Between Us

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.

"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 couldn’t put this book down."

• IntroductionPart 1. Discovering the Power of the Sociological Imagination1. My Son with Autism Breaks the Rules by Annette Lareau2. Saving the World, One Blush at a Time by Francesca Polletta3. Mediocre by Abigail Saguy4. An Accidental Sociologist Learns the Power of Listening by Jessie Daniels5. From Hubris to Humility on the Softball Field by Edwin Amenta6. How the World Works 101 by Robin RogersPart 2. Navigating Social Structure, Culture, and Identity7. The Valentine’s Dilemma by Joshua Gamson8. Hair Play by Robyn Autry9. Being Black (and American) in Paris by Jean Beaman10. The Only Girl on the Loading Dock by Marika Lindholm11. Dream with Your Eyes Open by Harry EdwardsPart 3. Facing Our Families and Communities12. Boy! by Tony N. Brown13. On Being a Marginal Woman by Kathleen Gerson14. Ghost(s) of Detroit by Waverly Duck15. Solidarity in Tunisia and Texas by Mounira M. Charrad16. I Joined a Cult Because I Didn’t Fit In—and Then I Didn’t Fit In! by Victoria Reyes17. The Room Feels Queer by Amin GhazianiPart 4. Confronting Class and Status18. All in the Family by Myra Marx Ferree19. My Mother’s Bequest by Douglas S. Massey20. My Daughter Is Not a Bourgeois Girl by Gloria González-López21. When a Harvard Degree Is Not Enough by Vivian Louie22. The Luxury of Knowing by Theresa Rocha BeardallPart 5. Crossing Borders and Ethnic Divides23. Watch It, White Boy! by Tomás R. Jiménez24. Scars of Shame by Marta Tienda25. K-Pop and Me by Grace Kao26. A Bittersweet Graduation by Julie Park27. La Vida Chicana and the Art of Savage Discovery by Mary RomeroPart 6. Resisting Racism28. High Yella by Angela Jones29. Growing Up White in a Black Neighborhood by Tanya Golash-Boza30. April 29, 1992 by Adia Harvey Wingfield31. White Supremacy and Grandma by Nicola Beisel32. Dancing in White Spaces by Heather M. Washington33. Why Aren’t You Pregnant Yet? by Linsey EdwardsPart 7. Rewriting the Rules of Sex and Gender34. My First Girlfriend’s Kitchen by Tey Meadow35. And Just Like That, She Was Gone by Katharine M. Donato36. No Such Thing as a Paper Girl by Ruth Milkman37. Hard Lessons at Yale by Pepper Schwartz38. Bad at Being a Boy by Tristan Bridges39. Big Dick at the Beach by C Ray BorckPart 8. Healing and Changing the World40. I Am Neo by Michael L. Walker41. Systemic Racism Is . . . You! by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva42. Horseshoe Crab Lessons by Lisa Jean Moore43. When Ideology and Empathy Collide by R. Danielle Egan44. Firefighting in Barcelona by Gerard Torrats-Espinosa45. Flying Trapeze by Elizabeth Anne WoodAcknowledgmentsIndex