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
somerville, excerpts 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!