Sociology 428: Research in Gender Inequality

Sociology 428: Readings

Books:

David A. Cotter, Joan M. Hermsen, and Reeve Vanneman. Gender Inequality at Work. New York: Russell Sage Press. 2004. (an overview of gender inequality trends in the last 30 years with emphasis on the lack of change since the mid 1990s.)

Susan J. Douglas, Susan J. and Meredith W. Michaels, The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women. New York: Free Press. 2004. (a media scholar's analysis of changes that attacked mother's employment: the source of most of our specific hypotheeses about trends in the popular media.)

Robert Philip Weber, Basic Content Analysis Beverly Hills: Sage. 1990. (a brief "how-to" of content analysis; useful for review and reference)

Articles and Papers:

• Cotter, David A., Joan M. Hermsen, and Reeve Vanneman. 2008. "The End of the Gender Revolution? Attitudes from 1974 to 2006." Working paper, College Park, MD: Department of Sociology, University of Maryland.
• McAdam, Doug. 1983. "Tactical innovation and the pace of insurgency." American Sociological Review 48(6): 735-754.
• Pescosolido, Bernice A., Elizabeth Grauerholz, and Melissa A. Milkie. 1997. "Culture and Conflict: The Portrayal of Blacks in U.S. Children's Picture Books Through the Mid- and Late-Twentieth Century." American Sociological Review 62(3): 443-464.
• Melissa Milkie, Robin W. Simon, and Brian Powell. 1997. "Through the Eyes of Children: Youths' Perceptions and Evaluations of Maternal and Paternal Roles." Social Psychology Quarterly 60(3): 218-237.
• others...

For specific assignments from these readings, see the schedule