Full Description
Gender and Identity brings a new perspective to our gender studies list, and to the study of gender in Canada, by looking at gender construction through the lens of identity. Using case studies and solid theoretical analysis, the book explores relationships between gender and sexuality, religion, race and ethnicity, parenting, education, work, and sport, linking these discussions to how identity is formed and expressed. In the course of the text, the authors show that gender is essentially the social performance of our sex identity, hardly fixed and, indeed, subject to change over time. This addition to our gender list will use the latest in gender theory to make explicit the natural links between gender and identity, providing a refreshing and contemporary experience for students.
Contents
INTRODUCTION PART ONE THEORIZING GENDER IDENTITY: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY THEORIES ; 1 CLASSICAL APPROACHES AND THEIR CRITIQUES ; 2 POSTSTRUCTURALIST AND POSTMODERNIST APPROACHES ; 3 THEORIES OF IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE ; PART TWO THE POLITICS OF GENDER IDENTITY ; 4 GENDER AND THE POLITICS OF BELONGING: PLACE, NATIONHOOD, CULTURE, AND GLOBALIZATION ; 5 CONTRADICTORY DISCOURSES: RELIGION AND SPIRITUAL BELIEF, SEX AND SEXUALITY ; 6 GENDER MOVEMENTS AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS ; PART THREE THE PRACTICES OF GENDER IDENTITY ; 7 PUBLIC/PRIVATE SELF; LOVE, INTIMACY, AND RELATIONSHIPS; FRIENDSHIP AND ASSOCIATION ; 8 UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC: FAMILY, WORK, MANAGEMENT, AND ORGANIZATION ; 9 EDUCATION AND SCHOOLING; SPORT AND LEISURE ; 10 BODIES, EMBODIMENT, VIOLENCE, AND AGING ; PART FOUR NEW DIRECTIONS IN GENDER IDENTITY ; 11 GLOBALIZED AND DIASPORIC; CYBER WO/MAN; POSTMODERN MAN; POSTMODERN WOMAN ; GLOSSARY ; INDEX
