Sociological portrait
For your final paper you will construct a sociological portrait. A sociological portrait is a depiction, a description, a profile, or vignette of how race, class, gender and other cultural factors such as religion interact in an individual’s life to form her/his identity and behavior. The goal of the sociological portrait is to describe yourself using the sociological imagination. In other words, describe yourself sociologically. Focus should be on aspects of socialization, culture, social hierarchies, status and roles, groups, social class, gender, race and ethnicity, and the social institutions
(such as work, family, education). Make sure you are “connecting the sociological dots.”
What is a sociological portrait? Describing oneself sociologically requires an individual to be aware of the relationships between the experiences she has and her society around her. Furthermore, the things we do are shaped by the situations we are in, the values we have, the way people around us act, and how that all relates to a societal outcome.
Therefore, by looking at yourself through a sociological lens you can connect the sociological dots trough socialization, culture, social hierarchies, status and roles, groups, social class, gender, race and ethnicity, and the social institutions that have help you become the person you are today.
This is NOT an assignment in which you describe yourself psychologically but rather to make sociological connections between your experiences and sociological concepts. Your sociological portrait should include at least five (5) sociological concepts that are applied in the proper context.
