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Gender socialization and the making of gender in the Indian context / Sujit Kumar Chattopadhyay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chattopadhyay, Sujit Kumar, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex role--India.
- Sex role.
- Sex differences (Psychology)--Social aspects--India.
- Sex differences (Psychology).
- Women--Identity.
- Women.
- Men--Identity.
- Men.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2018.
- Summary:
- Gender Socialization and the Making of Gender in the Indian Contex discusses what gender is, its formation and effects, and how children form gender identities by conforming to social expectations and imitating gender-specific behaviour. As they grow older, they learn to assimilate this behaviour and the norms that they had earlier merely imitated. They also learn the consequences of deviating from these norms.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Gender study and social psychology: a theoretical approach
- Gender: meaning, formation and effects
- Gender socialization: meaning, nature and scope
- Role of family
- Role of peer group
- Role of school
- Role of media
- Role of religion: norms and practices
- Role of religious myths and concepts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789353280628
- 9353280621
- 9789386602572
- 9386602571
- 9789386602589
- 938660258X
- OCLC:
- 1003641920
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