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This text offers a wide-ranging account of the dynamic relationship between gender, culture and society. Incorporates feminist theory, theories of men and masculinity, and post-structuralism, as well as recent global events, ensuring a highly topical and relevant discussion.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Gender Relations in Context
- 1 Approaching GenderFeminism, Menās Studies and the Cultural Turn
- 2 Fragmenting Family Life: Beyond Maternal Femininities and Paternal Masculinities
- 3 In and Out of Labour: Beyond the Cult of Domesticity and Breadwinners
- 4 Interplaying Gender and Age in Late Modernity
- 5 Shifting Gender Connections: Sexuality, Late Modernity and Lifestyle Sex
- 6 Representing Engendered Bodies: Producing the Cultural Categories āMenā and āWomenā
- 7 Media Masculinities and Femininities: Sporting Genders
- 8 Men and Women of the World: Emerging Representations of Global Gender Relations
- 9 Gender on the Move: The Search for a New Sex/Gender Order in Late Modernity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index