Gender : a sociological reader / ed. by Stevi Jackson and Sue Scott.

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TextSeries: Routledge student readersPublication details: London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2002.Description: XIV, 465 SISBN:

0415201802 (pbk.)
9780415201803 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

305.3 JAC

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The first gender reader in UK to focus on sociological perspectives, this book offers students an informed overview of some of the most significant sociological work on gender produced over the last three decades. Edited by leading authorities, the readings cover both theoretical and empirical work representing a range of perspectives, and each section includes segments addressing the intersection of gender with differences of 'race', class and sexuality. Forty-eight readings are organised into six sections:

* gender and knowledge
* class, gender and the labour market
* paid and unpaid work
* marriage and intimate relationships
* gendered embodiment.

In order to guide students through the issues, the book has a substantial critical introduction exploring the history of sociological analyses of gender, as well as introductions to each section, editorial commentary on the readings themselves, suggestions for further reading and questions for discussion. Clearly and concisely written, this comprehensive reader is a valuable reference source for students of sociology, gender and women's studies.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Series editor's preface (p. xi)
Acknowledgements (p. xiii)
Introduction: the Gendering of Sociology (p. 1)
Part 1 Gender and knowledge (p. 27)
1 Should 'Sex' Really Be 'Gender' - or 'Gender' Really Be 'Sex'? (p. 31)
2 Doing Gender (p. 42)
3 Performative Subversions (p. 48)
4 Rethinking Sex and Gender (p. 51)
5 Hegemonic Masculinity (p. 60)
6 Women's Perspective as a Radical Critique of Sociology (p. 63)
7 Learning from the Outsider within: the Sociological Significance of Black Feminist Thought (p. 69)
8 The Heterosexual Imaginary (p. 79)
Part 2 Class, gender and the labour market (p. 85)
9 Women and Social Stratification: a Case of Intellectual Sexism (p. 89)
10 Gender, Class and Stratification: Towards a New Approach (p. 93)
11 Capitalism, Patriarchy and Job Segregation by Sex (p. 97)
12 Women Working Worldwide (p. 112)
13 Black Women, Sexism and Racism (p. 117)
14 Patriarchy and the Professions: the Gendered Politics of Occupational Closure (p. 122)
15 Full Wages and Component Wages (p. 133)
16 Lesbians in Manual Jobs (p. 136)
17 A Single or Segregated Market? Gendered and Racialised Divisions (p. 143)
Part 3 Paid and unpaid work (p. 151)
18 Public and Private: Marking the Boundaries (p. 155)
19 Domestic Labourers: or Stand By Your Man - While He Sits Down and Has a Cup of Tea (p. 159)
20 Fast Food, Fettered Work: Chinese Women in the Ethnic Catering Industry (p. 165)
21 The Variety of Work Done by Wives (p. 170)
22 Resisting Equal Opportunities: The Issue of Maternity (p. 180)
23 Emotional Labour (p. 192)
24 Sexual Servicing and the Labour Market (p. 197)
Part 4 Marriage and intimate relationships (p. 203)
25 The Husband's Marriage and the Wife's Marriage (p. 207)
26 Household Spending, Personal Spending and the Control of Money in Marriage (p. 220)
27 The Sexualisation of Love (p. 225)
28 But He Said He Loved Me (p. 230)
29 Whose Orgasm is This Anyway? 'Sex Work' in Long-Term Heterosexual Couple Relationships (p. 233)
30 Marriage and Family in a British Pakistani Community (p. 238)
31 Lovers Through the Looking Glass (p. 241)
32 'Sex, Money and the Kitchen Sink' (p. 248)
33 Intimacy Transformed? (p. 259)
Part 5 Becoming gendered (p. 269)
34 What's Wrong with Socialisation? (p. 273)
35 Becoming Male or Female (p. 280)
36 Do Girls and Boys Have Different Cultures? (p. 291)
37 Redefining Black Womanhood (p. 303)
38 Ambivalent Femininities (p. 311)
39 In the Same Boat? (p. 326)
40 Choosing a Story (p. 338)
41 The Career Path of the Male Femaler (p. 362)
Part 6 Gendered embodiment (p. 369)
42 Seeing Red (p. 373)
43 The Egg and the Sperm (p. 384)
44 Black Bodies, White Bodies: Toward an Iconography of Female Sexuality in the Late Nineteenth Century (p. 392)
45 Manly Aesthetics (p. 401)
46 You Too can Have a Body Like Mine (p. 406)
47 From Objectified Body to Embodied Subject (p. 423)
48 Pumping Irony (p. 429)
49 Drag and Camp (p. 440)
50 Defining and Producing Genitals (p. 447)
Index (p. 457)