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	• The Meaning of Difference: American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class, Sexual Orientation, ... Karen Rosenblum, Toni-Michelle Travis McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2008 - 552 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

It is a very nice text book.

I like the way they divide the readings the way they did. It makes it easy and less boring to read

Great intro to social inequalities

This book is absolutely fabulous. I had the honor of taking Prof. Rosenblum's class, which is great to use the book that she helped compose. I think this book is great in a scholastic setting, alone it might seem scattered and incongruent. With the class there comes discussions and lectures, also there were associated readings from the internet that helped focus students as well. The most important parts of the book are the framework essays, because they really explain a prominent sociological perspective that this book uses, the social constructionist paradigm. I hope that people can read this book and take away the important aspects from it, but not think that this book is particularly suited for coffee shop reading. It is a textbook meant for a classroom with heavy interaction from the teacher and students.

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Sociology

This book was like brand new. It came in a matter of days and was better than I expected.

you'd never know if you don't read it

We so often long to hear other people's perspectives. The problems are that we don't meet such people, we don't listen/hear if we are told the information, or we just have difficulty getting beyond our own cultural lens. This book gives many of the "other" perspective(s). I found the social class information particularly interesting. It's something to digest and not whiz through. I can't say enough about the wisdom in this book.. if you'll give yourself the chance to listen..

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Diversity Explained

A good book. Gives all sides to Diversity issues and is coupled with many first hand articles that are very interesting. Definetly worth a read if you're interested in issues of diversity.

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The Meaning of Difference focuses on the social construction of difference as it operates in American formulations of class="textlinks">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 expanded focus on disability and 29 new readings, including articles on how immigration is transforming the nature of American race and ethnic categories, the changing shape of higher education, and the experience of Americans of Middle-Eastern descent.

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