Read the article, test to your understanding of the course materials. The questions listed below cover the various units in the course. Choose two of the questions to answer for this assignment.

1.Are cultures of everyday life worthy of study?

2.Are traditional gender roles still reflected in the home?

3.Are centralization and bureaucratization still central characteristics of the social organization of the modern workplace?

4.In your view, do Bourdieu’s observations on the gendered and classed nature of recreational activities reinforce stereotypes?

5.Has our understanding of what constitutes “community” changed over time?

6.How has the course changed your understanding of the distinction between things deemed to be cultural and things assumed to be natural?

7.How is everyday culture a site of contestation?