Description
Gender (2nd Ed.)
Key Concepts Series
Author: Bradley Harriet
Language: EnglishKeywords
masculinity, masculinities, feminism, feminist theory, gender theory, gender relations, men, women
Publication date: 11-2012
256 p. · 14x21.3 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 12-2013
258 p. · 14.9x22 cm · Hardback
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In this new edition of her popular and highly lauded book, Harriet Bradley provides an introduction to the concept of gender and the different theoretical approaches which have developed within gender studies. Utilizing life narratives, she investigates processes of gendering in three important spheres of contemporary social life: production, reproduction and consumption. The book highlights the centrality of gender in everyday life and shows how thinking about gender is influenced by changing political contexts. As well as updating the discussion with the latest scholarship, political concerns and economic data, the new edition pays closer attention to intersectionality and hybrid identities, as well as exploring the complexities of contemporary relations of masculinity and femininity in the light of new feminist activities.
This lively and accessible book will be of interest to students across the social sciences, as well as anyone interested in contemporary relations between women and men.
Preface to Second Edition vii
Introduction: The Concept of Gender 1
IN AND OUT OF THE FRAME: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF GENDER 9
1. What's in a Name? Meanings and Usages of Gender 15
GENDERING AND CLASS: GROWING UP GIRL, GROWING UP BOY 29
2. Gender and Modernity 37
'WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?' BEING A MAN IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 54
3. Gender and Postmodernity 64
'SISTERS UNDER THEIR SKINS'? IDENTITIES IN A GLOBAL AGE 87
4. Gendered Worlds: Production 98
HAVING IT ALL: FAMILY AND EMPLOYMENT IN WOMEN'S LIVES 118
5. Gendered Worlds: Reproduction 129
MEN, MARRIAGE AND EMOTIONS: ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE SEXES 150
6. Gendered Worlds: Consumption 159
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY: GENDERED UTOPIAS 183
Conclusion: What the Future Holds – Gender, Theory and Politics 195
Questions for Discussion 221
Glossary 223
References 227
Index 242
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