An edition of The meaning of difference: American constructions of race, sex and gender, social class, and sexual orientation : a text/reader
(1999)
The meaning of difference
American constructions of race, sex and gender, social class, and sexual orientation : a text/reader
2nd ed.
by Karen Elaine Rosenblum, Toni-Michelle Travis, Karen E. Rosenblum, and Toni-Michelle C. Travis
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Table of Contents
Framework essay : constructing categories of difference.
What is race?
Who is Black?
One nation's definition ; -- The
new colored people ;
Federal Indian identification policy ;
La Raza and the melting pot : a comparative look at multiethnicity ;
Asian American panethnicity ;
Whiteness as an "unmarked" cultural category --
What is sex?
What is gender? -- The
five sexes : why male and female are not enough ; -- The
Berdache tradition ;
Gender stereotypes and roles --
What is social class?
How much social mobility exists in the United States? ; -- The
underclass : concept, controversy, and evidence --
What is sexual orientation? -- The
invention of heterosexuality ;
Homosexuality : a social phenomenon ; -- The
development of gay, lesbian, and bisexual identities --
Framework essay : experiencing difference.
What are you? ;
Oppression ;
"Can you see the rainbow" the roots of denial ;
Disability beyond stigma : social interaction, discrimination, and activism ;
Time to look and listen ; -- The
accidental Asian ;
Can Asian-Americans turn the media tide? ;
Diversity and its discontents ;
Talking past each other : black and white languages of race ;
Driving while black : a statistician proves that prejudice still rules the road ;
Darkness made visible : law, metaphor, and the racial self ;
Of race and risk ;
Wears jump suit, sensible shoes, uses husband's last name.
Gender bending ; -- A
question of class ;
Why are droves of unqualified, unprepared kids getting into our top colleges?
Because their dads are alumni --
Framework essay : the meaning of difference.
Law politics, and policy.
Twelve key Supreme Court cases ; -- The
rise and fall of affirmative action ; -- The
shape of the river : long-term consequences of considering race in college and university admissions ;
Social movements and the politics of difference ; -- The
economy. -- The
possessive investment in whiteness : how white people profit from identity politics ;
Strangers among us : how Latino immigration is transforming America ; -- The
gender gap : contours and causes ;
Science. -- The
DNA mystique ; -- The
health of Black folk : disease, class, and ideology in science ;
Media, science, and sexual ideology : -- the
promotion of sexual stability ;
Disability definitions : -- the
politics of meaning ;
Popular culture.
Backlash ;
Ideological racism and cultural resistance :
constructing our own images ;
What Americans don't know about Indians ;
Language.
English in a multicultural America ;
Racism in the English language ;
Gender stereotyping in the English language ;
To be and be seen : the politics of reality.
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"Gift of Dr. Bilal Hashmi Family"--Bookplate.
Includes bibliographical references.
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