Feminism & Feminist Theory, Sex Differences, Sex Role - General & Miscellaneous, Women's Studies - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
This comprehensive handbook attempts to summarize the state of gender studies not only by examining the crucial research of the past decade, but by encouraging thinking about how the questions central to studying gender have themselves changed. Building on the work started by the contributors to this volume's predecessor, (Analyzing Gender, Sage 1987), editors Myra Marx Ferree, Judith Lorber, and Beth B. Hess reflect on the advances of gender scholarship during the past decade with its emphasis on all levels of social structure from the most macro to the most individual. "Revisioning Gender" is a step, albeit a tentative one, toward constructing a new analytical approach for the social sciences, one that calls into question disciplinary boundaries and the specific agendas that may be entailed within them. The editors, and the contributors to this important volume, illustrate how the use of gender by scholars in various and overlapping fields of study has helped alter concepts and research designs. The goal of this volume is to present, and encourage, the debates that advance the study of social science.Editorials
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Summarizes the state of gender studies not only by examining crucial research of the past decade, but by encouraging thinking about how questions central to studying gender have themselves changes. Contains sections on reconceptualizing gender, the macrosocial organization of gender, gender discourse and culture, gender in social institutions, and gendering the person. Specific topics include gender and sexuality in organizations, and feminist thinking about the welfare state. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
December 8, 1998
Publisher
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c1999.
Pages
536
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780761906162