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Name of Institution: University of Denver
Name of First Year Seminar: Youth Cultures: Inequality, Resistance, and Empowerment Professor Hava Gordon, Sociology & Criminology
Abstract of the First Year Seminar:
Do we live in a youth-worshipping society, or are youth convenient scapegoats for larger social problems? Although commonly understood to be a natural and universal phase in the life course, many scholars argue that “youth” is a social construction: one that varies widely across history and across culture. The purpose of this service-learning seminar is to examine how young people in the United States are both “constructed” as a distinct social group by institutions such as media, schooling, and work, and how youth in turn construct their own social worlds and spark social change. In addition to exploring sociological analyses of youth and media, youth and schooling, and youth and low-wage work, we will be reading compelling ethnographies about suburban rockers, urban hip-hop youth, and high school girl cliques in order to examine the complex interplay of youth subordination and youth resistance. Throughout the seminar we will pay particular attention to the ways in which youth social issues are constructed along lines of race, class, and gender. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A SERVICE-LEARNING COURSE. The class entails a significant service-learning component (along with regular reading and writing assignments), so students will also learn about youth issues through hands-on volunteer work with a local youth organization.
Link to Syllabus or PDF of Syllabus:
Contact Hava.Gordon@du.edu
http://www.du.edu/studentlife/fys/documents/CourseDescriptions2012WebUpdate.pdf
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