Chapter 3: Culture
Click the links below to access dozens of classic sociological readings.
A Different Mirror by RONALD T. TAKAKI - Takaki briefly provides an historical overview of race relations for a variety of different groups. His main emphasis is on demonstrating the need to look at race relations through a different lens, in particular multiculturalism.
Abiding Faith by MARK CHAVES - The author provides an overview of trends in religious beliefs and religious practice in the United States.
American Preschoolers on Ritalin BY JONATHAN LEO - Leo discusses the rise in the use of Ritalin to alter the behavior of America's children.
Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism MAX WEBER - Weber suggests that Calvinist Protestants began to accumulate wealth as a result of an ascetic lifestyle and hard work.
Black Spaces, Black Places: Strategic Assimilation and Identity Construction in Middle-Class Suburbia BY KARYN R. LACY - Lacy uses in depth interviews with middle-class black families to demonstrate the challenges of working in a white-dominated world while trying to maintain a sense of black culture.
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by HORACE MINER - Through an examination of values, norms and beliefs of “Nacirema” (American) culture, Horace Miner provides a good example of how sociologists must put common sense understandings aside to fully understand social phenomena.
Mate Selection and Marriage Around the World by BRON B. INGOLDSBY - This selection shows how individual choice in mate selection, something taken for granted in Western cultures, is not common in other parts of the world.
When Work Disappears by William Julius Wilson - Wilson addresses the effect of joblessness on inner city neighborhoods. He discusses how various structural and cultural forces have contributed to the demise of inner city neighborhoods.
Abiding Faith by MARK CHAVES - The author provides an overview of trends in religious beliefs and religious practice in the United States.
American Preschoolers on Ritalin BY JONATHAN LEO - Leo discusses the rise in the use of Ritalin to alter the behavior of America's children.
Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism MAX WEBER - Weber suggests that Calvinist Protestants began to accumulate wealth as a result of an ascetic lifestyle and hard work.
Black Spaces, Black Places: Strategic Assimilation and Identity Construction in Middle-Class Suburbia BY KARYN R. LACY - Lacy uses in depth interviews with middle-class black families to demonstrate the challenges of working in a white-dominated world while trying to maintain a sense of black culture.
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by HORACE MINER - Through an examination of values, norms and beliefs of “Nacirema” (American) culture, Horace Miner provides a good example of how sociologists must put common sense understandings aside to fully understand social phenomena.
Mate Selection and Marriage Around the World by BRON B. INGOLDSBY - This selection shows how individual choice in mate selection, something taken for granted in Western cultures, is not common in other parts of the world.
When Work Disappears by William Julius Wilson - Wilson addresses the effect of joblessness on inner city neighborhoods. He discusses how various structural and cultural forces have contributed to the demise of inner city neighborhoods.
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