The meaning of difference
Subtitle: American constructions of race, sex and gender, social class, and sexual orientation  : a text/reader
By: [editors] Karen E. Rosenblum, Toni-Michelle C. Travis.
Contributors: Rosenblum, Karen Elaine.; Travis, Toni-Michelle, 1947-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 476
Subjects: Pluralism (Social sciences) -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
Notes: "Gift of Dr. Bilal Hashmi Family"--Bookplate.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Framework essay : constructing categories of difference.; title: What is race?; title: Who is Black?; title: One nation's definition ; -- The; title: new colored people ;; title: Federal Indian identification policy ;; title: La Raza and the melting pot : a comparative look at multiethnicity ;; title: Asian American panethnicity ;; title: Whiteness as an "unmarked" cultural category --; title: What is sex?; title: What is gender? -- The; title: five sexes : why male and female are not enough ; -- The; title: Berdache tradition ;; title: Gender stereotypes and roles --; title: What is social class?; title: How much social mobility exists in the United States? ; -- The; title: underclass : concept, controversy, and evidence --; title: What is sexual orientation? -- The; title: invention of heterosexuality ;; title: Homosexuality : a social phenomenon ; -- The; title: development of gay, lesbian, and bisexual identities --; title: Framework essay : experiencing difference.; title: What are you? ;; title: Oppression ;; title: "Can you see the rainbow" the roots of denial ;; title: Disability beyond stigma : social interaction, discrimination, and activism ;; title: Time to look and listen ; -- The; title: accidental Asian ;; title: Can Asian-Americans turn the media tide? ;; title: Diversity and its discontents ;; title: Talking past each other : black and white languages of race ;; title: Driving while black : a statistician proves that prejudice still rules the road ;; title: Darkness made visible : law, metaphor, and the racial self ;; title: Of race and risk ;; title: Wears jump suit, sensible shoes, uses husband's last name.; title: Gender bending ; -- A; title: question of class ;; title: Why are droves of unqualified, unprepared kids getting into our top colleges?; title: Because their dads are alumni --; title: Framework essay : the meaning of difference.; title: Law politics, and policy.; title: Twelve key Supreme Court cases ; -- The; title: rise and fall of affirmative action ; -- The; title: shape of the river : long-term consequences of considering race in college and university admissions ;; title: Social movements and the politics of difference ; -- The; title: economy. -- The; title: possessive investment in whiteness : how white people profit from identity politics ;; title: Strangers among us : how Latino immigration is transforming America ; -- The; title: gender gap : contours and causes ;; title: Science. -- The; title: DNA mystique ; -- The; title: health of Black folk : disease, class, and ideology in science ;; title: Media, science, and sexual ideology : -- the; title: promotion of sexual stability ;; title: Disability definitions : -- the; title: politics of meaning ;; title: Popular culture.; title: Backlash ;; title: Ideological racism and cultural resistance :; title: constructing our own images ;; title: What Americans don't know about Indians ;; title: Language.; title: English in a multicultural America ;; title: Racism in the English language ;; title: Gender stereotyping in the English language ;; title: To be and be seen : the politics of reality.