Full Description
Identities and Inequalities examines the merging of four key social identifiers - race (and ethnicity); class; gender; and sexuality--from the perspective of individuals in particular cultural, institutional, and historical contexts. The text takes an integrated approach to how the four key social identifiers work together or in opposition to form people's social identities and experiences with inequality. This release has been updated to include the most current statistics, scholarship, and examples. The Investigating Identities and Inequalities exercises at the end of each chapter have also been revised.
Contents
PART ONE: IDENTITIES
1: Differences and Similarities
2: Manufacturing Identities: The Social Construction of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
3: Communicating and Portraying Identities: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Language and the Media
4: Learning Identities: Families, Schools, and Socialization
PART TWO: INEQUALITIES
5: Inflicting Inequalities: The Nature of Prejudice and Discrimination in Everyday Life
6: Inequalities in Economics and Work
7: Inequalities in Law and Justice
8: Inequalities in Health and Illness
9: The Futures of Identities and Inequalities
