SOCI 545 - Identities and Interaction

Three hours.
3 Credits

This course involves a comparative analysis of the functioning of enculturation in the establishment and maintenance of group identities. 1t examines (1) how older generations induce younger generations to adopt group identities; (2) the limitation of enculturation as a means of assuming the maintenance of group identity; and (3) the psychological, cultural, and social relativity of group identity.