Educational film series
Titles in this series
9 films
2005 · 25m
Ann Oakley on Housewife
In this program Ann Oakley talks about how she started her research on housework and the opposition she…
2005 · 25m
Anthony Giddens on Capitalism and Modern Social Theory
Sociology began as an attempt to make sense of the 'great transformation' from traditional to modern society; the…
1999 · 25m
Eileen Barker on The Making of a Moonie
To believers, the Moonies offer truth, enlightenment and the spiritual unification of the world. To critics it's an…
2001 · 25m
Jock Young on The Drugtakers
The Drugtakers is one of the clearest and most dramatic examples of deviance amplification. In this program Jock…
2001 · 25m
Michelle Stanworth on Gender and Schooling
In the 1970's the majority of secondary school students were being educated in mixed comprehensives, with girls and…
1999 · 25m
Paul Willis on Learning to Labor
In this program Willis talks about how his interest in culture and counter culture led him into exploring…
2003 · 25m
Peter Townsend on Poverty in the UK
It was widely believed that poverty in Britain had been all but eliminated with the construction of the…
1999 · 25m
Stanley Cohen on Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of Mods and Rockers
A wet bank holiday weekend in Clacton: some fights broke out on the beach, huts were damaged and…
2000 · 25m
Sue Sharpe on Just like a Girl
In the first part of this program Sue Sharpe explains how and why her work came to be…