The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology: Specialty and Interdisciplinary Studies

445 Pages·2017·2.615 MB·English

by  Kathleen Odell Korgen (editor)

The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology
Whether you are a student, an instructor, a oftranslationandtranslationstudies,andwomen
researcher, or just someone interested in under- and gender studies). Each chapter includes a
standing the roots of sociology and our social discussion of how the respective subfield con-
world, The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology, tributes to the overall discipline and to society.
Volume 2, is for you. This second volume of Writtenbysomeofthemostrespectedscholars,
theHandbookcoversspecialtieswithinsociology teachers,andpublicsociologistsintheworld,the
andinterdisciplinarystudiesthatrelatetosociol- essaysarehighlyreadableandauthoritative.
ogy.Itincludesperspectivesonrace,class,femi-
nisttheories,specialtopics(e.g.thesociologyof Kathleen Odell Korgen is a professor of sociol-
nonhumananimals,qualityoflife/socialindica- ogy at William Paterson University in Wayne,
tors research, the sociology of risk, the sociol- New Jersey. She has co-authored or co-edited
ogy of disaster, the sociology of mental health, numerous books that teach students to use the
sociobiology, the sociology of science and tech- sociological tools they gain in their classes and
nology,thesociologyofviolence,environmental to find inspiration from professional sociolo-
justice,andthesociologyoffood),thesociology gists and fellow sociology students. Korgen has
oftheself,thesociologyofthelifecourse,culture received William Paterson University’s Award
and behavior, sociology’s impact on society, and for Excellence in Scholarship/Creative Expres-
related fields (e.g. criminology, criminal justice sionandtheuniversity’sAwardforExcellencein
studies,socialwork,socialpsychology,sociology Teaching.

