Privilege: A Reader - Softcover

In this new and timely anthology on the experience of privilege in Americaas it relates to holding the identity of the dominant gender, class, race, and sexual preferencesociologists Michael Kimmel and Abby Ferber, along with a wide range of contributors, challenge students to think more critically about the myriad inequalities in society and especially to become more aware of how the dynamics that create inequality for some also benefit others. Designed to be used in both introductory sociology and race, gender, and class courses, this exciting volume asks that privilegeand students own role in itbecome more visible. With both well-known and previously published pieces as well as new contributions, Privilege uses an intersectional approach to explore the ways in which race, class, gender and sexuality interact in the lives of those who are privileged by one or more of these identities. Kimmel and Ferber have brought together leading thinkers and writers on all of these dimensions, to examine both the parallels and the ruptures among these different but connected relationships. Writing both personally and analytically, these essays can bring students inside the experiences, and enable us all to begin to theorize our own lives, as well as to explore the ways in which these systems intersect in peoples lives.

Michael S. Kimmel is professor of So ciology at SUNY, Stonybrook. His books include Changing Men, Men Confront Pornography, Men's Lives, Against the Tide, The Politics of Manhood, Manhoo d, and The Gendered Society. He edi ts Men and Masculinities, an interdis ciplinary scholarly journal, a book series on Men and Masculinity at the University of California Pr ess, and the Sage Series on Men and Masculinities. He is the Spokesperson for the National Organiza tion for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) and lectures e xtensively on campuses in the U.S. and abroad. Abby L. Ferber is Director of Women's Studies and Associate Professor of Sociology at the Unive rsity of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is the au thor of White Man Falling, co-author of Hate Crime in America and Making A Dif ference. She has been widely interviewed abou t her work on hate crimes and white supremacy.