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J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S. Ritual
Book SynopsisThe stories within these books have the poignancy of new discoveries as well as the unworn imagination of the ancestors. The commentary has the sharp edge of modern thought and the intricacy which results from the intellect being woven through the ritual complexities of tribal life. The purpose of constructing thresholds that bring this world together is to find the powers that can heal the rends in tribal as well as modern communities.? --Michael Meade, from the IntroductionVersed in the languages of psychology, comparative literature, as well as ancient mythology, healing, and divination, Malidoma Patrice Some bridges paths between the ancient tribal world of the West African Dagara culture and modern Western society. Ritual is written with wild imagination, careful critical reflection, and intuitive insights that will force the reader to encounter the world anew.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Twentysomething Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMust Read for November 2012–Oprah Magazine"The fullest guide through this territory...a densely researched report on the state of middle-class young people today."–The New Yorker “Provocative information presented compellingly”–Kirkus “With humor and insight, the authors deftly volley commentary and observation across the generation gap”–Publishers Weekly “In this provocative, comprehensive, and often very funny examination of the phenomenon of 'twentysomething,' Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig provide the perspective of two generations on this new stage of life. Anyone who is twentysomething, is related to a twentysomething, or works with a twentysomething, will want to read this book."—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project“Parents will love this fascinating, fact-packed mother-daughter dialogue, and so will their 'emerging adult' sons and daughters. If you think today's young people are another species entirely, you've forgotten way too much about your own early struggles and screwups.”—Katha Pollitt, author of Learning to Drive: And Other Life Stories“Losing sleep because you think your grown kids are behaving like the characters in the HBO series, 'Girls'? Twentysomething will calm your nerves. Smart, well-researched, down-to-earth and lively, this mother-daughter collaboration is chock full of important insight into the newest generation coming of age.”—Jane Isay, author of Walking on Eggshells and Mom Still Likes You Best“Mixing rigorous empirical evidence, testimony from twentysomethings themselves, and the astute observations of a mother and her twentysomething daughter, this insightful and engaging book shows us that sound bites and slogans are just not up to the task of capturing life as it being lived by young adults. Highly recommended!"—Barry Schwartz, Ph.D. author of The Paradox of Choice and Practical Wisdom“If you want to understand young people in the decade after college graduation—their anxiety about work and relationships, intensity of friendships, and feelings of drive and dislocation—this book is the perfect guide. Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig weave the relevant research into an entertaining narrative, and their mother-daughter patter is a pure delight.”—Emily Bazelon, author of Sticks and Stones: The New Problem of Bullying and How To Solve It
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Penguin Putnam Inc Strangers Drowning
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Penguin Putnam Inc Callings The Purpose and Passion of Work
Book SynopsisStories of passion, courage, and commitment, following individuals as they pursue the work they were born to do, from StoryCorps founder Dave Isay Told through touching conversations between friends, coworkers, and family members, in Callings, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents unforgettable stories from people doing work they love. From a mom telling her daughter about her bricklaying career to a father sharing his contributions to the space race as an aeromedical field tester, these stories are poignant and heartfelt intergenerational explorations into the journeys people take to find the jobs they are meant to do. Some found their paths at a very young age, others upturned their lives to change careers later in life. All discovered meaningful jobs where they could use their passions to find purpose in every day. We meet a man from the barrios of Texas whose harrowing experiences in a family of migrant farmers inspired him to become a
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Penguin Putnam Inc Merchant Soldier Sage A New History of Power
Book SynopsisA bold new interpretation of modern history as a struggle between three economic groupsWe are now living in an age of merchants, but it was not always so. The history of civilization, in large part, is a story of a battle between agrarian aristocracy, the military, and a class of learned experts, or priests. Yet in seventeenth-century England and in the Netherlands, another group entered the mèlée for power: the merchants. For the last four decades, the merchant's power has been unfettered. In Merchant, Soldier, Sage, acclaimed Oxford scholar David Priestland proposes a radical new approach to understanding today’s balance of power, and analyzes the societal and economic historical conditions required for one of these three value systems to dominate. Priestland asserts that, in the wake of the Great Recession, the weakened and discredited merchant still clings to power—but the world is again in the midst of a period of upheaval.
