The future of gender / edited by Jude Browne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Browne, Jude, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role.

Gender identity.

Equality.

Social justice.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 288 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Gender' is used to classify humans and to explain their behaviour in predominantly social rather than biological terms. But how useful is the concept of gender in social analysis? To what degree does gender relate to sex? How does gender feature in shifts in familial structures and demography? How should gender be conceived in terms of contemporary inequality and injustice, and what is gender's function in the design and pursuit of political objectives? In this volume a collection of international experts from the fields of political philosophy, political theory, sociology, economics, law, psychoanalysis and evolutionary psychology scrutinize the conceptual effectiveness of gender both as a mode of analysis and as a basis for envisioning the transformation of society. Each contributor considers how gender might be conceived in contemporary terms, offering a variety of (often conflicting) interpretations of the concept's usefulness for the future.

Contents:

pt. I. Reorienting the feminist imagination. Mapping the feminist imagination: from redistribution to recognition to representation / Nancy Fraser

Perspectives on gender equality: challenging the terms of debate / Valerie Bryson

When will society be gender just? / Ingrid Robeyns. pt. II. Variations on the theme of gender. Does biology play any role in sex differences in the mind? / Simon Baron-Cohen

Sex and the social construction of gender: can feminism and evolutionary psychology by reconciled? / Susan Hurley

'Trans' trouble: trans-sexuality and the end of gender / Terrell Carver

Gender and social change / Tony Lawson

Procreative mothers (sexual difference) and child-free sisters (gender) / Juliet Mitchell. pt. III. Gender and political practice. The politics of female diversity in the twenty-first century / Catherine Hakim

Gender inequality and the gendered division of labour / Rosemary Crompton

The principle of equal treatment and gender: theory and practice / Jude Browne.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-18164-X

1-281-08512-X

9786611085124

0-511-61920-0

0-511-34201-2

0-511-34148-2

0-511-34090-7

0-511-57381-2

0-511-34254-3

OCLC:

299750899