The Meaning of Difference: American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class, Sexual Orientation, and Disability - Brossura

Rosenblum, Karen E.; Travis, Toni-Michelle C.

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ISBN 10: 0073380059 ISBN 13: 9780073380056

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008

Riassunto

The Meaning of Difference focuses on the social construction of difference as it operates in American formulations of race and ethnicity, sex and gender, social class, sexual orientation, and disability. The conceptual structure of this text-reader comes from four framework essays addressing the construction of difference, the experience of difference, the social meaning of difference, and social action that might bridge differences. Each framework essay is followed by a set of readings selected for readability, conceptual depth, and applicability to a variety of statuses. Boxed inserts throughout offer first-person accounts from real people, many of them students. This edition features an expanded focus on disability and 29 new readings, including articles on how immigration is transforming the nature of American race and ethnic categories, the changing shape of higher education, and the experience of Americans of Middle-Eastern descent.

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L'autore:

Karen E. Rosenblum is Associate Professor of Sociology and Vice President for University Life at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She is a former Director of Women’s Studies and the Women’s Studies Research and Resource Center and a faculty member in Cultural Studies. Professor Rosenblum received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her areas of research and teaching include sex and gender, language, and deviance.

Product Description:

Book by Rosenblum Karen Travis ToniMichelle

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0073380059
• ISBN 13: 9780073380056
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 552