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Questions about gender, sex, and sexualities have spurred political, religious, and juridical debates around the world. This book offers readers up-to-date knowledge concerning these matters, as well as tools for critical analysis. Its contributions by leading scholars from around the world will stimulate novel thinking among students and scholars within psychology and related fields.
List of contents
- Introduction
- PART I Emerging Frameworks: Beyond Binaries
- Chapter 1: Setting the Stage: Gender, Sex, and Sexualities in Psychology
- Eva Magnusson and Jeanne Marecek
- Chapter 2: Intersectionality as a Framework for Theory and Research in Feminist Psychology
- Leah R. Warner and Stephanie A. Shields
- Chapter 3: Non-Binary Gender Identities
- Peter Hegarty, Y. Gavriel Ansara, and Meg-John Barker
- Chapter 4: On Being and Becoming Female and Male: A Sex-Neutral Evolutionary Perspective
- Patricia Adair Gowaty
- PART II Contemporary Avenues of Inquiry
- Chapter 5: Gender and Sex(ualities): A Cultural Psychology Approach
- Tugçe Kurtis and Glenn Adams
- Chapter 6: Discursive Psychological Approaches to the (Un)making of Sex/Gender
- Ngaire Donaghue
- Chapter 7: Gendered Power: Insights from Power Basis Theory
- I-Ching Lee and Felicia Pratto
- Chapter 8: Gender Stereotypes and Stereotyping: A Cognitive Perspective on Gender Bias
- Monica Biernat and Amanda Sesko
- Chapter 9: Psychoanalytic Theories of Gender
- Leslie C. Bell
- Chapter 10: Gender, Dispositions, Peer Relations, and Identity: Toward an Integrative Developmental Model
- Campbell Leaper
- Chapter 11: The Integrative Psychobiology of Early Gender Development
- Melissa Hines
- Chapter 12: Contemporary Theory in the Study of Intimacy, Desire, and Sexuality
- Lisa Diamond
- Chapter 13: Integrating Evolutionary Affective Neuroscience and Feminism in Gender Research
- Leslie L. Heywood and Justin R. Garcia
- Chapter 14: Categories, Gender, and Development: A Feminist Perspective
- Ellin Scholnick and Patricia Miller
- About the Contributors
About the author
Nancy K. Dess is Professor of Psychology at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. Her work on the relationship between emotion and eating, peace, and research ethics has appeared in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. She is a member of the American Psychological Association's Board of Scientific Affairs, has served as APA's Senior Scientist, and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science.
Jeanne Marecek is William R. Kenan Professor of Psychology Emerita at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She is a critical feminist psychologist and has worked extensively in Sri Lanka and in the Nordic countries. She is co-author of Making a Difference: Psychology and the Construction of Gender (Yale University, 1990); Gender and Culture in Psychology: Theories and Practices (Cambridge, 2012); and Doing Interview-based Qualitative Research (Cambridge, 2015). She is co-editor of Feminism & Psychology.
Leslie C. Bell is a psychotherapist and sociologist in private practice in Berkeley, California. Her research focuses on young women's experiences of sexuality and relationships, and integrates psychoanalytic and sociological theories and methods. Her work has appeared in various academic and popular publications and has been frequently featured in the news media. She is the author of Hard to Get: Twentysomething Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom (University of California Press, 2013).
Summary
Questions about gender, sex, and sexualities have spurred political, religious, and juridical debates around the world. This book offers readers up-to-date knowledge concerning these matters, as well as tools for critical analysis. Its contributions by leading scholars from around the world will stimulate novel thinking among students and scholars within psychology and related fields.
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Nancy Dess, Jeanne Marecek, and Leslie Bell have curated a brilliant, accessible and lively text on Gender, Sex, and Sexualities that works like a feminist GPS, guiding novice and experienced readers through contemporary transnational work on gender/sexuality research, theory practice, and activisms...Dess, Marecek, and Bell help us imagine how we make sense, and make trouble, about gender at the radical intersections.
