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Thinking about women : sociological perspectives on sex and gender

Author

Andersen, Margaret L.

Title

Thinking about women : sociological perspectives on sex and gender / Margaret L. Andersen.

Format

Book

Edition

7th ed.

Published

Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2006.

Description

xv, 464 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-437) and indexes. Paperback.

Partial contents

• pt. I. Introduction
• 1. Studying women : feminist perspectives
• Why study women?
• The sociological imagination
• Defining feminism
• Women's studies and the inclusion of women
• The growth of men's studies
• The significance of gender, race, and class
• A sociological framework for thinking about women
• pt. II. Gender, culture, and sex
• 2. The social construction of gender
• Biology, culture, and society
• Socialization and the formation of gender identity
• Socialization across the life course
• Theoretical perspectives on the formation of gender
• 3. Gender, culture, and the media : the social construction of knowledge
• Gender, language, and popular culture
• Gender and the media
• The sociology of knowledge
• 4. Sexuality and intimate relationships
• The social construction of sexuality
• The history of sexuality in the United States
• Contemporary sexual attitudes and behavior
• Race, sexuality, and power
• Sexual development over the life cycle
• Love and intimate relationships
• Lesbian, gay, and bisexual experiences

• pt. III. Gender and social institutions
• 5. Gender, work, and the economy
• Historical perspectives on women's work
• What is work?
• Economic restructuring, class, and gender stratification
• The contemporary status of women
• Poverty and welfare
• Work environments
• Intersections of family and work
• Policies for gender equity
• 6. Gender and families
• Historical perspectives on modern families
• Feminist perspectives on families
• The diversity of contemporary families
• Race, gender, and families
• Families and social problems
• 7. Women, health, and reproduction
• The social structure of health
• Gender, health, and social problems
• The politics of reproduction
• Gender and the health care system
• 8. Women and religion
• Sociological perspectives on religion
• Religion and social control
• Religion and the emergence of feminism in the United States
• Women and religiosity
• Women's status in religious institutions
• Religion and social change
• 9. Women, crime, and deviance
• Sociological perspectives on crime and deviance
• Women as criminals
• Women as victims of crime
• Women in the criminal justice system
• 10. Gender, education, and science
• Women and the history of education
• Gender and educational success
• Women in higher education
• Gender, science, and society
• 11. Women, power and politics
• Defining power
• Women and the state
• Women and the law
• Women in government
• Women and the military
• Rethinking the political
• The women's movement

• pt. IV. Gender and social change : frameworks of feminism
• 12. Women and social reform, liberal feminism
• Frameworks of feminist theory
• The liberal basis of modern feminism
• Liberalism as a mode of social thought
• Early liberal feminists
• The critique of liberal feminism
• 13. Contemporary frameworks in feminist theory
• The radical origins of feminist theory : the critique of liberal feminism
• Historical roots of radical feminism
• Socialist feminism : the importance of class and capitalism
• Radical feminism : the power of patriarchy
• Multiracial feminism
• Postmodernist feminism
• Queer theory and sexualities
• Continuing questions for feminist theory
• Glossary.

Kinsey subjects

Status of women. Women history--United States.

ISBN

0205456472