{"product_id":"gender-2e-9780745661155","title":"Gender  2e","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* New edition of a popular and highly lauded introduction to gender - the first edition won Choice   s outstanding academic title award.     * Provides an excellent survey of the key theoretical approaches that have been developed in gender studies, and how they relate to social and political life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This new edition of \u003ci\u003eGender\u003c\/i\u003e provides a highly accessible overview of the changing understanding of this powerful social construct. Using a narrative story-telling approach, Harriet Bradley shifts seamlessly between analyses of how gender shapes everyday life and discussions of how it is deployed in various institutions. By weaving together her own experience of gendered processes with the structural practices of consumption, production, and reproduction in local and international contexts, Bradley gives new meaning to “the personal is political”.’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNancy Naples, University of Connecticut\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Harriet Bradley has succeeded in producing a unique and extremely engaging introduction to the complex concept of “gender” which will invigorate scholars at all levels. Dispelling any notion that either feminist theory or gender analysis are passé, she deftly interweaves theoretical exegesis, analysis of contemporary social and political issues, and vignettes which illustrate gender as a lived experience.’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBarbara L. Marshall, Trent University, Canada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘The first edition of \u003ci\u003eGender\u003c\/i\u003e has become an indispensable guide to sociological debates in the field. This revised edition is even better. Harriet Bradley turns her clear analytical gaze on the changing nature of gender relations in an era of austerity, seeing both optimistic and pessimistic trends in the emergence of a new politics of gender.’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLinda McDowell, University of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to Second Edition vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Concept of Gender 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIN AND OUT OF THE FRAME: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF GENDER 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. What's in a Name? Meanings and Usages of Gender 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGENDERING AND CLASS: GROWING UP GIRL, GROWING UP BOY 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Gender and Modernity 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?' BEING A MAN IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Gender and Postmodernity 64\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'SISTERS UNDER THEIR SKINS'? IDENTITIES IN A GLOBAL AGE 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Gendered Worlds: Production 98\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHAVING IT ALL: FAMILY AND EMPLOYMENT IN WOMEN'S LIVES 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Gendered Worlds: Reproduction 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMEN, MARRIAGE AND EMOTIONS: ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE SEXES 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Gendered Worlds: Consumption 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY: GENDERED UTOPIAS 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion: What the Future Holds – Gender, Theory and Politics 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 242\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404407447895,"sku":"9780745661155","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745661155.jpg?v=1730486374","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gender-2e-9780745661155","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}