Soc 225: Gender and Society

Readings and Written Assigments

Readings for February 3 and 5

(Questions)

(CP) Garfinkel, Harold. 1967. "Passing and the Managed Achievement of Sex Status in an 'Intersexed' Person, Part 1." In Garfinkel, Harold Studies in Ethnomethodology. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Pp 116-185.
(CP) West, Candace and Don Zimmerman. 1987. "Doing Gender." Gender and Society. 1:125-5

Readings for February 10 and 12

(Questions)

(CP) Epstein, Cynthia. 1988. Deceptive Distinctions. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Chapter 3.
(CP) Williams, Christine. 1993. "Psychoanalytic Theory and the Sociology of Gender." In England, Paula (editor) Theory on Gender, Feminism on Theory. (Hawthorne, NY: Aldine De Gruyter).
(CP) Smith-Lovin, Lynn and J. Miller McPherson. 1993. "You are who you know: A Network Approach to Gender." In England, Paula (editor) Theory on Gender, Feminism on Theory. (Hawthorne, NY: Aldine De Gruyter).
Gutman, Matthew. The Meanings of Macho. Chapter 1.

Readings for February 17

(CP) Keller, Evelyn Fox. 1995. "Language and Science: Genetics, Embryology, and the Discourse of Gene Action." In Keller, Evelyn Fox, Refiguring Life: Metaphors of 20th Century Biology. New York: Columbia University Press. Pp. 3-42.

Recommended:

(CP) Keller, Evelyn Fox. 1985. "Gender and Science." In Keller, Evelyn Fox. Reflections on Gender and Science. New Haven: Yale University Press. Pp. 75-94.

Readings for February 19, 24 and 26

Thorne, Barrie. 1993. Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School. (Questions)
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene. 1996. Am I Thin Enough Yet? (New York: Oxford University Press). (Questions)

Readings for March 3, 5 and 10

Orenstein, Peggy. 1994. School Girls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap. New York: Anchor Books. (Questions)
Luker, Kristin. Dubious Conceptions (You can read the whole book, but please be sure to read: Chapters 1,2, 4, 5, 6) (Questions)
(CP) Tolman, Deborah. 1994. "Doing Desire: Adolescent Girls' Struggles for/ with Sexuality." Gender and Society. 8:3.

Reading for March 12 and 24

The Second Shift (chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 -- you may read the whole book! -- see Appendix for Research Method)
(CP) Zelizer, Viviana. 1994. Creation of Domestic Currencies. American Economic Review. 84:138-142

Recommended:

(CP) Treas, Judith. 1993. Money in the bank: Transaction costs and the economic organization of marriage. American Sociological Review. Vol.

Reading for March 26, 31 and April 2

(CP) Hossfeld, Karen J. 1992. "Their Logic Against Them: Contradictions in Sex, Race, and Class in Silicon Valley." In Kathryn Ward (editor), Women Workers and Global Restructuring. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, Cornell University. Pp. 149-178.
(CP) Leidner, Robin. 1991. "Serving Hamburgers and Selling Insurance: Gender, Work, and Identity in Interactive Service Jobs." Gender and Society. 5:154-177.
(CP) Murray, Susan. 1996. "'We all love Charles' Men in Child Care and the Social Construction of Gender." Gender and Society Vol. 10, No. 4. Pp. 368-385.
(CP) Tang, Joyce. 1997. "Evidence for and against the 'double penalty' thesis in the science and engineering fields." Population Research and Policy Review . 16:337-362.
(CP) Williams, Christine. 1992. "The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions." Social Problems. 39:253-267.
(CP) Zuckerman, H. 1991. "Interview with Salome Waelsch." In Zuckerman, H. Cole, J.R. and Bruer, J.T.(editors) The Outer Circle. New York: W.W. Norton and Co. Pp. 71-125.

Recommended

(CP) Cole, Jonathon and Burton Singer. 1991. "A Theory of Limited Differences: Explaining the Productivity Puzzle in Science." In Zuckerman, H. Cole, J.R. and Bruer, J.T.(editors) The Outer Circle. New York: W.W. Norton and Co. Pp. 277-340.

Reading for April 7 and 9

Gallop, Jane. 1997. Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment. Durham: Duke University Press.
(CP) MacKinnon, Catherine. 1976. "Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case of Sex Discrimination. Chapter 6.

Recommended

(CP) Colasti, Camille and Elissa Karg. 1992. Stopping Sexual Harrassment: A Handbook For Union and Workplace Advocates. Detroit: A Labor Notes Book. Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 7
(CP) Wagner, Ellen. 1992. Sexual Harrassment in the Workplace. Chapters 2,3,10 and 11.

Reading for April 14 and 16

(CP) Glenn, Evelyn Nakano. 1992. "From Servitude to Service Work: Historical Continuities in the Racial Division of Paid Reproductive Labor." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 18: 1. Pp. 1-43.
(CP) Hunter, Andrea G. and James Earl Davis. 1992. "Constructing Gender: An Exploration of Afro-American Men's Conceptualization of Manhood." Gender and Society. Vol. 6, September. Pp. 464-479.
(CP) Collins, Patricia Hill. 1989. "The social construction of black feminist thought" Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 14 no. 4, pp. 745-773.
(CP) hooks, bell. 1981. Ain't I a Woman? Boston, MA: Southend Press. Pp. 15-86
(CP) Geschwender, James. 1992. "Ethnicity and the Social Construction of Gender in the Chinese Diaspora." Gender and Society Vol. 6, No. 3. Pp. 480-507.

Readings for April 21 and 23

(Questions)

(CP) Tiano, Susan. 1990. "Maquiladora Women: A New Category of Workers?" In Ward, Kathryn (editor). Women Workers and Global Restructuring. Ithaca: Cornell Industrial Labor Relations Press. Pp. 193-224.
(CP) Hadjicostandi, Joanna. 1990. "'Facon': Women's Formal and Informal Work in the Garment Industry in Kavala, Greece. In Ward, Kathryn (editor). Women Workers and Global Restructuring. Ithaca: Cornell Industrial Labor Relations Press. Pp. 64-81.
The Meanings of Macho. Chapters to be announced.

Readings for April 28 and 30

Edin, Kathryn. Making Ends Meet. Chapters to be announced.