Course Readings - Introduction to Sociology - Oakland Campus

Course Readings: Chapters from Books

Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
Call Number: Hillman Library - General Collection: HV6439.U7 C46 2008
ISBN: 9781594201509
Publication Date: 2008-01-10

Week 1: Thursday, June 26. Venkatesh, Sudhir. “How Does It Feel to be Black and Poor,” pp. 1-25.
Footsteps in the Dark by George Lipsitz
Call Number: Music Library (B-28 Music Building): ML3918.P67 L56 2007
ISBN: 9780816650194
Publication Date: 2007-08-29
The Gender/Sexuality Reader by Roger Lancaster (Editor); Micaela Di Leonardo (Editor)
Call Number: Hillman Library - General Collection: GN479.65 .G475 1997
ISBN: 0415910048
Publication Date: 1997-09-16

Week 3: Tuesday, July 8: D’Emilio, John D. “Capitalism and Gay Identity,” pp. 169-178.
Guyland by Michael Kimmel
Call Number: Johnstown, Greensburgh, and Bradford Campus Libraries: HQ799.6 .K56 2008
ISBN: 9780060831349
Publication Date: 2008-08-26 (Note: First edition)

Week 3: Thursday, July 10: Kimmel, Michael. “Bros Before the Hos’: the Guy Code,” pp.44-69.
Men's Lives by Michael S. Kimmel (Editor); Michael A. Messner (Editor)
Call Number: Hillman Library - General Collection: HQ1090.3 .K554 1998
ISBN: 0205266495
Publication Date: 1997-09-30

Week 3: Thursday, July 10: Boswel, A. Ayres and Joan Z. Spade. “Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women?” pp. 133-147.
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol
Call Number: Hillman Library - General Collection: LC4091 K69 1991
ISBN: 051758221X
Publication Date: 1991-08-27

Week 4: Thursday, July 17: Kozol, Jonathan. “Other People’s Children,” pp. 40-83
Enchanting a Disenchanted World by George Ritzer
Call Number: Hillman Library - General Collection: HC110.C6 R58 2010
ISBN: 9781412975810
Publication Date: 2009-12-09

Week 5: Tuesday, July 22: Ritzer, George. "Rationalization, Enchantment, and Disenchantment,” pp. 71-103.
One Dimensional Man: Studies In the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society by Herbert Marcuse
Call Number: E-Book. Also print copies: Hillman Library - General Collection: HM101 .M322
Publication Date: 1964

Week 5: Thursday, July 24: Excerpts
Illuminating Social Life by Peter Kivisto
Call Number: Hillman Library - General Collection: HM585 .I44 2001
ISBN: 0761987177
Publication Date: 2001-02-21

Week 6: Tuesday, July 29: Swatos, William. “Globalization and Religious Fundamentalism” pp. 361-384.