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Seeing Ourselves : Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology

by: Macionis, John J.; Benokraitis, Nijole V.

Seeing Ourselves : Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology

by: Macionis, John J.; Benokraitis, Nijole V.

ISBN 13: 9780205733163
ISBN 10: 0205733166
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 11/13/2009
Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

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 Ourselvesconveys sociology's diversity of viewpoints and methodologies and includes important issues and debates that capture the fascinating complexity of the social world.

Author Biography

John J. Macionis was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.

John Macionis' publications are wide-ranging, focusing on community life in the United States, interpersonal intimacy in families, effective teaching, humor, new information technology, and the importance of global education.

In addition, John Macionis and Nijole V. Benokraitis have edited the best-selling anthology Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology. Macionis and Vincent Parrillo have written the leading urban studies text, Cities and Urban Life (Pearson). Macionis’ most recent textbook is Social Problems (Pearson).

John Macionis is Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Sociology at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he has taught for almost thirty years. During that time, he has chaired the Sociology Department, directed the college’s multidisciplinary program in humane studies, presided over the campus senate and the college’s faculty, and taught sociology to thousands of students.

In 2002, the American Sociological Association presented Macionis with the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching, citing his innovative use of global material as well as the introduction of new teaching technology in his textbooks.

Professor Macionis has been active in academic programs in other countries, having traveled to some fifty nations. He writes, “I am an ambitious traveler, eager to learn and, through the texts, to share much of what I discover with students, many of whom know little about the rest of the world. For me, traveling and writing are all dimensions of teaching. First, and foremost, I am a teacher—a passion for teaching animates everything I do.”

At Kenyon, Macionis teaches a number of courses, but his favorite class is Introduction to Sociology, which he offers every semester. He enjoys extensive contact with students and invites everyone enrolled in each of his classes to enjoy a home-cooked meal.

The Macionis family—John, Amy, and children McLean and Whitney—live on a farm in rural Ohio. In his free time, Macionis enjoys tennis, swimming, hiking, and playing oldies rock-and-roll (he recently released his first CD). Macionis is as an environmental activist in the Lake George region of New York’s Adirondack Mountains, working with a number of organizations, including the Lake George Land Conservancy, where he serves as president of the board of trustees.

Nijole V. Benokraitis, professor of sociology at the University of Baltimore, has taught the marriage and family course for almost 25 years. It’s her favorite class, but her courses in racial and ethnic relations and gender roles run a close second. Professor Benokraitis received a B.A. in Sociology and English from Emmanuel College, an M.A. in sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana, and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Texas at Austin.

She is a strong proponent of applied sociology and requires her students to enhance their study through interviews, direct observation, and other hands-on learning methods. She also enlists her students in community service activities such as tutoring and mentoring inner-city high school students, writing to government officials and other decision makers about specific social problems, and volunteering research services to nonprofit organizations.

Professor Benokraitis, who immigrated to the United States from Lithuania with her family when she was 6 years old, is bilingual and bi-cultural and is very empathetic of students who try to balance several cultural worlds. She has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited eight books, including Contemporary Ethnic Families in the United States: Characteristics, Variations, and Dynamics; Feuds about Families: Conservative, Centrist, Liberal, and Feminist Perspectives; Modern Sexism: Blatant, Subtle, and Covert Discrimination; and Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology.

Dr. Benokraitis has published numerous articles and book chapters on such topics as institutional racism, discrimination against women in government and higher education, fathers in two-earner families, displaced homemakers, and family policy. She has served as both chair and graduate program director of the University of Baltimore’s Department of Sociology and has chaired numerous university committees.

She has received grants and fellowships from many institutions, including the National Institute of Mental Health, the Ford Foundation, the American Educational Research Association, the Administration on Aging, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She has for some time served as a consultant in the areas of sex and race discrimination to women’s commissions, business groups, colleges and universities, and federal government programs. She has also made several appearances on radio and television on gender communication differences and single-sex educational institutions. She currently serves on the editorial board of Women & Criminal Justice and reviews manuscripts for several academic journals.

Professor Benokraitis lives in Maryland with her husband, Dr. Vitalius Benokraitis, associate chair and director of graduate studies in computer science, Loyola College in Maryland. They have two adult children, Gema and Andrius.

Readings new to this edition in bold.

THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION

Classic

1. "The Sociological Imagination" by C. Wright Mills

Classic

2. "Invitation to Sociology" by Peter L. Berger

Contemporary

3. "Women and the Birth of Sociology" by Patricia Madoo Lengermann and Jill Niebrugge-Brantley

Cross-Cultural

4. "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" by Horace Miner

SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Classic

5. "The Case for Value-Free Sociology" by Max Weber

Contemporary

6. "The Importance of Social Research" by Earl Babbie

Cross-Cultural

7. "Cultural Obsession with Thinness: African American, Latina, and White Women” by Becky W. Thompson (was #11 in SO7)

CULTURE

Classic

8. "Symbol: The Basic Element of Culture" by Leslie A. White

Contemporary

9. "Manifest and Latent Functions" by Robert K. Merton

Cross-Cultural

10. "India's Sacred Cow" by Marvin Harris

SOCIETY

Classic

11. "Manifesto and the Communist Party" by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Classic

12. "Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft" by Ferdinand Tönnies

Contemporary

13. "Unmarried with Children" by Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas

