The Kaleidoscope of Gender: Prisms, Patterns, and Possibilities - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1412951461 ISBN 13 : 9781412951463

Editeur : Pine Forge, 2007

Synopsis

This integrated, comprehensive text//reader is designed to present an accessible, timely, and stimulating introduction to the sociology of gender. It can be used as a text by itself or as a supplement to other materials in courses in Sociology of Gender and Introduction to Women's Studies. Articles have been selected (1) to creatively and clearly explicate what gender is and is not, and what it means to say that gender is socially constructed; (2) to untangle and clarify the intricate ways in which gender is embedded in and defined by other systems of difference and inequality such as race, social class, sexualities, and age; (3) to illustrate the complex variations and dynamics of gender across cultures. By organizing the book around a metaphor--the kaleidoscope--the articles are integrated throughout the text and tied together by text//introductions to each chapter. This makes the book more than a collection of articles; each article fits into the metaphor and its three themes: prisms, patterns, and possibilities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joan Z. Spade is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the State University of New York College at Brockport. She received her PhD from State University of New York at Buffalo and her B.A. from State university of New York at Geneseo. In addition to gender, Joan teaches courses on education, family, research methods, and statistics. She has published articles on gender, including rape. She also has co-edited two books in education. Joan is active in Sociologists for Women and Society, the Eastern Sociological Society, and the American Sociological Association. Catherine (Kay) G. Valentine is professor emerita of sociology at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. She received her Ph.D. from Syracuse University and her B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany. Kay taught a wide range of courses, such as sociology of gender, senior seminar in sociology, sociology of bodies and emotions, sociology of consumerism, and human sexuality. Her publications include articles onteaching sociology, women's bodies and emotions, gender and qualitative research, and the sociology of art museums. She is the founding director of women's studies at Nazareth College and long-time member of Sociologists for Women in Society. She has also served as president of the New York State Sociological Association. Kay and her spouse, Paul J. Burgett, University of Rochester vice president and professor of music,are devotees of the arts and world travel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pine Forge
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412951461
• ISBN 13: 9781412951463
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 608
• Éditeur: Spade Joan Z., Valentine Catherine G.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible