Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Sociology

by Adler, Patricia A.; Adler, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780534571498
• ISBN10: 0534571492
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This reader speaks to the common issues of the introductory courses. It includes articles that are based on new research, contemporary and demonstrate the new sociological issues in the world today; as well as articles that are near to students' experiences, highly readable, and based on the everyday concerns that influence their lives.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
The Sociological Vision	p. 1
Perspectives: What Is Sociology?	p. 7
The Sociological Eye	p. 7
The Promise of Sociology	p. 10
Perspectives: How Do Sociologists Think?	p. 16
Should We Generalize about People?	p. 16
Theories	p. 24
Three Sociological Perspectives	p. 24
Methods: Experimental Design	p. 33
Anatomy of an Experiment: Values through Literature	p. 33
Methods: Survey Research	p. 42
Survey of Sexual Behavior of Americans	p. 42
Methods: Field Research	p. 51
Researching Dealers and Smugglers	p. 51
Sociological Blueprints	p. 67
Culture: Mainstream Culture	p. 75
Body Ritual among the Nacirema	p. 75
Culture: Subculture	p. 80
The Code of the Street	p. 80
Culture: Counterculture	p. 92
Canadian Male Street Skinheads	p. 92
Socialization and Identity Formation: Gender Socialization	p. 102
Fashioning Gender Identity	p. 102
Socialization and Identity Formation: Identity Transformation	p. 112
Leaving Home for College: Expectations for Selective Reconstruction of Self	p. 112
Socialization and Identity Formation: Impacts on Identity	p. 123
The Impact of Pervasive Beauty Images on Black and White Girls' Self-Concepts	p. 123
Social Interaction: Private Presentations	p. 132
Meanwhile Backstage: Behavior in Public Bathrooms	p. 132
Social Interaction: Public Presentations	p. 143
High School Reunions and the Management of Identity	p. 143
Social Interaction: Interactional Dynamics	p. 151
Inclusion and Exclusion in Preadolescent Cliques	p. 151
Deviance and Social Boundaries: Structural Opportunity	p. 166
Pharmacists and Illicit Prescription Drug Use	p. 166
Deviance and Social Boundaries: Fostering Deviance	p. 175
Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture	p. 175
Deviance and Social Boundaries: Managing Deviance	p. 182
Identity and Stigma of Women with STDs	p. 182
Social Inequality	p. 191
Social Class: Upper Class	p. 195
Who Rules America? The Corporate Community and the Upper Class	p. 195
Social Class: Middle Class	p. 201
The Duality of the Middle Class	p. 201
Social Class: Underclass	p. 207
Welfare Recipients Living on the Edge	p. 207
Race and Ethnicity: Defining	p. 216
Multiracials, Intermarriage, Ethnicity	p. 216
Race and Ethnicity: New Immigrants	p. 221
Mexican American Domestic Workers	p. 221
Koreans in Small Entrepreneurial Businesses	p. 230
Race and Ethnicity: The Decline of Ethnicity	p. 238
The Decline of Jewish Identity	p. 238
Gender: At School	p. 247
Girls' and Boys' Popularity	p. 247
Gender: At Home	p. 259
Men and Women in Conversation	p. 259
Gender: At Work	p. 265
Sex Differences in Moving Up and Taking Charge	p. 265
Social Institutions	p. 273
The Family: Current Issues	p. 277
The Problem with Marriage	p. 277
The Family: Husbands and Wives	p. 286
Playing Fair	p. 286
The Family: Child Rearing	p. 292
Responsibilities of Intensive Mothering	p. 292
The Family: Family and Race	p. 301
African-American Mothers and Gang Daughters	p. 301
Religion: Contemporary Trends	p. 309
American Religion: The State, the Congregation, and the People	p. 309
Religion: Intersection of Institutions	p. 314
The Church, the Family, and the School in the African-American Community	p. 314
Religion: The Replacement of Religion	p. 320
Sport as Religion	p. 320
Education: Structural Differences	p. 325
Savage Inequalities	p. 325
Education: Educational Process	p. 332
Student Participation in the College Classroom	p. 332
Education: Racial Conflict	p. 340
Conflict within the Ivory Tower	p. 340
Health and medicine: Health Care Availability	p. 346
The Structure of the U.S. Health Care System	p. 346
Health and Medicine: Doctor-Patient Relations	p. 353
Patient-Doctor Relations in the Era of Managed Care	p. 353
Health and Medicine: Globalized Medicine	p. 360
Millions for Viagara, Pennies for Diseases of the Poor	p. 360
Social Change	p. 369
Visions of Society: The Bureaucratization of Society	p. 371
The McDonaldization of Society	p. 371
Visions of Society: The Theming of Society	p. 380
The Disneyization of Society	p. 380
Visions of Community: The Erosion of Traditional Forms	p. 388
Bowling Alone	p. 388
Visions of Community: The Creation of New Forms	p. 394
The Net That Binds	p. 394
Glossary	p. 398
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