Changing women, unchanged men? : sociological perspectives on gender in a post-industrial society

Author(s)

• Delamont, Sara

Bibliographic Information

Changing women, unchanged men? : sociological perspectives on gender in a post-industrial society

Sara Delamont

（Sociology and social change / series editor, Alan Warde）

Open University Press, 2001

• pb
• hb

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [112]-121) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

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.

Volume

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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Details

• NCID: BA55220768
• ISBN:
  • 0335200370
  • 0335200389
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 128 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA27583515