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by Renzetti, Claire M.; Kennedy-Bergen, Raquel M.

• ISBN13: 9780205997282
• ISBN10: 0205997287
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2014-02-11
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Helps Students Relate Concepts of Diversity to their own Lives

 

Understanding Diversity, 1/e by Claire M. Renzetti and Raquel M. Kennedy-Bergen is composed of original contributions written by both well-known sociologists as well as newer voices whose cutting edge work is likely to significantly impact the field. Readers will find it easy to relate to this title, as every topic has been chosen based on its relevancy to college students. Students will emerge with an understanding of how the intersecting inequalities of race, gender, social class, sexuality, age, immigration status, and geographic location influence how various problems are socially and politically framed, and how they are differentially experienced.

 

 

 

Author Biography

Claire M. Renzetti is the Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair for Studies of Violence Against Women in the Center for Research on Violence Against Women, and Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at the University of Kentucky. She is editor of the international, interdisciplinary journal, Violence Against Women; co-editor with Jeffrey Edleson of the Interpersonal Violence book series for Oxford University Press; and editor of the Gender and Justice book series for University of California Press. She has authored or edited 16 books as well as numerous book chapters and articles in professional journals. Her current research includes studies of the relationship between religiosity and intimate partner violence, and an evaluation of a horticultural therapy program at a shelter for battered women and their children.  Dr. Renzetti has held elected and appointed positions on the governing bodies of several national professional organizations, and is a past president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP).  She is the recipient of the Saltzman Award for Contributions to Practice, awarded by the Women and Crime Division of the American Society of Criminology, and the the Lee Founders Award, from the SSSP.

  

Raquel Kennedy Bergen is of Sociology at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her BS from Saint Joseph’s University in Sociology and her Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author or co-author of numerous scholarly publications and six books on violence against women including, Wife Rape: Understanding the Response of Survivors and Service Providers; and Issues in Intimate Violence. With Claire Renzetti and Jeff Edleson she edited, Sourcebook on Violence Against Women and Violence Against Women: Classic Statements. She co-edited Violence Against Women: Readings from Social Problems with Claire Renzetti. She has served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission since 2004 when she was appointed by Governor Edward G. Rendell. She has volunteered as an advocate for battered women and sexual assault survivors for the past 25 years. Her current research continues in the field of violence against women—analyzing how domestic violence and sexual assault programs have implemented changes to the services that they provide intimate partner sexual assault survivors. She also continues to explore the subject of women’s experiences of sexual and physical violence during pregnancy. 

Table of Contents

In This Section:

    I)  Brief Table of Contents

    II) Detailed Table of Contents

 

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I) Brief Table of Contents

 

Chapter 1. Understanding Diversity

 

SECTION I: WORK, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING

 

Chapter 2.  Economic Crisis and Its Effect on Hope, Trust, and Caring

Chapter 3. Inequalities in Health And Well-Being in The United States

Chapter 4. Women’s Homelessness and the Role of Violence

Chapter 5. Night and Day

 

SECTION II: CRIME, DEVIANCE, AND JUSTICE

Chapter 6. The Hidden Nightmare

Chapter 7. Black Girls, Gender, and Violence

Chapter 8.  Race, Ethnicity and Living Arrangements of

Children of Incarcerated Mothers

 

Chapter 9. Cinderella, Wilma Flintstone, and Xena

The Warrior Princess

 

SECTION III: EDUCATION, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE MEDIA

Chapter 10. Immigration And Education

Chapter 11. Everyday Racial Interactions for Whites and College Students of College

Chapter 12. The College Hookup Culture

Chapter 13. What Does Mainstream Media Tell us About Whites’ Racial Behavior?

Chapter 14. Patriarchy.com

 

Section IV. COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Chapter 15. Growing Up in Poor Neighborhoods

Chapter 16. Not Just Buying A Home

Chapter 17. Food Insecurity in United States  

Chapter 18. “Sacrificed So Others Can Life Conveniently”  

   

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II) Detailed Table of Contents

 

Chapter 1. Understanding Diversity

An Introduction

Raquel Kennedy Bergen & Claire M. Renzetti

Personal Troubles and Public Issues

Conceptualizing Difference

Celebrating Difference, Challenging Inequality

 

SECTION I: WORK, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING

 

Chapter 2.  Economic Crisis and Its Effect on Hope, Trust, and Caring

Carolyn Cummings Perrucci & Robert Perrucci

Chronic Job Loss and Wage Stagnation

Financial Meltdown 2008

Impact on Racial and Ethnic Groups

Government Complicity in Job Loss and Financial Meltdown

Class Polarization and Declining Opportunity

Exploring the Link Between Economic Crisis and Hope, Trust, and Caring

 

Chapter 3. Inequalities in Health And Well-Being in The United States

Gendered Racism and the Experiences of Black Women

Brea L. Perry, Erin Pullen, & Carrie B. Oser

Introduction: An Overview of Racial Health Disparities in the United States

Intersecting Social Statuses: Black Women and Gendered Racism

The Role of Gendered Racism in Health

Findings from the B-WISE Project

How Common are Sexism and Racism Among Low Socioeconomic Status Black

Women?

How does Gendered Racism Affect Health and Well-Being?         

