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Informationen zum Autor CHRIS HAYWOOD is also based in the Department of Education at the University of Newcastle, UK. Klappentext This text brings together debates and empirical research in feminist theory, theories of men and masculinity, and post-structuralism, offering a wide-ranging account of the relationship between gender, culture and society. It offers a balanced study of the diverse, complex and fluid nature of gender at a time of rapid social change. It is a comprehensive book that is suitable for undergraduate and post-graduate social science courses and valuable to those writing and researching in the area of gender relations. Zusammenfassung This text offers a wide-ranging account of the dynamic relationship between gender! culture and society. Incorporates feminist theory! theories of men and masculinity! and post-structuralism! as well as recent global events! ensuring a highly topical and relevant discussion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Gender Relations in Context Approaching Gender: Feminism, Men's Studies and the Cultural Turn Fragmenting Family Life: Maternal Femininities and Paternal Masculinities In and Out of Labour: Beyond the Cult of Domesticity and Breadwinners Interplaying Gender and Age in Late Modernity Sporting Genders: Media Masculinities and Femininities Shifting Gender Connections: Sexuality, Late Modernity and Lifestyle Sex Representing Engendered Bodies: Producing the Cultural Categories 'Men' and 'Women' Men and Women of the World: Emerging Representations of Global Gender Relations Gender on the Move: The Search for a New Sex/Gender Order in Late Modernity Conclusion
