The Gendered Society
ISBN: 9780195399028 | 0195399021
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 12/30/2009
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Thoroughly updated throughout, the fourth edition of The Gendered Society explores current thinking about gender, both inside academia and in our everyday lives. Michael Kimmel challenges the claim that gender is limited to women's experiences--his compelling and balanced study of gender includes both masculine and feminine perspectives. Part 1 examines the latest work in biology, anthropology, psychology, and sociology; Part 2 provides an original analysis of the gendered worlds of family, education, and work; and Part 3 explores gender intera... MORE
| Preface | |
| Introduction: Human Beings: An Engendered Species | |
| Explanations of Gender | |
| Ordained by Nature: Biology Constructs the Sexes | |
| Spanning the World: Culture Constructs Gender Difference | |
| "So, That Explains It": Psychoanalytic and Developmental Perspectives on Gender | |
| The Social Construction of Gender Relations | |
| Gendered Identities, Gendered Institutions... MORE | |
| The Gendered Family | |
| The Gendered Classroom | |
| Gender and Religion | |
| Separate and Unequal: The Gendered World of Work | |
| The Gendered Media | |
| Gendered Interactions | |
| Gendered Intimacies: Friendship and Love | |
| The Gendered Body | |
| The Gender of Violence | |
| Epilogue: "A Degendered Society?" | |
| Notes | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Michael Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. A leading researcher and writer on gender and men and masculinity, he is the author of numerous books and articles including The Gendered Society Reader, Fourth Edition (with Amy Aronson, OUP, 2010), Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2009), and Manhood in America: A Cultural History (OUP, 2005).
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