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Contents
ListofFigures page viii 6. Pluralism 51
RichardA.Zdan
ListofTable ix
7. TheClass-DominanceTheory
ListofContributors x
ofPowerintheUnitedStates 60
Introduction 1
G.WilliamDomhoff
part i part iii
PERSPECTIVESONRACE FEMINISTPERSPECTIVES
1. RacialFormation 5 8. FeministTheories 73
EileenO’Brien Seung-KyungKimandCaroleR.
McCann
2. SystemicRacism 12
KimberleyDuceyandJoeR.Feagin 9. FeministMethodologies 82
ShulamitReinharzandNicholas
3. Color-BlindRacism 21
Monroe
MeghanA.Burke
part iv
4. CriticalRaceTheory 30
MaryRomeroandJeremiahChin SPECIALTYAREAS
10. TheSociologyofNon-human
part ii
AnimalsandSociety 95
PERSPECTIVESONSOCIAL
ElizabethCherry
CLASS
11. Quality-of-Life/SocialIndicators
5. MarxismandClass 41 Research 105
VishwasSatgarandMichelle
KennethC.Land
Williams
v
vi contents
12. VisualSociology 119 part vii
VincentO’Brien CULTUREANDBEHAVIOR
13. TheSociologyofRisk 129 27. TheSociologyofConsumption 265
JensO.Zinn StanleyBlue
14. SociologyofDisaster 139 28. TheSociologyofLeisureand
ThomasE.Drabek Recreation 275
15. TheSociologyofMentalHealth 148 RobertA.Stebbins
TeresaL.Scheid 29. PopularCulture 284
16. Sociobiology 156 DustinKidd,JenniferKim,and
AmandaTurner
RosemaryL.Hopcroft
30. TheSociologyofArt 293
17. TheSociologyofScienceand
Technology 166 AlainQuemin
MiwaoMatsumoto 31. TheSociologyofMusic 304
18. TheSociologyofViolence 178 PamelaM.Hunt
LarryRay part viii
19. EnvironmentalJustice 188 SOCIOLOGY’SIMPACTON
DavidN.Pellow SOCIETY
20. TheSociologyofFood 199 32. PublicSociology 313
AnneMurcott LauraNichols
33. HumanistSociology 322
part v
WoodyDoane
THESOCIOLOGYOFTHESELF
34. AppliedSociologyand
21. SociologyoftheBodyand Sociotechnics 330
Embodiment 209
HarryPerlstadt
CarlaA.Pfeffer
35. ClinicalSociology 339
22. TheSociologyofEmotion 218
JanMarieFritz
KathrynJ.Lively
36. TeachingSociology:Creatinga
23. TheSociologyofFriendship 229
CitizenrywithaSociological
JamesVela-McConnell Imagination 348
part vi KathleenS.Lowney
THESOCIOLOGYOFTHELIFE part ix
COURSE
RELATEDFIELDS
24. TheSociologyofChildren 239 37. Criminology 359
GertrudLenzer
KaitlynClarke,PhilipD.
25. SociologyofAging 246 McCormack,andLarryJ.Siegel
ElizabethW.MarksonandPeterJ. 38. CriminalJusticeStudies 367
Stein
GenniferFurst
26. TheSociologyofDeathand 39. SocialWork 377
Dying 256
KathleenMcInnis-Dittrich
RuthMcManus
contents vii
40. SocialPsychology 387 42. WomenandGenderStudies:Its
LaurieT.O’Brien,StefanieSimon, OriginsandIntersectionswith
andCarolineTipler Sociology 408
AngelaHatteryandEarlSmith
41. SociologyofTranslation 399
RafaelSchögler Index 417
Figures
11.1. ChildandYouthWell-Being
Index,1975–2013 page115
13.1. DiagramGrid-Group
Typology 131
17.1. TheThematicDevelopmentof
theSociologyofScienceand
Technology 168
17.2. TheUnder-determinationof
ScientificKnowledge(Type1)
andThatofPolicy(Type2) 174
viii
Table
11.1. HumanDevelopment
Indices page 109
ix
Contributors
Stanley Blue is a lecturer in sociology at Lan- the United States and co-edited (with Eduardo
casterUniversity.Hisresearchexaminesthepat- Bonilla-Silva)WhiteOut:TheContinuingSignifi-
terning of the social routines and practices that canceofRacism(2003).
makeupeverydaylife.Hiscontributionwaspro-
G. William Domhoff is Distinguished Professor
ducedwhileteachingthesociologyofconsump-
Emeritus and Research Professor at the Univer-
tionattheUniversityofManchester.
sity of California, Santa Cruz. His many books
Meghan A. Burke is associate professor of soci- include Who Rules America? (1967, 2014), The
ology at Illinois Wesleyan University and the PowerEliteandtheState(1990),ClassandPower
author of two books about contemporary racial in the New Deal (2011), and The Myth of Liberal
discourse. Her current projects are advancing Ascendancy(2013).
newwaystostudycolor-blindracism.
ThomasE.DrabekisaJohnEvansProfessorand
Elizabeth Cherry is Associate Professor of Soci- Professor Emeritus at the University of Denver.
ology at Manhattanville College in Purchase, Hehascompletedextensiveresearchandpubli-
NY. Her areas of teaching and research include cations on group and organizational response to
human-animal studies, environmental sociology, disaster.HismostrecentbookisTheHumanSide
socialmovements,andculture. ofDisaster(2013).
Jeremiah Chin is a J.D. Candidate and Ph.D. Kimberley Ducey is associate professor at the
student in Justice Studies at Arizona State Uni-
University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada,
versity.Hisdissertationresearchfocusesonrace,
and recipient of Quebec’s Forces AVENIR. She
law,andscientificevidence.
studies the entanglement of the oppression of
KaitlynClarkeisanassistantprofessorofcrimi- humansandotheranimals.HerlatestbookisSys-
naljusticeatSaintAnselmCollege.Herareasof temicRacismTheory:MakingLiberty,Justice,and
expertisearecriminologicaltheory,criminaljus- DemocracyReal.
ticesystems,andwrongfulconvictions.
Joe Feagin is Ella C. McFadden Professor
Ashley (“Woody”) Doane is professor of sociol- and University Distinguished Professor at Texas
ogyattheUniversityofHartfordandpastPres- A&MUniversityandpastpresidentoftheAmer-
ident of the Association for Humanist Sociol- ican Sociological Association. He has published
ogy. He has written extensively on racism in sixty-seven books and hundreds of articles on
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