The Social Construction of GenderJudith Lorber, Susan A. Farrell SAGE Publications, 1991 - 374 pages Essentialist notions of gender difference are being challenged increasingly by research on the social construction of gender. Lorber and Farrell present a key collection of current research which illustrates how the constructivist approach has been applied to a variety of issues, including those centred on the family, the workplace, social class, ethnic identity and politics. Much of the recent work in this area has appeared in the journal Gender and Society which is the genesis of most of the papers in this volume. |
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Preface | 1 |
Principles of Gender Construction | 7 |
Masculinities and Athletic Careers | 60 |
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