Privilege: A Reader - Couverture souple

Kimmel, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 081334056X ISBN 13 : 9780813340562

Editeur : Westview Press, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Kimmel Michael S Ferber Abby L

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Innovative and thought-provoking, this timely anthology expands the concept of privilege in America beyond the traditional limiters of being white and male. In addition to readings from well-known authors in the field, this edition includes pieces from contemporary scholars breaking new ground in superordinate studies. Seventeen carefully selected essays explore the multifaceted aspects of privilege: how race, gender, class, and sexual preference interact in the lives of those who are privileged by one or more of these identities. Written from a variety of viewpoints, personal and analytic, the essays in this volume help students understand that “race” can mean white people, “gender” can mean men, and “sexuality” can mean heterosexuals.

I. MAKING PRIVILEGE VISIBLE 1. McIntosh, Peggy. “White Privilege and Male Privilege.” 2. Woods, Jewel.“Black Male Privilege.” * 3. Larew, John, “Why are Droves of Unqualified, Unprepared Kids Getting Into our Top Colleges? ” 4. Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. “On Being Okie.” 5. Messner, Michael A. “Becoming 100% Straight”  6. Rochlin, M. “The Heterosexual Questionnaire.”  II. UNDERSTANDING PRIVILEGE 7. Johnson, Allan. “Privilege Power and Difference and Us,” from Privilege Power and Difference.* 8. Brodkin Sacks, Karen. “How Jews Became White” 9. Kimmel, Michael S. “Masculinity as Homophobia.”  10. Wise, Tim. “Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male.” * 11. Kendall, Diana. “Class in the United States: Not Only Alive but Reproducing.” * III.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In this new and timely anthology on the experience of privilege in America as it relates to holding the identity of the dominant gender, class, race, and sexual preference sociologists Michael Kimmel and Abby Ferber, along with a wide range of contributors, challenge students to think more critically about the myriad inequalities in society and especially to become more aware of how the dynamics that create inequality for some also benefit others. Designed to be used in both introductory sociology and race, gender, and class courses, this exciting volume asks that privilege and students' own role in it become more visible. With both well-known and previously published pieces as well as new contributions, Privilege uses an intersectional approach” to explore the ways in which race, class, gender and sexuality interact in the lives of those who are privileged by one or more of these identities. Kimmel and Ferber have brought together leading thinkers and writers on all of these dimensions, to examine both the parallels and the ruptures among these different but connected relationships. Writing both personally and analytically, these essays can bring students inside the experiences, and enable us all to begin to theorize our own lives, as well as to explore the ways in which these systems intersect in people's lives.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Westview Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 081334056X
• ISBN 13: 9780813340562
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432