Changing women, unchanged men? : sociological perspectives on gender in a post-industrial society
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Changing women, unchanged men? : sociological perspectives on gender in a post-industrial society
（Sociology and social change / series editor, Alan Warde）
Open University Press, 2001
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Available at 26 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [112]-121) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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pb ISBN 9780335200375
Description
* Is it true that women have changed and men have not?
* Is feminism still relevant?
* Are men the new underclass?
There is an enormous social science and wider literature on women, and a rapidly growing one on men and masculinity. The cliche that women have changed and men have not is well worn, yet no single text has established the truth behind this claim. Through a thorough examination of research evidence, this volume subjects that cliche to a tough, sceptical sociological analysis. Changing Women, Unchanged Men? compares the experiences of males and females in childhood, adolescence and adulthood within the main spheres of life - for example the family, education and work - and examines the issues of self, body, sexuality, and identity. For each sphere the key questions 'Have women changed? Have men stayed the same?' are posed, within the context of current sociological debates on social change.
Table of Contents
Series editor's foreword
Preface and acknowledgements
Part one
Introduction
Theoretical dilemmas
Part two: Socialization in a post-industrial society
Gender and the post-industrial child
Gender and the post-industrial adolescent
Gender and young adulthood
Part three: The received wisdom queried
Stigma, deviance, bodies and identity
Consumption, locality and identity
Work and identity
the indignities of labour
Homelife and identity
domestic bliss?
Conclusions
the verdict
References
Index.
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hb ISBN 9780335200382
Description
There is an enormous social science and wider literature on women, and a rapidly growing one on men and masculinity. The cliche that women have changed and men have not is well worn, yet no single text has established the truth behind this claim. Through a thorough examination of research evidence, this volume subjects that cliche to a tough, sceptical sociological analysis. The book compares the experiences of males and females in childhood, adolescence and adulthood within the main spheres of life - for example the family, educaton and work - and examines the issues of self, body, sexuality, and identity. For each sphere the key questions "Have women changed? Have men stayed the same?" are posed, within the context of current sociological debates on social change.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction
- theoretical dilemmas. Part 2 Socialization in a post-industrial society: gender and the post-industrial child
- gender and the post-industrial adolescent
- gender and young adulthood. Part 3 The received wisdom queried: stigma, deviance, bodies and identity
- consumption, locality and identity
- work and identity - the indignities of labour
- homelife and identity - domestic bliss?
- conclusions - the verdict.
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