Mapping the social landscape: readings in sociology

* = New to this edition Preface I. THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 1. C. Wright Mills, The Promise

classic piece on the sociological imagination *2. Kathyrn Edin and Maria Kefalas, Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage

applying the sociological imagination to single motherhood 3. Mary Romero, An Intersection of Biography and History: My Intellectual Journey

applying the sociological imagination to domestic service Social Research 4. Michael Schwalbe, Finding Out How the Social World Works

a summary of what it means to be sociologically mindful 5. Craig Haney, W. Curtis Banks, and Philip G. Zimbardo, Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison

classic piece on the research design of Zimbardo's famous experiment *6. Mitchell Duneier, Sidewalk

an ethnographic study of street vendors in New York City II. CULTURE *7. Barry Glassner, The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Fear the Wrong Things

one perspective of American culture 8. Anne M. Velliquette and Jeff B. Murray, The New Tattoo Subculture

the tattoo subculture and meanings of body adornment 9. Yen Le Espiritu, The Racial Construction of Asian American Women and Men

an examination of racist and sexist stereotypes in U.S. culture 10. Haunani-Kay Trask, Lovely Hula Hands: Corporate Tourism and the Prostitution of Hawaiian Culture

an examination of cultural commodification and exploitation III. SOCIALIZATION 11. Judith Lorber, "Night to His Day": The Social Construction of Gender

the socialization of gender identity 12. Robert Granfield, Making It By Faking It: Working-Class Students in an Elite Academic Environment

working class identity and law school socialization *13. Jacqueline Lewis, Learning to Strip: The Socialization Experiences of Exotic Dancers

how exotic dancers are socialized to their work 14. Gwynne Dyer, Anybody's Son Will Do

resocialization into the total institution of the military IV. GROUPS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE 15. Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler, Peer Power: Clique Dynamics among School Children

a study of the structure and interactional dynamics among groups of school children 16. Martin Sanchez Jankowski, Gang Business

a functional analysis of a primary group *17. Christine L. Williams, Shopping as Symbolic Interaction: Race, Class, and Gender in the Toy Store

a study of secondary group relationships and social interaction 18. Mark Colvin, Descent Into Madness: The New Mexico State Prison Riot

an example of social structure breaking down V. DEVIANCE, CRIME, AND SOCIAL CONTROL 19. David L. Rosenhan, On Being Sane in Insane Places

classic piece on labeling and social deviance 20. Penelope E. McLorg and Diane E. Taub, Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: The Development of Deviant Identities

the social construction of deviant identities 21. Philippe Bourgois, In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio

an ethnographic study of drug dealing in the inner-city 22. A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade, Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Cultur