Power and Everyday Practices - Couverture souple

 
9781487588229: Power and Everyday Practices
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1487588224 ISBN 13 : 9781487588229
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2019

Synopsis

This unique and innovative text provides undergraduate students with tools to think sociologically through the lens of everyday life. Normative social organization and taken for granted beliefs and actions are exposed as key mechanisms of power and social inequality in western societies today. By "unpacking the centre" students are encouraged to turn their social worlds inside out and explore alternatives to the dominant social order.


The text is divided into three parts. In Part One students learn how to use theory and methodology, which are blended seamlessly throughout the text. It shows how to position Michel Foucault as a companion to theorists such as Karl Marx and Stuart Hall, while signaling the importance of non-western and Indigenous knowledges, experiences, and rights. In Part Two, students explore - and challenge - normativity; the normal body, heterosexuality, whiteness, the two-gender system, aging, and the under-side of citizenship. In Part Three, shorter chapters critique everyday practices such as thinking scientifically, practicing self-help, going shopping, managing money, buying coffee, being a tourist, and marginalizing Indigeneity. Each chapter includes intriguing exercises, study questions, and key terms that link to the volume's comprehensive glossary. Instructors are provided PowerPoint slides, test banks, and multimodal supplementary resources that make the book adaptable to blended and online learning environments.


Essay-style lectures are also available to accompany the textbook.

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À propos de l'auteur

Deborah Brock is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at York University.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1487588224
ISBN 13 
9781487588229
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
464
Éditeur
Brock Deborah, Martin Aryn, Raby Rebecca, Thomas Mark
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  1487588232 ISBN 13 :  9781487588236
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2019
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