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Questioning gender : a sociological exploration / Robyn Ryle.

By: Publisher: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, [2024]Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxviii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781071884034
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 305.3 R98 2024
LOC classification:
  • HQ1075 .R95 2024
Contents:
Part I, What are the important questions to ask about gender? What is gender and why should we care about? Introducing gender What's the "sociology" in the sociology of gender? Understanding sociology and gender How do disciplines outside sociology study gender? Some additional theoretical approaches. Part II, How are our lives filled with gender? How do we learn gender? Gender and socialization ; How does gender matter for whom we want and desire? The gender of sexuality How does gender impact the people you spend your time with? The gender of friendship and dating How does gender matter for how we think about our bodies? The gender of bodies and health. Part III, How is gender an important part of the way our society works? How does gender impact the people we live our lives with? The gender of marriage and families How does gender affect the type of work we do and the rewards we receive for our work? The gender of work How does gender affect what you watch, what you read, and what you play? The gender of media and popular culture How does gender help determine who has power and who doesn't? The gender of politics and power
Summary: "NEW TO THE FIFTH EDITION The following features are new to the fifth edition: Updated Consideration and Research on the Effect of COVID on Gender In Chapter 7, information about women's and men's health is updated in the wake of the pandemic. Chapter 8 includes research on how the pandemic lockdowns affected the household division of labor. More Coverage of Disability and Gender New discussion of neurodivergence, autism, and gender in Chapter 7. Disability, parenting, and "risky mothers" in Chapter 8. Inclusion of research on masculinity, disability, and employment in Chapter 9. Discussion of gender and the portrayal of disability in the media in Chapter 10. More Data Tables and Graphics More tables and graphics have been included, demonstrating the latest research and statistics on gender. More Transgender and Nonbinary Perspective Chapter 1 now includes an expanded discussion of thinking beyond the binary. Chapter 4 on socialization has been expanded to consider the experiences of transgender and nonbinary people. Chapter 7 includes a discussion of the intense focus on bodies experienced by transgender and nonbinary people. Chapter 8 includes a discussion of nonbinary parenting. In Chapter 10, research on representation of transgender people in the media is explored. Chapter 11 includes the latest updates at the time of publishing on antitransgender legislation"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-471) and index.

Part I, What are the important questions to ask about gender? What is gender and why should we care about? Introducing gender
What's the "sociology" in the sociology of gender? Understanding sociology and gender
How do disciplines outside sociology study gender? Some additional theoretical approaches. Part II, How are our lives filled with gender? How do we learn gender? Gender and socialization
; How does gender matter for whom we want and desire? The gender of sexuality
How does gender impact the people you spend your time with? The gender of friendship and dating
How does gender matter for how we think about our bodies? The gender of bodies and health. Part III, How is gender an important part of the way our society works? How does gender impact the people we live our lives with? The gender of marriage and families
How does gender affect the type of work we do and the rewards we receive for our work? The gender of work
How does gender affect what you watch, what you read, and what you play? The gender of media and popular culture
How does gender help determine who has power and who doesn't? The gender of politics and power

"NEW TO THE FIFTH EDITION The following features are new to the fifth edition: Updated Consideration and Research on the Effect of COVID on Gender In Chapter 7, information about women's and men's health is updated in the wake of the pandemic. Chapter 8 includes research on how the pandemic lockdowns affected the household division of labor. More Coverage of Disability and Gender New discussion of neurodivergence, autism, and gender in Chapter 7. Disability, parenting, and "risky mothers" in Chapter 8. Inclusion of research on masculinity, disability, and employment in Chapter 9. Discussion of gender and the portrayal of disability in the media in Chapter 10. More Data Tables and Graphics More tables and graphics have been included, demonstrating the latest research and statistics on gender. More Transgender and Nonbinary Perspective Chapter 1 now includes an expanded discussion of thinking beyond the binary. Chapter 4 on socialization has been expanded to consider the experiences of transgender and nonbinary people. Chapter 7 includes a discussion of the intense focus on bodies experienced by transgender and nonbinary people. Chapter 8 includes a discussion of nonbinary parenting. In Chapter 10, research on representation of transgender people in the media is explored. Chapter 11 includes the latest updates at the time of publishing on antitransgender legislation"-- Provided by publisher.

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