The Gendered Society - Softcover

Kimmel, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195399021 ISBN 13: 9780195399028

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Thoroughly updated throughout, the fourth edition of The Gendered Society explores current thinking about gender, both inside academia and in our everyday lives. Michael Kimmel challenges the claim that gender is limited to women's experiences--his compelling and balanced study of gender includes both masculine and feminine perspectives. Part 1 examines the latest work in biology, anthropology, psychology, and sociology; Part 2 provides an original analysis of the gendered worlds of family, education, and work; and Part 3 explores gender interactions, including friendship and love, sexuality, and violence.

Kimmel makes three bold and persuasive statements about gender. First, he demonstrates that gender differences are often extremely exaggerated; in fact, he argues that men and women have much more in common than we think they do. Kimmel also challenges the pop psychologists who suggest that gender difference is the cause of inequality between the sexes; instead, he reveals that the reverse is true--gender inequality itself is the cause of the differences between men and women. Finally, he illustrates that gender is not merely an element of individual identity, but a socially constructed institutional phenomenon.

The fourth edition features a new chapter on gender and religion; increased coverage of bisexuality and transgender issues; a series of text boxes ("Oh, Really?") that dispel gender myths; more photos and art; and an expanded Instructor's Manual that provides additional teaching and testing suggestions.

An expanded Instructor's Manual and Test Bank (9780199738588) includes chapter summaries, short-answer questions, essay questions, class discussions/assignments, learning objectives, and multiple-choice questions.
Essential reading for both students and scholars, The Gendered Society, Fourth Edition, is an authoritative, incisive, and lively statement about contemporary gender relations from one of the country's foremost thinkers on the subject.

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About this title

About the Author:

Michael Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. A leading researcher and writer on gender and men and masculinity, he is the author of numerous books and articles including The Gendered Society Reader, Fourth Edition (with Amy Aronson, OUP, 2010), Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2009), and Manhood in America: A Cultural History (OUP, 2005).

Review:

"This is the best textbook for a sociological examination of gender that I have seen in thirteen years of teaching. Kimmel is much more aware of gender as a socially constructed, ascribed status than any of the other books I have used or reviewed. I will adopt."

--Martha Warburton, University of Texas at Brownsville

"I found this text extremely easy to read. Kimmel's writing style is engaging, interesting, and modern. The topic titles are titillating and whimsical, making this book less daunting than other texts. The information provided is well researched, and I was impressed with Kimmel's ability to
show more than one point of view without being biased or reinterpreting the information to suit an agenda."

--Claudia McCoy, Idaho State University

"The coverage is so much more complete than other books. This gives students a way of really seeing the different theories and how the sociological approach is a bit different. It forces them to see their taken-for-granted assumptions about the "truth" of men and women. I will definitely adopt
the new edition."

--Amy Holzgang, Cerritos College

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0195399021
• ISBN 13: 9780195399028
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 480