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There is choice of 6 questions but you have to answer one(1200words).You must provide 5 scholarly reference with in text citaion. 4 scholary reference(chicago style)Answer ONE of the following essay questions in 1200 words. Results will be available by the end of the Intra Session Break.Essay Requirements: You must consult at least five (5) scholarly texts in researching this essay, and reference them in a reference list. At least four (4) of the five (5) scholarly texts must be from outside the essential (weekly) readings (textbook). You are expected to engage in independent scholarly research. Scholarly texts include books, an essay from a collection or an article from an academic journal. Please do not use general websites, including Wikipedia, or any dictionary definitions. Any scholarly texts from the Internet MUST be from a reputable academic or university website. If you are not sure, choose only university-based websites for your sources. You must not use any other Internet-based material in your essay unless it is directly related to answering your question and relevant.Referencing: All quotations MUST be in quotation marks with page number references using the referencing system specified in this units student learning guide, which is Chicago. All material that is not your own MUST be referenced. Students are required to follow the UWS style guidelines in relation to references, quotations and bibliographies. The University of Western Sydney has proactive plagiarism rules in place and all essays must be submitted to Turnitin.Presentation: You are expected to submit a clearly-written document. You must edit and proofread your work.Submit your assignment online at or before midnight on March 30.
The results will be available by the end of the Intra Session Break. Late submission penalties apply.Essay Writing: An essay is an extended intellectual engagement with a particular question. A written essay must demonstrate not only an ability to write to an acceptable university standard but, just as importantly, an ability to think to a university standard. Students are required to research the question, and to show evidence of that research in the form of appropriate reference and bibliographic material being used in the essay. As students, you are asked to query and evaluate all material that you read, or notes and recordings you have accumulated from lectures and tutorials and, through a critical engagement with this information, express your own ideas and concepts in the essay. These ideas and concepts must be argued and substantiated by rational means, and presented in a logical, cohesive order that develops your essays argument or position.This essay will be assessed on: A clear response that demonstrates an understanding of the essay question chosen. Correct use of concepts from the course. The appropriate use of examples and evidence to support your argument or arguments.Your facility to undertake independent scholarly research and correctly reference that research. Your ability to write clearly and concisely.
Also, see your learning guide for more specific marking criteria.
Style: For this assessment in this unit you may use either a formal or an informal essay style, but you must specify which one you are using, or it will be marked as a formal essay. See vUWS Learning Materials>Essay Exemplar>Formal and Informal Essays.ESSAY QUESTIONS:1. Is your body a pawn in a power game? What makes your body particularly suited to manipulation as part of the way that power operates in a modern free society? Analyse media coverage of the cultural debate around body image and steroid use by Australian males to support your argument in response to this question, paying particular attention to cultural rules and existing laws.2. What are the issues and challenges of studying something we are part of? Is sociology an appropriate discipline to undertake this process or would another approach be more productive? In other words, look critically at the fundamental assumptions of this unit, particularly in relation to Chapter Two of the textbook Contemporary Society by James Arvanitakis. Analyse three specific examples from contemporary society to support your position.3. Social taboos have less to do with processes of logic or threats to society and more to do with the control of subjects within an ideological structure. Power, in other words. Discuss using the specific example of body-piercing usage in contemporary society.4. In a recent interview on Lebanese television, female TV host Rima Karaki said: Either there is mutual respect, or the conversation is over. Compare and contrast that statement using sociologist Antonio Gramscis argument on page 31 of the textbook about culture and politics.5. On page 28 of the textbook, James Arvanitakis talks about power as stuff and power as relational. What do you think he means by that? Discuss this statement from him by considering the work of philosopher Michel Foucault referred to in the textbook and other sources.6. Do you think that studying language is important in understanding contemporary society? Respond to this statement by considering race relations in Australia over the last ten years, particularly in relation to bilingualism in multiculturalism. Analyse three specific examples from your own experience to support your position.

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Answer ONE of the following essay questions in no more than 1200 words.

