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Questioning gender : a sociological exploration /
"With content organized around big questions about gender, Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration serves as a point-of-departure for conversations about gender, and as a resource for exploring answers to many of those questions. Rather than providing definitive answers, this unique book...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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New Delhi:
Sage,
2018.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Online Access: | https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/questioning-gender/book248470 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1: What are the important questions to ask about gender
- 1. What is gender and why should we care about it? Introducing gender
- 2. What's the "sociology" in the sociology of gender? Understanding sociology and gender
- 3. How do disciplines outside sociology study gender? Some additional theoretical approaches
- Part 2: How are our lives filled with gender?
- 4. How do we learn gender? Gender and socialization
- 5. How does gender matter for whom we want and desire? The gender of sexuality
- 6. How does gender impact the people you spend your time with? The gender of friendship and dating
- 7. How does gender matter for how we think about our bodies? The gender of bodies and health
- Part 3: How is gender an important part of the way our society works?
- 8. How does gender impact the people we live our lives with? The gender of marriage and families
- 9. How does gender affect the type of work we do and the rewards we receive for our work? The gender of work
- 10. How does gender affect what you watch, what you read, and what you play? The gender of media and popular culture
- 11. How does gender help determine who has power and who doesn't? The gender of politics and power.