| Description | | - Covers all the key elements of a sociology of gender course
- Provides an overview of theoretical developments in the sociological study of gender since the Second World War
- Explores the way empirical studies of gender and the questions that are defined as important have changed over time, and relates these changes to political and theoretical developments
- Discusses the impact of feminism on the sociological study of gender
- Situates developments in gender relations in Britain in their wider international context
- Engages with contemporary debates on changes such as boys' alleged underperfomance at school and the 'crisis of masculinity.'
| Nickie Charles discusses theoretical developments in the sociological study of gender, providing an overview of how conceptual shifts have affected not only what is studied, which is itself changing, but also how it is studied and the questions that are asked. The empirical areas that provide the focus of the book are paid employment, domestic labour, parenting, education, the 'crisis' of
masculinity, sexuality, and politics. Although the book is centrally concerned with gender, attention is paid to other bases of inequality and social identities such as class, ethnicity, and sexuality. Throughout, the author engages with contemporary debates about the significance of changes in gender relations, showing that while there has been very real change in some areas of social life, in
others there has been remarkable continuity. Finally, gender relations in Britain are situated in international context and linked to global social and economic processes and divisions of labour.
This important new study of gender in modern Britain provides a succinct and clearly written textbook for students on gender studies, women's studies, and sociology of gender courses.
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Readership: Introductory text for sociology students taking gender studies
| Contents |
1.
Studying gender: from women's oppression to gender identities
2.
Gender divisions in the world of paid employment
3.
Gender divisions of domestic labour
4.
Parenthood and childcare
5.
Schooling: it's a girls world
6.
Young men and the crisis of masculinity
7.
Sexuality and power
8.
Violence
9.
Gendering politics
10.
Britain in international context
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Nickie Charles, Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and International Development, University of Wales, Swansea
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