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  2. Asylums (book) - Wikipedia

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    Based on his participant observation field work (he was employed as a physical therapist's assistant under a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health at a mental institution in Washington, D.C.), Goffman details his theory of the "total institution" (principally in the example he gives, as the title of the book indicates, mental institutions) and the process by which it takes efforts ...

  3. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [2] and released to the public in January 2007. [3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards , matching games , practice electronic assessments , and live quizzes.

  4. Asylum (novel series) - Wikipedia

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    Asylum is a New York Times bestselling young adult horror novel series by Madeleine Roux. [1] The series is composed of four novels, Asylum , Sanctum , Catacomb , and Escape from Asylum and three novellas: The Scarlets , The Bone Artists , and The Warden .

  5. Sociology of immigration - Wikipedia

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    The sociology of immigration involves the sociological analysis of immigration, particularly with respect to race and ethnicity, social structure, and political policy. Important concepts include assimilation , enculturation , marginalization , multiculturalism , postcolonialism , transnationalism and social cohesion .

  6. Asylum (McGrath novel) - Wikipedia

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    The asylum wants to keep this potentially scandalous situation out of the papers but informs the police. At first Stella enjoys the underground art life but Edgar starts to become violent and jealous as he sculpts a rather morbid bust of her head. He thinks she wants to go back to Max and fears being poisoned by her.

  7. Outline of sociology - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the discipline of sociology: . Sociology – the study of society [1] using various methods of empirical investigation [2] and critical analysis [3] to understand human social activity, from the micro level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and social structure.

  8. Erving Goffman - Wikipedia

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    In 1958 Goffman became a faculty member in the sociology department at the University of California, Berkeley, first as a visiting professor, then from 1962 as a full professor. [7] In 1968 he moved to the University of Pennsylvania , receiving the Benjamin Franklin Chair in Sociology and Anthropology, [ 7 ] due largely to the efforts of Dell ...

  9. Asylum (comics) - Wikipedia

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    Asylum was a comic book anthology series published by Rob Liefeld's Maximum Press, and featured several stories in each issue, including Tales of the Beanworld, Avengelyne and others. It ran for eleven issues from December 1995 to January 1997.