Marcia Texler Segal and Theresa A. Martinez's Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class: Readings for a Changing Landscape provides undergraduates with an accessible collection of readings arranged to highlight and underscore some of the most intriguing and cutting-edge thinking that bears on the discussion of gender, race, and class. While other anthologies tend to separate race, class, and gender into distinct components, this anthology frames each reading through the analytical lens of all three elements. In addition, the intersection of sexuality with gender, race and class is highlighted throughout the text. The book opens with a unique historical section. Section II offers personal narratives, making research and theoretical material concrete for students. This volume includes work by both U.S. and international writers who deal with international topics. These insightful readings delve into many areas of high interest to students. Brief introductions frame each reading. Discussion questions are provided to spark student interest and enhance their understanding of the material.

Section 1: Framing the Past 1. The Lady and the Mill Girl: Changes in the Status of Women in the Age of Jackson, Gerda Lerner 2. Why Irish Became Domestics and Italians and Jews Did Not Stephen Steinberg 3. Society of Strangers, Graham Robb 4. Congressional Record--House (67 Cong., 2nd Sess.) 5. "Gone With the Wind": The Invisibility of Racism in American History Textbooks, James Loewen 6. The Logic of Nonstandard English, William Labov 7. Double-Consciousness and Mestiza Consciousness Raising: Linking Du Bois and Anzaldua, Theresa A. Martinez

Section 2: Story Sharing 8. 1965, Malcolm X 9. A Letter to Harvey Milk, Leslea Newman 10. Background from Tea that Burns: A Family Memoir of Chinatown, Bruce Edward Hall 11. He Defies You Still: The Memoirs of a Sissy, Tommi Avicolli Mecca 12. With No Immediate Cause, Ntozake Shange 13. Working in Other People's Houses, Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya 14. Woman Hollering Creek, Sandra Cisneros 15. Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit, Leslie Marmon Silko 16.From the Margins, Stephen Paul Whitaker 17. Long Hours, Starvation Wages, Lorreta Schwartz-Nobel 18. Report from the Bahamas, June Jordan

Section 3: Framing Family and Community Relationships 19. The Gendered Politics and Violence of Structural Adjustment: A View From Jamaica, Faye V. Harrison 20. Asymmetries: Women and Men Talking at Cross Purposes, Deborah Tannen 21. Cuban Jewish Women in Miami: A Triple Identity, Hannah Schiller Wartenberg 22. "Not All Differences Are Created Equal": Multiple Jeopardy in a Gendered Organization, Jane Ward 23. When You're a Credit to Your Race, the Bill Will Come Due: O.J. Simpson and Our Trial by Fire, Michael Eric Dyson 24. Breaking the Silence, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 25. In the Closet, Steven Seidman

Section 4: Framing Institutions 26. Stories from the Field, Wendy Luttrell 27. Schools Struggle Shielding Gay Kids, Nicole Ziegler Dizon 28. Gender and Class Stereotypes: A Comparison of U.S. and Taiwanese Magazine Advertisements, Chia-Wen Chi and Cecelia Baldwin 29. Race and Criminalization: Black Americans and the Punishment Industry, Angela Y. Davis 30. A Higher Power of Their Understanding: Cheyenne Women and Their Religious Roles, Martha Garcia 31. Religious Identity and Mobility, Pamela Paul 32. What's in a Name?, Kendra Hamilton 33. The Return of the Sweatshop, Edna Bonacich and Richard P. Appelbaum 34. Recasting Our Understanding of Gender and Work During Global Restructuring, Jean L. Pyle and Kathryn B. Ward 35. Legal Scholars of Gay Rights Offer Strategies to Combat the "Apartheid of the Closet", D.W. Miller 36. SES, Race/Ethnicity, and Health, Melanie L. Johnston 37. The Illness Experience Among Mexico City's Older Adults: The Effect of Gender, Class, and Race/Ethnicity, Diana Torrez, Roberto CamposNavarro, and Elia Nora Arganis Juarez

Section 5: On Privilege 38. White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies, Peggy McIntosh 39. White Views of Civil Rights: Color Blindness and Equal Opportunity, Nancy DiTomaso, Rochelle Parks-Yancy, and Corinne Post 40. Growing Up White: The Social Geography of Race, Ruth Frankenberg 41. Women's Employment Among Blacks, Whites, and Three Groups of Latinas: Do More Privileged Women Have Higher Employment?, Paula England, Carmen Garcia-Beaulieu, and Mary Ross 42. Rethinking Official Measures of Poverty: Consideration of Race, Ethnicity