SAGE Readings for Introductory Sociology

Third Edition

Edited by:

Kimberly McGann - Nazareth College, USA

Other Titles in:
Sociology (General)

March 2021 | 392 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

This brief anthology for introductory sociology is a collection of 24 short readings that illustrate key concepts in sociology, relate to the everyday lives of students, and spark good classroom discussions. The selections represent four theoretical traditions in sociology (functionalism, symbolic interaction, conflict theory, feminism) and show the range and diversity of sociology and the people who practice it. The book is designed for instructors who want to expose students to some original scholarship in their first sociology course, but who do not want to adopt a comprehensive reader along with the core text they are using.

Part I: Thinking Sociologically

C. Wright Mills

Reading 1: The Sociological Imagination

Tina Wildhagen

Reading 2: “Not Your Typical Student”: The Social Construction of the “First-Generation” College Student

Marcus Anthony Hunter

Reading 3: W.E.B. Du Bois and Black Heterogeneity: How The Philadelphia Negro Shaped American Sociology

Howard Schuman

Reading 4: Sense and Nonsense About Surveys

Part II: Culture, Socialization and Interaction

Erving Goffman

Reading 5: The Presentation of Self

Jessica M. Vasquez

Reading 6: Disciplined Preferences: Explaining the (Re)Production of Latino Endogamy

Lisa Wade

Reading 7: American Hook Up

Cedrick-Michael Simmons

Reading 8: Rethinking Colorblindness: How Role Conflict Shapes Administrators’ Responses to Racial Inequality at a Predominantly White University

Ruth Simpson

Reading 9: Neither Clear Nor Present: The Social Construction of Safety and Danger

Part III: Constructing Deviance and Normality

Emily E. LaBeff, Robert E. Clark, Valerie J. Haines, and George M. Diekhoff

Reading 10: Situational Ethics and College Student Cheating

Michelle Alexander

Reading 11: The New Jim Crow

Jennifer A. Reich.

Reading 12: Excerpt from Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines

Michael Sierra-Arevalo

Reading 13: American Policing and the Danger Imperative

Part IV: Gender

Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman

Reading 14: Doing Gender

Catherine Connell

Reading 15: Doing, Undoing, or Redoing Gender?

Jeffrey Q. McCune

Reading 16: “Out” in the Club: The Down Low, Hip-Hop, and the Architexture of Black Masculinity

Tyler Reny

Reading 17: Masculine Norms and Infectious Disease: The Case of COVID-19

Part V: Race

Elijah Anderson

Reading 18: The Code of the Streets

Kimberly Kay Hoang

Reading 19: She’s Not a Low Class Dirty Girl

Erika Lee

Reading 20: America for Americans: A history of Xenophobia

Yvonne P. Sherwood

Reading 21: The Political Bind of Oil vs. Tribes

Part VI: Social Class

Annette Lareau

Reading 22: Unequal Childhoods

Alanna Gillis

Reading 23: Identity Exploration or Labor Market Reaction: Social Class Differences in College Student Participation in Peace Corps, Teach for America, and Other Service Programs

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Reading 24: Excerpt from Strangers in Their Own Land

Alex Rosenblatt

Reading 25: Excerpt from Uberland: How Algorithms are rewriting the rules of work

Supplements

Instructor Resources

This book provides the student with unique opportunities to unravel the concepts of sociology and to understand the meaning of sociological thinking.

Mr Michael Donaldson

Social Science, Glasgow Kelvin College

September 21, 2021

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Key features

KEY FEATURES:

Introductions to each selection are provided in clear, accessible language to guide students to the meanings and significance of each reading, and to connect the topic to contemporary life.
The discussion questions of all the readings have been written to encourage students to make these connections either on their own or through class activities and can be used as writing assignments.
Each reading is linked to at least one Student Learning Outcomes recommended by the American Sociological Association, making it easier for instructors to map their own course or department SLOs.
An alternate table of contents helps instructors map readings to other areas on their introductory sociology syllabus, and groups readings by theoretical tradition.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

One additional reading (a total of 25).

New readings:

“Not Your Typical Student”: The Social Construction of the “First Generation” College Student, by Tina Weldhagen

W.E.B. Du Bois and Black Heterogeneity: How The Philadelphia Negro Shaped American Sociology, by Marcus Anthony Hunter

Sense & Nonsense About Surveys, by Howard Schuman

Rethinking Colorblindness: How Role Conflict Shapes Administrators' Responses to Racial Inequality at a Predominantly White University, by Cedrick Michael Simmons

Neither Clear Nor Present: The Social Construction of Safety and Danger, by Ruth Simpson

Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines, by Jennifer A. Reich

American Policing and the Danger Imperative, by Michael Sierra-Arevalo

Masculine Norms and Infectious Disease: The Case of COVID-19, by Tyler Ren

America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia, by Erika Lee

The Political Bind of Oil vs. Tribes, by Yvonne P. Sherwood

Identity Exploration or Labor Market Reaction: Social Class Differences in College Student Participation in Peace Corps, Teach for America, and Other Service Programs, by Alana Gillis

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, by Arlie Hochschild

Uberland: How Algorithms are Rewriting the Rules of Work, by Alex Rosenblatt

One additional reading in the Third Edition (a total of 25).

New to this edition:

“Not Your Typical Student”: The Social Construction of the “First Generation” College Student, by Tina Weldhagen