Gender, Culture and Society Contemporary Femininities and Masculinities

by Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin; Haywood, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780333987841
• ISBN10: 0333987845
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-09
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

In today's western societies, fundamental transformations are occurring in men and women's everyday lives, making traditional gender roles far from static. This innovative new text offers a wide-ranging account of the complex relationship between gender, culture and society. Incorporating feminist frameworks with that of studies of masculinity, the text provides both a contemporary and an authoritative critique to the question of gender. Core topics such as the relationship between gender and power, the question of a crisis in masculinity and the apparent transformation in women's lives are all discussed. With complex theory carefully elucidated through global examples, this is an engaging student resource that highlights the importance of gender to the society in which we live.

Author Biography

MAIRTIN MAC AN GHAILL is based in the Department of Education at the University of Newcastle. CHRIS HAYWOOD is also based in the Department of Education at the University of Newcastle.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Gender Relations in Context * Approaching Gender: Feminism, Men's Studies and the Cultural Turn * Fragmenting Family Life: Maternal Femininities and Paternal Masculinities * In and Out of Labour: Beyond the Cult of Domesticity and Breadwinners * Interplaying Gender and Age in Late Modernity * Sporting Genders: Media Masculinities and Femininities * Shifting Gender Connections: Sexuality, Late Modernity and Lifestyle Sex * Representing Engendered Bodies: Producing the Cultural Categories 'Men' and 'Women' * Men and Women of the World: Emerging Representations of Global Gender Relations * Gender on the Move: The Search for a New Sex/Gender Order in Late Modernity * Conclusion

Introduction: Gender Relations in Context * Approaching Gender: Feminism, Men's Studies and the Cultural Turn * Fragmenting Family Life: Maternal Femininities and Paternal Masculinities * In and Out of Labour: Beyond the Cult of Domesticity and Breadwinners * Interplaying Gender and Age in Late Modernity * Sporting Genders: Media Masculinities and Femininities * Shifting Gender Connections: Sexuality, Late Modernity and Lifestyle Sex * Representing Engendered Bodies: Producing the Cultural Categories 'Men' and 'Women' * Men and Women of the World: Emerging Representations of Global Gender Relations * Gender on the Move: The Search for a New Sex/Gender Order in Late Modernity * Conclusion