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Combining the latest research with compelling examples, Kendall's
SOCIOLOGY IN OUR TIMES, 12th edition, helps you understand how
sociology applies to a changing world. Mirroring the richness and
complexity of society, "Sociology and Everyday Life" boxes
highlight such relevant topics as bullying and social media abuse,
digital-age methods to increase school attendance, food trucks and
the spread of culture, modern slavery and weight bias -- giving you
a framework for learning chapter material. The text's emphasis on
diversity, equity and inclusion includes updated coverage of race,
ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, global
positioning and more. With an engaging writing style, hands-on
applications and thorough presentation of sociological theory and
contemporary perspectives, this bestseller helps you see
sociology's relevance to your own life. Also available: MindTap.
Kendall's SOCIOLOGY IN OUR TIMES: THE ESSENTIALS, 12th edition,
introduces you to the study of sociology through captivating,
real-life stories as well as timely topics such as the relationship
between suicide, bullying and social media. The author humanizes
sociology, showing you how it is at work in society and can be
applied to everyday life and the pressing social issues we face.
You'll learn how you can make a difference in your community -- and
the world. You'll also examine issues making headlines, such as the
war on gun control and policies to help prevent military suicides.
Photos and videos complement the text's main themes of diversity,
the application of sociology to everyday life, global comparisons,
media and social change, particularly as it relates to social media
and other forms of technology spurring new ways of interacting.
Also available: MindTap.
Framing Class explores how the media, including television, film,
and news, depict wealth and poverty in the United States. Fully
updated and revised throughout, the second edition of this
groundbreaking book now includes discussions of new media, updated
media sources, and provocative new examples from movies and
television, such as The Real Housewives series and media portrayals
of the new poor and corporate executives in the recent recession.
The book introduces the concepts of class and media framing to
students and analyzes how the media portray various social classes,
from the elite to the very poor. Its accessible writing and
powerful examples make it an ideal text or supplement for courses
in sociology, American studies, and communications.
In Members Only Diana Kendall shows how the upper classes use
exclusive clubs as their private domain for conducting business,
fostering social networks, and launching the next generation of
elites - all beyond the view of outsiders and the media. In her
research, Kendall explains how and why club members routinely
engage in exclusionary practices that help them accumulate personal
power and social capital that is unavailable to outsiders. Members
Only addresses how exclusive private clubs maintain and perpetuate
class-based privilege and racial/ethnic and religious segregation,
and how such patterns of social exclusion heighten social
inequality. This book continues Kendall's study of the upper
classes, which began with The Power of Good Deeds, and Framing
Class.
The Power of Good Deeds allows us to see behind the media image of
upper-class women and to observe how these women use their social
power not only to benefit other, less-fortunate people, but also to
benefit themselves and their families. Kendall's ethnographic
research yields the personal narratives of elite women as they
describe their views on philanthropy, the need for exclusivity in
their by-invitation-only volunteer organizations (such as the
Junior League and The Links), their childhood experiences and
college years in prestigious schools and sororities, and the
debutante presentations and other upper-class rituals in which they
participate. By participating in meetings and social functions with
elite women in several Texas cities, and conducting systematic
interviews, the author gained unprecedented access to elite women
across racial and ethnic categories. The Power of Good Deeds
provides new insights and greater depth to our knowledge about the
upper classes and how the charitable activities of privileged women
contribute to the process of legitimization, maintaining an
ideology of class-based and race-based segregation in the United
States.
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