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The gendered society / Michael Kimmel.

Kimmel, Michael S.
2011
305.3 K49g 2011
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Title
The gendered society / Michael Kimmel.
Author
Kimmel, Michael S.
Edition
4th ed.
ISBN
9780195399028 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0195399021 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
viii, 472 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
305.3 K49g 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)461323067
(OCoLC)461323067
Summary
"Essential reading for both students and scholars, The Gendered Society, Fourth Edition, is an authoritative, incisive, and lively statement about contemporary gender relations from one of the country's foremost thinkers on the subject."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : human beings : an engendered species
Ordained by nature : biology constructs the sexes
Spanning the world : culture constructs gender difference
"So, that explains it" : psychoanalytic and developmental perspectives on gender
The social construction of gender relations
The gendered family : biology constructs the sexes
The gendered classroom
Gender and religion
Separate and unequal : the gendered world of work
The gendered media
Gendered intimacies : friendship and love
The gendered body
The gender of violence
Epilogue : "a degendered society"?
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