Gender: An Ethnomethodological Approach

by Suzanne J. Kessler, Wendy McKenna

Overview

Kessler and McKenna convincingly argue that gender is not a reflection of biological reality but rather a social construct that varies across cultures. Valuable for its insights into gender, its extensive treatment of transsexualism, and its ethnomethodological approach, Gender reviews and critiques data from biology, anthropology, sociology, and psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226432069
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	06/15/1985
Series:	Population and Development Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Suzanne J. Kessler is professor of psychology at the State University of New York, Purchase. Wendy McKenna is an adjunct associate professor of psychology at Barnard College.

Table of Contents

1. The Primacy of Gender Attribution
2. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Gender
3. Biology and Gender
4. Development Aspects of Gender
5. Gender Construction in Everyday Life: Transsexualism
6. Toward a Theory of Gender
Appendix - Letter from Rachel
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index