Handbook of the sociology of gender / Barbara J. Risman, Carissa M. Froyum, William J. Scarborough., editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Commins-Holman Family Fund.

Risman, Barbara J., 1956- editor.

Froyum, Carissa, editor.

Scarborough, William J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

xii, 559 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2018]

Summary:

This handbook provides a comprehensive view of the field of the sociology of gender. It presents the most important theories about gender and methods used to study gender, as well as extensive coverage of the latest research on gender in the most important areas of social life, including gendered bodies, sexuality, carework, paid labor, social movements, incarceration, migration, gendered violence, and others. Building from previous publications this handbook includes a vast array of chapters from leading researchers in the sociological study of gender. It synthesizes the diverse field of gender scholarship into a cohesive theoretical framework, gender structure theory, in order to position the specific contributions of each author/chapter as part of a complex and multidimensional gender structure. Through this organization of the handbook, readers do not only gain tremendous insight from each chapter, but they also attain a broader understanding of the way multiple gendered processes are interrelated and mutually constitutive. While the specific focus of the handbook is on gender, the chapters included in the volume also give significant attention to the interrelation of race, class, and other systems of stratification as they intersect and implicate gendered processes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Commins-Holman Family Fund.

ISBN:

3319763326

9783319763323

OCLC:

1020609550

Publisher Number:

99977620681