Handbook of the Sociology of Gender

by Chafetz, Janet Saltzman

• ISBN13: 9780306459788
• ISBN10: 0306459787
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

During the past three decades, feminist scholars in almost all social and behavioral sciences, as well as the humanities, have successfully demonstrated the ubiquity and omnirelevance of gender as a socio-cultural construction in virtually all human collectives, past and present. Gender shapes and is shaped in all arenas of social life, from the most mundane practices of everyday life to those of the most powerful corporate actors. In this seminal work, the contributors focus on sociological theories and research concerning gender, which are discussed across the full array of social processes, structures and institutions. In each chapter, focus is placed on gender rather than on women alone, and copious cross-national and historical material is utilized in addition to an in-depth focus on contemporary North America. Sections include: I: Basic Issues II: Macrostructures and Processes III: Microstructures and Processes IV: Institutions Each of these viewpoints survey the field in a critical manner, evaluating theoretical models in light of the best available empirical evidence. Distinctively sociological approaches are highlighted by means of explicit comparison to perspectives characterizing related disciplines such as psychology, psychiatry, and anthropology. This volume seeks to record where the field has been, to identify its current location and to plot its course for the future.

Table of Contents

Basic Issues

The Varieties of Gender Theory in Sociology

A Feminist Epistemology

Similarity and Difference: The Sociology of Gender Distinctions

Macrostructures and Processes

Comparative Gender Stratification

Third World Women and Global Restructuring

Gender and Migration

The Feminization of Poverty: Past and Fugure

Gender Movements

Gender and Organizations

The Study of Gender in Culture: Feminist Studies/Cultural Studies

Microstructures and Processes

Gender Socialization

Gender and Social Roles

Gender and Interaction

Gender, Violence, and Harassment

Institutions

Gender and Paid Work in Industrial Nations

Sex, Race, and Ethnic Inequality in United States Workplaces

Gender and Unpaid Work

Gender and Family Relations

Gender and Education in Global Perspective

Gender, Hierarchy, and Science

Gender and Health Status

Health Care as a Gendered System

Gender and Politics

Gender, Crime, and Criminal Justice

Gender and the Military

Gender and Sport

Gender and Religion

Epilogue

Index

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