspectives
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Writers and filmmakers often tell stories of shipwrecks and their. Shipwrecks and inequality survivors to make a point about social stratification: social stratification: how society is organized in layers/strata. The idea of shipwrecks is used as a literary device; eliminating social privilege/convention: after a person lacks all this, what remains is the human being stripped of essentials. The idea of inequality was also discussed in an italian movie called. Swept away: a beautiful rich woman board her yacht for a cruise, and then treats deckhands in a rude way. Societal structure causes inequality, and disappears only on desert lands, where society is no longer present. (cid:1) The most common example of shipwrecks and inequality is the film titanic. In this chapter, we will examine the primal foundations and patterns of social inequality in canada, paying special attention to changes over time. Canada is the one of the world"s most prosperous countries.
