The Social Construction of Gender by Judith Lorber

The Social Construction of Gender by Judith Lorber

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Zusammenfassung

Social researchers focus on the nature of constructed gender roles in this collection of essays. Contributors apply the constructionist approach to a variety of issues concerning women in society, such as family structure, the work place, social class, racial and ethnic identity and politics.

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The Social Construction of Gender by Judith Lorber

Essentialist notions of gender difference are being challenged increasingly by research on the social construction of gender. Lorber and Farrell present a key collection of current research which illustrates how the constructivist approach has been applied to a variety of issues, including those centred on the family, the workplace, social class, ethnic identity and politics. Much of the recent work in this area has appeared in the journal Gender and Society which is the genesis of most of the papers in this volume.
Judith Lorber (born November 28, 1931) is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women’s Studies at The CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She is a foundational theorist of social construction of gender difference and has more recently called for a de-gendering of the social world. Lorber was actively involved in Sociologists for Women in Society from the early 1970′s. She developed and taught some of the first courses in the sociology of gender, women′s studies, and feminist theory at Brooklyn College and the Graduate School, where she was the first Coordinator of the Women′s Studies Certificate Program in 1988-1991. She was Chair of the ASA Sex and Gender Section in 1992-93 and was awarded the Jessie Bernard Award in 1996 “in recognition of scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society.
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ISBN 13 9780803939578
ISBN 10 0803939574
Titel The Social Construction of Gender
Autor Judith Lorber
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag SAGE Publications Inc
Erscheinungsjahr 1991-02-14
Seitenanzahl 384
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