In the novel Emma by Jane Austen and the film Clueless written and directed by Amy Heckerling‚ the importance of social status is a value that is represented in both texts. It is represented through a number of techniques which all reflect the changing contexts and values between Jane Austen’s time‚ and the 20th century. Social status was something that was important in the 19th century. People wouldn’t mix if they weren’t of the same class‚ and it was considered a large thing if they did. This is
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the scientific study of human behaviour and activities. It is concerned with how human beings think and act as social creatures. Socialisation is the process through which we become human. It is through our interaction with society that we learn what is necessary to live in each society. There are four main agents of socialisation: family‚ school‚ peers‚ and mass media. Among these agents some sociologists believe that family is the most important to the child’s development. Why? Some sociologists
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composing money and love‚ is the ideal marriage people should after. But in other marriage cases in this novel‚ we can see that if money and love can’t be held together in one marriage‚ love would always make a concession to money because of the special social background. After reading through the whole book‚ we will find that money acts as the cause of each plot and the clue of its development. It affects everybody’s words and deeds‚ even Elizabeth Bennet. Tony Tanner once said‚ “Jane Austen‚ as well as
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the theory of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft introduced by Ferdinand Tonnies (1855-1936). This theory revealed how Gemeinschaft societies achieved harmonious collaboration more or less automatically due to common culture and cultural identity. As time progressed larger multi-ethnic and multi-cultural societies began to emerge these have been defined as being united by Gesellschaft ties. In these ties collaboration was only maintained for exchange of goods and services. Gemeinschaft‚ refers to the
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Cold War began with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and President Reagan’s reference to the Soviet Union as “that evil empire”. Then‚ at the end of the 1980’s‚ the USSR started to lose control of its satellite countries due to factors such as Solidarity in Poland‚ where they wanted greater freedom. The strikes brought the country to a halt and even Gorbachev was encouraging greater freedoms in the USSR and satellite countries. By nineteen ninety one‚ the USSR had disintegrated and the Cold War
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element in the child’s belief system. Since values are a significant part of political standpoint‚ these early stages in a person’s individual mental and moral growth is crucial to the reasoning behind the subtlety in political socialization. Family as an agent of socialization incorporates more than just the teaching of value. The structure of the family and its economic standing becomes a tool in developing political opinion. A key factor in choosing a political standpoint is personal gain. If a
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What are the different possible ideas/suggestions to the agents There are many things that are already being done by the agents of socialization towards the issue divorce. However‚ there are other things that can be done. Firstly‚ the government should send the almost divorced couple for divorce counselling in order to save the marriage. Adding to that‚ the government should cover all the expenses for the counselling to motivate the couple to attend the counselling sessions. Other
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Socialization The phenomenon of socialization is an interactive process in which people learn the values‚ attitudes‚ behaviour‚ norms and roles seen as appropriate for particular groups of people. The key to the stability and cohesion of a social structure which shapes what people see as appropriate choices for themselves and others. The most intense periods of socialization are in childhood and adolescence but reinforcement and adjustment continue through life. Through the interaction with others
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CHAPTER 4: Socialization OVERVIEW Socialization‚ in the course of our growth and development‚ is necessary for us to become the kind of people we aspire to be and to live the kind of lives we like. We need a group in order to become ourselves. Our personality and mind are the products of our interaction with other people because the experience of becoming socialized is the same as the experience of becoming truly human. Socialization Socialization is a life-long process of learning whereby
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Understanding why Family is the most Important Agent Socialization Lonzie Logan Jr Sociology in a Global Perspective | SOC110 A01 Argosy University Online Prof. Carolyn Paul January 16‚ 2012 Understanding why Family is the most important Agent Socialization Erik Homburger Erikson (1902-1994)‚ a brilliant Germen-born American Psychoanalyst once said that “It is human to have a long childhood; it is civilized to have an even longer childhood. Long childhood makes a technical and mental
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