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Penguin Putnam Inc This Is Where You Belong
Book SynopsisIn the spirit of Gretchen Rubin’s megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you liveThe average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick, it was move #6, from Austin, Texas, to Blacksburg, Virginia, that threatened to unhinge her. In the lonely aftermath of unpacking, she wondered: Aren’t we supposed to put down roots at some point? How does the place we live become the place we want to stay? This time, she had an epiphany. Rather than hold her breath and hope this new town would be her family’s perfect fit, she would figure out how to fall in love with it—no matter what. How we come to feel at home in our towns and cities is what Warnick sets out to discover in This Is Where You Belong. She dives into the body of research around place attachment—the deep sense of connection that binds some of us to our cities and increases our physical and emotional well-being—then travels to towns across America to see it in action. Inspired by a growing movement of placemaking, she examines what its practitioners are doing to create likeable locales. She also speaks with frequent movers and loyal stayers around the country to learn what draws highly mobile Americans to a new city, and what makes us stay. The best ideas she imports to her adopted hometown of Blacksburg for a series of Love Where You Live experiments designed to make her feel more locally connected. Dining with her neighbors. Shopping Small Business Saturday. Marching in the town Christmas parade. Can these efforts make a halfhearted resident happier? Will Blacksburg be the place she finally stays? What Warnick learns will inspire you to embrace your own community—and perhaps discover that the place where you live right now . . . is home.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Descent of Man
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be male in the 21st Century? Award-winning artist Grayson Perry explores what masculinity is: from sex to power, from fashion to career prospects, and what it could become—with illustrations throughout.In this witty and necessary new book, artist Grayson Perry trains his keen eye on the world of men to ask, what sort of man would make the world a better place? What would happen if we rethought the macho, outdated version of manhood, and embraced a different ideal? In the current atmosphere of bullying, intolerance and misogyny, demonstrated in the recent Trump versus Clinton presidential campaign, The Descent of Man is a timely and essential addition to current conversations around gender. Apart from gaining vast new wardrobe options, the real benefit might be that a newly fitted masculinity will allow men to have better relationships—and that’s happiness, right? Grayson Perry admits he’
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Oxford University Press Inc Social Problems
Book Synopsis.Trade ReviewSocial Problems is unique in that it includes a discussion of past and current solutions to each social problem. Students are interested in solving problems, not just reading about them. * Diane W. Lindley, ^lUniversity of Mississippi *Social Problems is practical/pragmatic; empathetic and in-tune to students' approach to learning. This text provides hope and optimism and empowerment for students. * John Mitrano, ^lCentral Connecticut State University *I love the accessible writing style in Social Problems. This text is a global and solutions-based approach to teaching social problems. * Amy Ruedisueli, ^lTidewater Community College *Social Problems is comprehensive, with a strong theoretical foundation that encourages a global perspective. The author's writing style demonstrates consistency and fosters critical thinking via the discussion of possible solutions. * J. Russell Willis, ^lGrambling State *
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Oxford University Press Thirty Readings in Introductory Sociology
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Oxford University Press Second Opinion
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPART 1: HEALTH SOCIOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL MODEL OF HEALTH1. Imagining Health Problems as Social IssuesJohn Germov2. Theorising Health: Major Theoretical Perspectives in Health SociologyJohn Germov3. Well-being and WellnessDaniela HeilPART 2: THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS4. Global Public HealthAlex Broom, Katherine Kenny, and John Germov5. The Class Origins of Health InequalityJohn Germov6. Workplace HealthToni Schofield and John Germov7. Gendered HealthDorothy Broom, Maria Freij, and John Germov8. Indigenous Health: The Slow Road to EquityDennis Gray, Sherry Saggers, and Annalee Stearne9. Ethnicity, Health, and MulticulturalismRoberta Julian10. Rural HealthClarissa Hughes11. Young People’s HealthJulia CoffeyPART 3: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS12. The Social Determinants of ObesityLauren Williams and John Germov13. The Medicalisation of DevianceSharyn L. Roach Anleu14. Mental Illness: Understandings, Experience, and Service ProvisionAnne-Maree Sawyer15. The Illness Experience: Lay Perspectives, Disability, and Chronic IllnessDaphne Habibis16. Drug Use and Abuse in Australia: Social Origins, Impacts, and ResponsesMaria Freij and John Germov17. Ageing, Health, and the Demographic RevolutionMarilyn Poole18. Health and Medical TechnologyCaragh Brosnan and Alex Dumas19. Media and Health: Moral Panics, Miracles, and MedicalisationJohn Germov and Maria FreijPART 4: THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF HEALTH CARE: PROFESSIONS, POLITICS AND POLICIES20. Power, Politics, and Health CareJohn Germov and Helen Belcher21. Challenges to Medical DominanceJohn Germov22. The Sociology of NursingHelen Keleher and Melissa-Jane Belle23. The Sociology of Complementary and Alternative MedicineAlex Broom and Katherine Kenny24. The Sociology of Allied HealthLauren Williams and Tanya Lawlis25. A Sociology of Health PromotionJohn Germov, Maria Freij, and Katy RichmondAppendix: Tips on Planning, Writing, and Referencing Health Sociology EssaysGlossaryIndex
