TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wharton,Amy S
TI  - The sociology of gender: an introduction to theory and research 
SN  - 1405101245
AV  - HQ1075 .W48 2005
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - Malden, MA
PB  - Blackwell Pub.
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Sex differences
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Equality
N1  - 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?"; Harbour Fraser Hodder; PART I: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES; 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"; David P. Barash; "Ambiguous Genitalia and the Construction of Gender"; Suzanne J. Kessler /"The Science and Politics of Comparing Men and Women"; Alice Eagly; 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"; Robert Goldman and Stephen Papson; "Resources for Doing Gender"; Candace West and Don Zimmerman; PART II: GENDER IN CONTEXT; 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"; Ruth Milkman; "Work-Family Arrangements in Four Countries"; Laura Den Dulk; 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"; Sandra Lipsitz Bem; "The Meaning of Motherhood in Black Culture"; Patricia Hill Collins; "The Wage Penalty for Motherhood"; Michelle J. Budig and Paula England; 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"; Arlie Russell Hochschild; "Hegemonic Masculinity in Female Occupations"; Christine L. Williams; PART III: EPILOGUE; 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"; Allan G. Johnson; "Gender Vertigo"; Barbara J. Risman
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