Assignment: Inside Social Life
Some questions ask for a definition of a concept while ask for application and/or analysis. Please answer the following questions in short paragraph form.
I. How does a football game reflect a symbolic reality? How is this reality communicated and what are some of the symbols?
II. What is socialization? How does this concept relate to the nature/nurture debate?
III. Define "rules of denial" and give an empirical example of this concept from your own interactions.
IV. What is emotion work or management?
V. What is the difference between surface and deep acting?
VI. Select one of the articles that address feeling rules. What is the emotion and what is the feeling norm? How is the feeling rule learned?
VII. What does it mean to say bodies are "disciplined"?
VIII. What are gendered bodily practices and how are these practices learned?
IX. How is emotional management a part of gender identity? What role does emotion work play in the maintenance differences and inequalities between men and women? Provide a specific example to support your position.
X. What is an example of culture shaping your own bodily experience? How are cultural meaning inscribed onto the body in your example?
XI. Describe the ways in which individuals have control over bodily practices, but are also limited in the freedom of expression. Explain how this paradox connects to the commodification of culture.
XII. What is the "I" and "Me"? What is the generalized other?
XIII. What does it mean to say the self is social? What theoretical perspective does this statement represent?
XIV. Explain the "model minority stereotype" and describe how this cultural value impacted the identity development of the Cambodian American students.
XV. According to Gubrium and Holstein, how do new forms of interaction and community building impact the social construction of the self?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.