THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR OF STUDYING SOCIOLOGY.WE BASICALLY HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT CONCEPTS OF CULTURE LIKE CULTURE SHOCK,CULTURE LAG,XENOCENTRISM , STATUS ,ROLE AND THE LIKE.
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
2007-07-27 23:59:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Common tv shows will help you with this.
2007-07-28 05:39:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
From the answers thus far, it appears that no one reads anymore. One of the books that will help you is entitled, "Working" by Studs Terkel. A Pulitzer Prize winner. You may want to read "Culture Warrior" by Bill O'Reilly. A bit slanted but of interest. By the way, there is nothing wrong with reading a "slanted" or "biased" book as long as you know they are of that genre. These two should get you started. And by the way, your teacher will be impressed with the titles and authors.
2007-07-31 04:52:23 · answer #2 · answered by johny0802 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Boyz in the Hood. My Juvenile Justice and Criminology prof made us watch it and write about it for our project. It has a LOT of underlying symbols and you can talk a lot about culture lag, shock and status.
Good luck!
2007-08-02 11:25:00 · answer #3 · answered by dizzybee15 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roots, The Milagros bean, Animal Farm, Out of Africa, Silkwood, Dances with Wolves. Whose afraid of Virginia Wolfe.
2007-08-04 19:33:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
>American History X -movie
>Freedom Writers -movie
>Unequal Childhoods by Annette Lareau -book
>Shame of the Nation - by Jonathan Kozal -book
>Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology-by Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins -book
email me if you are looking for a specific subject matter.
2007-08-03 00:21:21 · answer #5 · answered by mo_in_central_cali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a good movie would be "Last Night". Its about what people do during the last 6 hours of Earth's existence. all different types of people from different walks of life. I am not sure of the year but I do remember Sandra Oh was in it. And it was a little bit of a dark comedy. it's still a good sociology movie that's enjoyable even if you don't use it for your report.
2007-07-28 07:11:13 · answer #6 · answered by George G 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
'Tobacco Road' by John Steinbeck.
or really heavy duty reading,
'Gulliver's Travels' and that's not a joke. This supposed children's story was really written about the royal court. Full of allegory and symbolism. You will truly exercise your mind if you understand the story and write about it.
2007-08-04 00:18:24 · answer #7 · answered by Banker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabbit Proof Fence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-Proof_Fence_(film)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rabbitproof_fence/
Whale Rider
http://www.whaleriderthemovie.com/
http://www.movie-gazette.com/cinereviews/391
Chocolat
http://www.ram.org/ramblings/movies/chocolat.html
http://www.missliberty.com/Filmchoc.html
Independence Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(film)
http://www.ram.org/ramblings/movies/independence_day.html
Gatica
http://www.becal.net/toolkit/damaris/gattaca.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/
I Robot
http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=5400
http://www.irobotmovie.com/
Each of these probably meets some of the criteria that you require. One of them might work out.
2007-07-28 09:06:33 · answer #8 · answered by anniehelan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
xenocentrism......hmmm
any of the kung fu movies. american mucho macho boys love those
movies from the 60s dealing with the "british invasion" of the Beatles and other british bands
2007-07-28 07:10:44 · answer #9 · answered by oldguy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