Gender, culture and society : contemporary femininities and masculinities
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Gender, culture and society : contemporary femininities and masculinities
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
- : hardback
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and indexes
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Description
This text offers a wide-ranging account of the dynamic relationship between gender, culture and society. Incorporates feminist theory, theories of men and masculinity, and post-structuralism, as well as recent global events, ensuring a highly topical and relevant discussion.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Gender Relations in Context.- Approaching Gender: Feminism, Men's Studies and the Cultural Turn.- Fragmenting Family Life: Maternal Femininities and Paternal Masculinities.- In and Out of Labour: Beyond the Cult of Domesticity and Breadwinners.- Interplaying Gender and Age in Late Modernity.- Sporting Genders: Media Masculinities and Femininities.- Shifting Gender Connections: Sexuality, Late Modernity and Lifestyle Sex.- Representing Engendered Bodies: Producing the Cultural Categories 'Men' and 'Women'.- Men and Women of the World: Emerging Representations of Global Gender Relations.- Gender on the Move: The Search for a New Sex/Gender Order in Late Modernity.- Conclusion.
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