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Oxford University Press Inside Social Life Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology
Trade Review"Inside Social Life is a comprehensive approach to navigating the journey from understandings of the self to the interconnections of self and society."--Patrick Archer, St. Ambrose University "This is the best reader available for conveying the power of interactionist theory. Collectively the articles demonstrate the breadth of interactionist thought, illuminate the experiences of diverse and oftentimes overlooked populations, and facilitate recognition of the link between micro and macro sociology."--Gary Grizzle, Barry University "I like Inside Social Life because of the range of interesting topics covered that fit nicely into my overall outline of topics. I especially like the introductory sections to each substantive grouping. The pedagogy is the reason I use and will continue to use the book."--Gary T. Deimling, Case Western Reserve UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Uses of the Selections About the Contributors Part I: Human Being and Social Reality Introduction Reading 1: Kenneth Gergen, Together We Construct Our Worlds Reading 2: Gerald Handel, Spencer Cahill, and Frederick Elkin, Human Neural Plasticity and Socialization Reading 3: Kent Sandstrom, Symbols and the Creation of Reality Reading 4: Eviatar Zerubavel, The Rules of Denial Reading 5: Susan Blackmore, The Meme Machine Part II: The Social Shaping of Subjective Experience Introduction Reading 6: Dennis D. Waskul and Phillip Vannini, Smell, Odor, and Somatic Work Reading 7: Arlie Hochschild, Working on Feeling Reading 8: Nancy Berns, Closure Talk Reading 9: Christian Vaccaro, Douglas Schrock, and Janice McCabe, Managing Emotional Manhood Reading 10: Brandon Jackson and Ada Harvey Wingfield, Getting Angry to Get Ahead Part III: The Social Construction of the Body and Embodiment Introduction Reading 11: Karin A. Martin, Becoming a Gendered Body Reading 12: Dennis D. Waskul, Phillip Vannini, and Desiree Wiesen, Women and Their Clitoris Reading 13: Angela Orend and Patricia Gagné, Corporate Logo Tattoos and the Commodification of the Body Reading 14: Meika Loe and Leigh Cuttino, Grappling with the Medicated Self Part IV: The Social Construction of the Self Introduction Reading 15: Charles Horton Cooley, The Self as Sentiment and Reflection Reading 16: George Herbert Mead, The Self as Social Structure Reading 17: Vichet Chhuon and Cynthia Hudley, The Ethnic Options and Identity Negotiations of Cambodian American Students Reading 18: Jaber Gubrium and James Holstein, The Self in a World of Going Concerns Part V: The Self and Social Interaction Introduction Reading 19: Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self Reading 20: David Grazian, The Girl Hunt Reading 21: Patricia Adler and Peter Adler, The Glorified Self Reading 22: David Snow and Leon Anderson, Salvaging the Self from Homelessness Reading 23: Simon Gottschalk, The Presentation of Self in Virtual Spaces Part VI: The Organization of Social Interaction Introduction Reading 24: Erving Goffman, Face-Work and Interactional Rituals Reading 25: Spencer Cahill, The Interaction Order of Public Restrooms Reading 26: Nikki Jones, Working 'the Code' in the Inner City Reading 27: Matthew Desmond, Making Firefighters Deployable Part VII: The Construction of Social Structures and Boundaries Introduction Reading 28: Herbert Blumer, Society in Action Reading 29: Kristin Barker and Tasha R. Galardi, Autism Spectrum Disorder and the DSM-5 Reading 30: Jessica Vasquez-Tokos, Disciplined Preferences: Explaining the (Re)Production of Latino Endogamy Reading 31: Daniel Chambliss, Protecting the Routine from Chaos Part VIII: Reproducing and Resisting Inequalities Introduction Reading 32: Margarethe Kusenbach, Salvaging Decency Reading 33: Carissa Froyum, For the Betterment of Kids Who Look Like Me Reading 34: Shane Sharp, Escaping Symbolic Entrapment, Maintaining Social Identities Reading 35: Alex I. Thompson, Wrangling Tips: Entrepreneurial Manipulation in Fast-Food Delivery Part IX: The Politics of Reality Introduction Reading 36: Erving Goffman, The Moral Career of the Mental Patient Reading 37: Amir Marvasti, Being Middle Eastern American in the Context of the War on Terror Reading 38: Sharmila Rudrappa and Caitlyn Collins, Altruistic Agencies and Compassionate Consumers: Moral Framing of Transnational Surrogacy Reading 39: Daniel D. Martin, The Politics of Sorrow and Identity in the Aftermath of Murder
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Oxford University Press Making a Difference Using Sociology to Create a
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Oxford University Press Inc Social Movements
Book Synopsis.Trade ReviewThis book is unique because it is one of, if not the only social movement text that is organized around movements as opposed to concepts, theories, stages, I have always been drawn to social science grounded in examples, and thus I am drawn to Staggenborg's approach. * Jason Eastman, ^lCoastal Carolina University *This clear and concise book is an indispensible tool for introducing students to the exciting field of social movements and contentious politics. I would adopt because I think it is excellent for the many reasons I have highlighted above. * Phillip Ayoub, ^lOccidental College *
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Oxford University Press Inc Living Sociologically