Cross-Cultural

14. "The Amish: A Small Society" by John A. Hostetler

SOCIALIZATION

Classic

15. "The Self" by George Herbert Mead

Contemporary

16. "Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities" by Michael A. Messner

Contemporary

17. "Socialization and the Power of Advertising" by Jean Kilbourne

Cross-Cultural

18. "Parents' Socialization of Children in Global Perspective" by D. Terri Heath

SOCIAL INTERACTION IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Classic

19. "The Dyad and the Triad," by Georg Simmel

Classic

20. "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" by Erving Goffman

Contemporary

21. "Invisible Privilege" by Paula S. Rothenberg

Contemporary

22. "You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation" by Deborah Tannen

Cross-Cultural

23. "The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language around the World" by Roger E. Axtell

GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Classic

24. "Primary Groups" by Charles Horton Cooley

Classic

25. "The Characteristics of Bureaucracy" by Max Weber

Contemporary

26. "McJobs: McDonaldization and the Workplace" by George Ritzer

Cross-Cultural

27. "Even If I Don't Know What I'm Doing, I Can Make It Look Like I Do: Becoming a Doctor in Canada" by Brenda L. Beagan

DEVIANCE

Classic

28. "The Functions of Crime" by Emile Durkheim

Contemporary

29. "On Being Sane in Insane Places" by Donald L. Rosenhan

Contemporary

30. "The Code of the Streets" by Elijah Anderson

Cross-Cultural

31. "Prostitution: A Worldwide Business of Sexual Exploitation" by Melissa Farley

SEXUALITY AND SOCIETY

Classic

32. "Understanding Sexual Orientation" by Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, and Clyde E. Martin

Contemporary

33. "Sex in America: How Many Partners Do We Have?" by Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, and Gina Kolata

Cross-Cultural

34. "Homosexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective" by J. M. Carrier

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Classic

35. "Some Principles of Stratification" by Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, with a response by Melvin Tumin

Contemporary

36. “Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting By in America” by Barbara Ehrenreich [I need to know the permission cost for this one]

Cross-Cultural

37. "The Uses of Global Poverty: How Economic Inequality Benefits the West" by Daina Stukuls Eglitis

GENDER

Classic

38. "Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies" by Margaret Mead

Contemporary

39. "'Night to His Day': The Social Construction of Gender" by Judith Lorber

Contemporary

40. "How Subtle Sex Discrimination Works" by Nijole V. Benokraitis

Cross-Cultural

41. "Domestic Violence: A Cross-Cultural View" by Elaine Leeder

RACE AND ETHNICITY

Classic

42. "The Souls of Black Folk" by W. E. B. Du Bois

Contemporary

43. "Controlling Images and Black Women's Oppression" by Patricia Hill Collins

Contemporary

44. "How Did Jews Become White Folks?" by Karen Brodkin Sacks

Cross-Cultural

45. “Are Asian Americans Becoming White?” by Min Zhou

THE ECONOMY AND WORK

Classic

46. "Alienated Labor" by Karl Marx

Contemporary

47. "When Work Disappears" by William Julius Wilson

Cross-Cultural

48. "Getting a Job in Harlem: Experiences of African American, Puerto Rican, and Dominican Youth" by Katherine S. Newman

POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, AND THE MILITARY

Classic

49. "The Power Elite" by C. Wright Mills

Contemporary

50. "Can Anyone Become President of the United States?" by G. William Domhoff

Cross-Cultural

51. "The Roots of Terrorism" by The 9/11 Commission

FAMILIES

Classic

52. "'His' and 'Her' Marriage" by Jessie Bernard

Contemporary

53. "The Mommy Myth" by Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels

Cross-Cultural

54. "Mate Selection and Marriage around the World" by Bron B. Ingoldsby

RELIGION

Classic

55. "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" by Max Weber

Contemporary

56. "How Student Life is Different at Religious Colleges" by Naomi Schaefer Riley

Cross-Cultural

57. "Women and Islam" by Jane I. Smith

EDUCATION

Classic

58. “Education and Inequality" by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

Contemporary

59. "Savage Inequalities: Children in U.S. Schools" by Jonathan Kozol

Cross-Cultural

60. “The English Only Debate” by Alejandro Portes

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Classic

61. "The Social Structure of Medicine" by Talcott Parsons

Contemporary

62. “The Slaughterhouse: The Most Dangerous Job" by Eric Schlosser

Cross-Cultural

63. "Female Genital Mutilation" by Efua Dorkenoo and Scilla Elworthy

POPULATION AND URBANIZATION

Classic

64. "The Metropolis and Mental Life" by Georg Simmel

Classic

65. "Why Humanity Faces Ultimate Catastrophe" by Thomas Robert Malthus

Contemporary

66. "Urbanism as a Way of Life" by Louis Wirth

Contemporary

67. "Urban Sprawl: The Formation of Edge Cities" by John J. Macionis and Vincent R. Parrillo

Cross-Cultural

68. "Let's Reduce Global Population!" by J. Kenneth Smail

SOCIAL CHANGE AND MODERNITY

Classic

69. “Anomy and Modern Life" by Emile Durkheim

Classic

70. "The Disenchantment of Modern Life" by Max Weber

Contemporary

71. "The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty" by David G. Myers

Cross-Cultural

72. “Global Media” by Todd Gitlin

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