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SOCS204 Culture and Society

10 cp
Prerequisites 10 cp from 100-level units in Sociology
Incompatible SOCI204 Sociology of Culture
Teaching Organisation A variety of formats will be used, including lectures, workshops, analysis of audio-visual materials, group work, site visits, guest speakers.

This unit critically examines a range of historical and contemporary approaches to the study of culture. It considers the impact on culture/s of global information technologies and global media/marketing. Classical theorists, Marxist and neo-Marxist, critical theoretical, feminist and post-foundationalist approaches will be covered. The cultural turn in recent social theory, and the ways in which power and other social relations are intertwined with culture are explored.

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