The Contexts Reader / Edition 3

by Syed Ali, Philip N. Cohen

Overview

An updated collection of the best articles from the award-winning magazine

The Contexts Reader collects over sixty of the best articles from the popular magazine in one affordable anthology. Considered the public face of sociology, Contexts magazine is highly regarded for featuring articles by well-known sociologists that make cutting-edge social research accessible to a general audience. More than three-quarters of the readings in the Third Edition, including eight Viewpoints roundtables, are NEW to the reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393639650
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	02/15/2018
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Philip N. Cohen, Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, is the creator of the blog FamilyInequality.com. He has published extensively on the gender division of labor within families, family structure, and health disparities. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and Washington Post, and he has appeared on NPR and MSNBC. You can follow Philip N. Cohen on Twitter at @familyunequal.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments viii

Part 1 How to do sociology

1 Sociologists as Outliers Joel Best 3

2 Viewpoints: How to Do Ethnography Right Dana R. Fisher Stefanie DeLuca Susan Clampet-Lundquist Kathryn Edin Annette Lareau Aliya Hamid Rao 8

3 Sense and Nonsense about Surveys Howard Schuman 17

4 This Revolution Is Not Being Televised Michael A. Messner Margaret Carlisle Duncan Nicole Willms 26

5 From Summer Camps to Glass Ceilings: The Power of Experiments Michael J. Lovaglia 33

Part 2 Culture

6 Babes in Bikeland Bjorn Christianson 45

7 English Soccer's Mysterious Worldwide Popularity James P. Curley Oliver Roeder 54

8 Tiger Girls on the Soccer Field Hilary Levey Friedman 60

9 Opera Thugs and Passionate Fandom Claudio E. Benzecry 66

10 Our Hard Days' Night Simon J. Williams 72

Part 3 Crime and Punishment

11 Viewpoints: Rape and Rape Culture Lisa Wade Brian Sweeney Amelia Seraphia Derr Michael A. Messner Carol Burke 81

12 Becoming a Stickup Kid Randol Contreras 90

13 Explaining and Eliminating Racial Profiting Donald Tomaskovic-Devey Patricia Warren 98

14 Digital Punishment's Tangled Web Sarah Esther Lageson 106

15 Six Lessons of Suicide Bombers Robert J. Brym 113

16 Viewpoints: Trafficking in Humans Sutapa Basu Anne T. Gallagher Denise Brennan Elena Shih Ronald Weitzer 122

Part 4 Race and Ethnicity

17 Viewpoints: Black and Blue Shehzad Nadeem Sudhir Venkatesh Laurence Ralph Elliott Currie Katherine Beckett 133

18 Covering the Three Missouri Michaels Steven W. Thrasher 141

19 The Whiteness of Oscar Night Matthew W. Hughey 144

20 Social Mobility among Second-Generation Latinos Van C. Tran 148

21 Ask a Sociologist: Jennifer Lee on Naming Success Jennifer Lee 155

Part 5 Gender and Sexuality

22 Viewpoints: Boys Niobe Way C. J. Pascoe Mark McCormack Amy Schalet Freeden Oeur 159

23 What's So Cultural about Hookup Culture? Lisa Wade 168

24 Hookups, Sex, and Relationships at College Jessie Ford Paula England 171

25 Sexual Orientation versus Behavior-Different for Men and Women? Eliza Brown Paula England 176

26 Women's Sexual Orientation and Sexual Behavior: How Well Do They Match? Mónica L. Caudillo Paula England 184

27 Lesbian Geographies Amin Ghaziani 191

28 #callmecaitlyn and Contemporary Trans* Visibility D'Lane Compton Tristan Bridges 196

29 Bathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics Kristen Schilt Laurel Westbrook 198

Part 6 Marriage and Family

30 The Superstrong Black Mother Sinikka Elliott Megan Reid 207

31 The Joy of Cooking? Sarah Bowen Sinikka Elliott Joslyn Brenton 213

32 Working-Class Growing Pains Jennifer M. Silva 219

33 Marrying across Class Lines Jessi Streib 227

34 Viewpoints: After Gay Marriage Equality Forum Andrew J. Cherlin Steven W. Thrasher Joshua Gamson Georgiann Davis 234

Part 7 Education

35 Oyler School against the Odds Amy Scott 245

36 Academic Hack Heard Round the World Philip N. Cohen Syed Ali 254

37 Friends with Academic Benefits Janice McCabe 256

38 Whitewashing Academic Mediocrity Tomás R. Jiménez Adam L. Horowitz 265

39 The Challenge of Diverse Public Schools Toby L. Parcel Joshua A. Hendrix Andrew J. Taylor 271

40 Viewpoints: Affirmative Inaction Richard D. Kahlenberg Sigal Alon Jennifer Pierce John D. Skrentny 278

Part 8 Health

41 Revisiting the Rationing of Medical Degrees in the United States Tania M. Jenkins Shalini Reddy 289

42 Dealing with the Diagnosis Gary C. David 296

43 Dropping the "Disorder" in PTSD R. Tyson Smith Owen Whooley 303

44 Getting the Most Out of the U.S. Health Care System Amanda M. Gengler 311

45 Breastfeed at Your Own Risk Julie E. Artis 319

Part 9 Science

46 Not a Snowball's Chance for Science Dana R. Fisher Joseph Waggle Lorien Jasny 331

47 Microscopic Hair Comparison and the Sociology of Science Simon A. Cole Troy Duster 338

48 Learning from NASA's Robotic Planetary Missions Janet Vertesi 345

49 What Gender Is Science? Maria Charles 350

Part 10 Politics

50 Hiking the West Bank Andy Clarno 363

51 Words Burn Lips Silvia Pasquetti 368

52 Viewpoints: It's High Time Shehzad Nadeem Craig Reinarman Wendy Chapkis Jake Browne 373

53 Community Organizing and Social Change Randy Stoecker 382

54 Sacco and Vanzetti and the immigrant Threat Richard Alba 389

55 Viewpoints: Fifty Years of "New" immigration Shehzad Nadeem John D. Skrentny Jennifer Lee Jody Agius Vallejo Zulema Valdez Donna R. Gabaccia 396

56 A Fracking Fracas Demonstrates Movement Potential Brian K. Obach 406

Part 11 Work and Inequality

57 Asian Americans, Bamboo Ceilings, and Affirmative Action Margaret M. Chin 413

58 A Hand Up for Lower-Income Families Sarah Halpern-Meekin Laura Tach Jennifer Sykes Kathryn Edin 417

59 Falling Upward Dalton Conley 423

60 Normal Unpredictability and the Chaos in Our Lives Naomi Gerstel Dan Clawson 425

61 Viewpoints: On the Sharing Economy Shehzad Nadeem Juliet B. Schor Edward T. Walker Caroline W. Lee Paolo Parigi Karen Cook 429

62 Same Trailer, Different Park Esther Sullivan Edna Ledesma 438

Part 12 Cities

63 Mumbai Sleeping Dhruv Dhawan 449

64 Permanent Impermanence Syed Ali 456

65 The King of Compton Jooyoung Lee 462

66 Black Philly after the Philadelphia Negro Marcus Anthony Hunter 469

67 I Gentrify Bed-Stuy Syed Ali 474

Editors and contributors 477