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Seeing Ourselves : Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology
ISBN: 9780131011304 | 0131011308
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/1995
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This best-selling collection is the only reader that systematically weaves together three types of articles-classic, contemporary,""" "and cross-cultural-for each general topic typically covered in a sociology course. "Seeing Ourselves "conveys sociology' s diversity of viewpoints and methodologies and includes important issues and debates that capture the fascinating complexity of the social world.
| Indicates readings new to this edition | |
| The Sociological Imagination | |
| Classic | |
| "The Sociological Imagination" | |
| Classic | |
| "Invitation to Sociology" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Teenage Wasteland" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Women and the Birth of Sociology" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Body Ritua... MORE | |
| Sociological Research | |
| Classic | |
| "The Case for Value-Free Sociology" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "The Importance of Social Research" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Arab Women in the Field" | |
| Culture | |
| Classic | |
| "Symbol: The Basic Element of Culture" | |
| Classic | |
| "Manifest and Latent Functions" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Cultural Obsessions with Thinness: African American, Latina, and White Women" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "India's Sacred Cow" | |
| Society | |
| Classic | |
| "Manifesto and the Communist Party" | |
| Classic | |
| "Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Unmarried with Children" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "The Amish: A Small Society" | |
| Socialization | |
| Classic | |
| "The Self" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Socialization and the Power of Advertising" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Parents' | |
| Socialization of Children in Global Perspective" | |
| Social Interaction In Everyday Life | |
| Classic | |
| "The Dyad and the Triad," | |
| Classic | |
| "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Invisible Privilege" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language around the World" | |
| Groups and Organizations | |
| Classic | |
| "Primary Groups" | |
| Classic | |
| "The Characteristics of Bureaucracy" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "McJobs: McDonaldization and the Workplace" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Even If I Don't Know What I'm Doing, I Can Make It Look Like I Do: Becoming a Doctor in Canada" | |
| Deviance | |
| Classic | |
| "The Functions of Crime" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "On Being Sane in Insane Places" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "The Code of the Streets" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Prostitution: A Worldwide Business of Sexual Exploitation" | |
| Sexuality and Society | |
| Classic | |
| "Understanding Sexual Orientation" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Sex in America: How Many Partners Do We Have?" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Homosexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective" | |
| Social Stratification | |
| Classic | |
| "Some Principles of Stratification" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Who Has How Much and Why" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "The Uses of Global Poverty: How Economic Inequality Benefits the West" | |
| Gender | |
| Classic | |
| "Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "'Night to His Day': The Social Construction of Gender" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "How Subtle Sex Discrimination Works" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Domestic Violence: A Cross-Cultural View" | |
| Race and Ethnicity | |
| Classic | |
| "The Souls of Black Folk" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Controlling Images and Black Women's Oppression" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "How Did Jews Become White Folks?" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Out of Harmony: Health Problems and Young Native American Men" | |
| Aging and The Elderly | |
| Classic | |
| "The Tragedy of Old Age in America" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "How the Grandparent Role is Changing" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Our Aging World" | |
| The Economy and Work | |
| Classic | |
| "Alienated Labor" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "When Work Disappears" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Getting a Job in Harlem: Experiences of African American, Puerto Rican, and Dominican Youth" | |
| Politics, Government, and The Military | |
| Classic | |
| "The Power Elite" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Who's Running America?" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "The Roots of Terrorism" | |
| Families | |
| Classic | |
| "'His' and 'Her' | |
| Marriage" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "The Mommy Myth" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Mate Selection and Marriage around the World" | |
| Religion | |
| Classic | |
| "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "How Student Life is Different at Religious Colleges" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Women and Islam" | |
| Education | |
| Classic | |
| "Education and Inequality" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Savage Inequalities: Children in U.S. Schools" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Japanese Mothers as the Best Teachers" | |
| Health and Medicine | |
| Classic | |
| "The Social Structure of Medicine" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "The Slaughterhouse: The Most Dangerous Job" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Female Genital Mutilation" | |
| Population and Urbanization | |
| Classic | |
| "The Metropolis and Mental Life" | |
| Classic | |
| "Urbanism as a Way of Life" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Urban Sprawl: The Formation of Edge Cities" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Let's Reduce Global Population!" | |
| Environment and Society | |
| Classic | |
| "Why Humanity Faces Ultimate Catastrophe" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "Rich Planet, Poor Planet: Global Environment and Poverty" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Supporting Indigenous Peoples" | |
| Collective Behavior and Social Movements | |
| Classic | |
| "On the Origins of Social Movements" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "The Animal Rights Movement as a Moral Crusade" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "Abortion Movements in Poland, Great Britain, and the United States" | |
| Social Change and Modernity | |
| Classic | |
| "Anomy and Modern Life" | |
| Classic | |
| "The Disenchantment of Modern Life" | |
| Contemporary | |
| "The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty" | |
| Cross-Cultural | |
| "The Price of Modernization: The Case of Brazil's Kaiapo Indians" | |
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