Thinking about Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and GenderAllyn and Bacon, 2000 - 434 páginas * Contains a new section on language, gender, and popular culture (Ch. 3). * Includes new material on sexuality, including bisexuality and transgendered identities (Ch. 4). * Updates the discussion of sex, gender, and sexuality as central concepts (Ch. 2). * Provides a clearer discussion of the relationship between biology and culture (Ch. 2). * Incorporates new information on welfare reform, teen pregnancy, and poverty among women (Ch. 5). * Emphasizes more fully the influence of postmodernism and the social construction of gender (Ch. 13). * Features new suggested readings, but retains the classics. * Integrates updated research throughout, including new graphics. * Maintains a strong and integrated focus on race, class, and gender throughout. * Includes the most current scholarship on gender. * Retains its clear and lively writing style, written specifically for an undergraduate audience. * Provides Discussion Questions/Projects for Thought at the end of each chapter. |
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... socialist and radical feminists begin their critique of Marx . These feminists agree with much of Marx and Engel's analysis , but they disagree that the oppression of women is ... Socialist and Radical Feminism 357 Socialist Feminism.
... socialist and radical feminists begin their critique of Marx . These feminists agree with much of Marx and Engel's analysis , but they disagree that the oppression of women is ... Socialist and Radical Feminism 357 Socialist Feminism.
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... Socialist Societies Questions about the relationship of women's oppression to capitalism and patri- archy beg the question of whether women's status improves under socialism . Socialist feminists have had a vision of societies in which ...
... Socialist Societies Questions about the relationship of women's oppression to capitalism and patri- archy beg the question of whether women's status improves under socialism . Socialist feminists have had a vision of societies in which ...
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... Socialist and radical feminism , on the other hand , locate the cause of sexism in the fundamental character of political and economic institutions . These per- spectives pose a challenge to the very basis of our social existence by ...
... Socialist and radical feminism , on the other hand , locate the cause of sexism in the fundamental character of political and economic institutions . These per- spectives pose a challenge to the very basis of our social existence by ...
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
Gender Sex and Culture | 19 |
The Social Construction | 51 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 13 secciones no mostradas
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