SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gender Trouble, Discourse Analysis, Judith Butler
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Studies specific behaviours of interacting individuals caught in identifiable face-to-face social settings or encounters. Emphasize symbols (things to which we have meaning) as the basis of social life. Symbols such as aunt, uncle, grandmother, time, uniform, words, etc. Macrosociological theory which views society as a unit made up of interrelated parts that work together. Latent (ex getting along with people; patriotism) Class struggle is the key to all human history. Biological sex differences and differences in strength. Knowledge of science, ourselves and society largely derived from men"s experiences. Class and economic position explain gender inequality. Modernity (weber, durkheim, marx): weber describes a society in which had emerged from feudalism and was characterized by change, collective action, reason and progress (sameness) Postmodernity (c. wright mills): a rejection of modernity, a recognition of cultural diversity, an emphasis on symbols and discourse analysis. Discusses general societal intolerance of sexual differences and a fear of sex. Social dynamics constitute the substance of queer theory.
