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Identities and Inequalities : Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality

by: NEWMAN

Identities and Inequalities : Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality

by: NEWMAN

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9780073124063
ISBN 10:
0073124060
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/11/2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary

We don't experience our everyday lives through just one lens; rather, we experience all elements of our identity--race, class, gender, sexuality--simultaneously. This ground-breaking, engaging, highly accessible new book acknowledges this reality and brings to light the importance of studying the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality, both as elements of personal identity and as sources of social inequality.

Preface

xii

Acknowledgments

xxi

PART ONE: IDENTITIES

(144)

Differences and Similarities

(26)

Similarities and Differences in Everyday Life: Drawing Lines

(3)

``Classified'' Information: Forming Impressions

(3)

Variation Between Groups, Variation Within Groups

(3)

The Power of ``Normality'': All Differences Are Not Created Equal

(3)

Stratification, Power, and Privilege

(9)

Theories of Inequality

(1)

Structural-Functionalism

(2)

Conflict Theories

(4)

Cultural Capital

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Investigating Identities and Inequalities

Identity inheritance: Climbing up (or down) your family tree

(2)

Manufacturing Difference: The Social Construction of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality

(41)

Perspectives on Identity

(6)

Essentialism

(1)

Constructionism

(3)

Definitions of Differences and Identities

(7)

Racial/Ethnic Identities

(1)

The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity

(4)

Multiracial Identities

(1)

Class Identities

(6)

How Do Americans Determine Class Standing?

(3)

Who Is Poor?

(1)

Gender Identities

(7)

Gender Roles: Doing Gender

(1)

The Sexual Dichotomy

(3)

Intersexuals and Biological Ambiguity

(1)

Sexual Orientations

(10)

Heteronormativity

(1)

``The Closet''

(2)

The Complexity of Sexual Identity

(2)

Intersections: Identities on the Borderlands

(3)

Conclusion

(1)

Investigating Identities and Inequalities

A sociological treasure hunt: The artifacts of identity

(2)

Portraying Difference: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Language and the Media

(35)

Symbols and Language

(15)

Slurs

(3)

The Language of Difference

(1)

Gendered Language

(1)

Ethnoracial Language

(1)

Sexual Language

(1)

The Use of Language to Conceal Variation

(2)

The Differences of Language

(3)

The Battle over ``Political Correctness''

(2)

Media Representations of Difference

(15)

Gender in the Media

(1)

Children's Exposure to Gender in the Media

(2)

Media-Reinforced Femininity

(2)

Media-Reinforced Masculinity

(1)

Race and Ethnicity in the Media

(3)

Sexuality in the Media

(2)

Social Class in the Media

(4)

Conclusion

103

(1)

Investigating Identities and Inequalities

But I play one on TV: Media portraits of race, gender, and sexuality

104

(2)

Learning Difference: Families, Schools, and Socialization

106

(41)

Identity Socialization in Families

108

(24)

Learning Genders

109

(1)

Biological Predispositions

109

(2)

Gender Training

111

(2)

Intersections: The Influence of Race on Gender Socialization

113

(2)

Androgyny

115

(2)

Learning Racial Identities

117

(3)

Intersections: The Effects of Gender and Class on Racial Identities

120

(2)

Learning Sexualities

122

(1)

Was I Just Born This Way?

123

(2)

Intersections: The Effect of Gender on Learning Sexualities

125

(1)

Bisexualities

126

(1)

Learning Social Classes

127

(4)

Intersections: Class, Race, and Motherwork

131

(1)

Identity Socialization in Schools

132

(11)

Peer Influence

132

(2)

Gendered Lessons

134

(1)

Segregating the Sexes

135

(1)

Intersections: Gender, Race, and Bullying

136

(2)

Coaching Masculinities

138

(1)

Class and Race Lessons

139

(4)

Conclusion

143

(1)

Investigating Identities and Inequalities

Go to your room: Race, gender, and childhood discipline

143

(4)

PART TWO: INEQUALITIES

147

(186)

Expressing Inequalities: Prejudice and Discrimination in Everyday Life

148

(40)

Stereotypes: The Building Blocks of Bigotry

151

(5)

The Normality of Stereotypes

152

(1)

The Negativity of Positive Stereotypes

153

(1)

A ``Model'' Minority

153

(1)

The Good Mother

154

(2)

Prejudice: Perceiving Inequality

156

(15)

Prejudice, Privilege, and Ideologies of Inferiority

158

(2)

Race and Biological Weakness

160

(1)

Gender and Biological Inevitability

161

(2)

