Crazy Love Sociology

In his 2001 film entitled Lantana, director Ray Lawrence provides a dramatic look into the consequences of jealousy and infidelity in relationships. The film focuses primarily on two couples, Leon and Sonja, and John and Valerie, whose relationships are both seemingly in the midst of their own downward spirals. As the story unfolds and the issues affecting each of these relationships are uncovered, the film paints a vivid picture of the different ways that such themes can quickly bring ruin to relationships, and, in the case of some of the film’s characters, lives.

Like in every college, there are social groups or fraternities and sororities as we call them now. In the inspiring movie, “School Daze” by Spike Lee shows the constant conflict within African-American community over hair texture and skin complexion. Lee used a college campus, “Mission College,” because in the late 80’s and early 90’s, college campuses gained popularity in the black communities. Culture, stereotypes, and audiences displayed throughout this film. So what actually goes on during this inspirational film and why did Spike Lee make it?

M2 - Use different sociological perspectives to discuss patterns and trends of health and illness in two different social groups

I believe that Can't Stop, Won't Stop, Wild Style, Egyptian Lover, Finding the funk, and Breakin' n' Enterin' speak to each other in helping narrate hip hop's origin mythologies. Each of these represent different sectors of the black community and how it all intertwines. Breaking down each element it will be easy to see how each goes hand in hand with each other. Can't Stop, Won't Stop is an element that gives a lot of information from different areas. This provides a highlight on some of the most important people of the time, Fab Five Freddy.

The film I am reviewing is Hardball. The film tells a story of a ticket scalper named Conor who has gambled himself into a huge debt. In order to pay off the debt he has agreed to coach a baseball team of troubled black kids. These young kids live in the housing projects of Chicago, Illinois. At first Conor has a tough time dealing with the children.

When most American think of immigration, we consider the Mexican and Hispanic populations. Yet, Chinese Americans make up a vast population of individuals who make the United States home each year. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tran brings to light the struggles of

After reading both chapters 8 and 9, they both discuss the relationships between the productions and consumption of contemporary popular music and how complex they are. In these both chapters sociologist has studied the different aspects of popular music and popular music in the society. In chapter 8, one section that really stood out to me was, the ‘Young people and cultural productivity’. In the beginning of this section it states that “Willis and his colleagues (1990) argue that as human beings we are symbolically creative, saying that ‘we argue for symbolic creativity as an integral (“ordinary”) part of human conditions, not as inanimate peaks rising above the mists’ “. In other words, humans like to create meaning to everything, including the music we listen to.

Routinization is the way people go about doing something. It’s a method to organize chaos and when practiced it accomplishes the goal quickly and effectively. There are different methods used, but ultimately routinization produces the desired result.

In A Beautiful Mind, Nash is often depicted as eccentric or not quite there. The beginning of the movie aimed to convince the audience that Nash was ordinary, but when things became clear that Nash had schizophrenia, the directors depicted Nash to fit the stereotype. The harrowing moment for Nash became plot driven and showed suggestions that schizophrenics are inherently violent individuals. What was originally presented as something pure and a hopeful situation for Nash’s recovery was twisted to include a breakdown that harmed the family. The movie furthers cultural stigma by showing that the wife of Nash was afraid of her own husband. Although these events may have taken place, the dramatic nature of the scene and how the movie revolves

“Into the Wild” is a movie that is based off the book with the same title. It follows the story of Alex Supertramp as he tries to get to the Alaskan wilderness to live a secluded life away from society. Alex’s family thought that he was going to law school, but in fact he was making his way around the united states living the life that he craved. Throughout his adventure he met many different people along the way, as well as working different jobs. Alex’s goal was to get away from mainstream society because he thought that it was very materialistic.

A) Compare and contrast the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist theoretical approaches to the study of society. How does each approach view society, the individual, social order, and social change? Your textbook analyzes sports in terms of various perspectives. Using the analysis of sports as a model, analyze the role of television from the functional, conflict, and interactionist approaches.

According to Durkheim, Social fact or social phenomenon are the main subject matter of sociology. He said in one of his pieces that social fact must be studied distinct from the biological and psychological phenomenon. Social order is the trend of behavior being used to exercise power over another person. It has become rules and regulations that have been set up by some authorities to be obeyed by another group of people who are being undermined in a society, it is a situation that oppressed people and limits them from their liberties. When people go through these situations they cannot function the way they are supposed to function because they are limited by their freedom. These social orders are not only laws but rather certain norms created by the authority to put a whole race into a situation where they are very far from freedom of speech, movement, and knowledge. African Americans are an example of a race that has been through discrimination at workplaces, schools, community etc. They are one race which has been a label or put in a class where the situation will never permit you to climb the ladder of success. Although you might have all the certification, qualification, the best schools, etc. but the fact that you came from the poor class or the lower class, it becomes very difficult for the Caucasian people to give you the opportunity you deserve, because of this, the citizens of American have been grouped into different classes which are upper, middle, working,

The movie Crash is a drama film that shows you several life experiences of different people living in Los Angeles.  All the characters in the film are somehow inter-related to one another.  A police detective who mother is strung out on drugs and has a brother who likes to kill, two car thieves, a white district attorney, a racist cop, a black Hollywood director, a full Persian descent father, and a Hispanic locksmith are all the characters in the film.

Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989) portrayed an important social problem of the time period – interracial rivalry. The movie was one of many ghetto action films made during the era. In the article “Producing Ghetto Pictures” by Craig Watkins, he says that the movies of the ghetto film cycle committed much of their storyline to that of the relationship between young, poor black males and the ghetto (170).

Sociology and psychology is the study of the mind and the environment around us which makes us who we are. These theories assist us to understand behaviour from individual and societal levels.