Book Synopsis.Trade ReviewLiving Sociologically is one of the more actively engaging books on the market. It pulls the reader in with great examples, complex topics and multi-discipline methods. * Pamela Monaghan-Geernaert, Northern State University *Living Sociologically uses a distinct and helpful organization style that includes paired concepts, which are bound to be interesting to students. It also offers data literacy and news-based exercises to keep students engaged while they cultivate important skills. * Molly Monahan Lang,Penn State Erie, The Behrend College *Table of ContentsContents Preface PART I: The Basics CHAPTER 1 What Is Sociology? 1.1 What Is Sociology? The Sociological Imagination The Discipline of Sociology Sociology and Everyday Knowledge 1.2 Levels of Analysis Microsociology Macrosociology Institutional Perspectives 1.3 Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts Solidarity and Conflict Power and Resistance Inequality and Privilege Global and Local Structure and Contingency 1.4 Why Sociology? CAREERS: Opportunities for Sociology Majors CHAPTER 2 American Sociology: Theory and Methods 2.1 Thinking Like a Sociologist Critical Questions and the Sociological Imagination 2.2 Sociology: Theory and Contexts Classical Sociology Sociology in America Moving Away from Grand Theories Theories about Difference The Cultural Turn Global Context Sociology Today 2.3 Social Research: Purpose and Process Social Research and Ethics Science and Complex Societies Research Methods and Critical Literacy Data and Measurement Variables, Data Collection, and Causal Relationships Common Strategies for Sociological Research Basic, Applied, and Public Sociology CAREERS: The Importance of Theory CASE STUDY: Understanding Covid-19 PAIRED CONCEPTS POWER AND RESISTANCE: Protecting Human Subjects in Social Research INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Forgotten Founders in Sociology GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Citizen Science: Using Local Data to Understand Global Patterns STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: The Baby Einstein Phenomenon SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Race, Difference, and the Politics of Medical Research PART II: Structure and Control CHAPTER 3 Culture 3.1 How Do Sociologists Study Culture? What Is Culture? Ideal Culture and Material Culture 3.2 Culture and Power Recognizing and Resisting Cultural Power 3.3 Types of Culture in Today's World Global Culture Dominant Cultures and Subcultures Popular Culture, Commercial Culture, and High Culture CAREERS: Working in the Creative Industries CASE STUDY: Protesting the National Anthem PAIRED CONCEPTS STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion GLOBAL AND LOCAL: The History of Manga SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Music and Social Protest POWER AND RESISTANCE: Fanfiction INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Who Goes to the Museum and Opera? CHAPTER 4 Socialization, Social Interaction, and Group Life 4.1 Socialization and Selfhood Nature and Nurture The Social Self Agents of Socialization Adult Socialization 4.2 Interaction and the Social Construction of Reality Status and Role Performance and the Social Self Social Interaction in a Digital Age 4.3 Group Life Group Size Primary Groups and Secondary Groups Reference Groups Bureaucracy in Group Life Social Networks in Group Life CAREERS: Getting a Job: The Strength of Weak Ties CASE STUDY: Caitlyn Jenner and Gender Socialization PAIRED CONCEPTS INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Different Styles of Parenting STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: What Is the Meaning of Fair Play? The 2012 Olympic Badminton Controversy POWER AND RESISTANCE: Challenging Gender Stereotypes with the SlutWalk Campaign SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: The Stanford Prison Experiment GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Bureaucracy in Singapore CHAPTER 5 Deviance, Crime, and Punishment 5.1 Deviance Why Does Deviance Exist? The Social Construction of Deviance 5.2 Crime Categories of Crime Policing Crime Surveillance 5.3 Punishment Punishment as a Public Display of Morality Punishment and Treatment Incarceration CAREERS: The Criminal Justice Field CASE STUDY: Why Are Crime Stories So Popular? PAIRED CONCEPTS STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: Is Chewing Gum Deviant? SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: The Moral Panic over Pandemic Hoarding POWER AND RESISTANCE: What's Wrong with Graffiti? GLOBAL AND LOCAL: The Global Drug Trade INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Punishment and Plea Bargaining PART III: Difference and Inequality CHAPTER 6 Inequality, Mobility, and Social Change 6.1 What Is Inequality? Is Inequality Natural or Social? Is Inequality Good or Bad? Inequality and Stratification 6.2 Types of Stratification Caste Systems Class Systems Status Systems Party Systems: Inequality through Meritocracy 6.3 A Portrait of Stratification Today Stratification in the United States Global Stratification 6.4 Social Mobility Social Factors Associated with Mobility Structural Mobility 6.5 Social Change and the Attempt to Create More Equality Social Policy Social Conflict CAREERS: Social Mobility and Career Planning CASE STUDY: The Bachelor: Crystallizing Stratification on TV PAIRED CONCEPTS POWER AND RESISTANCE: Ending Apartheid in South Africa INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Marketing to the Super-Rich GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Wealthy Chinese Students at Elite US Schools STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: Creating Social Security SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: A Short History of the Workers' Strike in the United States CHAPTER 7 Race, Ethnicity, and Multiculturalism 7.1 The Social Construction of Race Race and Biology The Changing Understanding of Race over Time Race and Ethnicity 7.2 Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States Defining and Measuring Race in Official Government Data Native Americans White Ethnic Groups African Americans Latinas and Latinos Asian Americans 7.3 Race, Privilege, and Inequality The Privileges of Being in the Majority