How might Sinclair’s masterpiece “The Jungle” be considered an ethnographic work in the Chicago school tradition
How might Sinclair’s masterpiece “The Jungle” be considered an ethnographic work in the Chicago school tradition? Begin by providing a brief precis of the novel itself (Should not be any longer than one page) and then select passages or events from the storyline and show how they exemplify certain principles, perspectives, and findings of the Chicago school (the model and principles of human ecology)
It would be helpful to begin by constructing a typology charting the changes the Rudkus family went through in “The Jungle”, illustrating the dialectic between infrastructure and superstructure.
How well does the Chicago school model explain the changes they and the immigrant community, went through? What lessons can we learn about community from the novel? What helps to strengthen a community? What tears it apart? How does this support or refute the Chicago school’s ideas?
Ethnography: a descriptive account of social life and culture in a particular social system based on detailed observations of what people actually do. Ethnographies are used to study how cultures develop historically and to compare them with other cultures.
You should consider this a research paper. You have to develop the theory as discussed in lectures and readings. The Jungle and Work and Community are your “data sets” to draw on for evidence. This means you should be citing once per paragraph with a few exceptions.
develop a typology along the lines of Tonnies describing the changes the Rudkus family went through while at the same time illustrating the Chicago Schools concepts of contact and conflict (invasion), competition, accommodation, and assimilation.”
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Ona Lukoszaite and Rudkus are young people, male and female who are immigrants from Lithuania into the United States. While in Packingtown, Chicago, they hold their wedding party which is attended by some of their relatives. These relative had immigrated to the United States with an aim of pursuing the American dream. The dream entailed better jobs, better life and access to all the basic essential needs……………..
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