Mapping the social landscape : readings in sociology / edited by]Susan J. Ferguson.

CONTENT

I. THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
1. C. Wright Mills, The Promise ---classic piece on the sociological imagination
2. Donna Gaines, Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead-End Kids ---applying the sociological imagination to teen suicide
3. Mary Romero, An Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey ---applying the sociological imagination to domestic service

Social Research
*4. Michael Schwalbe, Finding Out How the Social World Works ---a summary of what it means to be sociologically mindful
5. Craig Haney, W. Curtis Banks, and Philip G. Zimbardo, Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison ---classic piece on the research design of Zimbardo’s famous
experiment
6. Elaine Bell Kaplan, Not Our Kind of Girl ---participant observation research among African American teen
mothers


II. CULTURE
7. Anne M. Velliquette and Jeff B. Murray, The New Tattoo Subculture ---the tattoo subculture and meanings of body adornment
8. Elijah Anderson, The Code of the Streets ---an exploration of street culture
*9. Eugenia Kaw, “Opening” Faces: The Politics of Cosmetic Surgery and Asian American Women ---the influence of gender and racial stereotypes on the beauty culture
10. Haunani-Kay Trask, Lovely Hula Hands: Corporate Tourism and the Prostitution of Hawaiian Culture
---an examination of cultural exploitation


III. SOCIALIZATION
11. Judith Lorber, "Night to His Day": The Social Construction of Gender ---the socialization of gender identity
12. Michael Messner, Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities ---the social construction of masculinity
13. Robert Granfield, Making It By Faking It: Working-Class Students in an Elite Academic Environment ---working class identity and law school socialization
14. Gwynne Dyer, Anybody's Son Will Do ---resocialization into the total institution of the military


IV. GROUPS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE
15. Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler, Peer Power: Clique Dynamics among School Children ---a study of the structure and interactional dynamics among school
children’s groups
16. Martin Sanchez Jankowski, Gang Business: Making Ends Meet --—a functional analysis of a primary group
*17. Kathleen M. Blee, Becoming a Racist: Women in Contemporary Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazi Groups ---an illustration of secondary group membership
*18. Mark Colvin, Descent Into Madness: The New Mexico State Prison Riot ---an example of social structure breaking down


V. DEVIANCE, CRIME, AND SOCIAL CONTROL
19. David L. Rosenhan, On Being Sane in Insane Places
---classic piece on labeling and social deviance
20. Penelope E. McLorg and Diane E. Taub, Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: The Development of Deviant Identities
---the social construction of deviant identities
21. Philippe Bourgois, In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio ---an ethnographic study of drug dealing in the inner-city
*22. A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade, Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women? ---the social organization of crime


VI. SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Social Class
*23. Kingsley Davis, Wilbert E. Moore, and Melvin Tumin, Some Principles of Stratification ---classic pieces on the functions of social stratification
24. G. William Domhoff, Who Rules America?: The Corporate Community and the Upper Class ---the lifestyles and social institutions of the upper class
25. Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro, Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality
---a sociology of wealth and racial inequality
*26. Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel-and-Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America ---an exploration of the lives of the working poor
Gender
27. Barbara Risman, Gender as Structure ---a review of four theories that explain sex and gender
28. Christine L. Williams, The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions ---an examination of sex typing and job segregation
29. Yen Le Espiritu, The Racial Construction of Asian American Women and Men ---an examination of racist and sexist images in U.S. culture
30. Myra Sadker and David Sadker, Failing at Fairness: Hidden Lessons ---gender inequality in the institution of education
Race and Ethnicity
*31. Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Racial Formations in the United States ---the social construction of race

*32. Jennifer Lee and Frank D. Bean, Beyond Black and White: Remaking Race in America ---how race is measured by the U.S. government
33. Lillian B. Rubin, Is This A White Country, Or What?
---working class families talk about race and ethnicity
*34. Charlie LeDuff, At a Slaughterhouse, Some Things Never Die ---an examination of the racial dynamics at one workplace site


VII. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Power and Politics
35. C. Wright Mills, The Power Elite ---classic piece on the power elite
36. Dan Clawson, Alan Neustadtl and Mark Weller, Dollars and Votes: How Business Campaign Contributions Subvert Democracy ---an application of Mills' power elite
*37. Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Playing the Political Slots: American Indians and Casinos ---the politics of and profiteering from gambling on reservations
Mass Media
38. Martin N. Marger, The Mass Media as a Power Institution ---an examination of power and the mass media
*39. Gregory Mantsios, Media Magic: Making Class Invisible ---how the mass media distorts social class
*40. Todd Gitlin, Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives ---the globalization of American media
The Economy and Work
41. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Manifesto of the Communist Party ---classic piece on the relationship between the capitalists and the workers
42. William Julius Wilson, When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor ---current analysis of inner-city joblessness
43. Robin Leidner, Over the Counter: McDonald's
---an ethnographic study of routinization in work


Religion
44. Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ---classic piece on the influence of religion on other social institutions
*45. Mark Chaves, Abiding Faith ---the current status of religion among Americans
46. Kathleen S. Lowney, Baring Our Souls: TV Talk Shows and the Religion of Recovery ---an analysis of religious revivalism and morality on TV talk shows


Health and Medicine
*47. Talcott Parsons, The Social Structure of Medicine
---classic piece on the functions of health and illness in society
*48. Johanna McGeary, Death Stalks a Continent
---an examination of the AIDS epidemic in Africa
49. David A. Karp, Illness and Identity
---an interview study of people with depression


Education
50. Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes, Civilize Them With A Stick ---education as an institution of social control
51. Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Caroline Hodges Persell, Preparing for Power: Cultural Capital and Curricula in America's Elite Boarding Schools ---an examination of elite education
*52. Ann Arnett Ferguson, Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity ---racial and gender stereotyping in American Schools


The Family
53. Judith Stacey, Gay and Lesbian Families Are Here
---changing definitions of family
*54. Ann Crittendon, The Mommy Tax ---the income discrimination faced by working mothers
55. Arlie Russell Hochschild, The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work ---how individuals combine their work and home lives


VIII. SOCIAL CHANGE
56. George Ritzer, The McDonaldization of Society ---a contemporary theory of social change
57. Conrad L. Kanagy and Donald B. Kraybill, How Will the Internet Change Society? ---an examination of the social change being caused by computers
*58. Charles Derber, The Wilding of America: Iraq and the War Against Terrorism ---war as an extreme example of social change
*59. Amitai Etzioni, Community Building: Steps Toward a Good Society ---one sociologist’s vision of needed social change
60. Allan G. Johnson, What Can We Do? Becoming a Part of the Solution ---social change strategies to deal with privilege and oppression

Includes bibliographical references.