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Debating Gender, Debating Sexuality incorporates many different and fruitful approaches to understanding gender and sexuality. In this collection, Nikki R. Keddie presents essays, chosen from the journal Contention, written by outstanding scholars and theorists, along with responses to them. Topics discussed include procreation and female oppression, trends in feminist theory, gender and U.S. social policy, Marxism and women's history, the male search for identity today and the works of Foucault and Freud. Contributors include Nicky Hart, Juliet Mitchell, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Barbara Laslett, Sandra Harding, Linda Gordon, Theda Skocpol, Deborah Valenze, Iris Berger, Philippa Levine, Susan Rubin Suleiman, Theodore C. Kent, Roy Porter, Mark Poster, Jeffrey Masson, Frederick Crews, and Jeffrey Prager.
| Introduction | ||
| Procreation: The Substance of Female Oppression in Modern Society | 5 | |
| Juliet Mitchell Responds to Nicky Hart | 49 | |
| Procreation and Women's Rights: A Response to Nicky Hart | 52 | |
| Nicky Hart Replies | 61 | |
| A Culturalist Critique of Trends in Feminist Theory | 73 | |
| Gender Analysis and Social Theory: Building on Ruth Bloch's Proposals | 101 | |
| Culture as an Object of Knowledge | 114 | |
| Response to Sandra Harding and Barbara Laslett | 120 | |
| Gender, State, and Society: A Debate with Theda Skocpol | 129 | |
| Soldiers, Workers, and Mothers: Gendered Identities in Early U.S. Social Policy | 147 | |
| Response to Theda Skocpol | 174 | |
| Is Marxism Still a Useful Tool of Analysis for the History of British Women? | 181 | |
| Marxism and Women's History: African Perspectives | 193 | |
| Response to Valenze and Berger | 208 | |
| Life-Story, History, Fiction: Reflection on Simone de Beauvoir's Wartime Writings | 217 | |
| The Male's Search for a New Identity | 238 | |
| Is Foucault Useful for Understanding Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Sexuality? | 247 | |
| Sexuality and Discourse: A Response to Roy Porter on Foucault | 268 | |
| The Assault on Jeffrey Masson | 277 | |
| Response to Roy Porter's "The Assault on Jeffrey Masson" | 296 | |
| Missing the Point about Freud | 301 | |
| Response to Frederick Crews's "Missing the Point about Freud" | 312 | |
| On the Abuses of Freud: A Reply to Masson and Crews | 315 | |
| Reply to Jeffrey Prager | 324 | |
| Contributors | 329 |
Overview
Debating Gender, Debating Sexuality incorporates many different and fruitful approaches to understanding gender and sexuality. In this collection, Nikki R. Keddie presents essays, chosen from the journal Contention, written by outstanding scholars and theorists, along with responses to them. Topics discussed include procreation and female oppression, trends in feminist theory, gender and U.S. social policy, Marxism and women's history, the male search for identity today and the works of Foucault and Freud. ...