Seeing Ourselves : Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology

by Macionis, John J.; Benokraitis, Nijole V.

• ISBN13: 9780130813589
• ISBN10: 0130813583
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This best-selling collection is the only reader that systematically weaves together three types of articles-classic, contemporary,""" "and cross-cultural-for each general topic typically covered in a sociology course. "Seeing Ourselves "conveys sociology' s diversity of viewpoints and methodologies and includes important issues and debates that capture the fascinating complexity of the social world.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
The Sociological Perspective
Classic
``The Promise of Sociology''	1	(5)
C. Wright Mills
Classic
``Invitation to Sociology''	6	(4)
Peter L. Berger
Contemporary
``How Would a Sociologist Look at Sport?''	10	(4)
Jay J. Coakley
Cross-Cultural
``Body Ritual among the Nacirema''	14	(4)
Horace Miner
Sociological Research
Classic
``The Case for Value-Free Sociology''	18	(2)
Max Weber
Contemporary
``The Importance of Social Research''	20	(3)
Earl Babbie
Cross-Cultural
``Sensitivity in Field Research: A Study of Policing in Northern Ireland''	23	(8)
John D. Brewer
Culture
Classic
``Symbol: The Basic Element of Culture''	31	(5)
Leslie A. White
Classic
``Manifest and Latent Functions''	36	(2)
Robert K. Merton
Contemporary
``The Rape Culture''	38	(9)
Dianne F. Herman
Cross-Cultural
``India's Sacred Cow''	47	(4)
Marvin Harris
Society
Classic
``Manifesto of the Communist Party''	51	(8)
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
Classic
``Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft''	59	(3)
Ferdinand Tonnies
Contemporary
``Welcome to Cyber-Society''	62	(6)
John J. Macionis
Cross-Cultural
``The Amish: A Small Society''	68	(3)
John A. Hostetler
Socialization
Classic
``The Self''	71	(8)
George Herbert Mead
Contemporary
``Socialization and Television Violence''	79	(9)
George Gerbner
Cross-Cultural
``Parents' Socialization of Children in Global Perspective''	88	(5)
D. Terri Heath
Social Interaction in Everyday Life
Classic
``The Dyad and the Triad''	93	(2)
Georg Simmel
Classic
``The Presentation of Self''	95	(6)
Erving Goffman
Contemporary
``You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation''	101	(6)
Deborah Tannen
Cross-Cultural
``The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language around the World''	107	(6)
Roger E. Axtell
Groups and Organizations
Classic
``Primary Groups''	113	(4)
Charles Horton Cooley
Classic
``The Characteristics of Bureaucracy''	117	(4)
Max Weber
Contemporary
``McJobs: McDonaldization and the Workplace''	121	(5)
George Ritzer
Cross-Cultural
``Japanese Etiquette and Ethics in Business''	126	(12)
Boye De Mente
Deviance
Classic
``The Functions of Crime''	138	(3)
Emile Durkheim
Contemporary
``On Being Sane in Insane Places''	141	(13)
David L. Rosenhan
Cross-Cultural
``The Code of the Streets''	154	(11)
Elijah Anderson
Sexuality
Classic
``Understanding Sexual Orientation''	165	(3)
Alfred C. Kinsey
Wardell B. Pomeroy
Clyde E. Martin
Contemporary
``Sex in America: How Many Partners Do We Have''	168	(7)
Robert T. Michael
John H. Gagnon
Edward O. Laumann
Gina Kolata
Cross-Cultural
``Homosexual Behavior in Cross-Cultural Perspective''	175	(11)
J. M. Carrier
Social Stratification
Classic
``Some Principles of Stratification''	186	(8)
Kingsley Davis
Wilbert Moore
Melvin Tumin
Contemporary
``Who Has How Much and Why''	194	(7)
Andrew Hacker
Cross-Cultural
``Women's Poverty in Africa''	201	(5)
Daphne Topouzis
Gender
Classic
``Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies''	206	(6)
