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Where the millennials will take us : a new generation wrestles with the gender structure

Title
Where the millennials will take us : a new generation wrestles with the gender structure / Barbara J. Risman.
Author
Risman, Barbara J., 1956-
Publication
  • New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Description
ix, 361 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"Are today's young adults gender rebels or returning to tradition? In Where the Millennials Will Take Us, Barbara J. Risman reveals the diverse strategies youth use to negotiate the ongoing gender revolution. Risman offers a revision of her theory of gender as a social structureand uses it to analyze life history interviews with a diverse set of Millennials to probe their gender identities, what they believe others expect of them, their ideologies, and their hopes and dreams for the future."--
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-346) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Gender as a social structure -- Millennials as emerging adults -- Getting the stories : data collection and methodology -- The true believers -- The innovators -- The rebels -- The straddlers -- Bringing gender into the emerging adulthood literature : where do the millennials stand? -- Getting to a utopian world beyond gender -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1. Growing up in the 21st century : interview schedule -- Appendix 2. Coding scheme : gender structure themes.
Call Number
JFE 18-3090
ISBN
  • 9780199324385
  • 0199324387
  • 9780199324392
  • 0199324395
LCCN
2017019938
OCLC
999673543
Author
Risman, Barbara J., 1956- author.
Title
Where the millennials will take us : a new generation wrestles with the gender structure / Barbara J. Risman.
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-346) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 18-3090
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