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Introduction: On Being Sociological

Films/Documentaries

Sociology is a Martial Art (La Sociologie est un sport de combat) (2001 ) dir. Pierre Carles, 146 mins.

 

Researching

Novels/Other reading

Rysard Kapuściński (1990) ‘Boots’, The Soccer War, London: Granta [unobtrusive research].

Alison Lurie (1967) Imaginary Friends, London: Heinemann.

Films/Documentaries

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) dir. Sidney Lanfield, 80 mins [inductive/deductive research].

Lorenzo’s Oil (1992), dir. George Miller, 129 mins.

 

Modernizing

Films/Documentaries

Baraka (1992) dir. Ron Fricke, 96 mins.

Frankenstein (1931) dir. James Whale, 71 mins.

Metropolis (1927) dir. Fritz Lang, 153 mins.

Modern Times (1936) dir. Charles Chaplin, 87mins.

Not One Less (1999) dir. Zhang Yimou, 1 06 mins.

Our Daily Bread (2005) dir. Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 92 mins.

 

Working

Films/Documentaries

Clerks (1994) dir. Kevin Smith, 92 mins.

China Blue (2005) dir. Micha X. Peled, 88 mins.

The Devil’s Miner (2005) dir. Kief Davidson & Richard Ladkani, 82 mins.

The Office (2001-2003) dir. Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant, BBC television series.

Rosie the Riveter (1944) dir. Joseph Santley, 75 mins.

Workingman’s Death (2005) dir. Michael Glawogger, 122 mins.

 

Consuming

Films/Documentaries

Czech Dream (2005) dir. Filip Remunda & Vit Klusak, 87 mins.

The Devil Wears Prada (2006) dir. David Frankel, 109 minutes.

Rosalie Goes Shopping (1990) dir. Percy Adlon, 94 minutes.

 

Novels/Other Reading

Bret Easton Ellis (1991) American Psycho: A Novel, New York: Vintage.

Georges Perec (1999) Things: A Story of the Sixties, London: The Harvill Press.

Emile Zola (2002) Au Bonheur des Dames, London: Penguin.

 

Trading

Films/Documentaries

The Corporation (2003) dir. Mark Achbar & Jennifer Abbott, 145 mins.

McLibel (2005) dir. Franny Armstrong & Ken Loach, 85 mins.

Roger and Me (1989) dir. Michael Moore, 91 mins.

Wall Street (1987) dir. Oliver Stone, 125 mins.

Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices (2005) dir. Robert Greenwald, 95 mins.

 

Racialising

Films/Documentaries

American History X (1998) dir. Tony Kaye, 119 mins.

Crash (2005) dir. Paul Haggis, 113 mins.

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Masks (1996) dir. Isaac Julien, 70 mins.

Promises (2001) dir. Carlos Bolado and B.Z. Goldberg, 106 mins.

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) dir. Phillip Noyce, 94 mins.

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) dir. Robert Mulligan, 129 mins.

 

Gendering

Novels/Other reading

Alcott, Louisa May 1994 Little Women London: Puffin.

Alcott, Louisa May 1947 Good Wives London: Collins.

Bronte, Charlotte 1930 Jane Eyre London: J. M. Dent & Co.; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.

 

Films/Documentaries

Bend it Like Beckham (2002) dir. Gurinder Chadha, 112 mins.

Boys Don’t Cry (1999) dir. Kimberly Pierce, 118 mins.

Mrs Doubtfire (1993) dir. Chris Columbus, 125 mins.

Tootsie (1982) dir. Sidney Pollack, 119 mins.

 

Sexualizing

Films/Documentaries

Heading South (2006) dir. Lauren Cantet, 108 mins.

Kinsey (2004) dir. Bill Condon, 118 mins.

Transamerica (2005) dir. Duncan Tucker, 103 mins.

 

Being: Identity

Films/Documentaries

Being John Malkovich (1999) dir. Spike Jonez, 112 mins.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) dir. Michel Gondry, 108 mins.

Ghost in the Shell (1995) dir. Mamoru Oshii, 82 mins.

