Topically organized and drawing on the most up-to-date theories and perspectives in the field,
The Matrix of Race, Second Edition examines the intersecting, multilayered identities of contemporary society, and the powerful social institutions that shape our understanding of race. Leading scholars Rodney D. Coates, Abby L. Ferber, and David L. Brunsma use a storytelling approach to illustrate how racial inequality has produced drastically different opportunities, experiences, and outcomes within all aspects of life, from schools, housing, medicine, and workplaces to our criminal justice and political systems. Readers are equipped with a historical perspective, theoretical framework, and diverse view of race and racial ideologies so that they can confidently participate and contribute to dialogues and practices that will ultimately dismantle race and racial structures.
This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.
İçerik tablosu
PART I. INTRODUCTION TO RACE AND THE SOCIAL MATRIX
Chapter 1. Race and the Social Construction of Difference
Chapter 2. The Shaping of a Nation: The Social Construction of Race in America
PART II. THE MATRIX PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 3. The Social Construction and Regulation of Families
Chapter 4. Work and Wealth Inequity
Chapter 5. Health, Medicine, and Health Care
Chapter 6. Education
Chapter 7. Crime and Deviance
Chapter 8. Power, Politics, and Identities
Chapter 9. Sports and the American Dream 302
Chapter 10. The Military, War, and Terrorism
Chapter 11. The Media and Communication Technologies
Chapter 12. Transforming the Matrix, Transforming the Future
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David L. Brunsma is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech where he teaches and researches in the areas of race, racism, multiracial identity, and human rights. He is the author of Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America (Roman & Littlefield), A Symbolic Crusade: The School Uniform Movement and What it Tells Us About American Education (Rowman & Littlefield Education) and The Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights (Routledge). His work has appeared in American Teacher Magazine, Principal Magazine, and The Audio Journal of Education. David is the founding co-editor of the journal Sociology of Race and Ethnicity and Executive Officer of the Southern Sociological Society. He is also a recipient of the W.E.B. Du Bois Award from Sociologists Without Borders.