Gender theory in troubled times / Kathleen Lennon & Rachel Alsop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lennon, Kathleen, author.

Alsop, Rachel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity.

Queer theory.

Sex (Psychology).

Physical Description:

vi, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This timely and necessary intervention revisits gender theory for contemporary times. The authors explore the multiple strands which go into making our gendered identities and refuse a singular 'truth about gender', resulting in the ideal critical overview"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

The data of biology

Gendered psyches: psychoanalysis and sexual difference

Historical materialism

Simone de Beauvoir: becoming woman

Intersectionality

Judith Butler: performativity, precariousness and queering

Making sense of our (gendered) selves

The 'truth about gender'

Questions for further reflection

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745683010

0745683010

9780745683027

0745683029

OCLC:

1104853869