Sociology 101: The Sociological Perspective: Patterns of Social Behavior

Sociology 101: The Sociological Perspective

Patterns of Social Behavior

Professor Viviana Zelizer
Department of Sociology
2N1 Green Hall
Princeton University
Telephone: 8-4557

Fall 1995

Monday-Wednesday, 11:00 a.m.

Preceptors: Julian Dierkes, Jason Kaufman, Abby Smith, and S. Stone

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

  1. One mid-term examination (in-class, short essays) on Wednesday, October 25.
  2. One final examination.
  3. One paper (8-10 double-spaced pages). DUE DATE: Thursday, January 11. (Instructions regarding the paper will be distributed in class).
  4. Precept participation. A package with the required readings is available at Pequod Copy. Readings are also on reserve at the Firestone Library.

    COURSE OUTLINE

    WEEK 1. (SEPTEMBER 18) WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY?

    • C. Wright Mills, (1959), The Sociological Imagination, Chapter 1, pp. 1-24.
    • E. Durkheim, Suicide, (1897), Preface and Introduction, pp. 35-52; Book 2: Chapter 5, "Anomic Suicide," pp. 241-76.

    WEEK 2. (SEPTEMBER 25) RESEARCH METHODS

    • McNall & McNall, Sociology, Chapter 2, "Doing Sociology," pp. 28-52.
    • W. Whyte, (1941), "Corner Boys: A Study of Clique Behavior," pp. 181-94.
    • M. Sanchez Jankowski, (1991), Islands in the Street: Gangs and American Urban Society, Introduction, pp. 6-19.
    • Humphreys, (1970), "A Typology of Tearoom Participants," in Earl Rubington and Martin Weinberg (eds), Deviance: An Interactionist Perspective, 4th edition, pp. 326-338.
    • J. Woods, (1993), The Corporate Closet: The Professional Lives of Gay Men in America, Prologue, pp. xi-xviii; Appendix, pp. 253-263.

    WEEK 3. (OCTOBER 2) BASIC SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS. PART I: SOCIAL STRUCTURE

    • McNall & McNall, Sociology, Chapter 9, "The Creation of Societies," pp. 203-9.
    • A. Hochschild, (1983), The Managed Heart, pp. 35-68.
    • P. Zimbardo, (1972), "Pathology of Imprisonment," Society 9.
    • M. Komarovsky, (1985), Women in College, chapter 8, pp. 225-68.
    • B. Schwartz, (1974), "Waiting, Exchange, and Power: The Distribution of Time in Social Systems," pp. 153-60.

    WEEK 4. (OCTOBER 9) BASIC SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS. PART II: CULTURE

    • McNall & McNall, Sociology, Chapter 3, "Culture," pp. 54-76.
    • Miner, (1956), "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema," pp. 33-37.
    • E. Zerubavel, (1985), The Seven Day Circle: The History and Meaning of the Week, pp. 107-141.
    • M. L. DeVault, (1991), Feeding the Family, Foreword, Introduction (pp. 18-25); Chapter 1, pp. 35-57.
    • N. Henley, M. Hamilton, B. Thorne, (1985), "Womanspeak and Manspeak," pp. 145-152.
    • P. Bourdieu, (1990) Photography A Middle-brow Art, "The Cult of Unity and Cultivated Differences," pp. 13-31.

    WEEK 5. (OCTOBER 16) THE CASE OF LOVE: CULTURE, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, AND SENTIMENT

    • W. Goode, (1959), "The Theoretical Importance of Love," American Sociological Review 24 (February 1959), pp. 38-47.
    • R.T. Michael, J.H. Gagnon, E.O. Laumann, and G. Kolata, (1994), Sex in America: A Definitive Survey, Chatper 3, "Who are our Sex Partners?," pp. 42-66.
    • C. Smith Rosenberg, (1985), "The Female World of Love and Ritual," in Disorderly Conduct, pp. 53-76.
    • F. Cancian, "The Feminization of Love," Signs (Summer 1986), pp. 692-709.
    • J. Woods, (1993), The Corporate Closet: The Professional Lives of Gay Men in America, Ch. 2, "The Asexual Professional," pp. 31-52.

