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Agger, Ben – Paradigm Publishers, 2006
Praised for its clarity and accessibility, this fully updated edition of "Critical Social Theories" presents a comprehensive analysis of leading social and cultural theories today. Diverse perspectives are addressed from feminism and cultural studies to postmodernism and critical theory. Written accessibly for students and faculty, the second…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Postmodernism, Social Theories, Sociology
Mackey, Wade C. – 1996
Many current social and political developments, such as no-fault divorce and voluntary single motherhood, have systematically eroded the father's role in American family life. In the face of these and other challenges to the traditional concept of fatherhood, an essential question is raised: Why would an American man still want to be a social…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Essed, Philomena – 1991
This cross-cultural investigation of racism in the lives of black women explores everyday manifestations and perceptions of racism. The daily experiences of individuals are combined with a structured account of racism in an interdisciplinary framework. Empirical data consist of verbal accounts gathered in 1985 and 1986 in non-directive interviews…
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Coping, Cross Cultural Studies
Paulston, Rolland G., Ed. – 1996
This volume of essays enables readers to see utility in the practice of social mapping as it opens traditional cartographic representation to multiple perspectives and the play of difference. This book argues that social mapping is useful in constructing more comprehensive and reasonably accurate representations of social and cultural phenomena.…
Descriptors: Cartography, Comparative Education, Critical Theory, Cross Cultural Studies
Siegel, Bernard J., Ed.; And Others – 1977
The book contains 20 essays which provide an overview of the state of the art in various areas of anthropology, including applied anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology, ethnology, linguistics, and social anthropology. Most of the authors are professors and researchers from departments of anthropology or linguistics in United States…
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Anthropology, Archaeology, Area Studies