Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life Readings - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761987487 ISBN 13: 9780761987482

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2002

Synopsis

This companion anthology, carefully edited by David Newman and Jodi O′Brien, provides provocative, eye-opening examples of the practice of sociology in a well-edited and well-designed affordable format. It includes 38 short articles, chapters, and excerpts that examine common everyday experiences, important social issues, or distinct historical events that illustrate the relationship between the individual and society.

This Fourth Edition includes 21 new articles that touch on important and relevant sociological issues such as: the ethical dilemmas posed by studying prostitutes, organized sports and the construction of male identities, women in the military, gay and lesbian parents, medicine as a means of social control, Americans′ hectic work schedules, the millennial generation, and more.

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About this title

About the Authors

David M. Newman earned his BA from San Diego State University in 1981 and his graduate degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle (MA 1984, PhD 1988). After a year at the University of Connecticut, David taught at DePauw University for more than 30 years. He currently teaches at Colgate University. David teaches courses in contemporary society, deviance, mental illness, family, social inequality, and research methods. He has published numerous articles on teaching and has presented research papers on the intersection of gender and power in intimate relationships. Recently most of his scholarly activity has been devoted to writing and revising several books, including Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life: Brief Edition (SAGE, 2020); Identities and Inequalities: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality (McGraw-Hill, 2021); and Families: A Sociological Perspective (McGraw-Hill, 2009). His most recent book, A Culture of Second Chances: The Promise, Practice and Price of Starting Over in Everyday Life (Lexington Books, 2019), examines the cultural meaning, institutional importance, and social limitations of “second chance” and “permanent stigma” narratives in everyday life.

Jodi O’Brien is Professor of Sociology and Women and Gender Studies at Seattle University. She is the editor of the Encyclopedia of Gender and Society and co-editor of the “Contemporary Sociological Perspectives” book series. Her books include The Production of Reality, Social Prisms, and Everyday Inequalities. Her courses and research focus on difference, power and discrimination, and religion and sexuality.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761987487
• ISBN 13: 9780761987482
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Newman David M., O′Brien Jodi