Gender Reckonings: New Social Theory and Research
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Document Type
Book
Description
Edited by James W. Messerschmidt, Patricia Yancey Martin, Michael A. Messner, and Raewyn Connell
Since scholars began interrogating the meaning of gender and sexuality in society, this field has become essential to the study of sociology. Gender Reckonings aims to map new directions for understanding gender and sexuality within a more pragmatic, dynamic, and socially relevant framework. It shows how gender relations must be understood on a large scale as well as in intimate detail.
The contributors return to the basics, questioning how gender patterns change, how we can realize gender equality, and how the structures of gender impact daily life. Gender Reckonings covers not only foundational concepts of gender relations and gender justice, but also explores postcolonial patterns of gender, intersectionality, gender fluidity, transgender practices, neoliberalism, and queer theory.
Gender Reckonings
combines the insights of gender and sexuality scholars from different generations, fields, and world regions. The editors and contributors are leading social scientists from six continents, and the book gives vivid accounts of the changing politics of gender in different communities.
ISBN
9781479809349
Publication Date
2-2018
Publisher
New York University Press
City
New York, NY
Keywords
sociology, gender, sexuality, gender justice, gender studies, women and gender studies
Disciplines
Gender and Sexuality | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology
Recommended Citation
Messerschmidt, James, et al. Gender Reckonings: New Social Theory and Research. New York University Press , 2018.
