SOC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tokenism, Erving Goffman, Financialization
26 Apr 2017
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Soc 107 - lecture 6 - mar 13, 2017. We construct reality both socially and symbolically, however everyone in society does not participate equally in the construction of social worlds. Not everyone has the same resources, not everyone is in the same class, American or canadian dream not everyone listens to certain people. What is the significance of the american/canadian dream. Jennifer hochschild (1995) facing up to the american dream. Reasonable anticipation or the hopefulness of success (opportunity for prosperity) Through actions under one"s individual control can"t be handed to you, has to be one"s own work. True success is associated with virtue goodness, hard work. The dream (tenet) reveals something about how we perceive our current social stratification/inequality. Ideologies are ultimately on persuasion as a form of social power. Once an idea is legitimized, taken for granted it becomes part of the cultural fabric of daily life.
