Bradley, Harriet
Gender
In this new edition of her popular and highly lauded book, Harriet Bradley provides an introduction to the concept of gender and the different theoretical approaches which have developed within gender studies. Utilizing life narratives, she investigates processes of gendering in three important spheres of contemporary social life: production, reproduction and consumption. The book highlights the centrality of gender in everyday life and shows how thinking about gender is influenced by changing political contexts. As well as updating the discussion with the latest scholarship, political concerns and economic data, the new edition pays closer attention to intersectionality and hybrid identities, as well as exploring the complexities of contemporary relations of masculinity and femininity in the light of new feminist activities.
This lively and accessible book will be of interest to students across the social sciences, as well as anyone interested in contemporary relations between women and men.
Keywords: Gender Studies, masculinity, masculinities, feminism, feminist theory, gender theory, gender relations, men, women
- Author(s)
- Bradley, Harriet
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2012
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 2
- Series
- Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences series
- Page amount
- 256 pages
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9780745664507
- Printed ISBN
- 9780745661162