SOCI 450 - Beyond Us vs. Them: How We Manage Contradictory Categories

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS, CD
This course is canceled effective 10.11.10.

We frame people as divided into competing groups (e.g. poor vs. rich, immigrant vs. American). But this is too simplistic, for we frequently inhabit contradictory categories (e.g. mothers in high-status careers, mixed races, gay Christians). This course advances current theories of group hierarchies and individual agency by examining how people manage conflicting statuses. We incorporate multiple disciplines, not only sociology. Students will research whichever groups interest them for a final project.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: P. Dhingra
Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes