december

december 1: omi and winant (and responses..)

here’s some excerpts from omi & winant’s influential work, racial formation in the united states,which will quickly (maybe too quickly! but it is the last week, so…)

here is a recent response/critique/enlargement/engagement with racial formation theory

feagin and elias (not that one!), “rethinking racial formation theory

here is omi and winant’s response

[[[and i know you aren’t going to read any more, which is okay, but a friend of mine from grad school wrote one of the articles in this special issue on racial formation theory, which might also interest you, golash-boza, “does racial formation lack the conceptual tools to understand racism?”]]]

december 6:  queering theory, postcolonial theory

somervilleexcerpts from queering the color line

go, for a postcolonial sociology (i know you are busy, so you can skip this if you like.)[but don’t!!!!]]

 

december 8: ????????????

jonathan martin, excerpts from thinking through theory

a bit different than our recent fare, but some exposure to a different take on sociological theory, and worth thinking about, especially in terms of a theory of action.

ALSO: come prepared to discuss/decide on “exit interview” questions for final exam like entity. thanks!

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