Power and Everyday Practices, Second Edition

Autorentext

Edited by Deborah Brock, Aryn Martin, Rebecca Raby, and Mark P. Thomas

Klappentext

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.　

Zusammenfassung
Rather than view social inequality as a problem for marginalized populations, Power and Everyday Practices turns the spotlight on the ways power and privilege are produced and reproduced in our everyday worlds

Inhalt

Preface

Introduction: Unpacking the Centre

Part One: Foundations

1. Thinking about Power
   Deborah Brock, York University

2. Assembling Our Toolkit
   Andrea Noack, Ryerson University and Aryn Martin, York University

Part Two: The Centre, Normalization, and Power

3. Fashioning the Normal Body
   Anne McGuire, University of Toronto and Kelly Fritsch, Carleton University

4. Trans/Gender
   Dan Irving, Carleton University

5. Thinking "Straight"
   Alix Holtby, York University

6. Whiteness Invented
   Melanie Knight, Ryerson University

7. Being "Middle Class"
   Mark P. Thomas, York University

8. Growing Up, Growing Old
   Rebecca Raby, Brock University

9. Citizenship and Borders
   Nandita Sharma, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Part Three: Everyday Practices

10. Science and the "Matter" of Power
    Aryn Martin, York University

11. Are You "Normal"?
    Heidi Rimke, University of Winnipeg and Deborah Brock, York University

12. Going Shopping: The Politics of Everyday Consumption
    Dennis Soron, Brock University

13. Are You Financially Fit?
    Mary Beth Raddon, Brock University

14. Let’s Get a Coffee
    Gavin Fridell, Saint Mary’s University and Erika Koss, Saint Mary’s University

15. Indigenous Youth: Representing Themselves
    Margot Francis, Brock University

16. Being a Tourist
    Gada Mahrouse, Concordia University

Conclusion