Question 1: George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) was a symbolic interactionist that pointed out just how essential play was to one’s development of "self". To speak on this topic‚ first I need to define just what the term "self" means. The author of the text‚ James M. Henslin‚ defines self as the unique human capacity of being able to see ourselves "from the outside"; the views we internalize of how others see us. Mead believed that as children begin and continue to play with those around them they
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My reading selection this week is created by Carrie Sandhal‚ she has written an excerpt for the Disability Studies Reader written by Leonard Davis. The title of the piece Sandhal wrote is‚ “Why Disability Identity Matters: From Dramaturgy to Casting in John Belluso’s Pyretown”. I have selected this piece because of a recent outing in our community I attended titled the Sprout Film Festival. The Sprout Film Festival is the only distributor of films exclusively featuring people with intellectual and
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Journal 5 - Impression Management in Action Dramaturgy is a sociological perspective starting from symbolic interactionism‚ and commonly used in micro sociological accounts of social interaction in everyday life. In dramaturgical sociology it is argued that human actions are dependent upon time‚ place‚ and audience. In other words‚ to Erving Goffman‚ the pioneer of dramaturgal analysis‚ the self is a sense of who one is‚ a dramatic effect emerging from the immediate scene being presented. Goffman
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Rough Draft: Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht was born in 1898 in the town of Augsburg in Germany. He is considered one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Through many of his works and theories‚ Brecht managed to influence dramaturgy and theatrical production that to this date continue to be portrayed within the theater and on stage. Brecht was influenced by political ideas associated with Marxism. These ideas soon inspired him to use his talents within the theater to alert the audience
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Relevance of the University of Chicago‚ Activist-Reformist Approach‚ Theory vs. Paradigm‚ (3) dominant theoretical perspectives‚ Symbolic Interactionism (major tenets)‚ Microanalysis‚ the meaning of symbols‚ defining situations‚ the looking glass self‚ Dramaturgy‚ Labeling‚ Macroanalysis and Functionalism and Conflict theory‚ Functionalism‚ social structure‚ social equilibrium‚ manifest and latent functions‚ dysfunctions‚ Conflict theory and Karl Marx‚ Neo-conflict theory‚ C. Wright Mills and “The Power
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Group Conferences 10/1: Discuss Eisenstein‚ "The Dramaturgy of Film Form" Screening 10/1: Three Kings (David O. Russell‚ 1999‚ 114 min.) 10/2: Read: Cinematography Film Art‚ pp. 160-204 Screening 10/2: The Red and the White (Miklos Jancso‚ 1967‚ 90 min.) 10/4: Read: The Mobile Frame and the Long Take Film Art‚ pp. 204-217 Page Week 5 B Week Group Conferences 10/8: Discuss Eisenstein‚ "The Dramaturgy of Film
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7. Define ethnocentrism? 8. Define cultural relativism? 9. Which theoretical approach focuses on the link between culture and social inequality? 10. George H. Mead described the “self” as what? 11. Erving Goffman’s theory of Dramaturgy offers presentation of self to describe an actor’s what? 11. The Thomas theorem states what? 12. Karl Marx said that “Men make their own history” but only “under circumstances existing already‚ given and transmitted from the past.” How is this
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------------------------------------------------- Creative art and Fine art . By a broad definition of art‚[9] artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from early pre-historic art to contemporary art; however‚ some theories restrict the concept to modern Western societies.[10] The first and broadest sense of art is the one that has remained closest to the older Latin meaning‚ which roughly translates to "skill" or "craft." A few examples where this meaning proves very broad
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Sociology and the Real World Chapter 1 Sociology is the systematic or scientific study of human society and social behavior‚ which includes all levels within the structure of the society‚ from large-scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions. Howard Becker’s definition of sociology is that sociology means “doing things together." Sociologists studies how society affects the individual and how the individual affects society. Social sciences examine the social world
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individuals perform emotional labor (Sushanta Kumar Mishra). As emotional labor is the process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirement of a job‚ it is similar to many concepts like deception‚ impression management‚ and dramaturgy
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