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Race, Class, and Gender in the United States
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Like its preceding editions, this fourth edition of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study undertakes a study of race, gender, and sexuality within the context of class. With 28 new readings and 5 revised readings, this edition also contains an entirely new section entitled "'Us' and 'Them': Becoming an American." This section examines the ways in which the concept of "citizen" has been constructed in the United States over time and studies the role that issues of race, class, and gender have played in determining who is included inand excluded from - this category. (From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Introduction
Pt. I The Social Construction of Difference: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Pt. II "Us" and "Them": Becoming an American
Pt. III Understanding Racism, Sexism, and Class Privilege
Pt. IV The Economics of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States
Pt. V Many Voices, Many Lives: Some Consequences of Racial, Gender, and Class Inequality
Pt. VI How it Happened: Race and Gender Issues in U.S. Law
Pt. VII Creating and Maintaining Hierarchies: Stereotypes, Ideology, Language, Violence, and Social Control
Pt. VIII Revisioning the Future
Index
Like its preceding editions, this fourth edition of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study undertakes a study of race, gender, and sexuality within the context of class. With 28 new readings and 5 revised readings, this edition also contains an entirely new section entitled "'Us' and 'Them': Becoming an American." This section examines the ways in which the concept of "citizen" has been constructed in the United States over time and studies the role that issues of race, class, and gender have played in determining who is included inand excluded from - this category. (From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Introduction
Pt. I The Social Construction of Difference: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Pt. II "Us" and "Them": Becoming an American
Pt. III Understanding Racism, Sexism, and Class Privilege
Pt. IV The Economics of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States
Pt. V Many Voices, Many Lives: Some Consequences of Racial, Gender, and Class Inequality
Pt. VI How it Happened: Race and Gender Issues in U.S. Law
Pt. VII Creating and Maintaining Hierarchies: Stereotypes, Ideology, Language, Violence, and Social Control
Pt. VIII Revisioning the Future
Index