Published in cooperation with Sociologists for Women in Society How do race, class, and gender interrelate? How does the interlocking of race, class, and gender form patterns of social relations and develop into hierarchical orders? What are the dilemmas and contradictions created by the simultaneity of race, class, and gender? How can feminist scholarship based on the complex understanding of the interlocking nature of race, class, and gender transform our knowledge and social life? In Race, Class & Gender, an accomplished cast of contributors with a great diversity of backgrounds--ranging from sociology, African American studies, Chicano studies, ethnic studies, and gender studies--addresses these important issues and much more. This new anthology--significantly derived from a special issue of the journal Gender & Society--seeks to bring understanding to the complex intersections of race, class, and gender. The editors have chosen selections that take the study of race, class, and gender beyond their usual context--that of social stratification--and locate them in the wider sociological world. This informative volume′s broad scope and interdisciplinary emphasis make it an invaluable contribution to the study of social organizations. Offering a comprehensive examination of race, class, and gender, this important volume will be vital to professionals and students in the fields of gender, sociology, race/ethnicity, social problems and theory, and it should appeal to the general public that seeks to enhance personal learning in this subject area.

Table of Contents:
Foreword - Margaret L Andersen Introduction - Esther Ngan-ling Chow Transforming Knowledgement: Race, Class, and Gender PART ONE: BRINGING RACE AND CLASS INTO GENDER ANALYSIS `Always Leading Our Men in Service and Sacrifice′ - Karen S Adler Amy Jacques Garvey, Feminist Black Nationalist Social Location and Gender-Role Attitudes - Karen Dugger A Comparison of Black and White Women `A Way Outa No Way′ - Becky W Thompson Eating Problems among African American, Latina, and White Women Masculinities and Athletic Careers - Michael A Messner PART TWO: MAKING A LIVING: WORK, OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE, AND SOCIAL MOBILITY The Effect of Economic Restructuring on Puerto Rican Women′s Labor Force Participation in the Formal Sector - Barbara A Zsembik and Chuck W Peek Gender and Race Effects on Occupational Prestige, Segregation, and Earnings - Wu Xu and Ann Leffler Moving Up with Kin and Community - Elizabeth Higginbotham and Lynn Weber Upward Social Mobility for Black and White Women Chicana and Mexican Immigrant Women at Work - Denise A Segura The Impact of Class, Race, and Gender on Occupational Mobility PART THREE: GETTING BY: GENDER RELATIONS, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY Family, Feminism, and Race in America - Maxine Baca Zinn Overcoming Patriarchal Constraints - Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo The Reconstruction of Gender Relations among Mexican Immigrant Women and Men Power, Patriarchy, and Gender Conflict in the Vietnamese Immigrant Community - Nazli Kibria Activist Mothering - Nancy A Naples Cross-Generational Continuity in the Community Work of Women from Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods PART FOUR: TRANSFORMING REALITY: CONSCIOUSNESS, POLITICAL ACTIVISM, AND SOCIAL CHANGE The Development of Feminist Consciousness among Asian American Women - Esther Ngan-ling Chow Invisible Southern Black Women Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement - Bernice McNair Barnett The Triple Constraints of Gender, Race, and Class Gender, Race, and Class Politics and the Inclusion of Women in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act - Cynthia Deitch Bringing Gender and Race In - Kim M Blankenship US Employment Discrimination Policy PART FIVE: THINKING RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER: THEORY AND METHOD Gender, Social Reproduction, and Women′s Self-Organization - Johanna Brenner and Barbara Laslett Considering the US Welfare State Doing Difference - Candace West and Sarah Fenstermaker Contradictions of Feminist Methodology - Sherry Gorelick