Group Racial Discrimination and Segregation Consequences of Discrimination Racial Conflict 7.4 Multiculturalism and Diversity Multiculturalism (Movement and Policy) Multiracial and Multiethnic Identities 7.5 Immigration Trends in Immigration What Causes Immigration? Immigrant Communities 7.6 The Politics of Immigration Laws About Citizenship and Immigration Anti-Immigrant Movements CAREERS: Multiculturalism in the Workplace CASE STUDY: Intersecting Identities PAIRED CONCEPTS STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: The Growth and Success of Native American Casinos SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and the Struggle to Define African American Politics GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Latino Computer Engineers from Colombia and Puerto Rico INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: How Irish Americans Became White POWER AND RESISTANCE: Black Lives Matter CHAPTER 8 Gender, Sexuality, and the Body 8.1 Sex, Gender, and the Body Gender and Performance Gender Stereotypes 8.2 Gender and Power Masculinity and Femininity The Gender Order Divisions of Labor Workplace Harassment and Sexual Exclusions in Work and Public Spaces Challenging Patriarchy and the History of the Women's Movement 8.3 Sexuality and the Body The Marketing of Romance Heteronormativity Queer Identities beyond the Closet CAREERS: Women, Men, and Social Networks CASE STUDY: Gender Intersections at McDonald's PAIRED CONCEPTS STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: Classifying Intersex Babies INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Men in Pink-Collar Work SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Feminist Politics GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Sex Work POWER AND RESISTANCE: Stonewall PART IV: Institutions and Issues CHAPTER 9 Health, Illness, and Medicine 9.1 Health Geography, Class, Race, Gender, Age, and Other Differences Genetics Environment An Intersectional Understanding of Health Disparities 9.2 Illness Experiencing Illness Differently Being a Patient Medicalization 9.3 Medicine Public Health Medical Institutions Social Responses to Sickness and Illness Access to Health Care CAREERS: Sociology and Medicine CASE STUDY: Genetic Testing PAIRED CONCEPTS INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years POWER AND RESISTANCE: Stigma and Size SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Disruptive Behavior in Medical Settings GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Does Modern Society Make You Sick? STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: Waiting for an Organ Transplant CHAPTER 10 Marriage, Family, and the Law 10.1 Family and Society Family, Kinship, and Society Marriage and Family as Social Institutions 10.2 Changes in Marriage and Family Traditional Families and Nuclear Families Divorce Single-Parent Families Delay and Decline of Marriage Boomerang Kids and Sandwich Parents Transnational Families 10.3 Challenging Family Forms Feminist Challenges to the Family Blended Families Multiracial Families Lesbian and Gay Families CAREERS: Marriage and Family Therapists CASE STUDY: Family Names PAIRED CONCEPTS INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Legal Biases in Favor of Marriage SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Disagreements over Parenting Styles STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: "Bird-Nesting" as a Co-Parenting Strategy after Divorce GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Korean "Wild Geese" Families POWER AND RESISTANCE: Loving v. Virginia CHAPTER 11 Politics, Media, and Social Movements 11.1 Politics as the Struggle for Influence Power, Authority, and Hegemony 11.2 Politics and Democracy Systems of Representation Representing the People 11.3 Mediated Politics Media and Agenda Setting Economic Distortions of the Media Agenda 11.4 Social Change Challenging the Powerful Organizing for Change Getting Noticed Movement Success CAREERS: Sociology and Politics CASE STUDY: The Strange History of the US Electoral College PAIRED CONCEPTS POWER AND RESISTANCE: Public Protests in Tahrir Square INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Who Gets Elected to the US Senate? SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Push Polls and the Politics of Division STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: Barack Obama and
£78.61
Oxford University Press Inc Ten Lessons in Introductory Sociology
Book Synopsis.Trade ReviewThis is a comprehensive introductory sociology text that covers all the key topics needed to give students a broad understanding of the field. It presents key theories and provides contemporary examples of research. It brings in different voices in a way that a standard textbook does not. * Kim Manturuk, ^lUNC - Chapel Hill *The Food for Thought" feature is fantastic. I have had students tell me they liked these a lot. As an introductory textbook, Ten Lessons has several advantages. * Ronald Helfrich, ^lSUNY Oneota *This brief book is more focused and less dry than standard introductory textbooks and should promote reflexive and analytical thought more successfully than traditional texts. * Daniel Kreutzer, ^lMetropolitan State University *
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OUP India Extreme Britain
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Oxford University Press The Crisis of Culture
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OUP USA Living Sociologically
Book SynopsisEncouraging students to observe, explore, and think critically about the social world, Living Sociologically offers a new, class-tested framework for teaching introduction to sociology. The "paired concepts" approach demonstrates the interdependent ways in which social forces work, and encourages students to engage with complexity and contradiction. It also connects students to a broader set of questions and provides them with critical, analytical tools fortheir post-college lives.
