Gestures & Symbols, Dramaturgy, Feminist Theory

Question 1

What are the Gestures and symbols?

Answer 1

Gestures are communications that are not conscious, in which you don’t know what the response will be

Symbols are conscious form of communication, where consequences are understandable

Question 2

Herbert’s 3 Premises of Symbolic Interactionism

Answer 2

1. Humans act towards things on basis of meaning provided
2. Meanings are created through Social interactions from others
3. Meanings handled in and thru an interpretive process a person uses in dealing with things he or she encounters

Question 3

Dramaturgy

Answer 3

The presentation of one’s self in everyday life in which the world is a stage where individuals constantly act on

Question 4

Frontstage

Answer 4

One performing on stage where audience is watching and the person performing are aware of being watched

Question 5

Impression Management

Answer 5

Manage impressions of other people

Question 6

Backstage

Answer 6

Being prepared for the front stage, in which the audience are barred from

Question 7

Offstage

Answer 7

Neither performing or rehearsing, you are truly yourself

Question 8

Interaction Order (interaction zoo)

Answer 8

1. Vehicular Units
2. Contacts
3. Encounters
4. Platform Performances
5. Celebrations

Question 9

Women Centered theory

Answer 9

Starting point to investigate by women, to relook at social world’s from lens and vantage points of women

Question 10

Interdisciplinary Theory

Answer 10

Theory cutting across backgrounds, not just sociology

Question 11

Basic Questions of Feminism

Answer 11

1. What about women
2. Why situation are the way it is?
3. How to improve the world and make it more just a place?
4. Differences among women?

Question 12

First Wave (1830’s-1920’s)

Answer 12

Women not involved in political, which lead to Women’s political rights from 19th amendment

Question 13

Second Wave (1960-90)

Answer 13

Feminism movement dead and Econ. & Social Rights are about equal pay & work

Question 14

Third Wave (1990-present)

Answer 14

Sexuality & minority, Empowering women, and Movement across the nation