Gender and Sexuality: Critical Theories, Critical Thinkers

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This accessible introduction to gender and sexuality theory offers a comprehensive overview and critique of the key contemporary literature and debates in feminism, sexuality studies and men's studies.

Chris Beasley's clear and concise introduction combines a wide-ranging survey of the major theorists and key concepts in an ever-growing and often passionately debated field.

The book contextualizes a wide range of feminist perspectives, ...

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Overview

This accessible introduction to gender and sexuality theory offers a comprehensive overview and critique of the key contemporary literature and debates in feminism, sexuality studies and men's studies.

Chris Beasley's clear and concise introduction combines a wide-ranging survey of the major theorists and key concepts in an ever-growing and often passionately debated field.

The book contextualizes a wide range of feminist perspectives, including: modernist, liberal, postmodern, queer and gender difference feminism; and in the realm of sexuality studies covers modernist liberationism, social constructionism, transgender theorising and queer theory. In men's studies, Chris Beasley examines areas of debate ranging from gender and masculinity to questions of race, ethnicity, imperialism and gay masculinities. Interconnections between the subfields are highlighted, and Beasley considers the implications of body theory for all three.

Key theorists covered include:

Altman· Brod· Butler · Califia· Carbado· Connell· Dowsett ·Grosz· Halberstam· Hook · Jackson· Jagose· Nussbaum· Rich· Seidman· Spivak· Stoltenberg· Weeks· Whittle· Wolf· Wollstonecraft

The only book of its kind to draw together all the important strands of gender analysis, Gender and Sexuality is a timely and impressive overview that is invaluable to students and academics taking courses on gender and feminist theory, sexuality and masculinity.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780761969785
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications
  • Publication date: 7/28/2005
  • Pages: 304
  • Product dimensions: 6.96 (w) x 9.76 (h) x 0.92 (d)

Table of Contents

1 Gender and feminism : an overview 11
2 Modernist emancipatory feminism : liberal feminism - Wollstonecraft to Wolf 28
3 Liberal feminism : Nussbaum 36
4 Gender difference feminism : 'women-centred' identity politics to sexual difference - Rich to Grosz 45
5 Postmodern psychoanalytic feminism : sexual difference 60
6 Differences : feminism and 'race'/ethnicity/imperialism (REI) - Hooks to Spivak 73
7 REI feminism : Hooks 86
8 Postmodern feminism : Butler 96
9 Queering gender/queer feminism : Butler, Whittle 105
10 Sexuality studies : an overview 117
11 Modernist liberationism : Altman 127
12 Social constructionism : Jackson, Weeks 135
13 Social constructionism : Weeks 144
14 Transgender theorising : Califia 152
15 Queer theory : Jagose, Seidman 161
16 Gender and masculinity studies : an overview 177
17 Gender, masculinity/men's studies and feminism : Brod 186
18 Radical pro-feminism : between gender difference and categorical social constructionism - Stoltenberg 199
19 Differences : race/ethnicity/imperialism and gay masculinities - Dowsett, Carbado 210
20 Socialist pro-feminism and relational social constructionism - Connell 222
21 Queer(ing) masculinity studies : female masculinity - Halberstam 231
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