Essays about: "cultural sociology"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 76 essays containing the words cultural sociology.

1. 16. A critical discourse analysis of the construction of knowledge of gender in sociology at upper-secondary school

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Rachel Jarmo; [2021]
   Keywords : pedagogy; learning; gender; Basil Bernstein; sociology; upper-secondary school.; pedagogik; didaktik; ämnesdidaktik; sociologi; genus; Basil Bernstein; gymnasiet.;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a critical discourse analysis of how the sociology of gender is constructed in the sociology syllabus and two textbooks aimed for use at upper secondary school level. I use Bernstein’s theory of framing and classification to understand how power over knowledge is distributed through this construction. READ MORE

3. 17. SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND CAREER CHOICES OF GREEK YOUNG ADULTS. A MIXED METHODS STUDY

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Panagiotis Patsis; [2020-09-11]
   Keywords : Socio-economic background SEB ; academic performance; career choices; young adults; economic crisis;

   Abstract : Aim: The main purpose of this study is to determine the role of socio-economic background (SEB) of young adults, who live in a medium size city of Greece (Ioannina), in shaping their academic performance at school and their career choices afterwards. Theory: The project is based on the cultural theory or theory of reproduction from the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. READ MORE

4. 18. Fashioning Socialism At Home : Exploring the smock-dress in Soviet-Estonia

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

   Author : Rasmus Olsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Women; Home; Smock-Dress; Soviet-Estonia; Nostalgia; Uniform; Phenomenon;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the smock-dress within the context of Soviet-Estonia during the post-war epoch, ca. 1950s until 1990s. Through Mauss’s socio-anthropological tripoint view, the concepts and identities of the smock-dress are studied from the angles of biology, sociology and psychology. READ MORE

5. 19. Consumer Research in the 2000s and 2010s: A Quantitative Assessment and Qualitative Review

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : William Hagströmer; [2020]
   Keywords : consumer research; consumer culture theory; bibliometric mapping; VOS; VOSviewer; scientific fields; Pierre Bourdieu; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis presents and analyses the results of a bibliometric mapping study of the field of consumer research between 2000 and 2019, aiming to provide a simultaneously descriptive and analytical account of consumer research that identifies the overall structure of the field, as well as the major sub-specializations within it. By utilizing Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory and sociology of science, I analyse the central tendencies exhibited by consumer researchers with regards to the conventions they follow, the literatures they draw from and the way they relate to each other’s texts. READ MORE

6. 20. United We Stood, Divided We Fall: The 21st Century Paradigm of Inequality and Polarization in the United States

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : William Church; [2020]
   Keywords : Polarization; Development; Economics; Inequality; Society; United States; Sociology; Political Science; Social Capital; Institutions; Survey; Division; Media; Unity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Polarization as defined by the Merriam-Webster (2020) dictionary is “a state in which the opinions, beliefs, or interests of a group or society no longer range along a continuum but become concentrated at opposing extremes.” In theory, polarization is a static condition which can impact a particular group. READ MORE