I've included some of the Carney Library's more recent ethnographies as well as a few older ones identified by Professor Rodrigues. You will need to search for the titles in our collection to get the call number. If the book you want to read is checked out, you can request it through interlibrary loan.
Myths of gender : biological theories about women and men. Fausto-Sterling, A.
Pricing beauty: The making of a fashion model. Mears, A.
"Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insider’s study of the world of modeling. Mears, who worked as a model in New York and London, draws on observations as well as extensive interviews with male and female models, agents, clients, photographers, stylists, and others, to explore the economics and politics—and the arbitrariness— behind the business of glamour." From the publisher's description.
Promises I can keep: Why poor women put motherhood before marriage. Edin, K.
"Over a span of five years, sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn how they think about marriage and family. Promises I Can Keep offers an intimate look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the most extensive on-the-ground study to date of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead." From the publisher's description.
Shadow mothers: Nannies, au pairs, and the micropolitics of mothering. Macdonald, C.L.
"Shadow Mothers shines new light on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the “shadow mothers” they hire." From the publisher's description.
Virtually virgins: Sexual strategies and cervical cancer in Recife, Brazil. Gregg, J.L.
"While many accounts of sexuality in Brazil focus on the culturally dominant (male) point of view, this is the first account to capture women’s subjective experiences of their sexuality. It is also one of the first to show how women’s understandings of their sexuality affect their risk of contracting and experiences in dealing with diseases related to sexual behavior." From the publisher's description.
Search our collection to find the call number and check on the availability (i.e., whether someone has the book checked out).