The gendered society /
Fully updated and revised, The Gendered Society. 2/e, provides an overview of current thinking about gender in the social and behavioral sciences. Michael S. Kimmel argues that gender is not simply a quality inherent in each individual--it is deeply embedded in society's fundamental institution...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004
New York : 2004 |
| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| Summary: | Fully updated and revised, The Gendered Society. 2/e, provides an overview of current thinking about gender in the social and behavioral sciences. Michael S. Kimmel argues that gender is not simply a quality inherent in each individual--it is deeply embedded in society's fundamental institutions: the family, school, and the workplace. The issues surrounding gender are complex, and in order to clarify them, Kimmel examines the existing literature in related disciplines such as biology, anthropology, psychology, and sociology "Part I examines the latest work in biology, anthropology, psychology, and sociology; Part II provides an original analysis of the gendered worlds of family, education, and work; and Part III focuses on the gendered interactions of friendship and love, sexuality, and violence. As a result of his research, author Michael S. Kimmel makes three claims about gender. First, he argues that the differences between men and women are not as great as we often imagine, and that in fact women and men have far more in common with one another than we think they do. Second, he challenges the notions of the many pop psychologists who suggest that gender difference is the cause of the dramatic observable inequality between the sexes. Instead, Kimmel reveals that the reverse is true: gender inequality is the cause of the differences between women and men. Third, he argues that gender is not simply an aspect of individual identity but is also an institutional phenomenon, embedded in the organizations and institutions in which we interact daily. Kimmel concludes with a brief epilogue looking ahead to gender relations in the new century. The second edition includes a new chapter, "The Gendered Body," and a sharper critique of biological differences."--Pub. website |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm viii, 344 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm viii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm viii, 344 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-333) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-333) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0195149750 (alk. paper) 0195149750 (pbk.) 0195149750 0195221451 9780195149753 (pbk.) 9780195149753 9780195221459 |