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Gender : ideas, interactions, institutions / Lisa Wade, Occidental College ; Myra Marx Ferree, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wade, Lisa (Professor)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex role.
- Sex differences.
- Feminist theory.
- Physical Description:
- x, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015]
- Summary:
- "Wade and Ferree's first edition textbook is a lively introduction to the sociology of gender. Probing questions, the same ones that students often bring to the course, frame readable chapters that are packed with the most up-to-date scholarship available--in language students will understand. The authors use memorable examples mined from pop culture, history, psychology, biology, and everyday life to truly engage students in the study of gender and spark interest in sociological perspectives." -- Publisher's description
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Ideas
- Bodies
- Performances
- Intersections
- Inequality: men and masculinities
- Inequalities: women and femininities
- Institutions
- Change
- Sexualities
- Families
- Work
- Politics
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393931075
- 0393931072
- OCLC:
- 893609295
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