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Gendering Bodies explains how the social world shapes our physical bodies and how our bodies shape the social world. In this remarkable investigation into contemporary ideas of gender, sociologists Crawley, Foley, and Shehan argue that bodies are constantly being gendered, that is, encouraged to par...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crawley, Sara L., 1966-
Otros Autores: Foley, Lara J., 1972-, Shehan, Constance L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008.
Colección:Gender lens series.
Temas:
Sex role > United States.
Sex > Social aspects > United States.
Sexual orientation > United States.
Gender identity > United States.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis.
Sexualité > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Orientation sexuelle > États-Unis.
Identité de genre > États-Unis.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction.
Gender identity
Sex role
Sex > Social aspects
Sexual orientation
Geschlechterrolle
Identität
Körper
Könsroller > Förenta staterna.
Sexualitet > sociala aspekter > Förenta staterna.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Series editors' foreword
  • Preface : Gendering and embodiment
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Creating a world of dichotomy : categorizing sex and gendering cultural messages
  • 2. Doing "woman" / doing "man" : gender performances that produce "reality"
  • 3. Becoming our own jailers : surveillance and accountability
  • 4. But gender is real : measurable inequalities and their effects on bodies
  • 5. Undisciplining gender : gender agency and resistance
  • 6. A world without dichotomies?
  • References
  • Index
  • About the authors.

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