Gender: Sociological Perspectives

Gender is a critical and fundamental dimension of a person's identity, interactions, development, and role and status in society, and Linda Lindsey's Gender is the most comprehensive textbook to explore it sociologically. The new, seventh edition extends its rigorous, theoretical approach to reflect on recent events and issues with insights that challenge conventional thought about the gender binary and the stereotypes that result. It is enriched with interdisciplinary insight from feminist, biological, psychological, historical, and anthropological perspectives and provides a balanced and broad approach with readable, dynamic content that furthers student understanding of the importance of gender and how it shapes individual trajectories and social processes in the U.S. and across the globe.

Format: Hardback
Length: 754 pages
Publication date: 18 December 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gender, a groundbreaking work in the social sciences, authored by Linda Lindsey, stands as the most comprehensive textbook to delve into the sociological exploration of gender as a critical and fundamental aspect of an individual's identity, interactions, development, and role and status within society. Spanning a wide range, from the everyday lived experiences of individuals to the intricate patterns and structures of gender that are shaped by institutions in our global society, the book unveils how understandings of gender evolve across time and space, shifting along the intersecting lines of race, ethnicity, culture, sexuality, class, and religion.

Arriving at a momentous time of significant social transformation, the seventh edition of Gender extends its rigorous, theoretical approach to reflect on recent events and issues, offering insights that challenge conventional notions about the gender binary and the stereotypes that perpetuate it. The book delves into emerging topics such as the #MeToo and LGBTQ-rights movements, political misogyny in the Trump era, norms of masculinity, marriage and family formation, resurgent feminist activism and praxis, the gendered workplace, and the profound consequences of neoliberal globalization.

By incorporating interdisciplinary insights from feminist, biological, psychological, historical, and anthropological perspectives, the new edition of Gender provides a balanced and comprehensive approach, featuring readable and dynamic content that enhances student understanding of the significance of gender and its profound impact on individual trajectories and social processes in the United States and across the globe.

Weight: 1724g
Dimension: 183 x 261 x 45 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138103689
Edition number: 7 New edition