Packaging Poverty as an Intersection of Class, Race, and Gender in Introductory Textbooks, 1982 to 1994.

Hall, Elaine J.

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ERIC Number: EJ648138

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Publication Date: 2000

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Packaging Poverty as an Intersection of Class, Race, and Gender in Introductory Textbooks, 1982 to 1994.

Hall, Elaine J.

Teaching Sociology, v28 n4 p299-315 Oct 2000

Addresses how poverty information is packaged as the intersection of class, race, and gender and how this depiction has changed from the 1980s to the early 1990s using a sample of 45 introductory sociology textbooks. Discusses the implications of and strategies for overcoming the conventional topic-chapter format of textbooks. (CMK)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Gender Issues, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Poverty, Race, Social Class, Sociology, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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