Jessie Bernard Reader

by Jessie Bernard, Michael S. Kimmel, Yasemin Besen

Overview

Jessie Bernard was one of the foremost early feminist sociologists and public intellectuals in women's studies. In The Jessie Bernard Reader, Michael S. Kimmel and Yasemin Besen have compiled her most intriguing and influential work on marriage, the family, sexuality and changing women's roles in the United States. Bernard's pioneering works bridged the gap between academic social science and public advocacy for gender equality. Her books were landmarks in demarcating the effects of the "separation of spheres." Among her most celebrated arguments was that couples experienced two different marriages, "his" and "hers"-and that his was better than hers. This volume will inspire a new generation of scholars, a generation that inherits the gains for which Bernard struggled her entire career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594514838
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/30/2008
Series:	Classics in Gender Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Bernard, Jessie; Kimmel, Michael S.; Besen, Yasemin

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Prologue: My Four Revolutions—An Autobiographical History of the ASA; Part 1 Marriage; Chapter 2 Jealousy and Marriage; Chapter 3 Infidelity: Some Moral and Social Issues; Chapter 4 The Housewife: Between Two Worlds; Chapter 5 The Good-Provider Role: Its Rise and Fall; Part II Motherhood; Chapter 6 Adolescence and Socialization for Motherhood; Chapter 7 Why Motherhood? Many Differences, One Similarity; Part III The Female World; Chapter 8 The Female World: A Global Perspective; Chapter 9 Relating the Two Worlds: A Prophet’s Roar; Chapter 10 What Do You Mean “The Sexes”?; Chapter 11 The Status of Women in Modern Patterns of Culture; Part IV Changing Culture; Chapter 12 Note on Changing Lifestyles, 1970–1974; Chapter 13 Age, Sex, and Feminism; Chapter 14 The Female World and Technology in 2020;

Editorial Reviews

The Jessie Bernard Reader is a wonderful gift to all of us, whether sociologist or lay reader. Although reluctant to wear the mantle of feminism, Professor Bernard was a feminist before the Second Wave came along to give it heft. In her quiet insistence that empirical work mattered—and her demonstration of that belief in her work—she helped to change the face of sociology and made a lasting contribution to the study of gender. Her notion of a ‘his’ and ‘her’ marriage and her critical examination of motherhood were revolutionary for the time and permanently changed our understanding of both the dynamics of marriage and the romantic myths surrounding motherhood.”
—Lillian B. Rubin, Ph.D.

From the Publisher

The Jessie Bernard Reader is a wonderful gift to all of us, whether sociologist or lay reader. Although reluctant to wear the mantle of feminism, Professor Bernard was a feminist before the Second Wave came along to give it heft. In her quiet insistence that empirical work mattered—and her demonstration of that belief in her work—she helped to change the face of sociology and made a lasting contribution to the study of gender. Her notion of a “his” and “her” marriage and her critical examination of motherhood were revolutionary for the time and permanently changed our understanding of both the dynamics of marriage and the romantic myths surrounding motherhood.

Lillian B. Rubin