Overview

This heartfelt collection is a testament to sociology's power to heal people and transform societies. The world is a tough place right now. Climate change, income inequality, racist violence, and the erosion of democracy have exposed the vulnerability of our individual and collective futures. But as the sociologists gathered here by Marika Lindholm and Elizabeth Wood show, no matter how helpless we might feel, it's vital that we discover new paths toward healing and change. The short, accessible, emotionally and intellectually powerful essays in Between Us offer a transformative new way to think about sociology and its ability to fuel personal and social change. These forty-five essays reflect a diverse range of experiences. Whether taking an adult son with autism grocery shopping or fighting fires in Barcelona, contending with sexism at the beach or facing racism at a fertility clinic, celebrating one's immigrant heritage, or acknowledging one's KKK ancestors, this book shows students that sociology is deeply rooted in everyday life and can be used to help us process and understand it. A perfect introduction to the discipline and why it matters, Between Us will resonate with students from all backgrounds as they embark on their academic journey.

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"""Between Us is an innovative reader-friendly anthology of personal original essays by some of the most important established scholars and emerging voices in sociology that reveals how inequalities and injustices in their own personal lives drew them to sociology. Appropriate as a comprehensive or supplementary textbook for introductory sociology courses, each essay concludes with a list of core concepts and discussion questions. Students and general readers alike will find these powerful real-life stories of sociologists who are using the sociological imagination to heal themselves and inspire others and to create communities and institutions that foster peace, inclusiveness, and justice both engaging and transformative. The essays are uniformly written, and what a treat to learn new things about so many old friends! I just couldn’t put the book down."" -- Verta Taylor, University of California, Santa Barbara"

"""I truly love this book! What a treat to learn new things about so many old friends! Between Us is an innovative reader-friendly anthology of deeply personal essays by some of the most important established scholars and emerging voices in Sociology. Students and general readers alike will find these powerful real-life stories of sociologists using the sociological imagination to heal themselves and inspire others to be engaging and transformative. Together, the essays inspire hope and offer tools to create communities and institutions that foster peace, inclusiveness, and justice. I just couldn’t put this book down."" -- Verta Taylor, author of 'Rock-a-by Baby' and coauthor of 'Survival in the Doldrums' and 'Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret' ""Integrating the emotional with the intellectual, the heart and the head, this stunning collection demonstrates how the personal is the sociological, and that sociology can be a spiritually enlightening healing practice. By demonstrating how deeply rooted sociological thought is in everyday life, in fusing a wide variety of individual experiences with critical concepts, each essay in this treasure chest makes a compelling case for scholarly work with human fingerprints. The editors have fulfilled the promise of sociology for newbies and elders alike."" -- Donna Gaines, author of 'Teenage Wasteland', 'A Misfit’s Manifesto,' and 'Why the Ramones Matter'"

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Marika Lindholm is the founder of Empowering Solo Moms Everywhere, a social platform dedicated to informing, empowering, and honoring women who parent on their own. Elizabeth Anne Wood is professor of sociology at Nassau Community College, part of State University of New York, where she also served as acting dean of instruction.   

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