I. Film SeriesII. Katrinaa. “Implement your personal plan now!”b. Deserving poor vs. undeserving poor (Dyson)III. Do you know what it means to Miss New Orleans?a. The neoplantations: residential segregation, lack of mobility, racialized workb. The blues traditioni. Cornel Westii. Blue Notes, mixing major and minor tonalitiesI. Study GuideII. Papers: doing analysis & using conceptsIII. Ways of looking at social classa. Socioeconomic Status (SES)b. Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Pierre BourdieuStudy Guide For Midterm Exam on March 4thPosted to Oncourse under resourcesThe exam is a tool to push you to read the assigned readings and come to classSkim over the readings and focus on the main idea and points that the author is trying to convey20 multiple choice2 short answerwill be provided with space for one-paragraphthe study guide has general areas to focus on for these questionsmobility, gender, and racePapers: doing analysis & using conceptsMarch 13- first draft dueThe body of the paper should analyze the exampleDraw on at least one reading/keyword from the courseExample could come from a current event, film, or other types of mediaRelate the close ups to the big pictureWays of Looking at Social ClassSocioeconomic Status (SES): using quantifiable or objective measures such as income, education, and occupationA crucial part of the American Dream narrative is that social class doesn’t determine a persons fate in the United States.But your parents SES plays a significant role in determining where you will end up in the class structure. Especially if your parents are at the top or bottom. (rich stay rich, poor stay poor)In the US the most social mobility is found in the lower middle class. Parents that make enough money to send their children to college.Karl Marx (1818-1883)Class is fundamentally economicTwo classes in classical MarxismBourgeoisie: own the means of productionProletariat: forced to sell their laborThere is no middle classThe two classes are those who own and make the stuff and those who work for themCommunist utopiaDifferences in income is not the most important determinants of classMax WeberRejected Marx’s economic determinismHe believed that class is more complex and is determined as much by factors such as “status” (social prestige)and “party” (political affiliations) as it is by economic factorsArgues that all 3 of these factors(economic factors, social prestige, and political affiliations) came together to determine a person’s “life chances” (opportunities to improve ones’ life)Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)Developed the concept of Cultural Capital: particular kinds of knowledge, skills, tastes, preferences, and habits that distinguish one class from anotherAll of these things are socially learned and serve to create boundaries between those who belong and those who don’tExample: taste in art, like abstract paintingsAMST-A100 1st Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Last Lecture I. Film SeriesII. Katrinaa. “Implement your personal plan now!”b. Deserving poor vs. undeserving poor (Dyson)III. Do you know what it means to Miss New Orleans?a. The neoplantations: residential segregation, lack of mobility, racialized work b. The blues traditioni. Cornel Westii. Blue Notes, mixing major and minor tonalities Outline of Current Lecture I. Study GuideII. Papers: doing analysis & using conceptsIII. Ways of looking at social classa. Socioeconomic Status (SES)b. Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Pierre BourdieuCurrent LectureStudy Guide For Midterm Exam on March 4th- Posted to Oncourse under resources- The exam is a tool to push you to read the assigned readings and come to class- Skim over the readings and focus on the main idea and points that the author is trying to conveyThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- 20 multiple choice- 2 short answero will be provided with space for one-paragraph o the study guide has general areas to focus on for these questionso mobility, gender, and race Papers: doing analysis & using concepts- March 13- first draft due- The body of the paper should analyze the example- Draw on at least one reading/keyword from the course- Example could come from a current event, film, or other types of media- Relate the close ups to the big picture Ways of Looking at Social Class- Socioeconomic Status (SES): using quantifiable or objective measures such as income, education, and occupation- A crucial part of the American Dream narrative is that social class doesn’t determine a persons fate in the United States. o But your parents SES plays a significant role in determining where you will end up in the class structure. Especially if your parents are at the top or bottom. (rich stay rich, poor stay poor)o In the US the most social mobility is found in the lower middle class. Parents that make enough money to send their children to college.- Karl Marx (1818-1883)o Class is fundamentally economico Two classes in classical Marxism Bourgeoisie: own the means of production Proletariat: forced to sell their laboro There is no middle classo The two classes are those who own and make the stuff and those who work for themo Communist utopia o Differences in income is not the most important determinants of class- Max Webero Rejected Marx’s economic determinismo He believed that class is more complex and is determined as much by factors such as “status” (social prestige)and “party” (political affiliations) as it is by economic factorso Argues that all 3 of these factors(economic factors, social prestige, and political affiliations) came together to determine a person’s “life chances” (opportunities to improve ones’ life)- Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)o Developed the concept of Cultural Capital: particular kinds of knowledge, skills, tastes, preferences, and habits that distinguish one class from anothero All of these things are socially learned and serve to create boundaries between those who belong and those who don’to Example: taste in art, like abstract