Toy Analysis
Assignment: Essay In order to develop one’s own sociological imagination and gain insight into the social world, C. Wright Mills proposed that people needed to be able to view their own society from the perspective of an outsider. He suggested that our personal/cultural bias often fogged our interpretation of the world and left people misinformed as to the connectedness of personal troubles to the structural conditions of society. For this assignment students will visit a local toy store (or online) and analyze specific toys using their sociological imaginations. Students will need to think critically about the powerful messages that marketers…