    WEEK 6. (OCTOBER 23) THE CASE OF LOVE (CONTINUED)

    OCTOBER 25 - MIDTERM EXAM

    OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 5 - FALL RECESS

    WEEK 7. (NOVEMBER 6) THE CASE OF DEATH: CULTURE, SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND THE BODY

    • E. Becker, (1973), The Denial of Death, chapter 2, "The Terror of Death," pp. 11-24.
    • V. Zelizer, (1985), Pricing the Priceless Child, Introduction, pp. 3-15; Chapter 1, pp. 22-55; Chapter 4, pp. 113-137.
    • V. Marshall, "Socialization for Impending Death in a Retirement Village," American Journal of Sociology 80 (March 1975), pp. 1124-43.
    • N. Scheper-Hughes, (1992), Death Without Weeping, chapter 7, "Two Feet Under and a Cardboard Coffin," pp. 268-303.
    • K. Chopin, (1975), "The Story of an Hour," in S. Cahill, ed., Women and Fiction, pp. 1-5.

    WEEK 8. (NOVEMBER 13) THE CASE OF MONEY: CULTURE, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, AND THE MARKET

    • V. Zelizer, (1994), The Social Meaning of Money, Chapter 1, "The Marking of Money," pp. 1-35; Chapter 2, "The Domestic Production of Monies," pp. 35-70.
    • P. Schwartz, (1994), Peer Marriage: How Love Between Equals Really Works, Chapter 4, "Eliminating the Good Provider Role," pp. 111-144.

    WEEK 9. (NOVEMBER 20) SOCIALIZATION

    • McNall & McNall, Sociology, Chapter 4, "Socialization," pp. 77-100.
    • K. Davis, (1947), "Final Note on a Case of Extreme Isolation," pp. 72-80.
    • B. Thorne, (1986), "Girls and Boys Together...But Mostly Apart: Gender Arrangements in Elementary Schools," pp. 115-125.
    • A. Kotlowitz, (1991), There are No Children Here, Preface, pp. ix-xi; "Summer 1987", Chapters 1-5, pp. 1-56.

    WEEK 10. (NOVEMBER 27) ADULT SOCIALIZATION

    • Berger and Luckmann, (1967), The Social Construction of Reality, pp. 138-47.
    • Berger and Kellner, (1964), "Marriage and the Construction of Reality," pp. 392-404.
    • Becker and Geer, (1958), "The Fate of Idealism in Medical School," in Robboy and Clark, eds., Social Interaction, pp. 115-24.
    • J. Hunt, (1985), "New Cops on the Street: Learning Normal Force," pp. 91-100.
    • H.R.F. Ebaugh, (1988), Becoming an Ex, Foreword, pp. ix-xi, 25-30 and Chapter 5, pp. 149-180.

    WEEK 11. (DECEMBER 4) EDUCATION

    • M. Bressler, (1976), "Kohlberg and the Resolution of Moral Conflict," in New York University Education Quarterly, pp. 2-8.
    • C. Gilligan, "In a Different Voice: Women's Conception of Self and Morality," in Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 47, November 1977, pp. 481-517.
    • I. Howe, "The Value of the Canon," in The New Republic, February 18, 1991, pp. 40-47.
    • P. Erickson, "Rather than Reject a Common Culture, Multiculturalism Advocates a More Complicated Route by Which to Achieve It," in Chronicle of Higher Education, June 26, 1991, pp. B1-B3.
    • M. Pratt, (1992), "Humanities for the Futuer," in Gless and Herrnstein Smith, eds., The Politics of Liberal Education, pp. 13-31.

    WEEK 12. (DECEMBER 11) AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION: FAMILIES

    • K. Gerson, (1993), No Man's Land: Men's Changing Commitments to Family and Work, Chapter 8, "Dilemmas of Involved Fatherhood," pp. 215-255.
    • C. Stack, (1975), "Sex Roles and Survival Strategies in an Urban Black Community," in Robboy and Clark, eds., Social Interaction, pp. 423-437.
    • I. Garfinkel and S. McLanahan, (1986), Single Mothers and their Children, Chapter 2, "Problems of Mother-Only Families," pp. 11-43.
    • F. Furstenberg, "The Life Course of Children of Divorce," American Sociological Review (October 1983), pp. 656-668.
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