LibGuides: SOCI.1010: Introduction to Sociology/Souza: Welcome

Welcome to Introduction to Sociology with Professor Najarian Souza

This course is organized around several key questions that will be used to help engage students in the study of our social world from a variety of sociological perspectives. Questions which we will explore include: What is sociology? How do sociologists study the world? What does it mean to consider the media as a social institution? How do we come to know what we know? What is the role of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, and ability in our daily lived experiences and how do these things relate to the construction of knowledge? What is the relationship between various issues in our society and social policy?

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Required Texts for SOCI.1010

Sociology: a Brief Introduction by Richard T. Schaefer
Print copies of this book are on Reserve at O'Leary Library. Ask for a copy at the front desk. Copies are sometimes available at the Internet Archive, but as of October 2024 that website is experiencing a cyberattack and widespread outages.
Deaf Like Me by Thomas S. Spradley; James P. Spradley
Print copies of this book are on Reserve at O'Leary Library. Ask for a copy at the front desk. Copies are sometimes available at the Internet Archive, but as of October 2024 that website is experiencing a cyberattack and widespread outages.

Article/Chapter Readings for SOCI 1010

Rosenhan, D. L. (1973). On Being Sane in Insane Places. Science, 179 (4070), 250–258.
Gamoran, A. (1990). Civil Religion in American Schools. Sociological Analysis, 51(3), 235–256.
Miner, H. (1956). Body Ritual among the Nacirema. American Anthropologist, 58(3), 503–507.
Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh. (1988). "Creating the Ex-role", a chapter in Becoming an Ex : The Process of Role Exit. University of Chicago Press.
This is an ebook purchased by the library - please go to the ebook, download just the chapter you need ("Creating the Ex-role"), and then close the tab or window with the book. That will ensure the book is available to other readers.
Martin Weinberg, "The Nudist Management of Respectability", book chapter in Deviance: The Interactionist Perspective
Electronic copies are sometimes available at the Internet Archive, but as of October 2024 that website is experiencing a cyberattack and widespread outages.
Gordon, B. O., & Rosenblum, K. E. (2001). Bringing Disability into the Sociological Frame: a comparison of disability with race, sex, and sexual orientation statuses. Disability & Society, 16(1), 5–19.

SOCI.1010: Introduction to Sociology/Souza

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Required Texts for SOCI.1010

Article/Chapter Readings for SOCI 1010