Gender Theory in Troubled Times

ISBN-13: 9780745683027 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 304 str.

Rachel (University of Hull) Alsop

Opis

"This timely and necessary intervention revisits gender theory for contemporary times. The authors explore the multiple strands which go into making our gendered identities and refuse a singular 'truth about gender', resulting in the ideal critical overview"--

Recenzje

"Conceptually sophisticated yet clear and accessible, this book is a must-have text for students exploring feminist and gendered approaches to the urgent issues of our time." Ruth Holliday, University of Leeds "Lennon and Alsop have put paid to the idea that gender theory is remote from the social and political concerns of global feminisms. With measured analyses but no fence-sitting, the authors are reliable guides to the gender-race-trans-queer controversies that animate our everyday lives." Stella Sandford, Kingston University "This is a rare book of theory that speaks as effectively to a new student of gender as to the well-read feminist scholar. By weaving their critique of essentialism throughout their eloquent and fair-minded summaries of major thinkers, Lennon & Alsop have created a masterpiece rich in concrete, contemporary examples. This is intersectional theorizing at its interdisciplinary best." Myra Marx Feree, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spis treści

Preface Introduction Chapter One. The Data of Biology Chapter Two. Gendered Psyches: Psychoanalysis and Sexual Difference Chapter Three. Historical Materialism Chapter Four. Simone de Beauvoir: Becoming Woman Chapter Five. Intersectionality Chapter Six. Judith Butler: Performativity, Precariousness and Queering Chapter Seven. Making Sense of our (Gendered) Selves Conclusion. The 'Truth about Gender' Questions for Further Reflection Notes Bibliography

O autorze

Kathleen Lennon is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hull Rachel Alsop is Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of York