Do Books Write Authors? A Study of Disciplinary Hegemony.

Agger, Ben

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ERIC Number: EJ395912

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Publication Date: 1989

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Do Books Write Authors? A Study of Disciplinary Hegemony.

Agger, Ben

Teaching Sociology, v17 n3 p365-69 Jul 1989

Reports on a study that evaluates sociology textbooks both in commercial terms and for what they say about the assumptions sociologists make concerning the world. Provides a Marxist-feminist critique of sociology textbooks. Concludes that most sociology instructors continue to adopt the fairly standard assumptions of the discipline. (KO)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Epistemology, Feminism, Higher Education, Marxian Analysis, Political Influences, Political Power, Social Sciences, Sociology, Textbook Content, Textbook Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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