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Race, Class, and Gender in the United States
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study presents students with a compelling, clear study of issues of race, gender, and sexuality within the context of class. Rothenberg deftly and consistently helps students analyze each phenomena, as well as the relationships among them, thereby deepening their understanding of each issue surrounding race a...more
Paperback, 774 pages
Published
December 22nd 2006
by Worth Publishers
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When a friend's rehashing of an article aimed to debunk the "myth" of the gender wage gap got my dander up, I realized I didn't have a good foundation from which to argue. So I got a lot of books out at the library. I didn't expect to read all 757 pages of this one, but that's what happened. The articles were well-selected and interesting (except, I confess, in the economics chapter. I have an allergy to percentages). I didn't agree with all of everything (I rarely do) but overall...more
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I am such a fan of compilation essay books!
Let's be honest, being white and middle-class doesn't necessarily introduce you to the world of racial and class discrepencies, so it was nice to hear first-person analyses of these discordances in the United States.
It took me a while to finish this book... mostly because it's easy to put down after you have finished an essay. Most of the essays are relatively short and to the point, which is why I gave the book five stars.
Let's be honest, being white and middle-class doesn't necessarily introduce you to the world of racial and class discrepencies, so it was nice to hear first-person analyses of these discordances in the United States.
It took me a while to finish this book... mostly because it's easy to put down after you have finished an essay. Most of the essays are relatively short and to the point, which is why I gave the book five stars.
Bought this book for a class I need to renew my teaching license, but seeing as I don't have a teaching job and haven't been able to get one in the 4 years of looking, I decided to save my money until (if & when) teaching jobs are easier to secure again. But I still have my copy just in case.
A collection of essays on the topics of race, gender and class. They can be a bit Male WASP bashing, at times, but that's kind of the point. There's a little bit of everything in there, which is why so many teachers and professors use this book to stimulate debate and discussion.
You will learn a lot.
This book will really open your eyes to inequality in the world. At times it can be shocking to realize how privileged you may be. Warning: reading passages aloud from this book may cause you to fight with your white, male, middle-class, young boyfriend because he can't admit how privileged he is.
Maybe this would have been great for an Intro to Women's Studies class. In fact, I'm sure it would have been great for that. But not for me. Not right now. It was just a super simplistic review of everything I've ever read before in life.
I am reading this book for the Social Work Graduate class I am currently teaching at West Chester University. So it will be on here all semester! =]
This book is a collection of articles. It can be a bit tedious at times, but some of the articles are really interesting.
a little academic but still very useful; many subtopics.
Yep, another text book. But it's a good one!
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