Identities and Inequalities examines the merging of four key social identifiers - race (and ethnicity); class; gender; and sexuality--from the perspective of individuals in particular cultural, institutional, and historical contexts. The text takes an integrated approach to how the four key social identifiers work together or in opposition to form people's social identities and experiences with inequality. This release has been updated to include the most current statistics, scholarship, and examples. The Investigating Identities and Inequalities exercises at the end of each chapter have also been revised.
PART ONE: IDENTITIES
1: Differences and Similarities
2: Manufacturing Identities: The Social Construction of Race, Class, Gender,
and Sexuality
3: Communicating and Portraying Identities: Race, Class, Gender, and
Sexuality in Language and the Media
4: Learning Identities: Families, Schools, and Socialization
PART TWO: INEQUALITIES
5: Inflicting Inequalities: The Nature of Prejudice and Discrimination in
Everyday Life
6: Inequalities in Economics and Work
7: Inequalities in Law and Justice
8: Inequalities in Health and Illness
9: The Futures of Identities and Inequalities
David has been a Professor of Sociology at DePauw University for the past 30 years. He is currently a Visiting Professor of Sociology at Colgate University, He regularly teaches courses in contemporary society, social deviance, mental illness, family, social psychology, social inequalities, and research methods. He has published numerous articles on teaching and has presented research papers on the intersection of gender and power in intimate relationships. Recently most of his scholarly activity has been devoted to writing and revising several books, including Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life (Sage, 2020); Identities and Inequalities: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality (McGraw-Hill, 2021); and Families: A Sociological Perspective (McGraw-Hill, 2009). His most recent book, A Culture of Second Chances: The Promise, Practice and Price of Starting Over in Everyday Life (Lexington Books, 2020), examines the cultural meaning, institutional importance, and social limitations of second chance and permanent stigma narratives in everyday life.
