Research Catalog

Title

Masculinity/femininity : basic perspectives / edited by June Machover Reinisch, Leonard A. Rosenblum, Stephanie A. Sanders.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Reinisch, June Machover.
• Rosenblum, Leonard A.
• Sanders, Stephanie A.

Description

xvi, 364 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

In recent years the terms masculine and feminine have generated considerable debate. This book examines major issues in sex differentiation research on humans and animals, reflecting the Kinsey Institute's broad emphasis on integrated, multi-disciplinary research.

Series Statement

The Kinsey Institute series ; v. 1

Uniform Title

Kinsey Institute series ; v. 1.

Subject

• Sex differences (Psychology) > Congresses
• Masculinity > Congresses
• Femininity > Congresses
• Identity (Psychology) > Congresses
• Psychophysiology > Congresses
• Gender identity
• Identification (Psychology)
• Sex differences
• Sex differentiation
• Gender Identity
• Identification, Psychological
• Sex Characteristics
• Sex Differentiation
• sex role
• Sex differentiation
• Sex differences
• Gender identity
• Femininity
• Identity (Psychology)
• Masculinity
• Psychophysiology
• Sex differences (Psychology)
• Geschlechterpsychologie
• Geschlechtsunterschied
• Männlichkeit
• Psychologie
• Weiblichkeit
• Kongress
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Sekseverschillen
• Sexuality
• Sexology
• Masculinities
• Gender expression
• Femininities
• Sex (Body)
• Gender assigned at birth
• Rôle selon le sexe
• Masculinité
• Fémininité (psychologie)
• Différences entre sexes (psychologie)
• Geschlechterpsychologie
• Kongress
• Geschlechtsunterschied
• Psychologie
• Weiblichkeit
• Aufsatzsammlung

Genre/Form

• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Aufsatzsammlung.
• Konferenzschrift – 1984 – Bloomington Ind.
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• Revised papers from a conference held in 1984.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Contents

Part I. Psychobiological perspectives -- Propaedeutics of diecious G-I/R : theoretical foundations for understanding dimorphic gender-identity/role / John Money -- Alternative interpretations of the development of G-I/R / Frank A. Beach -- Part II. Neuroscience perspectives -- Sex differences in the rodent brain : their nature and origin / Roger A. Gorski -- Observations on brain sexual differentiation : a biochemist's view / Bruce S. McEwen -- Part III. Evolutionary perspectives -- Functional associations in behavioral endocrinology / David Crews -- The importance of chemical messengers in mammalian reproduction / Milos Novotny -- Behavioral dimorphisms in the sexual initiative of great apes / Ronald D. Nadler -- The study of masculinity/femininity from a comparative developmental perspective / Leonard A. Rosenblum -- Part IV. Behavioral genetics perspectives -- Sex differences in mental retardation and their implications for sex differences in ability / Steven G. Vandenberg -- The fragile X chromosome anomaly : a comment / James R. Wilson -- Part V. Developmental perspectives -- Assessment of behavioral sex differences in social contexts : perspectives from primatology / David A. Goldfoot and Deborah A. Neff -- Assessment of behavioral sex differences : a commentary / R.W. Goy -- Early sex role behavior and school age adjustment / Michael Lewis / The varied meanings of "masculine" and "feminine" / Eleanor E. Maccoby -- Gender roles and achievement patterns : an expectancy value perspective / Jacquelynne S. Eccles -- A transactional perspective on the development of gender differences / Anke A. Ehrhardt -- Part IV. Psychosocial perspectives -- Psychological constructions of masculinity and femininity / Kay Deaux -- Masculinity and femininity exist only in the mind of the perceiver / Sandra Lipsitz Bem -- Part VII. Cultural perspectives -- Masculinity and femininity in elaborated movement systems / Anya Peterson Royce -- Alienated from the meanings of reproduction? / Lionel Tiger.

ISBN

• 0195041054
• 9780195041057

LCCN

86005252

OCLC

• ocm13329733
• 13329733
• SCSB-1168893

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library