Women, Family, and Class

Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York-Stony Brook. His recent books include The Gendered Society (2nd ed. 2003) and Manhood: A Cultural History (2nd ed. 2006), and he coedited The Encyclopedia on Men and Masculinities (2004) and Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities (2004). He is founder and editor of the Men and Masculinities journal and spokesperson for the National Organization for Men against Sexism (NOMAS). Amy Elizabeth Traver is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, CUNY, Queensborough.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: From “Worlds of Pain” to a “World of Choice”—Lillian Rubin's Worlds; Part I Asking Like a Therapist, Listening as a Sociologist; Chapter 2 Up from the Immigrant Ghetto; Chapter 3 Integrating Society into Psychology; Chapter 4 Sociological Research: The Subjective Dimension; Part II Discovering Difference, Constantly Class-Conscious; Chapter 5 Family Values and the Invisible Working Class; Chapter 6 Worlds of Pain Revisited: 1972 to 1992; Chapter 7 “Is This a White Country, or What?”; Chapter 8 The Approach-Avoidance Dance: Men, Women, and Intimacy; Part III Studying Sexuality, Addressing Age; Chapter 9 Erotic Wars: What Happened to the Sexual Revolution?; Chapter 10 Blue-Collar Marriage and the Sexual Revolution; Chapter 11 Sex and Sexuality: Women at Midlife; Chapter 12 Getting Younger While Getting Older: Family-Building at Midlife; Chapter 13 Out of the Closet; Part IV Political Perspectives; Chapter 14 Why Don't They Listen to Us?; Chapter 15 What Am I Going to Do with the Rest of My Life?; Chapter 16 Race and Gender in Politics;