Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) |
Series |
The gender lens series |
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Gender lens series.
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Contents |
Series editors' foreword -- Preface : Gendering and embodiment -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Creating a world of dichotomy : categorizing sex and gendering cultural messages -- 2. Doing "woman" / doing "man" : gender performances that produce "reality" -- 3. Becoming our own jailers : surveillance and accountability -- 4. But gender is real : measurable inequalities and their effects on bodies -- 5. Undisciplining gender : gender agency and resistance -- 6. A world without dichotomies? -- References -- Index -- About the authors |
Summary |
Gendering Bodies explains how the social world shapes our physical bodies and how our bodies shape the social world. In this remarkable investigation into contemporary ideas of gender, sociologists Crawley, Foley, and Shehan argue that bodies are constantly being gendered, that is, encouraged to participate in (heterosexual) gender conformity. This engendering influences nutrition practices, work and employment choices, diet, exercise, cosmetic surgery, sexual practices, and training - or lack thereof - in sports and fitness. This is an accessible, yet comprehensive, sociological inquiry into a theory of the gendered body |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Sex role -- United States
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Sex -- Social aspects -- United States
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Sexual orientation -- United States
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Gender identity -- United States
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
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SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
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Gender identity
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Sex role
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Sex -- Social aspects
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Sexual orientation
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Geschlechterrolle
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Identität
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Körper
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Könsroller -- Förenta staterna.
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Sexualitet -- sociala aspekter -- Förenta staterna.
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Foley, Lara J., 1972-
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Shehan, Constance L
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LC no. |
2021678907 |
ISBN |
9780742581388 |
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0742581381 |
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1299449816 |
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9781299449817 |
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