SOC 603 Study Guide - Final Guide: Private Sphere, Public Sphere, Female Genital Mutilation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 603
• Professor: Robinder Sehdev

Document Summary

Border guards: sense of where something belongs (e. g. nunavut is canada"s territory) (symbols, nationalism, marianne) border guards come with national symbols/cultural codes that define national belonging (language, dialect, dress) Citizenship, borders & belonging: defining and regulating the nature of political community, the boundaries of belonging. Cultural relativism: you cannot judge the morals of another culture because you are not a part of said culture | the perspective that cultural practices must be understood on their own cultural terms. Female genital mutilation (fgm): cultural practice, symbolic/tradition, moral regulation. Gendering of travel: women are incapable of travelling alone too vulnerable and seen as deviant for seeking adventure. They are considered to be bypassing into the man"s land . Global factory: rather than products being designed and made in a single location, the design and production is segmented and distributed globally. Human rights: all people have certain absolute rights, and if endangered, we must act in their defense.