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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Page 232
... religious faith has spawned feminism and liberalism . Although religion has been a repressive force in women's lives , it has also been a source of liberation . Bernice Johnson Reagon , Black feminist and per- former , reflects on her ...
... religious faith has spawned feminism and liberalism . Although religion has been a repressive force in women's lives , it has also been a source of liberation . Bernice Johnson Reagon , Black feminist and per- former , reflects on her ...
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... religious role as cen- tered in the home , women in Reform temples participate fully in the life of the temple and they engage in a wide array of volunteer religious , educational , and philanthropic activities ( Hargrove , Schmidt ...
... religious role as cen- tered in the home , women in Reform temples participate fully in the life of the temple and they engage in a wide array of volunteer religious , educational , and philanthropic activities ( Hargrove , Schmidt ...
Page 253
... religion will take more than eliminating or changing sexist images in religious thought and admitting women to positions of religious leadership . The more radical feminist critique suggests that the patriarchal models of patriarchal ...
... religion will take more than eliminating or changing sexist images in religious thought and admitting women to positions of religious leadership . The more radical feminist critique suggests that the patriarchal models of patriarchal ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Gender Sex and Culture | 19 |
The Social Construction | 51 |
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