READING ASSIGNMENTS & WEB SITES
Life Span & Introduction to Sociology

Section 5: The Study of Culture

Readings:

Macionis, Society: The Basics, chapter 2
Horace Miner, “Body Ritual among the Nacirema”
Karen Musalo, "When Rights and Culture Collide."

Listen to David Sedaris' humorous "Six to Eight Black Men" as an example of ethnocentrism and cultural relativity

Watch this short video on "cultural diversity" in New York City - and visit Humans of New York.