Race, Class, and Gender [Paperback]

Margaret L. Andersen (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0534568920 | ISBN-13: 978-0534568924 | Publication Date: August 1, 2000 | Edition: 4

This anthology focuses on race, class, and gender from a sociological perspective. The readings examine these topics as interlocking categories of experience, looking at the way that they shape the experience of persons in different social institutions. To help students see the connections between personal experience and social institutions, the authors use a variety of contemporary sociological materials, coupled with personal narratives from various writers, to discuss the impact of race, class, and gender in their experience.

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About the Author

Margaret L. Andersen (B.A., Georgia State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst) is Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Delaware. She is the co-editor of the best-selling anthology, RACE, CLASS AND GENDER, 6th ed. (Wadsworth, 2007; with Patricia Hill Collins), author of THINKING ABOUT WOMEN: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SEX AND GENDER 7th ed. (Allyn and Bacon, 2006); SOCIOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING A DIVERSE SOCIETY, 4th ed. (Wadsworth, 2006; co-authored with Howard F. Taylor); SOCIOLOGY: THE ESSENTIALS, 4th ed. (Wadsworth, 2007; also co-authored with Howard F. Taylor), UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTORY READER, 2E (Wadsworth, 2004; co-edited with Kim Logio and Howard F. Taylor), and SOCIAL PROBLEMS (Addison Wesley Longman, 1997; coauthored with Frank R. Scarpitti and Laura L. O'Toole). She is a recipient of the University of Delaware's Excellence-in-Teaching Award and the College of Arts and Science Distinguished Teaching Award, former President of the Eastern Sociological Society, and Chair of the National Advisory Board for the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University where she has been a Visiting Professor. She was recently selected at the 2004-05 SWS Feminist Lecturer, an award given annually to a social scientist who has made significant contributions to the study of women in society.

Patricia Hill Collins is Wilson Elkins Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Charles Phelps Taft Emeritus Professor of African American Studies and Sociology at the University of Cincinnati. She is the author of numerous articles and books including BLACK SEXUAL POLITICS: AFRICAN AMERICANS, GENDER AND THE NEW RACISM (Routhledge, 2004) and BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT: KNOWLEDGE, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE POLITICS OF EMPOWERMENT (Urwin Hyman 1990; Rothledge, 2000) which won the Jessie Bernard Award of the American Sociological Association and the C. Wright Mills Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Her forthcoming book is FROM BLACK POWER TO HIP HOP: RACISM, NATIONALISM, AND FEMINISM (Temple University Press, 2005). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 626 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co; 4 edition (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534568920
• ISBN-13: 978-0534568924
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,530,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reading, February 19, 2004

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This review is from: Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology (with InfoTrac) (The Wadsworth Sociology Reader Series) (Paperback)

This book was amazing in its scope and varying perspectives on issues concerning "minority" Americans. Both editors and incredible and I personally am really looking forward to reading Patricia Hill Collins' lastest book, Black Sexual Politics.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Book review, April 8, 2009

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This review is from: Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology (Paperback)

This book is very interesting...in that it has different articles that point out the social inequalities that we may not see in our society. The articles have different view points that explain what the author is trying to introduce to its readers. I think this book is very interesting and it helps point out some issues in our society that we may not ordinarily see.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Really (not joking) great book!, December 18, 2010

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This review is from: Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology (Paperback)

Text books are really dry and hard to read (for me) but this one was really good and I actually learned a lot. If you have to buy this book, don't freak out it isn't bad - I even kept mine when the course was over :)