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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Margaret L Andersen |
| ISBN: | 0205456472 9780205456475 |
| OCLC Number: | 58832254 |
| Description: | xv, 464 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Studying women : feminist perspectives -- Why study women? -- The sociological imagination -- Defining feminism -- Women's studies and the inclusion of women -- The growth of men's studies -- The significance of gender, race, and class -- A sociological framework for thinking about women -- pt. II. Gender, culture, and sex -- 2. The social construction of gender -- Biology, culture, and society -- Socialization and the formation of gender identity -- Socialization across the life course -- Theoretical perspectives on the formation of gender -- 3. Gender, culture, and the media : the social construction of knowledge -- Gender, language, and popular culture -- Gender and the media -- The sociology of knowledge -- 4. Sexuality and intimate relationships -- The social construction of sexuality -- The history of sexuality in the United States -- Contemporary sexual attitudes and behavior -- Race, sexuality, and power -- Sexual development over the life cycle -- Love and intimate relationships -- Lesbian, gay, and bisexual experiences -- pt. III. Gender and social institutions -- 5. Gender, work, and the economy -- Historical perspectives on women's work -- What is work? -- Economic restructuring, class, and gender stratification -- The contemporary status of women -- Poverty and welfare -- Work environments -- Intersections of family and work -- Policies for gender equity -- 6. Gender and families -- Historical perspectives on modern families -- Feminist perspectives on families -- The diversity of contemporary families -- Race, gender, and families -- Families and social problems -- 7. Women, health, and reproduction -- The social structure of health -- Gender, health, and social problems -- The politics of reproduction -- Gender and the health care system -- 8. Women and religion -- Sociological perspectives on religion -- Religion and social control -- Religion and the emergence of feminism in the United States -- Women and religiosity -- Women's status in religious institutions -- Religion and social change -- 9. Women, crime, and deviance -- Sociological perspectives on crime and deviance -- Women as criminals -- Women as victims of crime -- Women in the criminal justice system -- 10. Gender, education, and science -- Women and the history of education -- Gender and educational success -- Women in higher education -- Gender, science, and society -- 11. Women, power and politics -- Defining power -- Women and the state -- Women and the law -- Women in government -- Women and the military -- Rethinking the political -- The women's movement -- pt. IV. Gender and social change : frameworks of feminism -- 12. Women and social reform, liberal feminism -- Frameworks of feminist theory -- The liberal basis of modern feminism -- Liberalism as a mode of social thought -- Early liberal feminists -- The critique of liberal feminism -- 13. Contemporary frameworks in feminist theory -- The radical origins of feminist theory : the critique of liberal feminism -- Historical roots of radical feminism -- Socialist feminism : the importance of class and capitalism -- Radical feminism : the power of patriarchy -- Multiracial feminism -- Postmodernist feminism -- Queer theory and sexualities -- Continuing questions for feminist theory -- Glossary. |
| Responsibility: | Margaret L. Andersen. |
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