{"product_id":"introducing-sociology-using-the-stuff-of-everyday-life-9781138023383","title":"Introducing Sociology Using the Stuff of Everyday","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe challenges of teaching a successful introductory sociology course today demand materials from a publisher very different from the norm. Texts that are organized the way the discipline structures itself intellectually no longer connect with the majority of student learners. This is not an issue of pandering to students or otherwise seeking the lowest common denominator. On the contrary, it is a question of again making the \u003ci\u003epractice of sociological thinking \u003c\/i\u003emeaningful, rigorous, and relevant to today's world of undergraduates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comparatively concise, highly visual, and \u003ci\u003eaffordable \u003c\/i\u003ebook offers a refreshingly new way forward to reach students, using one of the most powerful tools in a sociologist's teaching arsenalthe familiar stuff in students' everyday lives throughout the world: the jeans they wear to class, the coffee they drink each morning, or the phones their professors tell them to put away during lectures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA focus on consumer cultu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From designer jeans to iPhones, cultural understandings and material arrangements come together to shape what we buy and why. With a remarkable gift for storytelling, the authors shows us how the things we use reflect the conflict between our private lives and the public issues structuring them. After reading this book, it will be impossible to see a marketing campaign or a PR event in quite the same way. I can’t wait to teach \u003ci\u003eUsing the Stuff of Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e in my classroom!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederick F. Wherry, Yale University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Johnston, Cairns, and Baumann have produced something that Introductory Sociology instructors have long needed: a text that integrates the many diverse topics covered by sociology into a unifying theme. By focusing on the social processes surrounding consumption and consumerism —the literal ‘stuff’ of our students’ everyday lives—the authors help students explore important sociological subjects such as globalization, inequality, subcultures, gender, identity, and much, much more. This is an exciting, creative contribution to the same-old, same-old landscape of introductory sociology texts, and one certain to get students exercising their sociological imaginations right away.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Winchester, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eSocial Theory Re-Wired\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge 2016)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Remarkably well-written and cleverly organized, \u003ci\u003eIntroducing Sociology Using the Stuff of Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the relevance of a wide range of sociological concepts to such\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eroutine occurrences as getting a cup of coffee, playing sports, and getting married. The\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eauthors’ presentation of ‘thinking frames’ and ‘active learning’ suggestions for each chapter\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eprovides students with rich opportunities to test and apply their knowledge and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eunderstanding. An excellent introductory text!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Karen, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eSociological Perspectives on Sport\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIntroducing Sociology Using the Stuff of Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds where other ‘nontraditional’ textbooks have failed. Johnston, Cairns, and Baumann have compiled truly compelling chapters that apply core sociological concepts to the stuff—clothes, food, cars, music, phones, etc.—that surrounds our students today. Their focus on ‘stuff’ allows instructors go beyond concepts covered in traditional sociology textbooks to emphasize contemporary ideas that sociologists actually use when we ‘do sociology’. This is the first nontraditional textbook I’ve seen that really breaks the standard textbook mold and engages students in the practice of thinking sociologically!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulie A. Pelton, University of Nebraska Omaha\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thanks to \u003ci\u003eIntroducing Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e, your students in Introductory Sociology will never be able to look at their ‘stuff’ in the same way. This text will leave them thinking about sociology when they pick up their phone, eat a burger, pull on their jeans, and ‘conspicuously consume’ their lattes. Johnston, Cairns, and Baumann offer a unique approach to the introductory course that covers essential sociological concepts in an engaging and meaningful way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuzanne Hudd, Quinnipiac College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS IN BRIEF\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface for Instructors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface for Students\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. A Day in the Life of Your Jeans: Using Our Stuff to Discover Sociology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. Surviving (and thriving) in Consumer Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. You Are What You Eat: Culture, Norms, and Values\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Fast Food Blues: Work in a Global Economy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Coffee: Status, Distinction, and ‘Good’ Taste\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. Fitting In: Being Part of the Group\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Shopping Lessons: Consuming Social Order\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Get in the Game: Race, Merit, and Group Boundaries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Barbies and Monster Trucks: Socialization and ‘Doing Gender’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Dreaming of a White Wedding: Marriage, Family, and Heteronormativity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. I \u0026lt;3 My Phone: Technology and Social Networks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III. Standing Out: Individuals Negotiating the Social World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Branding Your Unique Identity™: Consumer Culture and the Social Self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Looking Good: Ideology, Intersectionality, and the Beauty Industry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12. What’s On Your Playlist? Subcultures, Racism, and Cultural Appropriation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Our Love-Hate Relationship with the Car: Masculinity, Industry, and Environmental Sustainability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Advertising and Society: An Overview of Sociological Methods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary \/ Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Key Sociological Concepts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019449631063,"sku":"9781138023383","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138023383.jpg?v=1750780304","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/introducing-sociology-using-the-stuff-of-everyday-life-9781138023383","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}