Understanding Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality by Lynn Weber

A textbook that develops a theoretical framework for intersectional analysis. Lynn Weber argues that race, class, gender and sexuality are historically and geographically specific power relationships, expressed at once in social institutions and in individual lives and small groups, and teaches students to apply the framework themselves. Using education as an extended example, this second edition combines the main text and case studies in one volume, updates the data, adds new research on sexuality, globalization and education, and includes new case studies on Hurricane Katrina and the 2008 presidential election.