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Oxford University Press Inc Social Movements
Book SynopsisTrade Review"I like the approach because it provides a history of social movements I think students should know, and because the author places most of her emphasis on big picture, structural kinds of theories...The writing is excellent. Staggenborg does a wonderful job of explaining concepts, discussing trends in social movement studies, and providing concise accounts of the long histories of major U.S. social movements...A very useful book." - Eric Bonds, University of Mary Washington "This is the best book I've seen so far -- both readable for my students and a nice summary of the literature...This is the best social movements text on the market." - Matthew Schneirov, Duquesne University "This is a well-written, accessible overview of the key concepts within the study of social movements. It also provides many specific examples from select movements which help bring to life the underlying concepts...The range of topics and movements covered is impressive...I enjoyed reading this text and think that my students would find this to be an engaging and useful text." - Scott Fitzgerald, University of North Carolina at Charlotte "I like the straightforward approach and unadorned style...The author does an excellent job introducing students to the vocabulary of social movements...I will adopt. This is one of the best primers I have seen." - Harvest Moon, University of Texas at ArlingtonTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Introduction The Origins of the Social Movement Defining Social Movements Outline of the Book Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Chapter 2: Theories of Social Movements and Collective Action Collective Behavior Theory The Chicago School Approach to Collective Behavior Smelser's Theory of Collective Behavior Mass Society Theory Relative Deprivation Theory Resource Mobilization and Political Process Theories Resource Mobilization Theory Political Process Theory A Synthetic Approach New Social Movement Theory New Directions in Social Movement Theory Conclusion Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Chapter 3: Issues in the Study of Social Movements and Collective Action Movement Emergence: Mobilization and Recruitment Influences on Mobilization Individual Recruitment and Participation Movement Maintenance, Growth, and Decline Social Movement Organizations Movement Strategies and Campaigns Movements within Institutions, Other Social Movements, and Culture Movement Outcomes Movements and Media Methods of Social Movement Research Conclusion Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Chapter 4: The Protest Cycle of the 1960s The Rise, Decline, and Significance of the Protest Cycle The American Civil Rights Movement The Rise of New Left Student and Antiwar Movements Legacies of the Protest Cycle of the 1960s Conclusion Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Chapter 5: The Women's Movement Origins of the Second Wave Mobilizing Issues of the Second Wave The ERA Campaign Women's Health and Reproductive Rights Violence against Women Feminist Survival Among New Generations The Global Women's Movement Maintenance and Growth of the Women's Movement Conclusion Note Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Chapter 6: The LGBT Movement Origins of the LGBT Movement Gay and Lesbian Liberation Struggles for Equal Rights AIDS Activism and Queer Politics Relationship Recognition and Same-Sex Marriage Influences on Movement Strategies and Outcomes Conclusion Notes Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Chapter 7: The Environmental Movement Origins of the Environmental Movement Mobilizing Support for Environmentalism Debates on the Power and Direction of the Environmental Movement Greenpeace and the Mass Media Green Lobbies and Consumer Boycotts Grassroots Environmentalism and Direct-Action Campaigns The Clayoquot Sound Protests The Anti-Roads Movement Fossil Fuel Resistance Conclusion Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Chapter 8: American Right-Wing Movements Origins of the New Right Young Americans for Freedom Local Community Networks and Organizations Electoral Politics and Political Opportunity Elite Support and Expanded Resources The Tea Party Movement Issue Campaigns Antifeminist Campaigns The ERA Battle The Abortion Conflict Defining Women's Interests Antigay Campaigns Antienvironmental Campaigns The Future of Right-Wing Movements Transnational Right-Wing Movements Conclusion Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Chapter 9: Global Movements for Social Justice Origins of the Global Justice Movement Mobilizing Frames, Structures, and Opportunities Movement Strategies and Outcomes Conclusion Note Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Chapter 10: Conclusion: Social Movements and Social Change Large-Scale Changes, Grievances, and Opportunities Movement Organization and Strategy Conclusion Abbreviations Glossary References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Sexual Fields
Book SynopsisCoupling field theory with the ethnographic and theoretical expertise of some of the most important scholars of sexual life at work today, this book offers a game-changing approach that can revolutionize how sociologists will analyze and make sense of contemporary sexual life for years to come.Trade Review"In Adam Isaiah Green's introductory chapter, he lays out the evolution of his sexual fields formulation. This alone is worth the price of the book. But this volume also includes seven chapters written by real movers and shakers in the field of sexuality, each making interesting, substantive contributions. Sexual Fields is certainly a book that every scholar of sexuality should own, and I would not be surprised if this were to become one of the most cited volumes in the field of sexuality." (Verta Taylor, coauthor of Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret)"
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The University of Chicago Press Unlimited Intimacy
Book SynopsisPurposely flying in the face of decades of safe-sex campaigning and HIV/AIDS awareness initiatives, barebacking is unquestionably radical behavior, behavior that most people would rather condemn than understand. This title presents an investigation into barebacking and the distinctive subculture that has grown around it.Trade Review"Unlimited Intimacy is novel, fascinating, insightful, and courageous. Tim Dean convincingly argues that confronting head-on a sexual subculture that is alien to most readers, and understanding the fantasies that propel it, is a very good way of stimulating thought - not only about that subculture, but about one's own choices and behavior, and about the general social process of demonizing and pathologizing certain sexual practices." - Martha Nussbaum"
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The University of Chicago Press Becoming Mead The Social Process of Academic
Book SynopsisGeorge Herbert Mead is a foundational figure in sociology, best known for his book Mind, Self, and Society, which was put together after his death from course notes taken by stenographers and students and from unpublished manuscripts. The author traces the ways in which knowledge has been produced by and about the famed American philosopher.Trade Review"Becoming Mead is extremely interesting and empirically and historically rich. There are insights here that will have relevance for scholars interested in debates on canons, collaborative circles, and sociology of philosophy. I like the book a lot and learned much." (Neil McLaughlin, McMaster University)"
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University of Chicago Press Fuckology
Book SynopsisOne of the twentieth century's most controversial sexologists, John Money was considered a trailblazing scientist and sexual libertarian by some, but damned by others as a fraud and a pervert. This book focuses on his three key diagnostic concepts, hermaphroditism, transsexualism, and paraphilia.Trade Review"We see here critical sexuality studies confronting the work of the most influential of modern sexologists, John Money. The point is not to dismiss sexology - that has been done too often and too quickly in queer studies - but to engage with it in a sustained, scholarly manner. Downing, Morland, and Sullivan do that admirably, identifying the casual contradictions and unpacking the constitutive tensions in Money's thinking." (Peter Cryle University of Queensland) "John Money's influential and controversial career has never received the careful, critical, and nuanced attention it deserves - until now. Coauthors Downing, Morland, and Sullivan bring three very different forms of expertise to bear on Money's work and its legacy, in a study that should be of interest to scholars of medicine and sexuality alike." (Susan Stryker University of Arizona) "One of the most prominent and prolific sexologists of the second half of the twentieth century, John Money coined the term "gender" and pioneered the use of surgical procedures to treat intersex and transgender subjects. In this timely and important critical reassessment of Money's work, Downing, Morland, and Sullivan lay bare the inconsistencies and assumptions embedded in his conceptualisation of sex. The title of the book derives from Money's own term for his particular brand of sexology while also, as the authors astutely point out, providing the critical tools with which to fuck with sexology itself." (Elizabeth Stephens University of Queensland) "This book makes a unique and exciting contribution to the field, examining in detail Money's work on the concepts of 'hermaphroditism', 'transsexualism', and 'paraphilia.' It is a well-founded critique that goes to the heart of sexological research methodology and its underpinning assumptions. This work is queer, critical, historically astute, and politically engaged - offering an analysis that many of us have been looking forward to, and that will certainly contribute to our work." (Katrina Roen University of Oslo)
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The University of Chicago Press Varieties of Social Imagination
Book SynopsisIn July 2009, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) began publishing book reviews by an individual writing as Barbara Celarent, professor of particularity at the University of Atlantis. Mysterious in origin, Celarent's essays taken together provide a broad introduction to social thinking. Through the close reading of important texts, Celarent's short, informative, and analytic essays engaged with long traditions of social thought across the globe from India, Brazil, and China to South Africa, Turkey, and Peru...and occasionally the United States and Europe. Sociologist and AJS editor Andrew Abbott edited the Celarent essays, and in Varieties of Social Imagination, he brings the work together for the first time. Previously available only in the journal, the thirty-six meditations found here allow readers not only to engage more deeply with a diversity of thinkers from the past, but to imagine more fully a sociology and a broader social science for the future.
