最新《英国社会文化》期末复习资料幻灯片课件

《英国社会文化》期末复 习资料
Chapter 1 Introduction
SCOTLAND
cont.
• Culture:
– Greatest Scottish accomplishments come in the form of science, literature, and philosophy.
fields of economy, culture, politics.
• The 1960s – a decade of young rebellious
young generation
• The 1970s – a decade of strikes and recession • The 1980s – a decade of Thatcherism • The 1990s – a decade of great expectation
a classless society.
• However many people still believe society is
ordered in terms of class and that discrimination occurs between classes.
• Everything a Briton does and says is influenced
– Today, stories are substituted for drinking and dancing.
– Scots are known primarily for game dishes like smoked salmon and venison
A 4 Class
• The United Kingdom is increasingly described as
• Which class would you say he was in—the
middle class or the working class? why?
• There is no definite answer to the question.
There is a subjective perspective ( what class attachment the individual feels) and an objective perspective (which class the individual is allocated to by statisticians).
by class.
• Accent*, vocabulary*, job*, hobbies* and types
of relationship all fit into the class structure.
A 5 50 Years of Change
• The 1950s – a time of great changes in
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Sociological Explanations of the Increase in Divorce
• The value of marriage • Conflict between spouses • The ease of divorce • Women, paid employment and marital
conflict
• Income and class • Age • Marital status of parents • Background and role expectations • Occupation
• Can you work out any reasons to
explain why in modern world, the divorce rate is increasing all around the world?
Sociological Explanations of the
Increase in Divorce
– Bagpipes (风笛) are very famous in Scotland.
– Social gathering known as ceilidh (同乐会) were
very popular in the traditional culture in which folk stories were told.
cont.
One-parent families & their
dependent children
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D ependent c hildren in
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O ne-parent fam ilies
• The purpose of the activity is to impress
upon the students that class is an indefinite concept in Britain.
Chapter 2 Family & Personal
Relationships
A 1 The Family
A 5. The Devolution
• Jeremy Johnson has been a building labourer
since he left university after obtaining a degree in electronics. This was the only job he could get at the time but now he enjoys he physical work and he has decided to continue in the building industry. He says he is middle class.