SOC 322V - Race, Gender, and Surveillance

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The University of Texas at Austin

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Description:

Provides an overview of theories in the sociology of social control, with a focus on risk, power, ethics, and surveillance. Examines historical transformations in social control and the distributions of power in U.S. and global contexts, with attention to race, gender, and class. Topics include: the transatlantic slave trade; prisons and punishment; the gaze, voyeurism and reality television watching; the Internet; travel and state borders; privacy; biometrics and the body. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Sociology 321K (Topic: Surviellance and Social Control) and 322V may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utexas.edu

Phone Number:

(512) 471-3434

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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