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Gender theory in troubled times / Kathleen Lennon & Rachel Alsop.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2020Description: vi, 258 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780745683027
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.3 L54 23 2020
LOC classification:
  • HQ18.55 .L46 2020
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Books Books College Library General Circulation Section GC GC 305.3 L54 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available HNU003814

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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

CAS Bachelor of Science in Psychology

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