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Wharton, Amy S

The sociology of gender : an introduction to theory and research / Amy S. Wharton - xiii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-252) and index

TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments 1: Introduction to the Sociology of Gender Introduction Sociological Vantage Points A Brief History of the Sociological Study of Gender What is Gender? A Working Definition of Gender Three Frameworks for Understanding Gender Gender Matters Who's to Blame: Understanding Gender Inequality Chapter Summary For Further Reading A Closer Look Selected Readings: "What's in a Name?" 2: The Gendered Person Chapter Objectives Sex and Gender Sex and Sex Category The Gendered Person Gender as Traits, Abilities, or Behavioral Dispositions Sex Difference Research Sex Differences and Gender Inequality Becoming Gendered Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "Evolution, Males, and Violence" "Ambiguous Genitalia and the Construction of Gender" 3: Gender in Interactions and Institutions. Chapter Objectives Interactionist Views of Gender Gendered Organizations/Gendered Institutions Toward a Multilayered Conception of Gender Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "If you let me play: Nike Ads and Gender" "Resources for Doing Gender" 4: Work and Family as Gendered Institutions Chapter Objectives The Division of Labor Gender, Work, and Family in Historical Perspective The Post-Industrial Era: Married Women's Rising Labor Force Participation Portraits of Family and Work A Broader View: Gender and Social Organization Work and Family Revisited Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "Constructing Jobs as Women's Work in World War II" "Work-Family Arrangements in Four Countries" 5: Gender, Childhood, and Family Life Chapter Objectives "Is it a Boy or a Girl?" Gender Construction in Children The Household Division of Labor and the Family Marriage, Families, and Their Consequences for Women and Men Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "Raising Gender-Aschematic Children" "The Meaning of Motherhood in Black Culture" "The Wage Penalty for Motherhood" 6: Gendered Jobs and Gendered Workers Chapter Objectives Explaining the Sex Segregation of Jobs and Occupations Gender-Typing of Jobs, Occupations, and Hierarchies The Wages of Gender Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "Women as Emotion Managers" "Hegemonic Masculinity in Female Occupations" 7: Deconstructing Gender Differences and Inequalities Chapter Objectives Gender Distinctions and Inequalities The Reproduction of Gender Inequality Challenging Gender Inequality Making Gender Matter Less Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "Privilege as Paradox" "Gender Vertigo" Harbour Fraser Hodder David P. Barash Suzanne J. Kessler /"The Science and Politics of Comparing Men and Women" Alice Eagly. Robert Goldman and Stephen Papson Candace West and Don Zimmerman. Ruth Milkman Laura Den Dulk. Sandra Lipsitz Bem Patricia Hill Collins Michelle J. Budig and Paula England. Arlie Russell Hochschild Christine L. Williams. Allan G. Johnson Barbara J. Risman. PART I: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES PART II: GENDER IN CONTEXT PART III: EPILOGUE

ISBN: 1405101245 1405101253

LCCN: 2003024688

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gender identity
Sex differences
Sex role
Equality

LC Class. No.: HQ1075 / .W48 2005

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