Breaking the bowls : degendering and feminist change / Judith Lorber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lorber, Judith.

Series:

Contemporary societies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role.

Sex discrimination against women.

Social structure.

Social status.

Equality.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

xx, 236 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, [2005]

Summary:

Breaking the Bowls outlines a new way of thinking about gender and argues for a degendering movement that dismantles the consideration of gender as a social status. Judith Lorber frames her book on a broad scale. Breaking the Bowls considers the research advantages of using multiple gender categories rather than just two. It examines how we can degender the family, which, Lorber maintains, must happen for degendering to take place across society. Showing how egalitarian parenting depends on the degendering of the workplace, Lorber argues that work and family must be considered together and that assumptions about work and caretaking need to be reassessed. In addition to considering the social foundations of gender, Lorber discusses the cultural changes surrounding gender in the aftermath of 9/11 and the representation of gender in the media. She then examines the politics of undoing gender through international feminist networks and grassroots activism. Lorber argues that imagining a degendered world is the first step in moving beyond binary thinking and creating "a world without gender all the time."

Contents:

Chapter 1 Framing the Issues: Gender Theory and Degendering 3

Chapter 2 No More Mothers and Fathers: Degendering Parenting 39

Chapter 3 Workers Have Families: Degendering the Workplace 69

Chapter 4 Heroes, Warriors, and Burqas: Gender after September 11 102

Chapter 5 Paradoxes of Gender Identity: Strategies of Feminist Politics 130

Chapter 6 A World without Gender: Making the Revolution 151

Epilogue: What Degendering Does to the Components of Gender 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-211) and index.

ISBN:

0393973255

OCLC:

57557493