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THEMATIC

CFP 83 - Thematic: No Man Behind the Curtain: The Post-Modern Imperial Power
Room: TBD

Sponsor: Program Committee

Organizers: Alexandrea Ravenelle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Barbara Katz Rothman, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Presider: Barbara Katz Rothman, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Discussant: Alexandrea Ravenelle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Description: 

The forces of colonization in the current era go beyond the classic Empire, with its image of a single emperor as ruler. Profit, Domination and Coercion, as our meeting theme stresses, cover more and more arenas of life, from the very gates of life itself, birth and death colonized by Biomedical Industries, to our daily work, our education, our values coming under the colonizing forces of the new post-industrial world. This thematic will address these processes and how they are shaping the world in which we live

Papers:

“THE BIOMEDICAL EMPIRE: Bringing Medical Sociology into the Contemporary World, Studying the Gates of Life,” Barbara Katz Rothman, The Graduate Center, CUNY

“Human Capitalization of Children and Financialization of Parenting,” Nina Bandelj, University of California, Irvine

“Polyemployment and the Fragmentation of the Lifeworld When Meaning is Split Across Gigs,” Alexandrea Ravenelle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Strong Ties or Strong Arms?: Vulnerability, Coercion, and Profits in Multi-Level Marketing Work,” Nicole Christine Muffitt, University of Illinois Chicago

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