Between Us

"I truly love this book! What a treat to learn new things about so many old friends! Between Us is an innovative reader-friendly anthology of deeply personal essays by some of the most important established scholars and emerging voices in Sociology. Students and general readers alike will find these powerful real-life stories of sociologists using the sociological imagination to heal themselves and inspire others to be engaging and transformative. Together, the essays inspire hope and offer tools to create communities and institutions that foster peace, inclusiveness, and justice. I just couldnt put this book down." -- Verta Taylor, author of 'Rock-a-by Baby' and coauthor of 'Survival in the Doldrums' and 'Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret' "Integrating the emotional with the intellectual, the heart and the head, this stunning collection demonstrates how the personal is the sociological, and that sociology can be a spiritually enlightening healing practice. By demonstrating how deeply rooted sociological thought is in everyday life, in fusing a wide variety of individual experiences with critical concepts, each essay in this treasure chest makes a compelling case for scholarly work with human fingerprints. The editors have fulfilled the promise of sociology for newbies and elders alike." -- Donna Gaines, author of 'Teenage Wasteland', 'A Misfits Manifesto,' and 'Why the Ramones Matter'

Marika Lindholm is the founder of Empowering Solo Moms Everywhere, a social platform dedicated to informing, empowering, and honoring women who parent on their own. Elizabeth Anne Wood is professor of sociology at Nassau Community College, part of State University of New York, where she also served as acting dean of instruction.

Introduction Part 1. Discovering the Power of the Sociological Imagination 1. My Son with Autism Breaks the Rules by Annette Lareau 2. Saving the World, One Blush at a Time by Francesca Polletta 3. Mediocre by Abigail Saguy 4. An Accidental Sociologist Learns the Power of Listening by Jessie Daniels 5. From Hubris to Humility on the Softball Field by Edwin Amenta 6. How the World Works 101 by Robin Rogers Part 2. Navigating Social Structure, Culture, and Identity 7. The Valentines Dilemma by Joshua Gamson 8. Hair Play by Robyn Autry 9. Being Black (and American) in Paris by Jean Beaman 10. The Only Girl on the Loading Dock by Marika Lindholm 11. Dream with Your Eyes Open by Harry Edwards Part 3. Facing Our Families and Communities 12. Boy! by Tony N. Brown 13. On Being a Marginal Woman by Kathleen Gerson 14. Ghost(s) of Detroit by Waverly Duck 15. Solidarity in Tunisia and Texas by Mounira M. Charrad 16. I Joined a Cult Because I Didnt Fit Inand Then I Didnt Fit In! by Victoria Reyes 17. The Room Feels Queer by Amin Ghaziani Part 4. Confronting Class and Status 18. All in the Family by Myra Marx Ferree 19. My Mothers Bequest by Douglas S. Massey 20. My Daughter Is Not a Bourgeois Girl by Gloria Gonzlez-Lpez 21. When a Harvard Degree Is Not Enough by Vivian Louie 22. The Luxury of Knowing by Theresa Rocha Beardall Part 5. Crossing Borders and Ethnic Divides 23. Watch It, White Boy! by Toms R. Jimnez 24. Scars of Shame by Marta Tienda 25. K-Pop and Me by Grace Kao 26. A Bittersweet Graduation by Julie Park 27. La Vida Chicana and the Art of Savage Discovery by Mary Romero Part 6. Resisting Racism 28. High Yella by Angela Jones 29. Growing Up White in a Black Neighborhood by Tanya Golash-Boza 30. April 29, 1992 by Adia Harvey Wingfield 31. White Supremacy and Grandma by Nicola Beisel 32. Dancing in White Spaces by Heather M. Washington 33. Why Arent You Pregnant Yet? by Linsey Edwards Part 7. Rewriting the Rules of Sex and Gender 34. My First Girlfriends Kitchen by Tey Meadow 35. And Just Like That, She Was Gone by Katharine M. Donato 36. No Such Thing as a Paper Girl by Ruth Milkman 37. Hard Lessons at Yale by Pepper Schwartz 38. Bad at Being a Boy by Tristan Bridges 39. Big Dick at the Beach by C Ray Borck Part 8. Healing and Changing the World 40. I Am Neo by Michael L. Walker 41. Systemic Racism Is . . . You! by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva 42. Horseshoe Crab Lessons by Lisa Jean Moore 43. When Ideology and Empathy Collide by R. Danielle Egan 44. Firefighting in Barcelona by Gerard Torrats-Espinosa 45. Flying Trapeze by Elizabeth Anne Wood Acknowledgments Index