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The gendered society / Michael S. Kimmel.

By: Kimmel, Michael S.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008Edition: 3rd ed.Description: x, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780195332339 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0195332334 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Sex role | Sex differences (Psychology) | Gender identity | Sex discrimination | EqualityDDC classification: 305.3 Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Introduction : human beings : an engendered species -- pt. 1. Explanations of gender. Ordained by nature : biology constructs the sexes ; Spanning the world : cross-cultural constructions of gender ; "So, that explains it" : psychoanalytic and developmental perspectives on gender ; The social construction of gender relations -- pt. 2. Gendered identities, gendered institutions. The gendered family ; The gendered classroom ; Separate and unequal : the gendered world of work -- pt. 3. Gendered interactions. The gendered media ; Gendered intimacies : friendship and love ; The gendered body ; The gender of violence -- Epilogue : "a degendered society"?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : human beings : an engendered species -- pt. 1. Explanations of gender. Ordained by nature : biology constructs the sexes ; Spanning the world : cross-cultural constructions of gender ; "So, that explains it" : psychoanalytic and developmental perspectives on gender ; The social construction of gender relations -- pt. 2. Gendered identities, gendered institutions. The gendered family ; The gendered classroom ; Separate and unequal : the gendered world of work -- pt. 3. Gendered interactions. The gendered media ; Gendered intimacies : friendship and love ; The gendered body ; The gender of violence -- Epilogue : "a degendered society"?

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