Chris Haywood

Gender, Culture and Society

Contemporary Femininities and Masculinities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text brings together debates and empirical research in feminist theory, theories of men and masculinity, and post-structuralism, offering a wide-ranging account of the relationship between gender, culture and society. It offers a balanced study of the diverse, complex and fluid nature of gender at a time of rapid social change. It is a comprehensive book that is suitable for undergraduate and post-graduate social science courses and valuable to those writing and researching in the area of gender relations.

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This text offers a wide-ranging account of the dynamic relationship between gender, culture and society. Incorporates feminist theory, theories of men and masculinity, and post-structuralism, as well as recent global events, ensuring a highly topical and relevant discussion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL / Macmillan Education
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780333987841
• ISBN-10: 0333987845
• Artikelnr.: 22738325

Autorenporträt

CHRIS HAYWOOD is also based in the Department of Education at the University of Newcastle, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Gender Relations in Context Approaching Gender: Feminism,
Men's Studies and the Cultural Turn Fragmenting Family Life: Maternal
Femininities and Paternal Masculinities In and Out of Labour: Beyond the
Cult of Domesticity and Breadwinners Interplaying Gender and Age in Late
Modernity Sporting Genders: Media Masculinities and Femininities Shifting
Gender Connections: Sexuality, Late Modernity and Lifestyle Sex
Representing Engendered Bodies: Producing the Cultural Categories 'Men' and
'Women' Men and Women of the World: Emerging Representations of Global
Gender Relations Gender on the Move: The Search for a New Sex/Gender Order
in Late Modernity Conclusion