Thinking about Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and GenderAllyn and Bacon, 2000 - 434 pages * Contains a new section on language, gender, and popular culture (Ch. 3). * Includes new material on sexuality, including bisexuality and transgendered identities (Ch. 4). * Updates the discussion of sex, gender, and sexuality as central concepts (Ch. 2). * Provides a clearer discussion of the relationship between biology and culture (Ch. 2). * Incorporates new information on welfare reform, teen pregnancy, and poverty among women (Ch. 5). * Emphasizes more fully the influence of postmodernism and the social construction of gender (Ch. 13). * Features new suggested readings, but retains the classics. * Integrates updated research throughout, including new graphics. * Maintains a strong and integrated focus on race, class, and gender throughout. * Includes the most current scholarship on gender. * Retains its clear and lively writing style, written specifically for an undergraduate audience. * Provides Discussion Questions/Projects for Thought at the end of each chapter. |
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... characters seen . With few excep- tions , there are limited positive images of people of color on television and they appear in a narrow range of character types . When Black women are portrayed , they usually appear in stereotypical ...
... characters seen . With few excep- tions , there are limited positive images of people of color on television and they appear in a narrow range of character types . When Black women are portrayed , they usually appear in stereotypical ...
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... characters appear as wealthy or middle class ; very few are shown as working class or poor . Only a few episodes in ... character it would have in reality . Ideas and characters appear fixed , giving a singular impression of reality ...
... characters appear as wealthy or middle class ; very few are shown as working class or poor . Only a few episodes in ... character it would have in reality . Ideas and characters appear fixed , giving a singular impression of reality ...
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... character of this growing social problem . It has been demonstrated that more egalitarian gender- role attitudes are associated with the belief in contraceptive use ; moreover , young men with egalitarian gender - role attitudes are ...
... character of this growing social problem . It has been demonstrated that more egalitarian gender- role attitudes are associated with the belief in contraceptive use ; moreover , young men with egalitarian gender - role attitudes are ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Gender Sex and Culture | 19 |
The Social Construction | 51 |
Copyright | |
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