Chapter I THE PROBLEM Introduction African literature has tended to reflect the cultural and political phases of the continent because African fiction has been very much influenced by culture and politics. Beginning from the colonial days, African fiction spans the succession of cultural clashes and political crises which have beset the continent. For the countries in Africa, the experience of colonialism plays an important role in the process of understanding their history. Postcolonial studies
as is the case in this assignment. This is exactly what a norm is. It’s an “expectation of ‘right’ behavior” (Henslin, 2012, n.p) and these norms are the glue that holds the social institutions in our societies together. Until I started studying Sociology I had no idea how much I am affected by norms. From a simple breakfast with family to a late night binger with friends I can see how norms play a role in every situation in everyday life. That’s not to say that norms are universal because they certainly
Cultural associations and the historical memory of the Guanches in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Tenerife is one of the seven islands of the Canary archipelagos. It was conquered by the Spaniards in 1496 after almost a year of fighting with the Guanches, the indigenous population that lived on the island. The Guanches were a pastoral society of goat herders which after the conquest were completely assimilated by the new settlers. After the conquest, new customs and ways of life settled on the island
Depression can be classified as not only a health issue but a social issue thus categorizing it under the social science of sociology. The issues discussed in the novel, Prozac Nation, can be explored through Labelling Theory. Labelling Theory is a theory that deals with how labels influence self identity and the behaviour of individuals (McDowell Class Notes, 2014). Sociologist
The theoretical framework of the study is presented in this chapter. Firstly, the new institutional theory is explained. The application of the institutional theory is valuable in this research, as the field of social entrepreneurship is growing, there are increasing awareness about this type of organizations in the society. As DiMaggio and Powell (1983) point out, the homogenization powers affect organizations, when the field becomes defined. Moreover, organizations which are involved in a human
and isolation of the homelessness from the rest of society (Newman,2011).Many theorists would use conflict theory where it examines the macro conflict between different groups of the society and different social class. The study on inequality in sociology involves a reflection of conflict theory where the theory applies to social class (Morris,Judd & Kavangh,2005). Wealth people dominate over the homeless population by the means of education, power and wealth. Sociologists argue that such strong
The Sociological Imagination is a book written by the American Sociologist, C. Wright Mills, in 1959. The book focuses on the concept that Mills created to help describe the insight offered by the discipline of sociology. Mills defined the sociological imagination as “…the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society” (C. Wright Mills, 1959). In other words, “the sociological imagination is what we need to use to understand how societies control and change their members
The term medicalization entered the sociology literature in the 1970s in the works of Irving Zola, Peter Conrad and Thomas Szasz, among others. These sociologists viewed medicalization as a form of social control in which medical authority expanded into domains of everyday existence, and they
The perspective has evolved from the field of macro-sociology, social history and cultural studies (DiMaggio & Powell 1983). Since the 1970s the new institutional theory has been developed to link the institutional argument to the practices and structure of organisations (Scott 1995). DiMaggio and Powell
The narrative of violence in South African communities with regard to social action as it applies to the case study of the violent strike and killing of mine workers at Marikana in August 2012. On the 16th August 2012, there was a massacre of 34 workers by the South African state police at Lonmim Marikana. This essay aims to explain how the Social Identity Theory accounts for the violence in South African communities, with particular reference to the Marikana massacre. I am going to explain the