Research Catalog

Title

The gendered society / Michael S. Kimmel.

Author

Kimmel, Michael S.

Publication

Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Details

Description

x, 406 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

• Equality
• Gender identity
• Sex differences (Psychology)
• Sex discrimination
• Sex role

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

ntroduction : human beings : an endgendered species -- Explanations of gender -- Ordained by nature : biology constructs the sexes -- Spanning the world : culture constructs gender difference -- "So, that explains it" : psychological perspectives on gender development -- The social construction of gender relations -- Gendered identities, gendered institutions -- The gendered family -- The gendered classroom -- Separate and unequal : the gendered workplace -- Gendered interactions -- The gendered media -- Gendered intimacies : friendship and love -- The gendered body -- The gender of violence -- Epilogue : "a degendered society"?.

ISBN

• 9780195332339 (alk. paper)
• 0195332334 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007007674

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library