Power/Gender: Social Relations in Theory and Practice

This book investigates the complex strands that inextricably link gender and power relations, demonstrating how gender is constructed through the practices of power.

The contributors argue that ‘female' and ‘male' are shaped not only at the micro-level of everyday social interaction but also at the macro-level where social institutions control and regulate the practice of gender. Power//Gender explores: how theorizing on power is affected when gender is taken into account; post-Foucauldian t...