1. On page eight of the textbook it states that the authors of the Dictionary of Sociology (Abercrombie, Hill and Turner) describe culture as “the symbolic and learned, non-biological aspects of human society, including language, custom and convention, by which human behaviour can be distinguished from other primates”. Reflect on how the culture of Islam could be understood when considering the following statement by Ayaan Hirsi Ali from an essay titled Why Islam Needs a Reformation: “As I see it, the fundamental problem is that the majority of otherwise peaceful and law-abiding Muslims are unwilling to acknowledge, much less to repudiate, the theological warrant for intolerance and violence embedded in their own religious texts. It simply will not do for Muslims to claim that their religion has been ‘hijacked’ by extremists”. Your response must include the analysis of at least three specific examples related to language, custom and convention.

2. Roller derby has frequently been considered an ‘alternative’ sport, but ‘alternative’ to what? What does this description tell us about ideas of ‘society’ and ‘culture’? Using three examples related to roller derby, explore the question ‘what is society?’.

3. Is our contemporary society’s engagement with the Internet a positive thing that simply encourages enhanced understanding, or does it entrench us further into a virtual world where racism can go unchecked and continue to be an ongoing problem in Australia? Compare and contrast the use of this technology in Australia. Your response must use at least two examples from your everyday life and one from the textbook to support your position.

4. In a recent interview on ABC Lateline with Ticky Fullerton, fellow journalist Stan Grant said of Adam Goodes: “This is an extraordinary man but when he hears these boos, like all of us the wound is re-opened because success doesn’t close the wound.” Critically analyse that statement using sociologist Antonio Gramsci’s argument on page 31 of the textbook about culture and politics.

5. In a recent article in The Conversation, Gerry Redmond said: “However, the issue of intergenerational mobility – the extent to which parents’ education, occupation or income determines that of their children after they in turn reach adulthood – is a sensitive subject in Australia, which has historically prided itself on being a classless society”. How does the myth of Australia being a classless society continue to circulate? Through an analysis of education opportunities in Australia, explore how this myth may allow a wealthy and privileged minority of Australians to reinforce ongoing inequality while making their exercise of power all but invisible. Use philosopher Michel Foucault’s theory of power to support your argument.

Essay Requirements: You must consult at least five (5) scholarly texts in researching this essay, and reference them in a reference list.

Contemporary Society

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Answer ONE of the following essay questions in no more than 1200 words.

1. On page eight of the textbook it states that the authors of the Dictionary of Sociology (Abercrombie, Hill and Turner) describe culture as “the symbolic and learned, non-biological aspects of human society, including language, custom and convention, by which human behaviour can be distinguished from other primates”. Reflect on how the culture of Islam could be understood when considering the following statement by Ayaan Hirsi Ali from an essay titled Why Islam Needs a Reformation: “As I see it, the fundamental problem is that the majority of otherwise peaceful and law-abiding Muslims are unwilling to acknowledge, much less to repudiate, the theological warrant for intolerance and violence embedded in their own religious texts. It simply will not do for Muslims to claim that their religion has been ‘hijacked’ by extremists”. Your response must include the analysis of at least three specific examples related to language, custom and convention.

2. Roller derby has frequently been considered an ‘alternative’ sport, but ‘alternative’ to what? What does this description tell us about ideas of ‘society’ and ‘culture’? Using three examples related to roller derby, explore the question ‘what is society?’.

3. Is our contemporary society’s engagement with the Internet a positive thing that simply encourages enhanced understanding, or does it entrench us further into a virtual world where racism can go unchecked and continue to be an ongoing problem in Australia? Compare and contrast the use of this technology in Australia. Your response must use at least two examples from your everyday life and one from the textbook to support your position.

4. In a recent interview on ABC Lateline with Ticky Fullerton, fellow journalist Stan Grant said of Adam Goodes: “This is an extraordinary man but when he hears these boos, like all of us the wound is re-opened because success doesn’t close the wound.” Critically analyse that statement using sociologist Antonio Gramsci’s argument on page 31 of the textbook about culture and politics.

5. In a recent article in The Conversation, Gerry Redmond said: “However, the issue of intergenerational mobility – the extent to which parents’ education, occupation or income determines that of their children after they in turn reach adulthood – is a sensitive subject in Australia, which has historically prided itself on being a classless society”. How does the myth of Australia being a classless society continue to circulate? Through an analysis of education opportunities in Australia, explore how this myth may allow a wealthy and privileged minority of Australians to reinforce ongoing inequality while making their exercise of power all but invisible. Use philosopher Michel Foucault’s theory of power to support your argument.

Essay Requirements: You must consult at least five (5) scholarly texts in researching this essay, and reference them in a reference list.