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Academic Year 2003/2004

Work and Leisure: The Sociology of Everyday Life
SOC 265 SP
Crosslistings:
WMST 265
AMST 271

Work and leisure represent two of the central coordinates of life experience and personal identity. How do work and leisure differ and what is the relationship between them? How do they vary by gender and class? How are relations of domination and resistance enacted in work and free time? Topics may include men's and women's work, historical transformations in work and leisure, workplace subcultures and workplace resistance, popular culture and the construction of masculinity and feminity, sports, the mass media and the sociology of taste.

MAJOR READINGS

MacDonald & Sirianni, WORK IN THE SERVICE SOCIETY
Graham, ON THE LINE AT SUBARU-ISUZU
Harrington & Bielby, CULTURAL PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
Seiter, SOLD SEPARATELY;
Turkle, LIFE ON THE SCREEN

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Four brief papers on assigned topics and a research paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Readings are subject to change.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: SOC151 OR SOC152 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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