Revisioning Gender

Edited by Myra Marx Ferree; Judith Lorber and Beth B. Hess

This comprehensive handbook attempts to summarize the state of gender studies not only by examining the crucial research of the past decade, but by encouraging thinking about how the questions central to studying gender have themselves changed. Building on the work started by the contributors to this volume's predecessor, (Analyzing Gender, Sage 1987), editors Myra Marx Ferree, Judith Lorber, and Beth B. Hess reflect on the advances of gender scholarship during the past decade with its emphasis on all levels of social structure from the most macro to the most individual.

PART ONE: RECONCEPTUALIZING GENDERThe Social Construction and Institutionalization of Gender and Race - Evelyn Nakano Glenn An Integrative FrameworkRewriting Class and Gender - Joan Acker Problems in Feminist RethinkingSome Reflections on Gender and Politics - Joan Wallach ScottPART TWO: THE MACROSOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF GENDERFeminist Thinking about the Welfare State - Anette BorchorstGender and the Global Economy - Valentine M MoghadamGender, Work, Who Cares?! Production, Reproduction, Deindustrialization and Business as Usual - Lisa D BrushPART THREE: GENDER, DISCOURSE AND CULTURE¿Woman¿ as Symbol and Women as Agents - Susan Starr Sered Gendered Religious Discourses and PracticesSex, Text and Context - Suzanna Danuta Walters (In)Between Feminism and Cultural StudiesPART FOUR: GENDER IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONSMoving Beyond Gender - Patricia Hill Collins Intersectionality and Scientific KnowledgeGender and Sexuality in Organizations - Patricia Yancey Martin and David CollinsonGender, Family Structure and Social Structure - Anne Roschelle Racial Ethnic Families in the United StatesJust Do... What? Sport, Bodies, Gender - Shari L Dworkin and Michael A MessnerPART FIVE: GENDERING THE PERSONGender, Power Dynamics and Social Interaction - Peter Glick and Susan T FiskeNow You Can Choose! Issues in Parenting and Procreation - Barbara Katz RothmanEmbattled Terrain - Judith Lorber Gender and SexualityMaking Gendered People - R W Connell Bodies, Identities, Sexualities