If prestigious brand-name products, such as the Louis Vuitton handbag, confer some sort of high status on those who possess and display them, then how does the branding of the self function in our 21st-Century economy? 1. 2. Introduction to the Sociological Imagination, Introduction to Sociological Perspectives, Putting It Together: Sociological Foundations, Assignment: Sociologist Player Trading Cards, Putting It Together: Sociological Research, Introduction to Cultural Similarities and Differences, Introduction to Pop Culture, Subculture, and Cultural Change, Introduction to Theoretical Perspectives on Culture and Technology, Conflict Theory on Culture and Technology, Symbolic Interactionism on Media and Technology, Introduction to Reality as a Social Construct, Introduction to the Fundamentals of Society, Society, Culture, and Social Institutions, Introduction to Theoretical Perspectives on Society, Symbolic Interactionism and the McDonaldization of Society, Discussion: Society and Formal Organizations, Why It Matters: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control, Introduction to Theories of Social Deviance, Putting It Together: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control, Why It Matters: Stratification and Inequality, Introduction to Stratification and Systems of Stratification, Social Stratification, Social Inequality, and Global Stratification, Introduction to Social Mobility and Poverty, Introduction to Theoretical Perspectives on Stratification, Theoretical Perspectives on Social Stratification, Theoretical Perspectives on Global Stratification, Putting It Together: Social Stratification and Inequality, Introduction to Race, Ethnicity, and Discrimination, Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination, Introduction to Race and Ethnicity in the United States, Introduction to Theories of Racial Inequality, Theoretical Perspectives of Race and Ethnicity, Why It Matters: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality, Introduction to Theories of Gender and Sex, Putting It Together: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality, Theoretical Perspectives on Marriage and Family, Introduction to Sociological Views on Religion, Introduction to Religion in the United States, Introduction to Theoretical Perspectives on Education, Symbolic Interactionist Theory on Education, Introduction to The Social Construction of Health, Theoretical Perspectives on Health and Medicine, Introduction to Health in the United States and Abroad, Health and Inequality in the United States, Assignment: The Evolution of Health Issues, The Graying of the United States and the World, Putting It Together: Aging and the Elderly, Introduction to Theoretical Perspectives on Government and Power, Putting It Together: Government and Politics, Introduction to Globalization and the Economy, Introduction to Work in the United States, Poverty and Unemployment in the United States, Putting It Together: Work and the Economy, Why It Matters: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment, Introduction to Demography and Population Growth, Introduction to the Environment and Society, Putting It Together: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment, Why It Matters: Social Movements and Social Change, Theoretical Perspectives on Social Movements, Social Change, Technology, and Modernization, Putting It Together: Social Movements and Social Change, Assignment: Social Movement Amidst the Racial Reckoning of 2020. Feminist theory has developed in sociology and other disciplines since the 1970s and for our purposes will be considered a specific application of conflict theory.