Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class

This incisive, accessible collection of readings is arranged to highlight and underscore some of the most intriguing and cutting-edge thinking on the discussion of gender, race, and class. While other anthologies often separate race, class, and gender into distinct components, this anthology frames each reading within an analysis of all three cultural forces. Additionally, the intersection of sexuality with gender, race, and class is highlighted throughout the text.A collection of work by both U.S. and international writers, the text begins with a historical section that brings the past into contemporary focus. Section Two features personal narratives that make research and theoretical material immediately relevant to students. Other sections address family and community relationships, institutions, privilege, activism, and new sociological perspectives. Brief introductions frame each reading, and discussion questions spark student interest and enhance their understanding of the material.

Table of Contents:
Section 1: Framing the Past Gerda Lerner: 1. The Lady and the Mill Girl: Changes in the Status of Women in the Age of Jackson Stephen Steinberg: 2. Why Irish Became Domestics and Italians and Jews Did Not Graham Robb: 3. Society of Strangers 4. Congressional Record--House (67 Cong., 2nd Sess.) James Loewen: 5. "Gone With the Wind": The Invisibility of Racism in American History Textbooks William Labov: 6. The Logic of Nonstandard English Theresa A. Martinez: 7. Double-Consciousness and Mestiza Consciousness Raising: Linking Du Bois and Anzaldúa Section 2: Story Sharing Malcolm X: 8. 1965 Lesléa Newman: 9. A Letter to Harvey Milk Bruce Edward Hall: 10. Background from Tea that Burns: A Family Memoir of Chinatown Tommi Avicolli Mecca: 11. He Defies You Still: The Memoirs of a Sissy Ntozake Shange: 12. With No Immediate Cause Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya: 13. Working in Other People's Houses Sandra Cisneros: 14. Woman Hollering Creek Leslie Marmon Silko: 15. Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit Stephen Paul Whitaker: 16.From the Margins Lorreta Schwartz-Nobel: 17. Long Hours, Starvation Wages June Jordan: 18. Report from the Bahamas Section 3: Framing Family and Community Relationships Faye V. Harrison: 19. The Gendered Politics and Violence of Structural Adjustment: A View From Jamaica Deborah Tannen: 20. Asymmetries: Women and Men Talking at Cross Purposes Hannah Schiller Wartenberg: 21. Cuban Jewish Women in Miami: A Triple Identity Jane Ward: 22. "Not All Differences Are Created Equal": Multiple Jeopardy in a Gendered Organization Michael Eric Dyson: 23. When You're a Credit to Your Race, the Bill Will Come Due: O.J. Simpson and Our Trial by Fire Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: 24. Breaking the Silence Steven Seidman: 25. In the Closet Section 4: Framing Institutions Wendy Luttrell: 26. Stories from the Field Nicole Ziegler Dizon: 27. Schools Struggle Shielding Gay Kids Chia-Wen Chi and Cecelia Baldwin: 28. Gender and Class Stereotypes: A Comparison of U.S. and Taiwanese Magazine Advertisements Angela Y. Davis: 29. Race and Criminalization: Black Americans and the Punishment Industry Martha Garcia: 30. A Higher Power of Their Understanding: Cheyenne Women and Their Religious Roles Pamela Paul: 31. Religious Identity and Mobility Kendra Hamilton: 32. What's in a Name? Edna Bonacich and Richard P. Appelbaum: 33. The Return of the Sweatshop Jean L. Pyle and Kathryn B. Ward: 34. Recasting Our Understanding of Gender and Work During Global Restructuring D.W. Miller: 35. Legal Scholars of Gay Rights Offer Strategies to Combat the "Apartheid of the Closet" Melanie L. Johnston: 36. SES, Race/Ethnicity, and Health Diana Torrez, Roberto CamposNavarro, and Elia Nora Arganis Juárez: 37. The Illness Experience Among Mexico City's Older Adults: The Effect of Gender, Class, and Race/Ethnicity Section 5: On Privilege Peggy McIntosh: 38. White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies Nancy DiTomaso, Rochelle Parks-Yancy, and Corinne Post: 39. White Views of Civil Rights: Color Blindness and Equal Opportunity Ruth Frankenberg: 40. Growing Up White: The Social Geography of Race Paula England, Carmen Garcia-Beaulieu, and Mary Ross: 41. Women's Employment Among Blacks, Whites, and Three Groups of Latinas: Do More Privileged Women Have Higher Employment? Angela Gardner Roux: 42. Rethinking Official Measures of Poverty: Consideration of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Elizabeth Grieco: 43. Characteristics of the Foreign Born in the United States: Results from Census 2000 Edwin S. Segal: 44. Race and Ethnicity: Images of Difference in South Africa Christopher Reynolds: 45. The Haves, The Have-Nots Section 6: On Activist Thinking and Activism Gloria Anzaldúa: 46. La conciencia de la mestiza /Towards a New Consciousness Janice M. Irvine: 47. A Place in the Rainbow: Theorizing Lesbian and Gay Culture Celene Krauss: 48. Women of Color on the Front Line Paula Gunn Allen: 49. Angry Women Are Building: Issues and Struggles Facing American Indian Women Today Eileen O'Brien: 50. The Political Is Personal: The Influence of White Supremacy on White Antiracists' Personal Relationships Cheryl Townsend Gilkes: 51. "If It Wasn't for the Women...": African American Women, Community Work, and Social Change Glenn McKenzie: 52. Liberia's Female Warriors--Fierce, Feared Martin Rochlin: 53. The Heterosexual Questionnaire Section 7: On New Perspectives Dalton Conley: 54. Race Lessons Amitava Kumar: 55. Lunch With My "Enemy": Exploring the Roots of Ethnic Strife Eduardo Bonilla-Silva: 56. "New Racism," Color-Blind Racism, and the Future of Whiteness in America Troy Duster: 57. Buried Alive: The Concept of Race in Science C. Shawn McGuffey and B. Lindsay Rich: 58. Playing in the Transgender Zone: Race, Class, and Hegemonic Masculinity in Middle Childhood Amy C. Wilkins: 59. Puerto Rican Wannabes: Sexual Spectacle and the Marking of Race, Class, and Gender Boundaries Yen Le Espiritu: 60. All Men Are Not Created Equal: Asian Men in U.S. History Kristin E. Joos: 61. LGBT Parents and Their Children Abby L. Ferber: 62. Color-blind Racism and Post-feminism: The Contemporary Politics of Inequality Vasilikie Demos and Anthony J. Lemelle, Jr., with Solomon Gashaw: 63. Systems of Oppression: Ten Principles Jason DeParle: 64. Broken Levees, Unbroken Barriers

