Meaning of Difference American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class, Sexual Orientation, and Disability

Name: Meaning of Difference American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class, Sexual Orientation, and Disability
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ISBN: 9780073380056

ISBN-10: 0073380059

ISBN-13: 9780073380056

Edition: 5th 2009

Authors: Karen E. Rosenblum, Toni-Michelle C. Travis

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The Meaning of Difference focuses on the social construction of difference as it operates in American formulations of race and ethnicity, sex and gender, social class, sexual orientation, and disability. The conceptual structure of this text-reader comes from four framework essays addressing the construction of difference, the experience of difference, the social meaning of difference, and social action that might bridge differences. Each framework essay is followed by a set of readings selected for readability, conceptual depth, and applicability to a variety of statuses. Boxed inserts throughout offer first-person accounts from real people, many of them students. This edition features an…

Book details

List price: $94.67
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 1/31/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.002
Language: English



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Framework Essay: Constructing Categories Of Difference What is Race?


""Race"" and the Construction of Human Identity


Who Is Black? One Nation's Definition


The Evolution of Identity, Washington Post


Real Indians


Asian American Panethnicity: Contemporary National and Transnational Possibilities