STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM II

Chapter 5

Goffman, dramaturgy, impression management
backstage, front stage, props
spoiled identity
aligning action
cooling out
stigma (definition and types)
groups, statuses (achieved vs. ascribed)
role, role conflict
A. Hochschild: "second shift", role strain
interpersonal attraction (who are we more likely to be attracted to?)
Durkheim, mechanical vs organic solidarity (know the importance of "division of labor" to Durkheim's argument)

Chapter 9 (Stratification & Class: Power, Poverty, Inequality)

definition of stratification
definition of social class
Marxist model of strat.
class consciousness, false consciousness
Weber, dimensions of strat.
SF, C and SI perspectives on inequality
absolute vs. relative definitions of poverty, poverty line
temporary vs. persistent poverty (which one is more prevalent in the US?)
poverty facts in the US (who are the poor, the #s and the reasons/conditions)
social mobility (definitions and the situation in the US), how possible is the American Dream
how can we explain poverty (individual vs structural explanations)?
culture of poverty thesis (Lewis), problems with the argument?
Herbert Gans, positive functions of poverty

Chapter 11 (Race & Ethnicity)

Chapter 12 (Gender)

sex vs gender
biological determinism (nature vs nurture?)
gender roles (biological or culturally defined?)
gender socialization
gender stratification
sexism, patriarchy
married women and house work (Hochschild)
wage gap: human capital, dual labor market
gender & occupational segregation
gender norms and success in American culture (who is set up for success, what is valued?: masculine/assertive or feminine/submissive?)
SF, C, SI on gender
feminist theory (liberal vs socialist vs radical feminism)
how does class, race, gender interact/intersect?