The Meaning of Difference: American Constructions of Race and Ethnicity, Sex and Gender, Social Class, Sexuality, and Disability (Seventh Edition)

This textbook, authored by Karen E. Rosenblum and Toni-Michelle C. Travis, offers a comprehensive exploration of the social constructions of difference. As a seventh edition text/reader, it provides valuable insights into American constructions of race, ethnicity, sex, gender, social class, sexuality, and disability.

Key Features:

• Framework Essays on the construction of difference.
• Readings applicable to multiple categories of difference.
• Summaries of critical Supreme Court decisions.
• First-person accounts, many from students.
• How to challenge and bridge differences.
• Systematic incorporation of disability.
• New! Twenty-seven new readings, many focusing on education as a key site for the construction of difference and inequality.
• New! The Supreme Court cases that established the rights of married same-sex couples and upheld a Michigan state constitutional ban on affirmative action.
• New! A focus on the dramatic increase of economic inequality in the United States.
• New! Intersectionality—making the idea accessible and showing its practical consequences.

Condition:

This book is in very good used condition. The cover shows minimal signs of wear, and the pages are clean and free of significant markings or damage. There are no tears or creases on the pages. It is a well-preserved copy suitable for academic use.