Power and Everyday Practices, Second Edition

Deborah Brock

ISBN 10: 1487588232 / ISBN 13: 9781487588236

Verlag: University Of Toronto Press Aug 2019, 2019

Neuware - This unique and innovative text provides undergraduate students with tools to think sociologically through the lens of everyday life. Normative social organization and taken for granted beliefs and actions are exposed as key mechanisms of power and social inequality in western societies today. By 'unpacking the centre' students are encouraged to turn their social worlds inside out and explore alternatives to the dominant social order. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781487588236

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This unique and innovative text provides undergraduate students with tools to think sociologically through the lens of everyday life. Normative social organization and taken for granted beliefs and actions are exposed as key mechanisms of power and social inequality in western societies today. By "unpacking the centre" students are encouraged to turn their social worlds inside out and explore alternatives to the dominant social order.

The text is divided into three parts. In Part One students learn how to use theory and methodology, which are blended seamlessly throughout the text. It shows how to position Michel Foucault as a companion to theorists such as Karl Marx and Stuart Hall, while signaling the importance of non-western and Indigenous knowledges, experiences, and rights. In Part Two, students explore – and challenge – normativity; the normal body, heterosexuality, whiteness, the two-gender system, aging, and the under-side of citizenship. In Part Three, shorter chapters critique everyday practices such as thinking scientifically, practicing self-help, going shopping, managing money, buying coffee, being a tourist, and marginalizing Indigeneity. Each chapter includes intriguing exercises, study questions, and key terms that link to the volume's comprehensive glossary. Instructors are provided PowerPoint slides, test banks, and multimodal supplementary resources that make the book adaptable to blended and online learning environments.

Essay-style lectures are also available to accompany the textbook.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Deborah Brock is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at York University.
Aryn Martin is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at York University.
Rebecca Raby is a professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University.
Mark P. Thomas is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at York University.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Power and Everyday Practices, Second Edition
Verlag: University Of Toronto Press Aug 2019
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Buch
Zustand: Neu
Auflage: 2. Auflage