The Meaning of Difference: American Constructions of Race, Sex and Gender, Social Class, and Sexual Orientation - Softcover

Rosenblum,Karen; Travis,Toni-Michelle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007299746X ISBN 13: 9780072997460

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006

Synopsis

The Meaning of Difference is a text-reader about the social construction of difference as it operates in American formulations of race, sex and gender, social class, and sexual orientation. The book is based on the conviction that similar processes are at work in the construction of differences of color, sex and gender, class, and sexuality and that these processes likely also apply to other master statuses such as disability. Four framework essays provide the conceptual structure for the book. Following each framework essay is a set of readings that illustrate the concepts and processes described in the essays. The readings have been selected for readability, conceptual depth, and applicability to a variety of statuses. .

About this title

About the Author:

Karen E. Rosenblum is Associate Professor of Sociology and Vice President for University Life at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She is a former Director of Womens Studies and the Womens Studies Research and Resource Center and a faculty member in Cultural Studies. Professor Rosenblum received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her areas of research and teaching include sex and gender, language, and deviance. . .

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 007299746X
• ISBN 13: 9780072997460
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 476