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The University of Chicago Press What Is an Event
Book SynopsisWe live in a world of breaking news, where at almost any moment our everyday routine can be interrupted by a faraway event. Events are central to the way that individuals and societies experience life. Even life's inevitable moments birth, death, love, and war are almost always a surprise. Inspired by the cataclysmic events of September 11, Robin Wagner-Pacifici presents here a tour de force, an analysis of how events erupt and take off from the ground of ongoing, everyday life, and how they then move across time and landscape.What Is an Event? ranges across several disciplines, systematically analyzing the ways that events emerge, take shape, gain momentum, flow, and even get bogged down. As an exploration of how events are constructed out of ruptures, it provides a mechanism for understanding eventful forms and flows, from the micro-level of individual life events to the macro-level of historical revolutions, contemporary terrorist attacks, and financial crises. Wagner-Pacifici tak
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The University of Chicago Press Politics of Value Three Movements to Change How
Book SynopsisThe Great Recession not only shook Americans' economic faith but also prompted powerful critiques of economic institutions. This timely book explores three movements that gathered force after 2008: the rise of the benefit corporation, which requires social responsibility and eschews share price as the best metric for success; the emergence of a new group, Slow Money, that fosters peer-to-peer investing; and the 2011 Wisconsin protests against a bill restricting the union rights of state workers. Each case shows how the concrete actions of a group of citizens can prompt us to reflect on what is needed for a just and sustainable economic system. In one case, activists raised questions about the responsibilities of business, in the second about the significance of local economies, and in the third about the contributions of the public sector. Through these movements, Jane L. Collins maps a set of cultural conversations about the types of investments and activities that contribute to the h
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The University of Chicago Press The Sexual Organization of the City
Book SynopsisDrawing on extensive surveys and interviews with Chicago adults, the editor and his colleagues show that the city is a place where sexual choices and options are constrained. They observe that the social and institutional networks that city dwellers occupy limit their sexual options.Trade Review"The Sexual Organization of the City is billed as a sort of academic 'Sex in the City' - though one that examines a more diverse slice of metropolitan life. Over three years, sociologist Edward O. Laumann and his colleagues questioned 2,114 people in four Chicago neighborhoods on everything from how many partners they'd had in their lives and where they met them to whether they were cheating.... The result is yet another glimpse of American sexual paradoxes." - Christopher Shea, Boston Globe "You don't have to be David Mamet to know that the typical Chicagoan's intense interest in real estate borders on the sexual. And now comes University of Chicago sociologist Edward O. Laumann to tell us that the reverse is also true: Neighborhoods play a critical role in how we choose partners for brief sexual encounters and long-term engagements." - Stephanie B. Goldberg, Chicago"
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The University of Chicago Press Dominatrix
Book SynopsisPresents an analysis of how gender, power, sexuality, and hierarchy shape all of our social experiences. This book draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with professional dominatrices in New York City and San Francisco to offer a portrait of these unusual specialists, their work, and their clients.Trade Review"In the tradition of the great occupational ethnographies, Danielle J. Lindemann takes us into professional dominatrices' worlds and shows us, with graceful and consistently engaging prose, how the women she studied build careers, negotiate with clients, and develop accounts that make sense of their work and of the relationships it entails. Dominatrix has much to teach us about gender and sexuality." (Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University)"
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University of Chicago Press Shaping Society Through Dance Mestizo Ritual
Book SynopsisDuring the patron saint fiesta in the town of San Jeronimo, Peru, crowds gather at sunset awaiting the entrance of the colourful dance troupes, or comparsas. The comparsas have become a powerful way for the local people to make sense of their place in the world. This text looks at this tradition.
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The University of Chicago Press TruthSpots
Book SynopsisGieryn argues that place matters, and that understanding the role of place in the making of historical events can tell us a lot about those events and why they unfolded the way they did.
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University of Chicago Press The Participant A Century of Participation in
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The University of Chicago Press The Last Word Women Death and Divination in Inner
Book SynopsisBased on years of fieldwork in both rural and urban Greece, The Last Word explores women's cultural resistance as they weave together diverse social practices: improvised antiphonic laments, divinatory dreaming, the care and tending of olive trees and the dead, and the inscription of emotions and the senses on a landscape of persons, things, and places. These practices compose the empowering poetics of the cultural periphery. C. Nadia Seremetakis liberates the analysis of gender from reductive binary models and pioneers the alternative perspective of self-reflexive native anthropology in European ethnography.
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The University of Chicago Press Engendering Song Singing Subjectivity at Prespa
Book SynopsisFor Prespa Albanians, both at home in Macedonia and in the diaspora, the most significant events of any year are wedding ceremonies. This account of Prespa weddings combines photographs, song texts and recordings of the wedding music, demonstrating the importance of singing within Prespa society.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Musical Excerpts on Compact Disc Note on Textual and Musical Transcriptions Pronunciation Guide Acknowledgments 1: Approaching Prespa Singing 2: Singing as a Social Activity 3: Singing as a Gendered Activity 4: The "Order" of Weddings 5: The Prespa "System" 6: Singing and the Discourse of Honor 7: Singing as the Practice of Patriarchy 8: Emergent Subjectivities Glossary Notes Bibliography Discography Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Cassowarys Revenge The Life Death of
Book SynopsisDonald Tuzin first studied the New Guinea village of Ilahita in 1972. Years later he returned to find that the village's men had voluntarily destroyed their secret cult which allowed them dominance over women. This study examines the labyrinth of motives behind this improbable, devastating act.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Ch. 1: Going Home Ch. 2: The Mission Ch. 3: The Repeal of Custom Ch. 4: The Cassowary and the Swan Maiden Ch. 5: The Web of True Prophecy Ch. 6: Millennium Ch. 7: Fear in the Heart Ch. 8: Sanctuary Notes Maps References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Of Body Brush Grand Sacrifice as Text
Book SynopsisThe Qianlong emperor, who dominated religious and political life in China, was ruled by elaborate ritual prescriptions, which determined his dress and behaviour, and how he performed the yearly Grand Sacrifices. This text analyzes how ritualizing power was shared by the throne and the literati.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Prologue: Clothing, Carrying, and Codifying Abbreviations Introduction Pt. 1: Ruling Boundaries 1: Signifying Emperorship: Of Portraits and Princes 2: Method, Monarchy, and Ritual Pt. 2: Text: Editing the Ritual Corpus 3: Classifying Li: Time and Agency 4: Writing the Ritualist Metaphysics: Self and World Pt. 3: Performance: The Ritualizing Body Inscribes 5: Sacrificial Spaces: Contextualizing the City 6: Cosmic Preparation: Orders of Knowledge 7: Filial Ceremony: Centering 8: The Politics of Boundary: Inscription and Incorporation Notes Glossary of Chinese Characters References Index
