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The gendered society / Michael Kimmel.

By: Kimmel, Michael S.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: v 458 p. : ill., 24 cm.ISBN: 9780195431476.Subject(s): Sex role | Sex differences (Psychology) | Gender identity | Sex discrimination | Equality
Contents:
Introduction : human beings : an engendered species -- Ordained by nature : biology constructs the sexes -- Spanning the world : culture constructs gender difference -- "So, that explains it" : psychoanalytic and developmental perspectives on gender -- The social construction of gender relations -- The gendered family : biology constructs the sexes -- The gendered classroom -- Gender and religion -- Separate and unequal : the gendered world of work -- The gendered media -- Gendered intimacies : friendship and love -- The gendered body -- The gender of violence -- Epilogue : "a degendered society"?
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General Circulation Books General Circulation Books Non-fiction HQ1075.K56 2008 (Browse shelf) Available MA
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General Circulation Books General Circulation Books Non-fiction HQ1075 .K55 2008 (Browse shelf) Available EG
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : human beings : an engendered species -- Ordained by nature : biology constructs the sexes -- Spanning the world : culture constructs gender difference -- "So, that explains it" : psychoanalytic and developmental perspectives on gender -- The social construction of gender relations -- The gendered family : biology constructs the sexes -- The gendered classroom -- Gender and religion -- Separate and unequal : the gendered world of work -- The gendered media -- Gendered intimacies : friendship and love -- The gendered body -- The gender of violence -- Epilogue : "a degendered society"?

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