The Social Construction of Gender

by Lorber, Judith; Farrell, Susan A.

• ISBN13: 9780803939578
• ISBN10: 0803939574
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-12-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

Essentialist notions of gender difference are being challenged increasingly by research on the social construction of gender. Lorber and Farrell present a key collection of current research which illustrates how the constructivist approach has been applied to a variety of issues, including those centred on the family, the workplace, social class, ethnic identity and politics. Much of the recent work in this area has appeared in the journal Gender and Society which is the genesis of most of the papers in this volume.

Table of Contents

Principles Of Gender Construction

Doing Gender

Social Location and Gender-Role Attitudes

Comparison of Black and White Women Masculinities and Athletic Careers

Gender Construction In Family Life `Helped Put in a Quilt'

Men's Work and Male Intimacy in Nineteenth Century New England Bargaining with Patriarchy

Family, Feminism, and Race in America

Gender Construction In The Work Place Bringing the Men Back in

Sex Differentiation and the Devaluation of Women's Work Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies

Theory of Gendered Organizations Labor-Market

Gendered Inequality in Minority Groups

Feminization of Poverty and Comparable Worth

Radical Versus Liberal Approaches

Feminist Research Strategies

When Gender is Not Enough

Women Interviewing Women Race and Class

Bias in Qualitative Research on Women

Racial Ethnic Identity And Feministc Politics

The Development of Feminist Consciousness Among Asian American Women

The Development of Chicana Feminist Discourse, 1970-1980

New Bedford Massachusetts

The `Before and After' of a Group Rape

Deconstructing Gender Theories of Gender Equality

Lessons from the Israeli Kibbutz `It's Our Church, Too!'

Women's Position in the Catholic Church Today

Dismantling Noah's Ark

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