Implications for Diversity and Health

 

Chapter 4. Women’s Homelessness and the Role

of Violence

Not Just a Personal Problem

Jennifer K. Wesely

Childhood Experiences and Early Independence

Childhood Victimization

Childhood Messages and Heightened Risks

Lack of Protection and Social Indifference

Early Independence

Increased Vulnerabilities and Survival Strategies

Violence, Adult Homelessness, and Resisting the Cycle

Normalized Violence and Family Ideals

Adult Intimate Partner Relationships and Their Effects

Resistance

 

Chapter 5. Night and Day

Gendered Violence and Intersectionality in the Everyday Experiences of Transgender Men

Miriam J. Abelson

Leo’s Story

Michael’s Story

Drew’s Story

Transphobic Violence

 

SECTION II: CRIME, DEVIANCE, AND JUSTICE

 

Chapter 6. The Hidden Nightmare

Everyday Sexual Assault of Black Women during Legal Segregation

Ruth Thompson-Miller & Joe R. Feagin

The Data                   

Frontstage: Rape Talk

Frontstage: Rape and Subsequent Injustices

Frontstage: The Vulnerability of Learning the Performance

Frontstage: Luring Little Black Girls with Promises of Money

Frontstage: Two Traumatized Little Girls

Frontstage: Dangerous Work—Black Women Working in White Homes

Frontstage: Wreckless Eyeballing Equals Look Rape

Frontstage: Shame

Backstage: Kitchen Babies

 

Chapter 7. Black Girls, Gender, and Violence

Nikki Jones & Alexis Mccurn

Race, Gender, and Inner-city Violence

Between Good and Ghetto: Black Girls, Gender, and Violence

“It Happens All the Time”: Ghetto Girls and Micro-Interactional Assaults

Black Girls on Ghetto Streets

Situated Survival Strategies

 

Chapter 8.  Race, Ethnicity and Living Arrangements of

Children of Incarcerated Mothers

Comparative Patterns and Maternal Experience

Holly Foster & Jocelyn Lewis

Mass Imprisonment

Race, Ethnicity and Gender

Women and Prison

Parents

Intergenerational Effects of Parental Incarceration

Living Arrangements

Data

Methods

Findings

Women’s Feelings about Children’s Living Arrangements

 

Chapter 9. Cinderella, Wilma Flintstone, and Xena

The Warrior Princess

Capturing Diversity among Transgender Women in Men’s Prisons

Valerie Jenness, Jennifer Sumner, Lori Sexton, & Nikkas Alamillo-Luchese

Data on Transgender Prisoners in California

Capturing Diversity of Transgender Prisoners in Men’s Prisons: Demography,

Health and Welfare, and Self and Identities

Commonality and Difference: A Transgender Life in Prison

 

SECTION III: EDUCATION, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE MEDIA

 

Chapter 10. Immigration And Education

Complexities and Intersecting Factors with Schooling the Children of Immigrants

Jennifer M. Bondy & Anthony A. Peguero

Introduction

Generation and Assimilation

Immigrant Enclaves

The Climate of Immigration

Race, Ethnicity, and Region of Origin

English-language Proficiency

Family and Socioeconomic Status

Gender

 

Chapter 11. Everyday Racial Interactions for Whites and College Students of College

Leslie H. Picca

Journals by White College Students

Journals by College Students of Color

 

Chapter 12. The College Hookup Culture

Why Participation Varies

Kathleen Bogle

New Era on Campus

Research on Hooking up

My Study

Who is Hooking Up?

Who is Not Hooking Up

 

Chapter 13. What Does Mainstream Media Tell us About Whites’ Racial Behavior?

Chavella T. Pittman

Racial Oppression

Mass Media and Race

Mass Media’s Messages About White Racial Behavior

Potential Solutions?

 

Chapter 14. Patriarchy.com

Adult Internet Pornography and the Abuse of Women

Walter S. DeKeseredy

Introduction

What is Pornography?

The Pornography Industry

Pornography and Woman Abuse in Intimate Heterosexual Relationships

What is to be Done About Internet Pornography?

 

Section IV. COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

 

Chapter 15. Growing Up in Poor Neighborhoods

Susan Clampet-Lundquist

Urban Space

Neighborhood Effects Research

Moving to Opportunity

Individuals and Neighborhoods

Teenagers and Neighborhoods: Four Tales

 

Chapter 16. Not Just Buying A Home

The Meaning of Home, Homeownership, and Neighborhood in Low-income

Communities

Anna Maria Santiago, Amy Restorick Roberts, & Eun-Lye Lee

Introduction

Literature Review

The Social Benefits of Homeownership for Low-income Households

The Context: Denver and the Denver Housing Authority’s Homeownership

Program

The Meaning of Home for Low-income Homeowners

The Neighborhood Context of Low-income Homeownership

Low-income Homeowner Perceptions of their Neighborhoods

Low-income Homeowners and their Ties to the Neighborhood

The Civic Engagement of Low-income Homeowners

 

Chapter 17. Food Insecurity in United States  

Who’s Hungry?

Keiko Tanaka, Patrick H. Mooney, & Brett Wolff

Introduction

Household Food Insecurity in the United States

Four Dimensions of Food Security

Case Study: Lexington Community Food Assessment

 

Chapter 18. “Sacrificed So Others Can Life Conveniently”  

Social Inequality, Environmental Injustice, and the Energy Sacrifice Zone of

Central Appalachia

Shannon Elizabeth Bell

Energy Sacrifice Zones and Patterns of Environmental Injustice

The Environmental and Social Costs of Coal Power

Living in an Energy Sacrifice Zone