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Seeing ourselves : classic, contemporary, and cross-cultural readings in sociology / edited by John J. Macionis, Nijole V. Benokraitis.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xxi, 529 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0132204916
  • 9780132204910
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301
LOC classification:
  • HM586 .S44 2007
Contents:
Preface -- 1. The Promise of Sociology -- 2. Invitation to Sociology -- 3. 'I Buy It for the Articles': Playboy Magazine and Pornography -- 4. Body Ritual Among the Nacirema -- 5. The Case for Value-Free Sociology -- 6. Our Attitudes About Survey Research -- 7. Sensitivity in Field Research: A Study of Policing in Northern Ireland -- 8. Symbol: The Basic Element of Culture -- 9. Manifest and Latent Functions -- 10. The Rape Culture -- 11. India's Sacred Cow -- 12. Manifesto of the Communist Party -- 13. Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft -- 14. Welcome to Cyber-Society! -- 15. The Amish: A Small Society -- 16. The Self -- 17. Socialization and Television Violence -- 18. Parents' Socialization of Children in Global Perspective -- 19. The Dyad and the Triad -- 20. The Presentation of Self -- 21. You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation -- 22. The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language Around the World -- 23. Primary Groups -- 24. The Characteristics of Bureaucracy -- 25. The Managed Heart -- 26. Japanese Etiquette and Ethics in Business -- 27. The Functions of Crime -- 28. On Being Sane in Insane Places -- 29. Crime in World Perspective -- 30. Some Principles of Stratification, with a response by Melvin Tumin -- 31. The Bell Curve Thesis, with a response by Claude S. Fischer et al -- 32. Women's Poverty in Africa -- 33. The Souls of Black Folk -- 34. Controlling Images and Black Women's Oppression -- 35. The Rise of Hispanic Affluence -- 36. The Transculturation of Native American College Students -- 37. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies -- 38. How Subtle Sex Discrimination Works -- 39. Homosexual Behavior in Cross-Cultural Perspective -- 40. The Tragedy of Old Age in America -- 41. My Quest for the Fountain of Age -- 42. Widowhood in Israel -- 43. Alienated Labor -- 44. When Work Disappears -- 45. Maid in the U.S.A. -- 46. The Power Elite -- 47. Pornography: Morality or Politics? -- 48. Arms Control and the New World Order -- 49. 'His' and 'Her' Marriage -- 50. The Decline of Marriage and Fatherhood -- 51. Mate Selection and Marriage Around the World -- 52. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism -- 53. Culture Wars -- 54. Women and Islam -- 55. Education and Inequality -- 56. Why Don't College Students Participate? -- 57. Academic Achievement in Southeast Asian Refugee Families -- 58. The Social Structure of Medicine -- 59. The Health of Latino Families -- 60. Female Genital Mutilation -- 61. The Metropolis and Mental Life -- 62. Urbanism As a Way of Life -- 63. The Urban Real Estate Game: Traditional and Critical Perspectives -- 64. The Global Population Crisis -- 65. Why Humanity Faces Ultimate Catastrophe -- 66. The State of the World's Natural Environment -- 67. Supporting Indigenous Peoples -- 68. On the Origin of Social Movements -- 69. Reconstructing Everyday Life After Hurricane Andrew -- 70. Tiananmen Square: A Personal Chronicle from China -- 71. Anomy and Modern Life -- 72. The Disenchantment of Modern Life -- 73. The Search for Meaning in Modern America -- 74. The Price of Modernization: The Case of Brazil's Kaiapo Indians.
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Preface -- 1. The Promise of Sociology -- 2. Invitation to Sociology -- 3. 'I Buy It for the Articles': Playboy Magazine and Pornography -- 4. Body Ritual Among the Nacirema -- 5. The Case for Value-Free Sociology -- 6. Our Attitudes About Survey Research -- 7. Sensitivity in Field Research: A Study of Policing in Northern Ireland -- 8. Symbol: The Basic Element of Culture -- 9. Manifest and Latent Functions -- 10. The Rape Culture -- 11. India's Sacred Cow -- 12. Manifesto of the Communist Party -- 13. Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft -- 14. Welcome to Cyber-Society! -- 15. The Amish: A Small Society -- 16. The Self -- 17. Socialization and Television Violence -- 18. Parents' Socialization of Children in Global Perspective -- 19. The Dyad and the Triad -- 20. The Presentation of Self -- 21. You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation -- 22. The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language Around the World -- 23. Primary Groups -- 24. The Characteristics of Bureaucracy -- 25. The Managed Heart -- 26. Japanese Etiquette and Ethics in Business -- 27. The Functions of Crime -- 28. On Being Sane in Insane Places -- 29. Crime in World Perspective -- 30. Some Principles of Stratification, with a response by Melvin Tumin -- 31. The Bell Curve Thesis, with a response by Claude S. Fischer et al -- 32. Women's Poverty in Africa -- 33. The Souls of Black Folk -- 34. Controlling Images and Black Women's Oppression -- 35. The Rise of Hispanic Affluence -- 36. The Transculturation of Native American College Students -- 37. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies -- 38. How Subtle Sex Discrimination Works -- 39. Homosexual Behavior in Cross-Cultural Perspective -- 40. The Tragedy of Old Age in America -- 41. My Quest for the Fountain of Age -- 42. Widowhood in Israel -- 43. Alienated Labor -- 44. When Work Disappears -- 45. Maid in the U.S.A. -- 46. The Power Elite -- 47. Pornography: Morality or Politics? -- 48. Arms Control and the New World Order -- 49. 'His' and 'Her' Marriage -- 50. The Decline of Marriage and Fatherhood -- 51. Mate Selection and Marriage Around the World -- 52. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism -- 53. Culture Wars -- 54. Women and Islam -- 55. Education and Inequality -- 56. Why Don't College Students Participate? -- 57. Academic Achievement in Southeast Asian Refugee Families -- 58. The Social Structure of Medicine -- 59. The Health of Latino Families -- 60. Female Genital Mutilation -- 61. The Metropolis and Mental Life -- 62. Urbanism As a Way of Life -- 63. The Urban Real Estate Game: Traditional and Critical Perspectives -- 64. The Global Population Crisis -- 65. Why Humanity Faces Ultimate Catastrophe -- 66. The State of the World's Natural Environment -- 67. Supporting Indigenous Peoples -- 68. On the Origin of Social Movements -- 69. Reconstructing Everyday Life After Hurricane Andrew -- 70. Tiananmen Square: A Personal Chronicle from China -- 71. Anomy and Modern Life -- 72. The Disenchantment of Modern Life -- 73. The Search for Meaning in Modern America -- 74. The Price of Modernization: The Case of Brazil's Kaiapo Indians.

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