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1 online resource (165 pages) |
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Cover; Making Sense of Race, Class, and Gender: Commonsense, Power, and Privilege in the United States; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 ROUTINE MATTERS: RACIALIZATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE; 3 ALL THE RIGHT STUFF: GENDER AND SEXUALITY; 4 CLASS: A REPRESENTATIONAL ECONOMY; 5 MOVING FORWARD; APPENDIX A: INTERVIEWEES; APPENDIX B: COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX. |
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Using arresting case studies of how ordinary people understand the concepts of race, class, and gender, Celine-Marie Pascale shows that the peculiarity of commonsense is that it imposes obviousness-that which we cannot fail to recognize. As a result, how we negotiate the challenges of inequality in the twenty-first century may depend less on what people consciously think about ""difference"" and more on what we inadvertently assume. Through an analysis of commonsense knowledge, Pascale expertly provides new insights into familiar topics. In addition, by analyzing local practices in the cont. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Social perception -- United States.
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Social perception. |
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United States. |
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Classism -- United States.
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Classism. |
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Racism -- United States.
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Racism. |
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Sexism -- United States.
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Sexism. |
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Sexism in language -- United States.
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Sexism in language. |
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Racism in language.
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Racism in language. |
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Social classes in mass media.
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Social classes in mass media. |
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Commonsense reasoning -- United States.
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Commonsense reasoning. |
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Discourse analysis.
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Discourse analysis. |
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Electronic books.
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Racism. |
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Sexism. |
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Print version: Pascale, Celine-Marie. Making Sense of Race, Class, and Gender : Commonsense, Power, and Privilege in the United States. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780415955362 |
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9781135776282 (electronic book) |
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1135776288 (electronic book) |
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