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MO - University of Illinois Press Talking with Television Women Talk Shows and
Book SynopsisTalking back to TV--women viewers' participation with TV talk showsTrade Review"A rare product: a theoretically informed empirical study, using data in sophisticated ways to produce far-reaching insights into the practice of television viewing and the construction of gendered subjectivity. A significant contribution to sociology, media and cultural studies, and gender studies."--Ann Gray, author of Research Practice for Cultural Studies: Ethnographic Methods and Lived CulturesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Transcription Conventions xi Introduction 1 1. Talk Is Not So Cheap 13 2. Making Talk Talk in Media Studies 31 3. Daytime Talking 56 4. Method: Texts-in-Action 100 5. Talking about Daytime Talk 118 6. Talking Back: The Mediated Conversational Floor 147 7. Texts, Subjects, and Modern Self-Reflexivity 180 Conclusion: Media, Mechanics, and the Politics of Self-Reflexivity 199 Appendix: Biographies of the Women 211 Notes 215 Bibliography 223 Index 235
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University of Illinois Press Everything Was Better in America
Book SynopsisAmerican mass culture's conservative response to the Great Depression and the coming of World War IITrade Review“A welcome addition to the history of twentieth-century print culture, one that teachers and students of American studies will find useful and thought-provoking.”--Journal of American Studies“A launching pad for students’ own exploration of values projected by mass media both today and in the past.”--Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly"General readers will find the discussion of topics such as Superman, Gone with the Wind, Ellery Queen, and the Lindbergh baby fascinating. Everything Was Better in America is also an excellent choice for classes on twentieth-century America, especially those focusing on the Depression."--Steven Riess, author of Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era"Everything Was Better in America reminds us that most people reacted to the Great Depression not by stepping off a ledge, robbing a bank, or joining the Communist Party. Most often Americans responded to the crisis in culturally conservative ways, reconfiguring and reasserting old national beliefs and dreams. David Welky has read deeply in the newspapers and magazines and comic books of the 1930s, and through them, gives us a fascinating portrait of the era with important insights about culture and history. This is fine history and a good read."--Elliott J. Gorn, Brown University"A welcome reminder of how much of the mainstream media reacted to the Depression by seeking to reaffirm platitudes about American democracy, individualism, and traditional values."--American Studies"A significant contribution to our knowledge of everyday media culture and its relationship to change and stability at a pivotal moment in American history."--Journalism“Provides a timely examination of the tension between conservative tendencies in the publishing business and the progressive liberalism that resulted from widespread disillusion directed at the capitalist system.”--American Historical Review
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Hachette Books Barnstorming Ohio
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Little, Brown Spark When Men Behave Badly The Hidden Roots of Sexual
Book Synopsis“An exceptional book” (Helen Fisher) by a leading evolutionary psychologist and sex researcher that lays out a new theory of sexual conflict, exposing the roots of the dangerous dynamics that underpin men’s predatory behavior — and what can be done to address it.Sexual conflict permeates ancient religions, from injunctions about thy neighbor's wife to the permissible rape of infidels. It is etched in written laws that dictate who can and cannot have sex with whom. Its manifestations shape our sexual morality, evoking approving accolades or contemptuous condemnation. It produces sexual double standards that flourish even in the most sexually egalitarian cultures on earth. And although every person alive struggles with sexual conflict, most of us see only the tip of the iceberg: dating deception, a politician's unsavory sexual grab, the slow crumbling of a once-happy marriage, a romantic breakup that turns nasty.
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Little Brown and Company Deep Delta Justice A Black Teen His Lawyer and
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Crofter the Laird
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Table of Contents
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W. W. Norton & Company Everyday Sociology Reader
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WW Norton & Co Getting Culture 0 Society Pages
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Trouble with Black Boys
Book SynopsisFor many years to come, race will continue to be a source of controversy and conflict in American society. For many of us it will continue to shape where we live, pray, go to school, and socialize. We cannot simply wish away the existence of race or racism, but we can take steps to lessen the ways in which the categories trap and confine us. Educators, who should be committed to helping young people realize their intellectual potential as they make their way toward adulthood, have a responsibility to help them find ways to expand identities related to race so that they can experience the fullest possibility of all that they may become. In this brutally honestyet ultimately hopeful book Pedro Noguera examines the many facets of race in schools and society and reveals what it will take to improve outcomes for all students. From achievement gaps to immigration, Noguera offers a rich and compelling picture of a complex issue that affects all of us.Table of ContentsThe Author ix Introduction xi Part One: The Student Experience 1 1. Joaquin’s Dilemma: Understanding the Link Between Racial Identity and School-Related Behaviors 3 2. The Trouble with Black Boys: The Impact of Social and Cultural Forces on the Academic Achievement of African American Males 17 3. And What Will Become of Children Like Miguel Fernández?/Y Qué Pasará Con Jóvenes Como Miguel Fernández? Education, Immigration, and the Future of Latinos in the United States 43 4. How Listening to Students Can Help Schools to Improve 61 Part Two: The Search for Equity 73 5. Latino Youth: Immigration, Education, and the Future 75 6. Preventing and Producing Violence: A Critical Analysis of Responses to School Violence 83 7. Schools, Prisons, and Social Implications of Punishment: Rethinking Disciplinary Practices 111 8. Racial Politics and the Elusive Quest for Excellence and Equity in Education 131 Part Three: The Schools We Need 159 9. Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education With Alan Blankstein 161 10. Standards for What? Accountability for Whom? Rethinking Standards-Based Reform in Public Education 171 11. Racial Isolation, Poverty, and the Limits of Local Control as a Means for Holding Public Schools Accountable 189 12. Transforming Urban Schools Through Investments in Social Capital 217 Notes and References 251 Epilogue: Joaquin’s Dilemma Revisited 307 Index 311 Discussion Questions 323
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption
Book SynopsisWith entries detailing key concepts, persons, and approaches, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption and Consumer Studies provides definitive coverage of a field that has grown dramatically in scope and popularity around the world over the last two decades.Trade Review"The content of the encyclopaedia is well balanced and covers issues from a variety of angles. Whilst the majority of the contributors are based in the USA, contributors are also included from Europe, Australia, India, Thailand, Egypt and Japan, giving the encyclopaedia a considered, international viewpoint." (Reference Reviews 2016)Table of ContentsEditors vi Contributors vii Lexicon xv Timeline xxi Introduction xxv Acknowledgments xxvii Consumption and Consumer Studies A–Z 1 Index 579
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The University of Michigan Press Food Rules
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Social Animal
Book SynopsisWhat kind of social animal are we? A provocative and stimulating answer
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