Making societies : the historical construction of our world

著者

• Roy, William G.

書誌事項

Making societies : the historical construction of our world

William G. Roy

（Sociology for a new century）

Pine Forge Press, c2001

• : pbk.

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The only book written for undergraduates about the social construction of reality that is also historical and comparative. In addition, it includes chapters on the social construction of time and space, as well as the more traditional chapters on race, class, and gender. This book shows how these social constructions of time, space, race, gender and class intersect with each other to produce particular social phenomena that are enduring and significant for our society. No other book for undergraduate teaching has ever done this ... this is a real first! "If the goal of this series is to broaden the students'' vision, no book is more ambitious toward attaining that goal than Making Societies. Roy helps students question the most ''natural'' of categories: time, space, gender, race, and class. Leading them through examples drawn from around the world, he shows how these categories are social constructions; historically formed, ideologically loaded, and subject to change. This may be profoundly unsettling, for students will be encouraged to question not only what they know but also the conceptual frameworks they use when they claim to understand anything. As Series Editors, it is our belief that this provocation will open new ways of thinking about the social world, how it is, and how it might be." -Wendy Griswold, Series Editor, Northwestern University, from the foreword "I love the organizing concept of the social construction of reality and using a cross-cultural historical comparative approach to analyzing key themes: space, time, race, gender, and class. I particularly like the focus on space and time first because it illustrates how deeply embedded the social construction of reality is." -Joanne Defiore, University of Washington, Bothel "The book is intellectually strong; it is driven by ideas and engages important processes of social life." -Lisa Brush, University of Pittsburgh Contributor to the SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award

目次

Illustrations: Figures and Table About the Author and Publisher Foreword Preface 1. Constructing Historical Reality What Is Intelligence and Why Does It Matter? The Social Construction of Reality The Process of Social Construction Dominant Institutions and Power Intersections Conclusion 2. Time Linear and Cyclical Time The History of Time Time as Quantity and Commodity Conclusion 3. Space (coauthored with Patricia Ahmed) Space as a Thing The Earliest Known Conceptions of Space Non-Anglo-European Conceptions of Space Early Anglo-European Conceptions of Space Toward a Contemporary Anglo-European Understanding of Space Intersections Conclusion 4. Race The Paradox of Race What Is Race? Preracial Categories From Preracial to Racial Categories Whiteness Reflexivity Intersections Conclusion 5. Gender Is Anatomy Destiny? Sex and Gender The Logic of the Category The History of Bodies Changing Gender in Anglo-European Society Masculinity Homosexual and Homosocial Relations Intersections Conclusion 6. Class The Meaning of Class The Origins of Class-Based Societies Feudalism Capitalism Property Cultural Boundaries Conclusion 7. Intersections Small and Large The Home Cities Nation Conclusion References Glossary/Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA53446635
• ISBN:
  • 9780761986621
• LCCN: 00012057
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
• ページ数/冊数: xix, 219 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HM651
  • DC21 : 306.4/2
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Knowledge, Sociology of
  • LCSH : Space and time
  • LCSH : Social groups
  • LCSH : Social classes
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA2249257X