Gender, Culture and Society - Contemporary Femininities and Masculinities

Informationen zum Autor CHRIS HAYWOOD is also based in the Department of Education at the University of Newcastle, UK. Klappentext 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. 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

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• Authors: Mairtin Mac An Ghaill, Mairtin Mac an Haywood Ghaill, Haywood, C Haywood, C. Haywood, Chris Haywood, Mairtin Mac An Ghaill, Máirtin Mac an Ghaill
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.10.2006
• EAN: 9780333987841
• ISBN: 978-0-333-98784-1
• No. of pages: 310
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 232 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Social Sciences, Cultural turn;culture;feminism;gender;Sex;society;women