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Author:

Tarrant, Shira, 1963-

Title:

When sex became gender / Shira Tarrant.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

viii, 285 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Feminist theory--History.
Feminism--History--20th century.
Sex role--Philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-267) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : tending the embers -- Confronting the bonds of ideology : feminist theory in the Cold War years -- The setting : postwar politics in Britain, France, and the United States -- On the path to gender : Margaret Mead, socialization, and sex role ideology -- Mirra Komarovsky : functional analysis and the poignant signs of discontent -- Viola Klein : sociology of knowledge and the so-called feminine character -- Simone de Beauvoir and The second sex -- No woman is an island : Ruth Herschberger and postwar pollination -- When sex became gender.

Series:

Perspectives on gender

ISBN:

9780415953474 (pbk.)
0415953472 (pbk.)
9780415953467 (hardback)
0415953464 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62281555

LCCN:

2005031288

Locations:

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

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)