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Readings for Sociology
New York ; W. W. Norton & Company, [2023]
"With selections from popular and academic journals as well as lively book excerpts, Readings for Sociology reveals the complexities of our social world and offers insights into sociological analysis. Readings for Sociology is comprehensive in scope, offering a wide range of selections on the standard topics in the introductory course while delving deep into issues of inequality. With 30 percent new readings—including pieces from Tressie McMillan Cottom, Jennifer Lee, and Victor Ray—the Tenth Edition maintains a focus on inequality, exploring issues as wide-ranging as norms of beauty, the politics of food, and immigrant identities." --
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Sociology |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York ; W. W. Norton & Company, [2023] |
| ISBN: | 9781324044086 132404408X |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. Part 1. The study of sociology. Sociology as an individual pastime (from Invitation to sociology) / Peter L. Berger ; Personal experiences and public issues (from The Sociological imagination) / C. Wright Mills ; Of our spiritual strivings (from The Souls of Black folk) / W.E.B. Du Bois ; The Stranger / Georg Simmel ; The mark of a criminal record / Devah Pager ; Telling the truth about damned lies and statistics / Joel Best ; Distinguishing features of Black feminist thought (from Black feminist thought : knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment) / Patricia Hill Collins -- Part 2. Culture and society. American hookup : deep in the fog (from American hookup : the new culture of sex on campus) / Lisa Wade ; McDonald's in Hong Kong : consumerism, dietary change, and the rise of a children's culture (from Golden Arches east) / James L. Watson ; The code of the streets / Elijah Anderson ; The success frame and the Asia F (from The Asian American paradox) / Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou ; In the name of beauty (from Thick : and other essays / Tressie McMillan Cottom ; Vive le foie gras! (from Contested tastes : foie gras and the politics of food / Michaela Desoucey -- Part 3. Growing up social. Boyhood, organized sports, and the construction of masculinities / Michael A. Messner ; Concerted cultivation and the accomplishment of natural growth (from Unequal childhoods : class, race, and family life) / Annette Lareau ; The anxieties of affluence (from Uneasy street : the anxieties of affluence) / Rachel Sherman ; Helicopters (from Parenting to a degree : how family matters for college women's success / Laura T. Hamilton -- Part 4. Social interaction and identity. On face-work / Erving Goffman ; Salvaging the self (from Down on their luck : a study of homeless street people) / David A. Snow and Leon Anderson ; No country for white men / Arlie Russell Hochschild ; The geopolitics of being a good Muslim in American (from Here, there, and elsewhere : the making of immigrant identities in a globalized world) / Tahseen Shams ; Optional ethnicities : for whites only? / Mary C. Waters -- Part 5. Social inequality and organizations. The birth of a new American aristocracy / Matthew Stewart ; Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels ; The strange enigma of race in contemporary America (from Racism without racists : color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America) / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva ; The economic plight of inner-city Black males (from More than just race : being Black and poor in the inner city) / William Julius Wilson ; Woman (from Society in America) / Harriet Martineau ; Why inequality? (from Inequality by design : creacking the bell curve myth) / Claude S. Fischer [and five others] ; A theory of racialized organizations / Victor Ray ; Uses of the underclass in America / Herbert J. Gans -- Part 6. Social control and organizational power. Panopticism (from Discipline and punish : the birth of the prison) / Michel Foucault ; The Black family in the age of mass incarceration / Ta-Nehisi Coates ; The end of warrior policing (from Uneasy peace : the great crime decline, the renewal of city life, and the next war on violence) / Patrick Sharkey ; The McDonald's System (from The McDonaldization of society) / George Ritzer -- Part 7. Social institutions : family and religion. The radical idea of marrying for love (from Marriage, a history) / Stephanie Coontz ; From Making motherhood work : how women manage careers and caregiving / Caitlyn Collings ; Immigration policy and the future of Latino families (from Of love and papers : how immigration policy affects romance and family) / Laura E. Enriquez ; From The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism / Max Weber ; What is religion? (from Religion : what it is, how it works, and why it matters) / Christian Smith -- Part 8. Social change. For public sociologies / Michael Burawoy ; The gender revolution : uneven and stalled / Paula England ; Racial domination and the evolution of racial classification (from Thicker than blood : how racial statistics lie) / Tukufu Zuberi ; Undermined : a local activist fights for the future of coal country / Eliza Griswold ; The algorithmic rise of the "Alt-Right" / Jessie Daniels. |
| Course: |
SOC100 SOC107 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
| Location | Call number | Status |
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| English Book (4/F) | 301 REA 2024 | Due Date:2026-06-29 |