The Gendered Society Reader

The Gendered Society Reader

Author: Amy Kaler

Publisher:

Published: 2015-03-19

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9780199006977

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This collection of classic and contemporary essays provides a detailed, engaging, and altogether current study of gender that focuses on Canadian themes and scholars.


Gender in Society Reader

Gender in Society Reader

Author: Amy Kaler

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2021-10-22

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9780195401431

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A fresh and engaging collection of readings about the sociology of gender in Canadian society and around the world.


Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

Author: Cordelia Fine

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2011-08-08

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0393340244

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Sex discrimination is supposedly a distant memory. Yet popular books, magazines and even scientific articles defend inequalities by citing immutable biological differences between the male and female brain. Why are there so few women in science and engineering, so few men in the laundry room? Well, they say, it's our brains.


Gender, Race, and Class in Media

Gender, Race, and Class in Media

Author: Gail Dines

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 9780761922612

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Gender, Race and Class in Media examines the mass media as economic and cultural institutions that shape our social identities. Through analyses of popular mass media entertainment genres, such as talk shows, soap operas, television sitcoms, advertising and pornography, students are invited to engage in critical mass media scholarship. A comprehensive introductory section outlines the book′s integrated approach to media studies, which incorporates three distinct but related areas of investigation: the political economy of production, textual analysis and audience response. The readings include a dozen new original essays, edited for maximum accessibility. The book provides: - A comprehensive, critical introduction to Media Studies - An analysis of race that is integrated into all chapters - Articles on Cultural Studies that are accessible to undergraduates - An extensive bibliography and section on media resources - Expanded coverage of "queer" representations in mass media - A new section on the violence debates - A new section on the Internet Together with new section introductions, these provide a comprehensive critical introduction to mass media studies.


Manhood in America

Manhood in America

Author: Michael S. Kimmel

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13:

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Kimmel's history of men in America demonstrates that manhood has meant very different things in different eras.


Technologies of the Gendered Body

Technologies of the Gendered Body

Author: Anne Marie Balsamo

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780822316985

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This book looks at the representation of the body in culture from a feminist perspective. Subjects covered include bodybuilding, cosmetic surgery, and cyberculture.


What is Gender History?

What is Gender History?

Author: Sonya O. Rose

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-04-22

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 0745659098

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This book provides a short and accessible introduction to the field of gender history, one that has vastly expanded in scope and substance since the mid 1970s. Paying close attention to both classic texts in the field and the latest literature, the author examines the origins and development of the field and elucidates current debates and controversies. She highlights the significance of race, class and ethnicity for how gender affects society, culture and politics as well as delving into histories of masculinity. The author discusses in a clear and straightforward manner the various methods and approaches used by gender historians. Consideration is given to how the study of gender illuminates the histories of revolution, war and nationalism, industrialization and labor relations, politics and citizenship, colonialism and imperialism using as examples research dealing with the histories of a number of areas across the globe. Written by one of the leading scholars in this vibrant field, What is Gender History? will be the ideal introduction for students of all levels.


Culture, Society and Sexuality

Culture, Society and Sexuality

Author: Richard Guy Parker

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 9781857288117

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This work offers an introduction to the central debates in sexuality research. Among the issues examined are the social and cultural dimensions of sex, human sexuality and sex research.


Gender and Sexuality

Gender and Sexuality

Author: Momin Rahman

Publisher: Polity

Published: 2010-12-06

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0745633773

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This new introduction to the sociology of gender and sexuality provides fresh insight into our rapidly changing attitudes towards sex and our understanding of masculine and feminine identities, relating the study of gender and sexuality to recent research and theory, and wider social concerns throughout the world.


Race, Class, and Gender in a Diverse Society

Race, Class, and Gender in a Diverse Society

Author: Diana Elizabeth Kendall

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780205198283

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Seeks to demonstrate the interconnectedness of race, class and gender at the micro-and macro- levels of society. This study presents articles which aim to reflect the diversity of life in the US, and to show how people are affected by the interlocking nature of race, class and