Gender by Harriet Bradley (9780745623764)

Description - Gender by Harriet Bradley

Gender issues have become an increasingly prominent concern of
academics and policy-makers. Although the death of feminism has
often been pronounced, feminist ideas still permeate modern
thinking. But what exactly do we mean by gender? How can we best
understand gender differences? How are current gender relations
changing? Are we facing a crisis of masculinity? Is social life
being feminized? What would it be like to live in a society in
which differences of gender were transcended?

In this lively and accessible book Harriet Bradley provides an
introduction to the concept of gender and the different theoretical
approaches which have developed within gender studies. Using life
narratives, she explores contemporary relations of masculinity and
femininity and investigates processes of gendering in three
important spheres of contemporary social life: production,
reproduction and consumption.

The book highlights the centrality of gender in everyday life
and shows how thinking about gender is influenced by changing
political contexts, considering the options for a transformative
politics of gender.

This book will be of interest to students across the social
sciences, as well as anyone interested in contemporary relations
between women and men.

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