The gendered society reader
By: [edited by] Michael Kimmel, Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Amy Aronson, Fordham University
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 644
ISBN-13: 9780199927494
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Gesellschaft; Geschlechtsidentität; Diskriminierung; Geschlechterrolle; Sex role; Geschlechtsunterschied; Sex differences (Psychology); Sex discrimination; Gender identity
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Michael Kimmel; title: Part 1. Anatomy and destiny : biological arguments about gender differences.; title: Caveman masculinity : finding manhood in evolutionary science / Martha McCaughey; title: Testosterone rules / Robert M. Sapolsky; title: The appalling appeal of nature : the popular influence of evolutionary psychology as a problem for sociology / Stevi Jackson and Amanda Rees; title: Part 2. Cultural construction of gender.; title: Men as women and women as men : disrupting gender / Judith Lorber; title: Coming of age and coming out ceremonies across cultures / Gilbert Herdt; title: Cultural patterns and sex/gender diversity / Serena Nanda; title: Part 3. The psychology of sex roles.; title: The gender similarities hypothesis / Janet Shibley Hyde; title: "Dude, you're a fag" : adolescent masculinity and the fag discourse / C.J. Pascoe; title: It's bad for us too : how the sexualization of girls impacts the sexuality of boys, men, and women / Deborah L. Tolman; title: Part 4. The social construction of gender relations.; title: Doing gender / Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman; title: Doing difference / Candace West and Sarah Fenstermaker; title: Great divides : the cultural cognitive, and social bias of the global subordinate of women / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein; title: Part 5. The gendered family.; title: American marriage in the early twenty-first century / Andrew J. Cherlin; title: At-home fathers and breadwinning mothers : variations in constructing work and family lives / Caryn E. Medved and William K. Rawlins; title: (How) does the sexual orientation of parents matter? / Judith Stacey and Timothy J. Biblarz; title: Part 6. The gendered classroom.; title: "Spice girls," "Nice girls," "Girlies," and "Tomboys" : gender discourses, girls' cultures and femininities in the primary classroom / Diane Reay; title: Policing masculinities : investigating the role of homophobia and heteronormativity in the lives of adolescent school boys / Wayne Martino; title: "I just got on with it" : the educational experiences of ordinary, yet overlooked, boys / Steven Roberts.; title: Part 7. The gender of religion.; title: 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; title: "That's what a man is supposed to do" : compensatory manhood acts in an LGBT Christian church / J. Edward Sumerau; title: The unhappy marriage of religion and politics : problems and pitfalls for gender equality / Shahra Razavi and Anne Jenichen; title: Part 8. The gendered workplace.; title: The gender revolution : uneven and stalled / Paula England; title: Racializing the glass escalator : reconsidering men's experiences with women's work / Adia Harvey Wingfield; title: Before and after : gender transitions, human capital, and workplace experiences / Kristen Schilt and Matthew Wiswall; title: Part 9. The gendered media.; title: "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; title: A 36-24-36 cerebrum : productivity, gender, and video game advertising / Shira Chess; title: Real niggas : black men, hard men, and the rise of gangsta culture / Miles White; title: Part 10. The gender of politics and the politics of gender.; title: Gender matters in politics / Georgina Waylen; title: Wars, wimps, and women : talking gender and thinking war / Carol Cohn; title: Hilliary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Obama : performing gender, race, and class on the campaign trail / Ann C. McGinley; title: Part 11. The gendered body.; title: The body and the reproduction of femininity / Susan Bordo; title: Beards, breasts, and bodies : doing sex in a gendered world / Raine Dozier; title: The rise of recreational burlesque : bumping and grinding towards empowerment / Kaitlyn Regehr; title: Part 12. Gendered intimacies.; title: The feminization of love / Francesca M. Cancian; title: Sexual harassment and masculinity : the power and meaning of "Girl watching" / Beth A. Quinn; title: The glass partition : obstacles to cross-sex friendships at work / Kim Elsesser and Letitia Anne Peplau; title: Part 13. The gender of sexuality.; title: Hooking up and forming romantic relationships on today's college campuses / Paula England, Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, and Alison C.K. Fogarty; title: Dude-sex : white masculinities and "Authentic" heterosexuality among dudes who had sex with dudes / Jane Ward; title: Social identities as predictors of women's sexual satisfaction and sexual activity / Breanne Fahs and Eric Swank; title: Part 14. The gender of violence.; title: Good guys and guns : hegemonic masculinity and concealed handguns / Angela Stroud; title: Perceptions of domestic violence in lesbian relationships : stereotypes and gender role expectations / Beth Little and Cheryl Terrance; title: 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.