Video Response Worksheet SOC 101 CCBC / Spring 2016 SEC 03 / Amber Parks / The Harvest a. Culture/pg. 36 is the language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and material objects that are passed generation to generation. In the video culture is displayed quite frequently with each family that is shown. For example, the one family is quite religious and it can be seen them praying before meals.
In order to be accepted in the current social society, you must follow a certain set of norms throughout life. Social norms are the unwritten rules on behavior that are expected and established opinions on what is appropriate and what is not. People who do not follow these instilled norms may be casted aside, judged, or suffer a consequence. Society’s expectations have dictated what normal human behavior is that people conform to as a way of life. These norms, however, are not set in stone, so they may be challenged.
Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino is a powerful and entertaining drama that exemplifies several sociological theories discussed over the semester. The movie takes place in Detroit Michigan where a Korean War Vet morns the loss of his wife and, well, his life. The main character, Walt Kowalski, presents as an elder, miserable, bigot, who doesn’t much like what his neighborhood and succeeding generations have become. The movie starts out by clearly defining the generational gap between Walt and his grandchildren who attend their grandmother’s funeral in a less that respectful manner, that is, in Walt’s eyes.
This specific, Thinking About Movies by Peter Lehman and William Luhr was very relatable to me. Many of the points that they talked about, in the article I had previously wondered about. To start off, they talk about in how many Hollywood films they have an Invisible class norm. This invisible norm is that the middle class is the class most people relate too, and want to be in. Although this is true for most people it is not true for all people.
With this kind of situations it’s hard for young adults to attain a high school diploma or even finish secondary school, over half won’t finish high school and only 1% will go to college (“The Forgotten Americans”). In the 1990’s the high school dropout rate was around 17.3 percent (Harmon 2000) due to the fact of young adult working instead of going to school (Chahin 320). The students who have the most challenges in school are migrant children because their parents work during harvest season. When the harvest season starts parents have to leave up north and with them their kids as well, by leaving children have to leave school behind and leave early and when getting to their new home children have to start school late in the school year (“ The
Warren and Helen Schmidt have been married for 42 years and have lived respectful lives in Omaha Nebraska; Warren as an assistant vice president actuary business professional who investigates the financial costs of risk for insurance and pension programs at Woodman of the World Insurance Company, and Helen as a housewife. They have an only daughter named Jeannie living in Denver Colorado who is engaged to Randall Hertzel. Warren has an older brother, Harry, who lives in Roanoke, Virginia with his wife, Estelle. Schmidt is an emotionally lacking, seemingly unhappy 66 year old man.
The movie “Crash” is riveting and thought provoking, you will be on the edge of your seat all the while entangled in a web of emotions as you are taken on a journey, where social and political collide that will leave you thinking after the credits role. The director/writer takes a tapestry of Blacks, Whites, Latinos and Asians to weave a story around racial tension that is built on assumptions, perceptions and redemption. There are some turn of events that will leave you wondering how that happened. Furthermore, each one of the main character’s perception of others or events is their reality whether seen by others as right or wrong. In human communication and interaction, it is evident there is principles like stereotyping and social roles that create a barrier that lead to misunderstanding.
1. Define the Human Condition/ Human Experience. The capacity to decide, and how and why the capacity came into being, the consequences that followed, are the broader science-based meaning of the human existence. The human condition is a product of history (mythology) (Wilson).
I agree with the idea that social structure is a simple idea in theory in that our social circumstances can affect our outcomes. This idea surfaced when Viola Davis was awarded an Emmy and powerfully and emotionally pointed it out. When I first read what she said, I thought it sounded a little racist. I then went back and watched her say it, and it came across differently. She simply meant that given more opportunities to act, African American women would win more awards.
Popular Culture I Öğr. Gör. Gülbin Kıranoğlu The Capitalist and Patriarchal Elements in the Products of Popular Culture Betül Kılıç 110111077
It is expected that those living within the society live up to and conform to those norms in order to achieve the societal values. Different types of social norms include, folkways, mores, taboos and laws. Social norms are generally learned from an early age without us realising it, and as a result we assume that the norms
Emily Poole J320 3/9/2018 Final Paper The Other Feminist Film Theory During the mid-20th century, second and third wave feminism swept the nation. The feminist movements focused on combating the roles associated with being a woman and, in turn, lead them to critique how women are represented in media. The feminist movement emerged in media as Feminist Film theory, where the leading women of the mid-20th century analyzed representations of women in film(media).
The concept of Social realism as a film genre is to portray the ‘real life’ of a working-class society. Social realism films depict the social, political and economic injustices’ that influence and impact people in society (Taylor, 2006). It is raw and gives the audience a true indication of what life is like (Lay, 2002). Social realism first came about during an economic downfall in the 1920s. It was an art movement that social realists started, to represent the working class.
It is an aesthetic norm that Third World films follow a realist mode. These films use the camera to emphasise the realism aspects endorsed from the everyday lives. Odo Okere (cited in Gugler, 2003:10) references Ousmane Sembene in using the camera to reflect the everyday lives The deliberate slowness and simplicity…characterises all the films, particularly in the use of long takes. The attempt is partly to allow the audience enough time, and with minimum difficulty, to digest information and partly to reflect the reality of the slowness which characterises much of African life.
(a) Film: (IQ-1) How does the art genre of film influence society? (i) Research and investigate – work with a group to create a timeline of major events and people in history. (ii) Consider: IQ-1 How does the genre of film influence society? Some questions you might like to consider to help you answer……. (1) What do you like about watching films?
