The Sociology of Gender

by Sarah Franklin (Editor)

Overview

The Sociology of Gender combines 21 classic articles on this important topic with a broad-ranging editorial introduction. Emphasizing the categorical function of 'gender' as a social technology, this volume develops a unique approach to one of the most important areas of late twentieth century sociological thought.

Combining accessible and specialized contributions to the sociology of gender, The Sociology of Gender demonstrates the vitality and breadth of gender theory within the social sciences as a whole. The book comprises a unique contribution to gender theory in its own right, while also providing an up- to-date and coherent selection of many of the key articles from the past 20 years addressed to sex and gender categories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852787554
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	01/28/1997
Series:	Schools of Thought in Sociology series , #12
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Sarah Franklin, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK

Table of Contents

• CONTENTS: Acknowledgements Introduction by the Editor
1. D. Riley (1988), ‘Does a Sex Have a History?’
2. N. Jay (1981), ‘Gender and Dichotomy.’
3. N.-C. Mathieu (1974), ‘Notes Towards a Sociological Definition of Sex Categories.’
4. F. Edholm, O. Harris and K. Young (1977), ‘Conceptualising Women.’
5. S.B. Ortner (1974), ‘Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture?’
6. M. Wittig (1981), ‘One is Not Born a Woman.’
7. V. Stolcke (1988), ‘New Reproductive Technologies: The Old Quest for Fatherhood.’
8. P. Tabet (1987), ‘Imposed Reproduction: Maimed Sexuality.’
9. A. Yeatman (1983), ‘The Procreative Model: The Social Ontological Bases of the Gender-Kinship System.’
10. M. di Leonardo (1987), ‘The Female World of Cards and Holidays: Women, Families, and the Work of Kinship.’
11. C. Guillaumin (1981), ‘The Practice of Power and Belief in Nature, Part I: The Appropriation of Women.’
12. C. Guillaumin (1981), ‘The Practice of Power and Belief in Nature, Part II: The Naturalist Discourse.’
13. E. Fox Keller (1987), ‘The Gender/Science System: or, Is Sex To Gender As Nature Is To Science?’
14. V. Beechey (1979), ‘On Patriarchy.’
15. C. West and D.H. Zimmerman (1987), ‘Doing Gender.’
16. S.J. Kessler (1990), ‘The Medical Construction of Gender: Case Management of Intersexed Infants.’
17. E. Martin (1991), ‘The Egg and the Sperm: How Science has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles.’
18. B. Rao (1991), ‘Dominant Constructions of Women and Nature in Social Science Literature.’
19. A. Ong (1987), ‘Review Essay: Disassembling Gender in the Electronics Age.’
20. P. Hill Collins (1986), ‘The Emerging Theory and Pedagogy of Black Women’s Studies.’
21. D.J. Haraway (1991), ‘“Gender” for a Marxist Dictionary: The Sexual Politics of a Word.’

Name Index

Editorial Reviews

An interdisciplinary collection of 21 works of feminist sociological scholarship drawn from periodicals including "Signs", "Feminist Studies", "Feminist Issues", "International Journal of Sociology", and "Journal of Reproductive and Genetic Engineering", as well as from several books. Contributions provide cultural and historical perspectives on the sociology of gender by addressing, contesting, and refashioning its core concepts. In addition to many of the classic feminist discussions of gender as a category, the volume also includes selections chosen to illuminate related areas, such as the nature/culture dichotomy, the body as a site of difference, reproduction and sexuality as contiguous fields to gender, and questions about the production of sociological knowledge itself. Contributors include Monique Wittig, Evelyn Fox Keller, Patricia Hill Collins, and Donna J. Haraway. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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