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Undergraduate students of sociology.
Contents
Part IConcepts, History, and Theories of DifferenceConceptsChapter 1: Definind Contested Concepts - Lynn WeberChapter 2: What Is Racial Domination? - Matthew Desmond and Mustafa EmirbayerChapter 3: Creating a World of Dichotomy: Categorizing Sex and Gendering Cultural Messages - Sara Crawley, et al.Chapter 4: The Social Construction of Disability - Susan WendellHistoryChapter 5: Rethinking the Paradigm: Class - Gerda LernerChapter 6: Racial Domination and the Evolution of Racial Classification - Tukufu ZuberiChapter 7: Ethno-Religious Dimensions of Jewish Cultures - Michael PolgarChapter 8: The Invention of Heterosexuality - Jonathan Ned KatzTheories of DifferenceChapter 9: Foundations of Class Analysis: A Marxist Perspective - Erik Olin WrightChapter 10: Is Capitalism Gendered and Racialized? - Joan AckerChapter 11: The Social Construction and Institutionalization of Gender and Race: An Integrative Framework - Evelyn Nakano GlennChapter 12: Critical Thinking About Inequality: An Emerging Lens - Bonnie Dill and Ruth ZambranaChapter 13: Whiteness by Any Other Color Is Still Whiteness - Pem Davidson BuckChapter 14: My Body, My Closet: Invisible Disability and the Limits of Coming-Out Discourse - Ellen SamuelsPart II: Identities Matter: The Social Construction and Experiences of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social ClassIdentity FormationChapter 15: Who Am I? Race, Ethnicity, and Identity - Hazel Rose MarkusChapter 16: Gender and Identity - Judith Howard and Ramira AlamillaChapter 17: How We Find Ourselves: Identity Development and Two-Spirit People - Alex WilsonChapter 18: "I'm an American With a Japanese Look": Emerging Identities and Practices - Mia TuanChapter 19: What Does a White Woman Look Like? Racing and Erasing in Law - Katherine FrankeIdentities and Social InteractionChapter 20: Using Racial and Ethnic Concepts: The Critical Case of Very Young Children - Debra Van Ausdale and Joe FeaginChapter 21: Women With Class: Chicas, Cholas, Trash, and the Presence or Absence of Class Identity - Jule BetiieChapter 22: Queers Without Money: They Are Everywhere. But We Refuse to See Them - Amber HollibaughChapter 23: A Place in Town: Doing Class in a Coffee Shop - Carrie YodanisChapter 24: The View From the Country Club: Wealthy Whites and the Matrix of Privilege - Jessica Holden SherwoodIdentity Construction and Stigma ManagementChapter 25: The Racial Formation of American Indians: Negotiating Legitimate Identities Within Trial and Federal Law - Eva Marie GarroutteChapter 26: Salvaging the Self - David Snow and Leon AndersonChapter 27: Passing as Black: Racial Identity Work Among Biracial Americans - Nikki Khanna and Cathryn JohnsonChapter 28: The Stigma of Brown Skin and "Foreign" Names - Amir Marvasti and Karyn McKinneyChapter 29: "I Don't Like Passing as a Straight Woman": Queer Negotiations of Identity and Social Group Membership - Carla PfefferPart III: Social Institutions and the Perpetuation of InequalityThe FamilyChapter 30: It's All in the Family: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Nation - Patricia Hill CollinsChapter 31: An Intersectional Approach to Resistance and Complicity: The Case of Racialized Desire Among Asian American Women - Karen PykeChapter 32: The Privilege of Coming Out: Race, Class, and Lesbians' Mothering Decisions - Nancy MezeyEducationChapter 33: How Tracking Undermines Race Equity in Desegregated Schools - Roslyn Arlin MickelsonChapter 34: The Schooling of Latino Children - Luis Moll and Richard RuizChapter 35: Class Matters - Peter SacksThe Economy and EmploymentChapter 36: Inequality Regimes: Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations - Joan AckerChapter 37: Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination - Marianna Bertrand and Sendhil MullainathanChapter 38: Families on the Frontier: From Braceros in the Fields to Braceras in the Home - Pierrette Hondagneu-SoteloHealth Care and MedicineChapter 39: Social Determinants and Family Health - Janet GrochowskiChapter 40: Racism's Hidden Toll - Ryan BlitsteinChapter 41: A Slow, Toxic Decline: Dialysis Patients, Technological Failure, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Health in America - Keith WailooMediaChapter 42: Framing Class, Vicarious Living, and Conspicuous Consumption - Diana KendallChapter 43: Muslim Americans in the News Before and After 9/11 - Brigitte Nacos and Oscar Torres-ReynaChapter 44: Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet - Amanda HessPolitics and GovernmentChapter 45: Sand Castles and Snake Pits - Lillian RubinChapter 46: The New Jim Crow - Michelle AlexanderChapter 47: The Roots of American Decline - Richard LachmannPart IV: Power and Privilege UnmaskedChapter 48: America Unequal - Douglas MasseyChapter 49: Confronting Intersecting Inequalities - Sonia Hanson, et al.Chapter 50: The Culture of Privilige: Color-blindness, Postfeminism, and Christonormativity - Abby FerberChapter 51: Five Faces of Oppression - Iris Marion YoungChapter 52: Rage of the Privileged - Ellis CoseChapter 53: Racial Profiling and Immigration Law Enforcement: Rounding Up of Usual Suspects in the Latino Community - Mary RomeroChapter 54: The Many Costs of Anti-Asian Discrimination - Rosaling Chou and Joe FeaginChapter 55: Sexual Harassment and Masculinity: The Power and Meaning of "Girl Watching" - Beth QuinnPart V: Empowerment and Social ChangeChapter 56: Toward a New Vision: Race, Class and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection - Patricia Hill CollinsChapter 57: How White People Can Serve as Allies to People of Color in the Struggle to End Racism - Paul KivelChapter 58: Reducing Inequalities: Doing Anti-Racism: Toward an Egalitation American Society - Jacqueline Johnson, et al.Chapter 59: Dismantling Noah's Ark - Judith LorberChapter 60: Policy Steps Toward Closing the Gap - Meizhu Lui, et al.