The Hidden Privilege of Social Dominance

163

(2)

Intersections: Wealthy White Men and Perceptions of Race

165

(2)

Within-Group Prejudice

167

(2)

Intersections: Race, Gender, and Colorism

169

(2)

Discrimination: Inequality in Action

171

(13)

Personal Discrimination

171

(3)

Quiet Bias

174

(1)

The Enduring Importance of Race

175

(2)

Intersections: Race, Class, Gender, and Everyday Social Encounters

177

(1)

Global Ethnic Violence

178

(2)

Institutional Discrimination

180

(4)

Conclusion

184

(2)

Investigating Identities and Inequalities

Race and retail: Personal and institutional discrimination in everyday life

186

(2)

Inequalities in Health and Illness

188

(40)

The Social Construction of Health and Illness

191

(3)

The Embodiment of Inequality

194

(10)

To Eat or Not to Eat

195

(1)

Hunger

196

(1)

Obesity

197

(4)

Intersections: Race, Class, Gender, and Weight

201

(1)

It's Not How You Feel, It's How You Look

202

(2)

Unequal and Unwell: The Stratification of Health and Health Care

204

(21)

Global Inequalities

205

(3)

Wealth and Health in the United States

208

(2)

The Color of Health

210

(3)

Environmental Discrimination

213

(1)

Health Care Suspicions

214

(2)

Gendered Health

216

(1)

Premenstrual Syndrome

217

(1)

The Medicalization of Childbirth

218

(2)

The Gendering of Medical Practice and Research

220

(1)

Men's Health

221

(2)

Homosexuality and Health

223

(2)

Conclusion

225

(1)

Investigating Identities and Inequalities

Hospital stays: The unequal contours of American health care

226

(2)

Inequalities in Law and Justice

228

(40)

The Social Construction of Laws

230

(9)

Power, Politics, and Legal Definitions

231

(2)

The Laws of Intimacy

233

(1)

Miscegenation

233

(3)

Same-Sex Marriage

236

(3)

Race, Class, and Justice

239

(13)

Racial Profiling

241

(2)

Class and Crime

243

(2)

Prisons

245

(4)

Race, Class, and Death

249

(3)

Gendered Justice

252

(13)

Gender and the Law

252

(2)

Sexual Harassment

254

(1)

Gender and Violence

255

(1)

Intersections: Poverty, Gender, and Human Trafficking

256

(2)

Intimate Violence

258

(1)

Rape and Sexual Assault

259

(3)

Spousal and Partner Violence

262

(3)

Conclusion

265

(1)

Investigating Identities and Inequalities

Safe havens: Race, class, and the fear of crime

266

(2)

Inequalities in Economics and Work

268

(40)

Underprivilege and Overprivilege: Economic Imbalances in Everyday Life

270

(18)

Global Inequalities

270

(1)

American Inequalities

271

(3)

The Middle-Class Squeeze

274

(2)

The Face of American Poverty: In the Shadow of Plenty

276

(1)

Sleepless on the Street

277

(2)

Poverty's Border

279

(1)

The Economies of Race

280

(3)

Intersections: Race, Class, and Immigration

283

(1)

The Economies of Gender

284

(2)

Intersections: Race, Gender, and the Poverty of Single Parenthood

286

(2)

On the Job: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Workplace

288

(16)

Professional Training

288

(2)

The Corporate Closet

290

(2)

Racial Discrimination in the Workplace

292

(1)

Affirmative Action: Overcoming Institutional Discrimination

293

(4)

Gender and Work

297

(1)

Separate Spheres

297

(4)

Gender Discrimination in the Workplace

301

(2)

Intersections: Gendered Racism in the Workplace

303

(1)

Conclusion

304

(2)

Investigating Identities and Inequalities

Living on the outskirts of poverty: A balanced budget

306

(2)

The Futures of Inequality

308

(25)

Possibilities: Altering Inequalities

310

(4)

Fickle Futures

314

(13)

Ethnoracial Outlooks

314

(2)

Evolving a Post-Racial, Post-Ethnic Society

316

(3)

Subdividing Race and Ethnicity

319

(2)

The Futures of Gender and the Sexual Dichotomy

321

(4)

The Futures of ``[Blank]sexuality''

325

(1)

Stratification Outlooks: Class Dismissed?

326

(1)

Future Intersections

327

(2)

Final Thoughts

329

(2)

Investigating Identities and Inequalities

Organizing for a change: Student groups on campus

331

(2)

References

333

(34)

Credits

367

(2)

Glossary/Index

369

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