Publisher's Synopsis
For use as a basic text in courses on race and ethnic relations where an instructor wishes to supplement the core text with other books, particular readings books. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender will be a paperback version of Joe Healey′s successful Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Class 4/e. For the sake of length and cost, the major features from the bigger hardback - Narrative Portraits and Current Debates - will be expanded and part of an accompanying reader.Key Features:The brevity and cost allow an instructor to supplement the text with other books. Chapter opening photos with captions will set the stage for the chapter contents. Unlike the big book there will not be photo essays. . "Focus" boxes in chapters offer enhanced coverage of gender and comparative issues. Review questions at the ends of chapters help focus students on the key ideas. Additionally, there will be end-of-chapter Web-based research exercises. "Whiteness," a growing research area in this field, will be the subject of analysis in Ch.9. Accompanying reader will have expanded versions of Narrative Portraits and Current Debates from the big book, as well as additional readings. The reader is intended to be sold as a stand-alone or as part of a bundled kit.