Margaret Mead
Contemporary
``How Subtle Sex Discrimination Works''	212	(7)
Nijole V. Benokraitis
Cross-Cultural
``Women in Today's World''	219	(7)
Naomi Neft
Ann D. Levine
Race and Ethnicity
Classic
``The Souls of Black Folk''	226	(5)
W. E. B. Du Bois
Contemporary
``Controlling Images and Black Women's Oppression''	231	(8)
Patricia Hill Collins
Contemporary
``The Rise of Hispanic Affluence''	239	(4)
William O'Hare
Cross-Cultural
``A Comeback for American Indians''	243	(4)
C. Matthew Snipp
Aging and the Elderly
Classic
``The Tragedy of Old Age in America''	247	(6)
Robert N. Butler
Contemporary
``How the Grandparent Role Is Changing''	253	(9)
Roseann Giarrusso
Merril Silverstein
Vern L. Bengston
Cross-Cultural
``Our Aging World''	262	(4)
Frank B. Hobbs
Bonnie L. Damon
The Economy and Work
Classic
``Alienated Labor''	266	(4)
Karl Marx
Contemporary
``When Work Disappears''	270	(10)
William Julius Wilson
Cross-Cultural
``Maid in the U.S.A.''	280	(7)
Mary Romero
Politics, Government, and the Military
Classic
``The Power Elite''	287	(7)
C. Wright Mills
Contemporary
``Pornography: Not a Moral Issue''	294	(8)
Catharine A. MacKinnon
Cross-Cultural
``Freedom in the World: A Global Survey''	302	(13)
Adrian Karatnycky
Family
Classic
``His' and 'Her' Marriage''	315	(6)
Jessie Bernard
Contemporary
``The Decline of Marriage and Fatherhood''	321	(8)
David Popenoe
Cross-Cultural
``Mate Selection and Marriage around the World''	329	(7)
Bron B. Ingoldsby
Religion
Classic
``The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism''	336	(6)
Max Weber
Contemporary
``Culture Wars''	342	(7)
James Davison Hunter
Cross-Cultural
``Women and Islam''	349	(7)
Jane I. Smith
Education
Classic
``Education and Inequality''	356	(7)
Samuel Bowles
Herbert Gintis
Contemporary
``Savage Inequalities: Children in U.S. Schools''	363	(6)
Jonathan Kozol
Cross-Cultural
``Academic Achievement in Southeast Asian Refugee Families''	369	(7)
Nathan Caplan
Marcella H. Choy
John K. Whitmore
Health and Medicine
Classic
``The Social Structure of Medicine''	376	(4)
Talcott Parsons
Contemporary
``The Health of Latino Families''	380	(8)
Ruth E. Zambrana
Claudia Dorrington
David Hayes-Bautista
Cross-Cultural
``Female Genital Mutilation''	388	(8)
Efua Dorkenoo
Scilla Elworthy
Population and Urbanization
Classic
``The Metropolis and Mental Life''	396	(7)
Georg Simmel
Classic
``Urbanism as a Way of Life''	403	(6)
Louis Wirth
Contemporary
``The Urban Real Estate Game: Traditional and Critical Perspectives''	409	(14)
Joe R. Feagin
Robert Parker
Cross-Cultural
``Let's Reduce Global Population!''	423	(5)
J. Kenneth Smail
Environment and Society
Classic
``Why Humanity Faces Ultimate Catastrophe''	428	(4)
Thomas Robert Malthus
Contemporary
``The State of the World's Natural Environment''	432	(6)
Lester R. Brown
Cross-Cultural
``Supporting Indigenous Peoples''	438	(8)
Alan Thein Durning
Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Classic
``On the Origins of Social Movements''	446	(13)
Jo Freeman
Contemporary
``The Animal Rights Movement as a Moral Crusade''	459	(7)
James M. Jasper
Dorothy Nelkin
Cross-Cultural
``Abortion Movements in Poland, Great Britain, and the United States''	466	(10)
Janet Hadley
Social Change and Modernity
Classic
``Anomy and Modern Life''	476	(5)
Emile Durkheim
Classic
``The Disenchantment of Modern Life''	481	(2)
Max Weber
Contemporary
``The Search for Meaning in Modern America''	483	(13)
Robert N. Bellah
Richard Madsen
William M. Sullivan
Ann Swidler
Steven M. Tipton
Cross-Cultural
``The Price of Modernization: The Case of Brazil's Kaiapo Indians''	496
Marlise Simons