Down to earth sociology: introductory readings

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Credits and Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Fourteenth Edition -- About the Contributors -- Part I: The Sociological Perspective -- Chapter 1: Invitation to Sociology -- Chapter 2: What Is Sociology? Comparing Sociology and the Other Social Sciences -- Chapter 3: The Promise -- Part II: Doing Sociological Research -- Chapter 4: How Sociologists Do Research -- Chapter 5: "Riding the Bull at Gilley's": Convicted Rapists Describe the Rewards of Rape -- Chapter 6: Would You Hire an Ex-Convict? -- Chapter 7: Doing Research with Streetcorner Crack Dealers -- Part III: The Cultural Context of Social Life -- Chapter 8: Body Ritual Among the Nacirema -- Chapter 9: Doing Fieldwork Among the Yanomamö -- Chapter 10: The Sounds of Silence -- Chapter 11: Sympathy in Everyday Life -- Chapter 12: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life -- Part IV: Socialization and Gender -- Chapter 13: Extreme Isolation -- Chapter 14: On Becoming Male: Reflections of a Sociologist on Childhood and Early Socialization -- Chapter 15: On Becoming Female: Lessons Learned in School -- Chapter 16: Sexuality and Gender in Children's Daily Worlds -- Chapter 17: "But What Do You Mean?" Women and Men in Conversation -- Part V: Social Groups and Social Structure -- Chapter 18: Attacking Nicely: Women Selling Cars -- Chapter 19: Religion and Morality in Weight Loss Groups -- Chapter 20: Behavior in Pubic Places: The Sociology of the Vaginal Examination -- Chapter 21: The Lives of Homeless Women -- Chapter 22: Handling the Stigma of Handling the Dead -- Part VI: Deviance and Social Control -- Chapter 23: If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger, Would You? Probably -- Chapter 24: Eating Your Friends Is the Hardest: The Survivors of the F-227 -- Chapter 25: Becoming a Hit Man.