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Questioning Gender Robyn R. Ryle

Questioning Gender By Robyn R. Ryle

Questioning Gender by Robyn R. Ryle

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A student focused textbook that launches readers into a thoughtful encounter with gender issues. It covers the core sociological theories and topics alongside interdisciplinary perspectives from psychology, feminism, and queer theory.

Questioning Gender Summary

Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration by Robyn R. Ryle

A one-of-a-kind text designed to launch readers into a thoughtful encounter with gender issues

Rather than providing definitive answers about gender, this unique book exposes readers to new material that will lead them to question their assumptions. The author uses both historical and cross-cultural approaches - as well as a focus on intersectionality and transgender issues - to help students understand the socially constructed nature of gender.

Debunking ideas of what is normal and abnormal, this provocative book explores the core theories and topics of the course, including the gender of sexuality, the gender of friendship and dating, the gender of media and popular culture, and the gender of politics and power.

Questioning Gender is essential reading for students of the sociology of gender in particular, and anyone exploring gender, sexuality and diversity across the social sciences more generally.

About Robyn R. Ryle

Robyn Ryle is an associate professor of sociology at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, where she has been teaching sociology of gender and other courses for 7 years. She went to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, for her undergraduate degrees in sociology and English with a concentration in women's studies. She received her PhD in sociology from Indiana University-Bloomington and is originally from northern Kentucky. She is a member of the American Sociological Association and has served on the editorial board of the journal Teaching Sociology. She enjoys digging in her garden, cooking what comes out of her garden, and generally enjoying small town life. She currently lives in a 170-year-old house in scenic Madison, Indiana, with her husband, Jeff, stepdaughter Grace, and two rather peculiar cats. You can find her on Twitter (@robynryle), on the Facebook page for Questioning Gender (https://www.facebook.com/questioninggender?ref=hl), or at her blog: you-think-too-much.com.

Table of Contents

Part I. What Are the Important Questions to Ask About Gender? 1. WHAT IS GENDER AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT IT? Introducing Gender 2. WHAT'S THE 'SOCIOLOGY' IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER? Understanding Sociology and Gender 3. HOW DO DISCIPLINES OUTSIDE OF SOCIOLOGY STUDY GENDER? Some Additional Theoretical Approaches Part II. How Are Our Lives Filled With Gender? 4. HOW DO WE LEARN GENDER? Gender and Socialization 5. HOW DOES GENDER MATTER FOR WHO WE WANT AND DESIRE? The Gender of Sexuality 6. HOW DOES GENDER IMPACT THE PEOPLE YOU SPEND YOUR TIME WITH? The Gender of Friendship and Dating 7. HOW DOES GENDER MATTER FOR HOW WE THINK ABOUT OUR BODIES? The Gender of Bodies and Health Part III. How Is Gender an Important Part of the Way Our Society Works? 8. HOW DOES GENDER IMPACT THE PEOPLE WE LIVE OUR LIVES WITH? The Gender of Marriage and Families 9. HOW DOES GENDER AFFECT THE TYPE OF WORK WE DO AND THE REWARDS WE RECEIVE FOR OUR WORK? The Gender of Work 10. HOW DOES GENDER AFFECT WHAT YOU WATCH, WHAT YOU READ, AND WHAT YOU PLAY? The Gender of Media and Popular Culture 11. HOW DOES GENDER HELP DETERMINE WHO HAS POWER AND WHO DOESN'T? The Gender of Politics and Power

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GOR006431840
9781452275864
1452275866
Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration by Robyn R. Ryle
Robyn R. Ryle
Used - Very Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
20140408
584
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