The gendered society
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The gendered society
Oxford University Press, 2008
3rd ed
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-396) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Thoroughly updated and revised, the third edition of The Gendered Society explores current thinking about gender, both inside academia and in our everyday lives. Michael S. Kimmel challenges the claim that gender is limited to women's experiences--his compelling and balanced study of gender includes both masculine and feminine perspectives. Part 1 examines the latest work in biology, anthropology, psychology, and sociology; Part 2 provides an original analysis of the gendered worlds of family, education, and work; and Part 3 explores gender interactions, including friendship and love, sexuality, and violence. Kimmel makes three bold and persuasive statements about gender. First, he demonstrates that gender differences are often extremely exaggerated; in fact, he argues that men and women have much more in common than we think they do. Kimmel also challenges the pop psychologists who suggest that gender difference is the cause of inequality between the sexes; instead, he reveals that the reverse is true--gender inequality itself is the cause of the differences between men and women.Finally, he illustrates that gender is not merely an element of individual identity, but a socially constructed institutional phenomenon.
A new chapter on media examines the portrayal of gender in one of the most powerful--and provocative--social institutions. Of particular interest to students, Kimmel's analysis of this dynamic, image-driven industry makes the study of gender relevant in an immediate and tangible way. Essential reading for both students and scholars, The Gendered Society is an authoritative, incisive, and lively statement about contemporary gender relations from one of the country's foremost thinkers on the subject. Kimmel's companion text, The Gendered Society Reader, Third Edition (OUP, 2008), provides a perfect complement for classroom use.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- PART 1. EXPLANATIONS OF GENDER
- 2. Ordained by Nature: Biology Constructs the Sexes
- 3. Spanning the World: Cross-Cultural Constructions of Gender
- 4. "So That Explains It": Psychological Perspectives on Gender Development
- 5. Inequality and Difference: The Social Construction of Gender Relations
- PART 2. GENDERED IDENTITIES, GENDERED INSTITUTIONS
- 6. The Gendered Family
- 7. The Gendered Classroom
- 8. The Gendered Workplace
- PART 3. GENDERED INTERACTIONS
- 9. The Gendered Media
- 10. Gendered Intimacies: Friendship and Love
- 11. The Gendered Body
- 12. The Gender of Violence
- Epilogue: A Degendered Society?
- Notes
- Index
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