Review :
"Instructors of undergraduate social inequalities courses who want to employ an intersectional approach to the material will find this reader invaluable; but the appeal of the book is not limited to them. Graduate students will also find much food for thought and analysis here, as these diverse articles will provide them with an excellent sense of just how promising--and challenging--a race/class/gender approach to the study of social inequalities is. Segal and Martinez have put together an excellent volume with much to offer all readers."--Betsy Lucal, Indiana University-South Bend, from a review in Teaching Sociology, 36(2), April 2008, pp. 173-74 "Combining classic statements of power and inequality with new voices representative of our nation's diverse populations, Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class: Central Issues In a Changing Landscape is a dynamic set of readings and a perfect sociological snapshot of life in contemporary America."--Charles Gallagher, Georgia State University "The sociological problem of the 21st century will be the problem of intersectionality. The Segal-Martinez gender, race, and class anthology is an outstanding contribution to address this pressing problem written with undergraduate students in mind. The breadth and depth of offerings in this book is impressive, and I appreciated the inclusion of selections dealing with global matters."--Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University "Instructors of undergraduate social inequalities courses who want to employ an intersectional approach to the material will find this reader invaluable; but the appeal of the book is not limited to them. Graduate students will also find much food for thought and analysis here, as these diverse articles will provide them with an excellent sense of just how promising--and challenging--a race/class/gender approach to the study of social inequalities is. Segal and Martinez have put together an excellent volume with much to offer all readers."--Betsy Lucal, Indiana University-South Bend, from a review in Teaching Sociology, 36(2), April 2008, pp. 173-74 "Combining classic statements of power and inequality with new voices representative of our nation's diverse populations, Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class: Central Issues In a Changing Landscape is a dynamic set of readings and a perfect sociological snapshot of life in contemporary America."--Charles Gallagher, Georgia State University "The sociological problem of the 21st century will be the problem of intersectionality. The Segal-Martinez gender, race, and class anthology is an outstanding contribution to address this pressing problem written with undergraduate students in mind. The breadth and depth of offerings in this book is impressive, and I appreciated the inclusion of selections dealing with global matters."--Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University