SOCI 365 - Class, Culture, and Power

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

This course examines central debates in the sociology of culture, with a particular focus on the complex intersection between the domain of culture and questions of class and power. We explore the terrain between Marxist Sociology and Cultural Studies, examining culture as an arena where power relations are constructed, reproduced, and contested. Topics include: the meaning and significance of cultural capital, the power of ideology, expertise and the production of knowledge, education and class reproduction, gender and class relations, race and class, working class cultures, racism and populism, and debates about the forms and meanings of resistance. William Hoynes.

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 151 or permission of the instructor.

One 2-hour period.

Course Format: CLS