Sociology
Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Introductory Sociology, 2nd Edition
ISBN-10: 0534628001 ISBN-13: 9780534628000
472 Pages Paperbound
© 2007 Published
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Table of Contents
PART I: THE SOCIOLOGICAL VISION.
PERSPECTIVES: What is Sociology?
1. Randall Collins, The Sociological Eye.
2. C. Wright Mills, The Promise of Sociology.
PERSPECTIVES: How Do Sociologists Think?
3. Joel Charon, Should We Generalize about People?
THEORIES.
3. Paul Colomy, Three Sociological Perspectives.
METHODS: Experimental Design.
5. Michael J. Lovaglia, From Summer Camps to Glass Ceilings: the Power of Experiments.
METHODS: Survey Research.
6. Howard Schuman, Sense and Nonsense About Surveys.
METHODS: Field Research.
7. Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler, The Promise and Pitfalls of Going into the Field.
PART II: SOCIOLOGICAL BLUEPRINTS.
CULTURE: Mainstream Culture.
8. Michael Kimmel, Ritualized Homosexuality in a Nacirema Subculture.
CULTURE: Subculture.
9. Elijah Anderson, The Code of the Street.
CULTURE: Counterculture.
10. Ross Haenfler, Core Values of the Straight Edge Movement.
SOCIALIZATION AND IDENTITY FORMATION: Gender Socialization.
11. Spencer E. Cahill, Fashioning Gender Identity.
SOCIALIZATION AND IDENTITY FORMATION: Identity Transformation.
12. David Karp, Lynda Lytle Holmstrom, and Paul S. Gray, Leaving Home for College: Expectations for Selective Reconstruction of Self.
SOCIALIZATION AND IDENTITY FORMATION: Impacts on Identity.
13. Melissa Milkie, The Impact of Pervasive Beauty Images on Black and White Girls' Self-Concepts.
SOCIAL INTERACTION: Private Presentations.
14. Spencer E. Cahill, et al., Meanwhile Backstage: Behavior in Public Bathrooms.
SOCIAL INTERACTION: Public Presentations.
15. Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi and Robert Zussman, High School Reunions and the Management of Identity.
SOCIAL INTERACTION: Interactional Dynamics.
16. Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler, Inclusion and Exclusion in Preadolescent Cliques.
DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL BOUNDARIES: Structural Discrimination.
17. Devah Pager, The Mark of a Criminal Record.
DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL BOUNDARIES: Fostering Deviance.
18. A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade, Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture.
DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL BOUNDARIES: Managing Deviance.
19. Adina Nack, Identity and Stigma of Women with STDs.
PART III: SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
SOCIAL CLASS: Upper Class.
20. G. William Domhoff, Who Rules America? The Corporate Community and the Upper Class.
SOCIAL CLASS: Middle Class.
21. Karyn R. Lacy, Black Middle Class Suburbia.
SOCIAL CLASS: Underclass.
22. Mark Rank, Welfare Recipients Living on the Edge.
RACE AND ETHNICITY: Ethnic Stereotypes.
23. Erica Owens, Constructing Visions of Ethnicity: Internet Dating Advertisements.
RACE AND ETHNICITY: New Immigrants.
24. Cecilia Garza, Mexican American Domestic Workers.
25. Miliann Kang, Korean Immigrant-Owned Nail Salons.
RACE AND ETHNICITY: The Decline of Ethnicity.
26. Edward S. Shapiro, The Decline of Jewish Identity.
GENDER: At School.
27. Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler, Girls' and Boys' Popularity.
GENDER: At Home.
28. Deborah Tannen, Men and Women in Conversation.
GENDER: At Work.
29. Irene Padavic and Barbara Reskin, Gender Differences in Moving Up and Taking Charge.
PART IV: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
THE FAMILY: Traditional Families.
30. Sharon Hays, Intensive Mothering.
THE FAMILY: Extended Families.
31. Pamela M. Jolicoeur and Teresa Madden, The Good Daughters: Acculturation and Caregiving among Mexican-American Women.
THE FAMILY: New Family Forms.
32. Genevieve L.Y. Arnaut, Donald K. Fromme, Barre M. Stoll, and Jennifer A. Felker, Biological Parents in Stepfamilies.
RELIGION: Contemporary Trends.
33. Mark Chaves, Abiding Faith.
RELIGION: Religious Identities.
34. Lori Peek, Muslim Self-Identities After 9/11.
EDUCATION: Structural Differences.
35. Jonathan Kozol, Savage Inequalities.
EDUCATION: Racial Conflict.
36. Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, American Indian Students and (In)Visibility in College.
WORK AND LEISURE: New Work Locations.
37. Kiran Mirchandani, Contradictory Images of Home-Based Work.
WORK AND LEISURE: New Working Hours.
38. Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler, The Incessant Worker: Laboring Around the Clock in Resorts.
WORK AND LEISURE: The Meaning of Leisure.
39. Michael Novak, Sport as Religion.
HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Health Care Availability.
40. David Mechanic, Targeting HMOs: Stalemate in the U.S. Health Care Debate.
HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Medical Trends.
41. Jonathan Leo, American Preschoolers on Ritalin.
PART V. SOCIAL CHANGE.
VISIONS OF SOCIETY: The Bureaucratization of Society.
42. George Ritzer, The McDonaldization of Society.
VISIONS OF SOCIETY: The Theming of Society.
43. Alan Bryman, The Disneyization of McDonald's.
VISIONS OF COMMUNITY: The Erosion of Traditional Forms.
44. Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone.
VISIONS OF COMMUNITY: The Creation of New Forms.
45. Andrew Shapiro, The Net that Binds.
Glossary.