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An edition of The gendered society reader (2007)

The gendered society reader

Fifth edition.
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The authors pull together an array of dynamic voices - both male and female, classic and contemporary - to examine various interpretations of gender. These lively, in depth readings explore gender discourse over a wide range of disciplines, focusing primarily on two central issues: difference and domination. Carefully balanced to reflect the diversity of its subject, this text addresses provocative and fundamental questions.

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Table of Contents

Introduction / Michael Kimmel
Part 1. Anatomy and destiny : biological arguments about gender differences.
Caveman masculinity : finding manhood in evolutionary science / Martha McCaughey
Testosterone rules / Robert M. Sapolsky
The appalling appeal of nature : the popular influence of evolutionary psychology as a problem for sociology / Stevi Jackson and Amanda Rees
Part 2. Cultural construction of gender.
Men as women and women as men : disrupting gender / Judith Lorber
Coming of age and coming out ceremonies across cultures / Gilbert Herdt
Cultural patterns and sex/gender diversity / Serena Nanda
Part 3. The psychology of sex roles.
The gender similarities hypothesis / Janet Shibley Hyde
"Dude, you're a fag" : adolescent masculinity and the fag discourse / C.J. Pascoe
It's bad for us too : how the sexualization of girls impacts the sexuality of boys, men, and women / Deborah L. Tolman
Part 4. The social construction of gender relations.
Doing gender / Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman
Doing difference / Candace West and Sarah Fenstermaker
Great divides : the cultural cognitive, and social bias of the global subordinate of women / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein
Part 5. The gendered family.
American marriage in the early twenty-first century / Andrew J. Cherlin
At-home fathers and breadwinning mothers : variations in constructing work and family lives / Caryn E. Medved and William K. Rawlins
(How) does the sexual orientation of parents matter? / Judith Stacey and Timothy J. Biblarz
Part 6. The gendered classroom.
"Spice girls," "Nice girls," "Girlies," and "Tomboys" : gender discourses, girls' cultures and femininities in the primary classroom / Diane Reay
Policing masculinities : investigating the role of homophobia and heteronormativity in the lives of adolescent school boys / Wayne Martino
"I just got on with it" : the educational experiences of ordinary, yet overlooked, boys / Steven Roberts.
Part 7. The gender of religion.
To veil or not to veil? A case study of identity negotiation among Muslim women in Austin, Texas / Jen'nan Ghazal Read and John P. Bartkowski
"That's what a man is supposed to do" : compensatory manhood acts in an LGBT Christian church / J. Edward Sumerau
The unhappy marriage of religion and politics : problems and pitfalls for gender equality / Shahra Razavi and Anne Jenichen
Part 8. The gendered workplace.
The gender revolution : uneven and stalled / Paula England
Racializing the glass escalator : reconsidering men's experiences with women's work / Adia Harvey Wingfield
Before and after : gender transitions, human capital, and workplace experiences / Kristen Schilt and Matthew Wiswall
Part 9. The gendered media.
"Lights on at the end of the party" : are lads' mags mainstreaming dangerous sexism? / Miranda A.H. Horvath, Peter Hegarty, Suzannah Tyler, and Sophie Mansfield
A 36-24-36 cerebrum : productivity, gender, and video game advertising / Shira Chess
Real niggas : black men, hard men, and the rise of gangsta culture / Miles White
Part 10. The gender of politics and the politics of gender.
Gender matters in politics / Georgina Waylen
Wars, wimps, and women : talking gender and thinking war / Carol Cohn
Hilliary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Obama : performing gender, race, and class on the campaign trail / Ann C. McGinley
Part 11. The gendered body.
The body and the reproduction of femininity / Susan Bordo
Beards, breasts, and bodies : doing sex in a gendered world / Raine Dozier
The rise of recreational burlesque : bumping and grinding towards empowerment / Kaitlyn Regehr
Part 12. Gendered intimacies.
The feminization of love / Francesca M. Cancian
Sexual harassment and masculinity : the power and meaning of "Girl watching" / Beth A. Quinn
The glass partition : obstacles to cross-sex friendships at work / Kim Elsesser and Letitia Anne Peplau
Part 13. The gender of sexuality.
Hooking up and forming romantic relationships on today's college campuses / Paula England, Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, and Alison C.K. Fogarty
Dude-sex : white masculinities and "Authentic" heterosexuality among dudes who had sex with dudes / Jane Ward
Social identities as predictors of women's sexual satisfaction and sexual activity / Breanne Fahs and Eric Swank
Part 14. The gender of violence.
Good guys and guns : hegemonic masculinity and concealed handguns / Angela Stroud
Perceptions of domestic violence in lesbian relationships : stereotypes and gender role expectations / Beth Little and Cheryl Terrance
Are female stalkers more violent than male stalkers? understanding gender differences in stalking violence using contemporary sociocultural beliefs / Carleen M. Thompson, Susan M. Dennison and Anna Stewart.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

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New York
Copyright Date
2014

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Dewey Decimal Class
305.3
Library of Congress
HQ1075 .G4672 2014, HQ1075.G4672 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 644 pages
Number of pages
644

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Open Library
OL30104367M
Internet Archive
genderedsocietyr0000unse_t4p7
ISBN 10
0199927499
ISBN 13
9780199927494
LCCN
2012051322
OCLC/WorldCat
827197422

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