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The essays in this collection explore the multifaceted nature of social location and consider how gender, class, race, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, and religion interact to create nuanced layers of privilege and oppression. The essays guide students to a deep understanding... Read Full Overview

Privilege is about more than being white, wealthy, and male, as Michael Kimmel, Abby Ferber, and a range of contributors make clear in this timely anthology. In an era when 'diversity' is too often shorthand for 'of color' and/or 'female' the personal and analytical essays in... Read Full Overview

In this new and timely anthology on the experience of privilege in America--as it relates to holding the identity of the dominant gender, class, race, and sexual preference--sociologists Michael Kimmel and Abby Ferber, along with a wide range of contributors, challenge students... Read Full Overview