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Author:

Bradley, Harriet.

Title:

Gender / Harriet Bradley.

Publisher:

Polity Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

ix, 224 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Gender identity--Social aspects.
Gender identity--Political aspects.
Sex role.
Sex differences.
Gender Identity.
Sex Characteristics.
Socioeconomic Factors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-217) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: In and out of the frame : a personal history of gender -- What's in a name? Meanings and usages of gender. Gendering and class : growing up girl, growing up boy -- Gender and modernity. 'What's it all about?' Being a man in the twenty first century -- Gender and postmodernity. 'Sisters under their skins?' Identities in a global age -- Gendered worlds : production. Having it all : family and employment in women's lives -- Gendered worlds : reproduction. Men and me : arrangements between the sexes -- Gendered worlds : consumption. It doesn't have to be this way : gendered Utopias -- Conclusion: What the future holds : gender, theory and politics.

Summary:

This book provides an introduction to the concept of gender and the different theoretical approaches which have developed within gender studies. It has been designed as a student introduction and is accessible to anybody interested in contemporary relations between women and men.

Series:

Key concepts

ISBN:

0745623778 (pbk.)
9780745623771 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)84151001

LCCN:

2007281564

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)