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Informationen zum Autor Christine L. Williams is Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Gender Differences at Work: Women and Men in Nontraditional Occupations (1989) and Still a Man's World: Men Who Do "Women's Work" (1995), and is the editor of Doing 'Women's Work': Men in Nontraditional Occupations (1993) and Feminist Views of the Social Sciences (2000). She has served as chair of the Sex and Gender section of the American Sociological Association. Arlene Stein teaches sociology at Rutgers University. She is the author of Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation (1997) and The Stranger Next Door: The Story of a Small Community' Battle over Sex, Faith, and Civil Rights (2001), and is the editor of Sisters, Sexperts, Queers: Beyond the Lesbian Nation (1993). She has served as chair of the Sexualities section of the American Sociological Association. Klappentext As society shapes the expression of sexual desire through cultural images and social institutions, sociologists examine how sexual behavior shapes, and is shaped by, social norms. Several of the most eminent and readable social theorists drive this important new line of sociological thought. Gathered here are thirty-two of the best essays on the sociology of sex and gender. The essays included here reflect differences in race, gender, and class and demonstrate how different social groups experience different sets of social norms. Topics include gender and sex theory, identity, childhood and adolescent sexuality, the objectification of women, sexuality and religion, leisure and recreation, politics and social change, and the possible future of sexual relationships. These essays also explore contemporary issues that remain relevant to students and to current theoretical debates. Editorial introductions give further direction and insight, making this an ideal introduction to sex and gender. Zusammenfassung This volume contains 32 essays on the sociology of sex and gender! that reflect differences in race! gender and class and demonstrate how different social groups experience different sets of social norms. Topics include gender and sex theory! identity and childhood and adolescent sexuality. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Thinking About Sexuality. Introduction. 1. Higamous-Hogamous (Dorothy Dinnerstein) 2. Symbolic Interaction and Sexual Conduct: An Emergent Perspective (Ken Plummer) 3. Pleasure Under Patriarchy (Catharine MacKinnon) 4. A Queer Encounter: Sociology and the Study of Sexuality (Steve Epstein) Part II: Gender and Sexual Identities. Introduction. 5. The Naked Citadel (Susan Faludi) 6. Subject Honor and Object Shame: The Construction of Male Homosexuality and Stigma in Nicaragua (Roger Lancaster) 7. Copycat (Kath Weston) 8. Sexuality and Gender in Certain Native American Tribes: The Case of Cross-Gender Females (Evelyn Blackwood) Part III: Sexuality in Childhood and Adolescence. Introduction. 9. Sexuality and Gender in Children's Daily Worlds (Barrie Thorne and Zella Luria) 10. I Couldn't Ever Picture Myself Having Sex.: Gender Differences in Sex and Sexual Subjectivity (Karen A. Martin) 11. The Punk Guys Will Really Overpower What the Punk Girls Have to Say: The Boy's Turf (Excerpt) (Lauraine Leblanc) 12. Tough Times: Susan Carver (Elaine Bell Kaplan) Part IV: Sexual Objectification. Introduction. 13. The Sexual Politics of Black Womanhood (Patricia Hill Collins) 14. Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor (Excerpt) (Wendy Chapkis) 15. Working for Men: At the Intersection of Power! Gender! and Sexuality (Meika Loe) 16. Boundary Lines: Labeling Sexual Harassment in Restaurants (Patti Giuffre and Christine Williams) Part V: Sexuality and Religion. Introduction. 17. Bre...
