166-080 Society and Self Identity

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166-080 Society and Self Identity
Note	Formerly available as 166-130. Students who have completed 166-130 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Availability	1st year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Kevin McDonald
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Subject Description	This subject introduces students to sociology through exploring the relationship between changing experiences of selfhood and new patterns of social life. It locates new questions of self-identity in the context of globalisation, changing work and family patterns, emerging forms of consumerism, weakening social roles and institutions. It introduces sociological approaches to questions of gender and sexuality, embodied subjectivity, subcultures, and contemporary social problems such as drug use and addiction.
Assessment	An essay of 1500 words, a fieldwork report of 1500 words and a 1-hour class test.
Prescribed Texts	K McDonald, Pressing Questions: Explorations in Sociology. Issue 2, Melbourne AWL, 2000. R Sennett, The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. Norton New York, 1998.

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