Questioning Gender
SAGE Publications Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5063-2547-7 (ISBN)
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Rather than providing definitive answers, this unique book exposes readers to new material that will lead them to question their assumptions. Author Robin Ryle uses both historical and cross-cultural approaches—as well as a focus on intersectionality and transgender issues—to help students understand the socially constructed nature of gender. Debunking ideas of what is normal and abnormal, this provocative book explores the core theories and topics of the course while also incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives from psychology, feminism, and queer theory.
Robyn Ryle is an associate professor of sociology at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, where she has been teaching sociology of gender and other courses for 7 years. She went to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, for her undergraduate degrees in sociology and English with a concentration in women’s studies. She received her PhD in sociology from Indiana University–Bloomington and is originally from northern Kentucky. She is a member of the American Sociological Association and has served on the editorial board of the journal Teaching Sociology. She enjoys digging in her garden, cooking what comes out of her garden, and generally enjoying small town life. She currently lives in a 170-year-old house in scenic Madison, Indiana, with her husband, Jeff, stepdaughter Grace, and two rather peculiar cats. You can find her on Twitter (@robynryle), on the Facebook page for Questioning Gender (https://www.facebook.com/questioninggender?ref=hl), or at her blog: you-think-too-much.com.
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Preface to the Third Edition
About Questioning Gender
PART I WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT GENDER?
1 What Is Gender and Why Should We Care About It? Introducing Gender
Swimming With the Fishes: Learning to See Gender
Sex or Gender? What’s the Difference?
A Word About Biology and Strong Social Constructionism
Why Study Gender?
Terms
Works Cited
2 What’s the “Sociology” in the Sociology of Gender? Understanding Sociology and Gender
Why Do You Need Theory to Understand Gender?
Feminist Theories and Their Influence on Sociological Thinking About Gender
Sociological Theories of Gender
Sex Roles
Interactionist Theories
Institutional or Structural Approaches
Intersectional Feminist Theory
Putting It All Together: Integrative Theories
Hegemonic Masculinity
Conclusion
Big Questions
Gender Exercises
Terms
Suggested Readings
Works Cited
3 How Do Disciplines Outside Sociology Study Gender? Some Additional Theoretical Approaches
Psychological Approaches to Gender
Queer Theory
Gender Theories in Global Perspective
Ecofeminism and the Environment
How Do We Use Theory?
Big Questions
Gender Exercises
Terms
Suggested Readings
Works Cited
PART II HOW ARE OUR LIVES FILLED WITH GENDER?
4 How Do We Learn Gender? Gender and Socialization
Sorting It All Out: Gender Socialization and Intersex Children
Some Theories of Gender Socialization
The Early Years: Primary Socialization Into Gender
Learning Gender Never Ends: Secondary Socialization
What Happens to Gender as We Age?
The Gender of Caregiving and Alzheimer’s
Summing Up
Big Questions
Gender Exercises
What Can You Do? Resources for Social Change
Terms
Suggested Readings
Works Cited
5 How Does Gender Matter for Whom We Want and Desire? The Gender of Sexuality
Let’s Talk About Sex
Does Sexuality Have a Gender?
Measuring Sexuality: What Is Sexual Identity?
Playing the Part? Sexual Scripts
Violating the Scripts
Sexuality and Power: Hetero-privilege in Schools
Big Questions
Gender Exercises
What Can You Do? Resources for Social Change
Terms
Suggested Readings
Works Cited
6 How Does Gender Impact the People You Spend Your Time With? The Gender of Friendship and Dating
Love, Inside and Outside the Family
My Friend Jane Versus My Friend Joe: Who’s Better at Being Friends?
Friendship in Global Perspective
The Rules of Attraction
The Gender of Love
Summing Up
Big Questions
Gender Exercises
What Can You Do? Resources for Social Change
Terms
Suggested Readings
Works Cited
7 How Does Gender Matter for How We Think About Our Bodies? The Gender of Bodies and Health
A Brief History of Bodies
The Beauty Myth
Gender and Health: Risky Masculinity and the Superman
Throwing Like a Girl
Big Questions
Gender Exercises
What Can You Do? Resources for Social Change
Terms
Suggested Readings
Works Cited
PART III HOW IS GENDER AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WAY OUR SOCIETY WORKS?
8 How Does Gender Impact the People We Live Our Lives With? The Gender of Marriage and Families
Something Old, Something New
A Brief History of Marriage
The Demographics of Marriage
Who Does What? The Gendered Division of Labor
The Doctrine of Separate Spheres
The Division of Household Labor
Families in Transition
Big Questions
Gender Exercises
What Can You Do? Resources for Social Change
Terms
Suggested Readings
Works Cited
9 How Does Gender Affect the Type of Work We Do and the Rewards We Receive for Our Work? The Gender of Work
What Is Work?
Measuring the World’s Work
A Man’s Job: Masculinity and Work
The Glass Ceiling and the Glass Escalator
Sex Segregation in the Workplace
Explaining Sex Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap
Transmen at Work
Comparable Worth
Big Questions
Gender Exercises
What Can You Do? Resources for Social Change
Terms
Suggested Readings
Works Cited
10 How Does Gender Affect What You Watch, What You Read, and What You Play? The Gender of Media and Popular Culture
The Media: An Interesting Institution
Media Power Theory: We’re All Sheep
Transgender in the Media
Gender, Sexuality, and Slash Fiction
The Struggle Over Images
Sexuality in the Media
Soap Operas, Telenovelas, and Feminism
Masculinity and Video Games: Learning the Three Rs
The Battle of the Sexes and the Battle for the Remote Contro1
The Gender of Leisure
Big Questions
Gender Exercises
What Can You Do? Resources for Social Change
Terms
Suggested Readings
Works Cited
11 How Does Gender Help Determine Who Has Power and Who Doesn’t? The Gender of Politics and Power
A Brief Warning
Power: Good and Bad
Coercive Power
Gender Rights and Human Rights?
Institutional Power: Nations and Gender
Summing Up
Big Questions
Gender Exercises
What Can You Do? Resources for Social Change
Terms
Suggested Readings
Works Cited
Glossary
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.01.2017 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Thousand Oaks |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 187 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 880 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5063-2547-5 / 1506325475 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5063-2547-7 / 9781506325477 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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