TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lennon,Kathleen
AU  - Alsop,Rachel
TI  - Gender theory in troubled times
SN  - 9780745683027
AV  - HQ18.55 .L46 2020
U1  - 305.3 L54 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, Medford, MA
PB  - Polity Press
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Queer theory
KW  - Sex (Psychology)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- Introduction -- The data of biology -- Gendered psyches: psychoanalysis and sexual difference -- Historical materialism -- Simone de Beauvoir: becoming woman -- Intersectionality -- Judith Butler: performativity, precariousness and queering -- Making sense of our (gendered) selves -- Conclusion: The 'truth about gender' -- Questions for further reflection -- Notes -- References -- Index; CAS; Bachelor of Science in Psychology
N2  - "This timely and necessary intervention revisits gender theory for contemporary times. The authors explore the multiple strands which go into making our gendered identities and refuse a singular 'truth about gender', resulting in the ideal critical overview"--
ER  -