The Gender Line

Levit analyzes the ways in which law legitimizes the social segregation of the sexes through legal decisions and illustrates the ways in which men's and women's oppressions are intertwined and how law molds the very definition of masculinity.

About the author

Nancy Levit is Curators' and Edward D. Ellison Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

Summary

In this work, the author analyzes the ways in which law legitimizes the social segregation of the sexes through legal decisions and illustrates the ways in which men's and women's oppressions are intertwined and how law molds the very definition of masculinity.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Levit, Andy Merrifield
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2000
• EAN: 9780814751220
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-5122-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 227 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 422 g
• Series: Critical America; Critical America
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories