Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Class

Dimensions of Inequality and Identity

Susan J. Ferguson

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781071850091
• eBook ISBN: 9781071850053
• Edition: 4
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Classes & Economic Disparity
• Index: Social Sciences

Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Class, Fourth Edition is an anthology of readings that explores the ways these social statuses shape our experiences and impact our life chances in society today. Organized around broad topics (identity, power and privilege, social institutions, etc.), rather than categories of difference (race, gender, class, sexuality), to underscore the idea that social statuses often intersect with one another to produce inequalities and form the bases of our identities in society. The text features readings by leading experts in the field and reflects the many approaches scholars and researchers use to understand issues of diversity, power, and privilege.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Publisher Note
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Brief Contents
• Detailed Contents
• Table of Contents by Theme/Topic
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editor
• Part I Introduction to Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Class Concepts, History, and Theories of Difference
• 1 Defining Contested Concepts
• 2 What Is Racial Domination?
• 3 Creating a World of Dichotomy Categorizing Sex and Gendering Cultural Messages
• 4 The Social Construction of Disability
• 5 The Meritocracy Myth Revisited1
• 6 Racial Domination and the Evolution of Racial Classification
• 7 The Invention of Heterosexuality
• 8 Is Capitalism Gendered and Racialized?
• 9 The Social Construction and Institutionalization of Gender and Race An Integrative Framework
• 10 Critical Thinking About Inequality An Emerging Lens
• 11 Whose Culture Has Capital? A Critical Race Theory Discussion of Community Cultural Wealth
• 12 Queer as Intersectionality Theorizing Gay Muslim Identities
• 13 Dis/ability Critical Race Studies (DisCrit) Theorizing at the Intersections of Race and Dis/ability
• Part II Identities Matter The Social Construction and Experience of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Class
• 14 Who Am I? Race, Ethnicity, and Identity
• 15 Gender and Identity
• 16 The Racial Formation of American Indians Negotiating Legitimate Identities Within Tribal and Federal Law
• 17 What Does a White Woman Look Like? Racing and Erasing in Law
• 18 “Doing Race” Latino Youth’s Identities and the Politics of Racial Exclusion
• 19 Using Racial and Ethnic Concepts The Critical Case of Very Young Children
• 20 Women Without Class Chicas, Cholas, Trash, and the Presence/Absence of Class Identity
• 21 Indigenous Identity, Being, and Belonging
• 22 A Place in Town Doing Class in a Coffee Shop
• 23 The View From the Country Club Wealthy Whites and the Matrix of Privilege
• 24 On the Limits of “Trans Enough” Authenticating Trans Identity Narratives
• 25 My Body, My Closet Invisible Disability and the Limits of Coming-Out Discourse
• 26 Fitting In and Fighting Back Stigma Managemet Strategies Among Homeless Kids
• 27 Passing as Black Racial Identity Work Among Biracial Americans
• 28 The Stigma of Brown Skin and “Foreign” Names
• 29 “I Don’t Like Passing as a Straight Woman” Queer Negotiations of Identity and Social Group Membership
• Part III Social Institutions and the Perpetuation of Inequality
• 30 It’s All in the Family Intersections of Gender, Race, and Nation
• 31 An Intersectional Approach to Resistance and Complicity The Case of Racialized Desire Among Asian American Women
• 32 The Home and the Street Violence Against Queer People
• 33 How Tracking Undermines Race Equity in Desegregated Schools
• 34 Cultural Strengths to Persevere Native American Women in Higher Education
• 35 Class Matters
• 36 Inequality Regimes Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations
• 37 Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination
• 38 Families on the Frontier From Braceros in the Fields to Braceras in the Home
• 39 Social Determinants and Family Health
• 40 Racism’s Hidden Toll
• 41 Structural Gendered Racism Revealed in Pandemic Times Intersectional Approaches to Understanding Race and Gender Health Inequities in COVID-19
• 42 Framing Class, Vicarious Living, and Conspicuous Consumption
• 43 Avatars of Whiteness Racial Expression in Video Game Characters
• 44 Chinese Maternity Tourists and Their “Anchor Babies”? Disdain and Racialized Conditional Acceptance of Non-Citizen Reproduction
• 45 Race, Legality, and the Social Policy Consequences of Anti-immigration Mobilization
• 46 The New Jim Crow
• 47 (Re)Imagining Intersectional Democracy From Black Feminism to Hashtag Activism
• Part IV Power and Privilege Unmasked
• 48 The Culture of Privilege Color-Blindness, Postfeminism, and Christonormativity
• 49 Five Faces of Oppression
• 50 Rage of the Privileged
• 51 Stressful Experiences of Masculinity Among U.S.-Born and Immigrant Asian American Men
• 52 How Environmental Decline Restructures Indigenous Gender Practices What Happens to Karuk Masculinity When There Are No Fish?
• 53 Criminalized Masculinities How Policing Shapes the Construction of Gender and Sexuality in Poor Black Communities
• 54 Sexual Harassment and Masculinity The Power and Meaning of “Girl Watching”
• 55 Collateral Subjects The Normalization of Surveillance for Mexican Americans on the Border
• Part V Empowerment and Social Change
• 56 Toward a New Vision Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection
• 57 How White People Can Serve as Allies to People of Color in the Struggle to End Racism
• 58 Doing Anti-Racism Toward an Egalitarian American Society
• 59 It’s Getting Better Queer Hope, Queer Courage
• 60 Policy Steps Toward Closing the Gap
• References