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title | : | Understanding Inequality : The Intersection of Race/ethnicity, Class, and Gender |
author | : | Arrighi, Barbara A. |
publisher | : | Rowman & Littlefield |
isbn10 | asin | : | 0847699145 |
print isbn13 | : | 9780847699148 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780585385174 |
language | : | English |
subject | Equality--United States, United States--Social conditions, Minorities--United States--Social conditions, Social classes--United States, Sex role--United States. |
publication date | : | 2001 |
lcc | : | HN90.S6U53 2001eb |
ddc | : | 305/.0973 |
subject | : | Equality--United States, United States--Social conditions, Minorities--United States--Social conditions, Social classes--United States, Sex role--United States. |
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Understanding Inequality
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Understanding Inequality
The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender
Edited by
Barbara A. Arrighi
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Understanding inequality : the intersection of race/ethnicity, class, and gender / edited by
Barbara A. Arrighi
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8476-9914-5 ISBN 0-8476-9915-3 (pbk.)
1. EqualityUnited States. 2. United StatesSocial conditions. 3. Minorities
United StatesSocial conditions. 4. Social classesUnited States.
5. Sex roleUnited States. I. Arrighi, Barbara A.
HN90.S6 U53 2001
305.0973dc21 00-033275
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Preface | ix |
Acknowledgments | xi |
Introduction | xiii |
Part One Helpful Conceptual Tools |
| Mysterious Power of Social Structures Charles Lemert | |
| They Are All the Same, but Each Member of My Group Is Unique Stephen Worchel | |
Part Two Embedded Ideology: Racism/Ethnocentrism and Sexism |
| Black Women and Feminism bell hooks | |
| Divining Our Racial Themes Derrick Bell | |
| Cowboys and Arabs Laura Goodstein | |
| Whats in a Name: Confessions of a Mafia Princess Erica-Lynn Huberty (formerly Gambino) | |
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Part Three The Other Wears Many Faces |
| Diversity and Its Discontents Arturo Madrid | |
| Coping with the Alienation of White Male Students Billie Wright Dziech | |
| The Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir | |
Part Four Structured InequalityThe Invisible Iron Cage of Class |
| Masculinities and Athletic Careers Michael Messner | |
| The Double-Bind of the Working-Class Feminist Academic: The Success of Failure or the Failure of Success? Diane Reay | |
| (In)Secure Times: Constructing White Working-Class Masculinities in the Late Twentieth Century Michelle Fine, Lois Weis, Judi Addelston, and Julia Marusza | |
Part Five Structured InequalityRace/Ethnicity |
| Are Men Marginal To The Family? Insights from Chicagos Inner City Haya Stier and Marta Tienda | |
| Policing the Ghetto Underclass: The Politics of Law and Law Enforcement William J. Chambliss | |
| Near Detroit, a Familiar Sting in Being a Black Driver Robyn Meredith | |
| Americas Iron Curtain: The Border Patrol State Leslie Marmon Silko | |
| The Heartlands Raw Deal: How Meatpacking Is Creating a New Immigrant Underclass Marc Cooper | |
Part Six Structured InequalityAcquiring Gender |
| Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex Judith Butler | |
| Believing Is Seeing: Biology as Ideology Judith Lorber | |
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| Towards Safer Societies: Punishment, Masculinities, and Violence Against Women Laureen Snider | |
| Tomboys Yes, Janegirls Never Barbara A. Arrighi | |
| Hormonal Hurricanes: Menstruation and Female Behavior Anne Fausto-Sterling | |
Part Seven Corporate Gatekeeping: Fitting In |
| Talking from 9 to 5: How Womens and Mens Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit, and What Gets Done at Work Deborah Tannen | |
| Women in the Power Elite Richard L. Zweigenhaft and G. William Domhoff | |
| Women above the Glass Ceiling: Perceptions on Corporate Mobility and Strategies for Success Sally Ann Davies-Netzley | |
| What Do Men Want? Michael S. Kimmel | |
Part Eight Womens Equality: Progress and Resistance |
| Women against Women: American Anti-Suffragism, 18801920 Jane Jerome Camhi | |
| Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media Susan J. Douglas | |
| Mating, Marriage, and the Marketplace: A Survey of College Students Attitudes and Expectations Barbara A. Arrighi |
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