Understanding Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality: A Conceptual Framework / Edition 2

by Lynn Weber

Overview

Understanding Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality: A Conceptual Framework, Second Edition, is the only text that develops a theoretical framework for the analysis of intersectionality. Weber argues that these social systems are historically and geographically contextual power relationships that are simultaneously expressed and experienced at both the macro level of social institutions and the micro level of individual lives and small groups. This is also the only text that teaches students how to apply the theory to their own analyses.
Originally published in its first edition as two separate books, the second edition integrates the main text and the case studies into one volume. As in the previous edition, Weber uses education as an extended example to show students how to conduct a race, class, gender, and sexuality analysis. With completely updated data, this edition adds important new research in sexuality, globalization, and education. It also features new case studies, including one on Hurricane Katrina and another on the 2008 Presidential election.
Understanding Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality: A Conceptual Framework, Second Edition, can be used in a variety of courses: in social inequality, communication, women's and gender studies, ethnic studies, American studies, sociology, political science, human services, and public health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195380248
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/27/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

, Preface, About the AuthorIntroductionSECTION I: LAYING THE FOUNDATIONChapter 1. Defining Contested ConceptsChapter 2. A Historical Timeline of Indicators of OppressionSECTION II: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK—FIVE THEMESChapter 3. The Story of Margaret Welch: A Case StudyChapter 4. Themes: Historically and Geographically Contextual, Socially Constructed, Power RelationsChapter 5. Themes: Macro and Micro Levels, Simultaneous ExpressionSECTION III: A RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONChapter 6. A Case Study: Theo Wilson and Lynn JohnsonChapter 7. Education and the American DreamChapter 8. Themes: Historically and Geographically Contextual, Socially ConstructedChapter 9. Themes: Macro and Micro Level Power Relations, Simultaneously ExpressedChapter 10. Envisioning Social JusticeSECTION IV: CASE STUDIES: APPLYING THE FRAMEWORKCase Study 1. Steinem and Walker: Clinton and Obama, Gloria Steinem and Alice WalkerCase Study 2. The Valenzuela Family, Leo R. ChavezCase Study 3. "It's Like We Never Been Born": Rebirth on the Mississippi Gulf Coast After Hurricane Katrina, Lynn Weber and Sharon HanshawCase Study 4. Getting Off On Feminism, Jason Schultz, Websites, Appendix: Historical Timeline References, References, Permission Acknowledgments, Index

Editorial Reviews

"Weber is unwavering in her commitment to documenting the intersection of these constructs and she succeeds where others have not. The five themes are invaluable teaching tools and the case studies make for useful discussions in class. The text fills a void in the academic literature. It accomplishes what we, as instructors, all give voice to but are rarely able to achieve—a comprehensive analysis of the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality."—Melissa Bonstead-Bruns, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

"Exhaustively researched and lucidly written, this book is a model of intersectional scholarship. Weber brings to life the simultaneous workings of race, class, gender, and sexuality. She goes even further by providing students and professors the tools they need to connect systems of power and inequality. For years I have adopted the first edition of this unique and persuasive book. I would not want to teach my structural inequality course without this text." —Maxine Baca Zinn, Michigan State University

"The text is very accessible and clearly presented. Students can really learn how to develop a lens for an intersectional analysis. Focusing on education as a realm for exploration for students is great, since my students have little experience with another formal institution."—Elizabeth Higginbotham, University of Delaware

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