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Everyday Inequalities: Critical Inquiries

ISBN: 978-1-577-18122-4

August 1998

Wiley-Blackwell

432 pages

Description
Thirteen newly published articles on case studies performed by sociologists demonstrating the everyday interactions that reinforce dominance and resistance in modern society.
About the Author
Jodi O'Brien is Associate Professor of Sociology at Seattle University. She co-edited with Peter Kollock The Production of Reality, 2nd edition, (1997). She writes and lectures in the area of cultural politics, marginal identities and communities.

Judith A. Howard is Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. She lectures and researches in the area of gender and the intersections of gender dynamics with race, class and sexuality. She is currently co-editing SIGNS: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.

Features
* Collection of newly published empirical studies that demonstrate dominance and subordination in everyday life.
* Inclusive of studies on gender, race, class, sexuality and disabilities.
* Exciting new work by up and coming scholars, foreword by Mary Romero.