Gender, culture and society contemporary femininities and masculinities

Introduction: Gender Relations in Context - Approaching Gender: Feminism, Men's Studies and the Cultural Turn - Fragmenting Family Life: Maternal Femininities and Paternal Masculinities - In and Out of Labour: Beyond the Cult of Domesticity and Breadwinners - Interplaying Gender and Age in Late...

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1. Verfasser: Mac an Ghaill, Máirtín (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Haywood, Chris (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York Palgrave Macmillan 2007
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Gender Relations in Context - Approaching Gender: Feminism, Men's Studies and the Cultural Turn - Fragmenting Family Life: Maternal Femininities and Paternal Masculinities - In and Out of Labour: Beyond the Cult of Domesticity and Breadwinners - Interplaying Gender and Age in Late Modernity - Sporting Genders: Media Masculinities and Femininities - Shifting Gender Connections: Sexuality, Late Modernity and Lifestyle Sex - Representing Engendered Bodies: Producing the Cultural Categories 'Men' and 'Women' - Men and Women of the World: Emerging Representations of Global Gender Relations - Gender on the Move: The Search for a New Sex/Gender Order in Late Modernity - Conclusion
Offers an account of the dynamic relationship between gender, culture and society. Incorporating feminist theory, theories of men and masculinity, and post-structuralism, this work provides a study of the complex and fluid nature of gender at a time of rapid social change.
This text offers a wide-ranging account of the dynamic relationship between gender, culture and society. Incorporating feminist theory, theories of men and masculinity, and post-structuralism, the authors provide a balanced study of the diverse, complex and fluid nature of gender at a time of rapid social change. Recent global events are integrated throughout the text, ensuring a highly topical and relevant discussion. This is a comprehensive, thought-provoking book, and compelling reading for all students of gender and society.
Beschreibung:Enth. Literaturverz. (S. 257 - 279) und Index
Beschreibung:XI, 297 S.
ISBN:9780333987841
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