Gender Identities in a Globalized World

by Gonzalez, Ana Marta; Seidler, Victor J.

• ISBN13: 9781591026747
• ISBN10: 1591026741
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-16
• Publisher: Humanities Press

Summary

This cross-disciplinary collection of essays focuses on gender from multiple perspectives, touching on a variety of aspects that range from specific tendencies, such as fashion, to general trends connected to globalisation, human dignity, and world migration. The main themes include human rights, political economy, cultural diversity, democracy, immigration, dignity, care, and shifts in hegemonic male models of societies. The volume differs from others published on gender as it focuses on the impact of globalisation on gender identities, and examines the potent for global masculinities and feminisms, as well as the implications that these might have on the local level. The multidisciplinary approach allows analysis of the topic from several different points of view and methodologies. The pioneering studies in this unique volume will be of great interest to sociologists, feminists, philosophers, and scholars and students of gender identity and globalisation trends.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
About the Contributors	p. 9
Introduction
Gender Identities in a Globalized World	p. 15
Gender Identities in a Culturally Diverse World
Women's Human Rights as Equality through Difference	p. 35
Who Pays for Gender De-institutionalization?	p. 53
Personal Identity and Gender: A Revised Aristotelian Approach	p. 75
Bodies between Genders: In Search of New Forms of Identity	p. 109
Masculinities in a Globalized World
Transforming Masculinities: Globalization, Dislocations, and Insecurities; Masculinities/Modernities	p. 131
Re-thinking Hegemonic Masculinity in a Globalizing World	p. 167
Globalization and Its Mal(e)contents: The Gendered Moral and Political Economy of the Extreme Right	p. 195
Clothing as an Identity Resource for Men: A View of the Italian Fashion Industry	p. 239
Gender Globalization and an Ethics of Care
Nationalism, Belonging, Globalization and the "Ethics of Care"	p. 275
Gender, Global Ethics, and Human Rights	p. 291
Notes	p. 325
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