Solaris (1972) dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 165 mins.

 

Feeling: Emotions

Films/Documentaries

Equilibrium (2002) dir. Kurt Wimmer, 107 mins.

 

Believing: Religion

Films/Documentaries

Jesus Camp (2006) dir. Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, 84 mins.

Kundun (1997) dir. Martin Scorsese, 134 mins.

Life of Brian (1979) dir. Terry Jones, 94 mins.

The Message (1976), dir. Moustapha Akkad, 177 mins.

Nazrah: A Muslim Women's Perspective (2004) dir. Farah Nousheen, 55 mins.

The Passion of Christ (2004), dir. Mel Gibson, 127 mins.

 

Novels/Other reading

Umberto Eco (1983) The Name of the Rose, San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Frank Herbert (1965) Dune, Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chiltern.

Barbara Kingsolver (1998) Poisonwood Bible, New York: Harper Flamingo.

Jodi Picoult (1999) Keeping Faith, New York: William Morrow.

Mary Doria Russell (1991) The Sparrow, New York: Ballantine.

Mary Doria Russell (1998) The Children of God, New York: Villard.

 

Educating

Films/Documentaries

Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir, 128 mins.

Educating Rita (1983) dir. Lewis Gilbert, 110 mins.

 

Mediating: Technology

Novels/Other Reading

Ilya Ehrenburg (1976) The Life of the Automobile, New York: Urizen.

Tracy Kidder (1981) The Soul of a New Machine, Harmondsworth: Penguin.

Tom Wolfe (1980) The Right Stuff, New York: Bantam.

 

Informing: Media

Films/Documentaries

The Awful Truth (2000) the complete premier season, dir. Tom Gianas & Michael Moore, 285 mins.

Control Room (2004) dir. Jehane Noujaim, 84 mins.

Orwell Rolls in his Grave (2003) dir. Robert Kane Pappas, 84 mins.

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004) dir. Robert Greenwald, 75 mins.

 

Relating: Family

Films/Documentaries

Family Pictures (1993) dir. Philip Saville, 183 mins.

Muriel’s Wedding (1995) dir. P.J. Hogan, 106 mins.

Same Sex Parents (2004) dir. Lawrence Katrian, 90 mins.

 

Belonging: Community

Novels/Other Reading

John Steinbeck (1939) Cannery Row, London: Heinemann.

John Steinbeck (1939) The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking.

Eugene Ionesco (1970) Rhinoceros, Paris: Hatier.

Arthur Miller (1997) The Crucible, Harlow Longman.

Tom Wolfe (1968) The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test, New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

George Orwell (1946) Animal Farm, New York: Harcourt Brace.

 

Films/Documentaries

1984 (1984) dir. Michael Radford, 110 mins.

Ngati (1987) dir. Barry Barclay, 90 mins.

On the Road (1997) dir. David Springbett, 26 mins.

Virtually Intentional (1997) dir. Moira Simpson, 26 mins.

Whale Rider (2002) dir. Niki Rider, 101 mins.

 

Embodying

Films/Documentaries

In My Skin (2003) dir. Marina De Van, 93 mins.

 

Criminalizing

Novels/Other Reading

James Lee Burke (1988) Sunset Limited, New York: Doubleday.

Dashiell Hammett (1972) Red Harvest, New York: Vintage.

Ted Lewis (1970) Jack's Return Home, London: Michael Joseph.

Jim Thompson (1959) The Getaway, New York: Signet.

Jim Thompson (1952) The Killer Inside Me, New York: Lion.

Louise Welch (2004) The Cutting Room, London: canongate.

 

Films/Documentaries

Casino (1995) dir. Martin Scorcese, 178 mins.

Get Carter (1971) dir. Mike Hodges, 112 mins.

The Godfather I (1972) dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 175 mins.

Goodfellas (1990) dir. Martin Scorcese, 145 mins.

Heat (1995) dir. Machael Mann, 171 mins.

The Long Good Friday (1980) dir. John MacKenzie, 114 mins.

Miller's Crossing (1990) dir. Joel Coen, 115 mins.

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