Sociology 791R - S-CivilResistance&theEveryday

This course will focus on what has sometimes been called `everyday forms of resistance?, `quiet encroachments? or political `lifestyles? and `subcultures?. It applies sociological perspectives on the `resistance? that is played out in the `everyday life? of `ordinary? people: a resistance that might be widespread and diffused, individual or small scale, implicitly political, disguised or even hidden. It brings to light how the `private? or `personal? can be political, and explores the creativity of `cultural resistance?. A special attention is turned towards the `intersectionality? of both domination and resistance in the everyday life, and therefore the problematics of how resistance does not only liberate, but also recreate domination.

Sociology graduate students only.