Gendering BodiesRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 5 ago 2007 - 304 páginas 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, or encouraged to participate in (heterosexual) gender conformity. This engendering influences nutrition practices, work and employment choices, dieting, working out, cosmetic surgery, sexual practices, and training-or lack thereof-in sports or fitness. This is an accessible, yet comprehensive, sociological inquiry into a theory of the gendered body. |
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... participants in the ASA - sponsored seminar recognized that although these developing ideas about gender were widely accepted by feminist soci- ologists and many others who study social inequalities , they were relatively unfamiliar to ...
... participants in the ASA - sponsored seminar recognized that although these developing ideas about gender were widely accepted by feminist soci- ologists and many others who study social inequalities , they were relatively unfamiliar to ...
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... participation . In other words , " we " made them up - what we consider ap- propriate comes from the social world . Much like laws , the " rules " of gender have developed over time through social participation . While these rules of be ...
... participation . In other words , " we " made them up - what we consider ap- propriate comes from the social world . Much like laws , the " rules " of gender have developed over time through social participation . While these rules of be ...
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... participation — is so- cially constructed is not to suggest that gender expectations are not serious . Gender is serious business . If you have broken the rules , you will know about it . Your peers , mentors , families , friends ...
... participation — is so- cially constructed is not to suggest that gender expectations are not serious . Gender is serious business . If you have broken the rules , you will know about it . Your peers , mentors , families , friends ...
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... participating in groups based on sexual orientation . Just as gender messages differ across cultures and over time , notions of masculinity and femininity vary some- what by cultural subgroup affiliation . Like gendered messages ...
... participating in groups based on sexual orientation . Just as gender messages differ across cultures and over time , notions of masculinity and femininity vary some- what by cultural subgroup affiliation . Like gendered messages ...
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... participants of same - sex sexual practices , desires , or identities . 10 If sexual orientation is an essentially true characteristic about people , how do we determine the " true " orientation of each of us ? Let's assume sexuality is ...
... participants of same - sex sexual practices , desires , or identities . 10 If sexual orientation is an essentially true characteristic about people , how do we determine the " true " orientation of each of us ? Let's assume sexuality is ...
Índice
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Surveillance and Accountability | 81 |
Measurable Inequalities and their Effects on Bodies | 149 |
Gender Agency and Resistance | 197 |
A World without Dichotomies? | 237 |
References | 251 |
Index | 273 |
About the Authors | 287 |
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