In the last decade, there has been an enormous amount of
scholarship on women's issues, feminism, and gender as variables in
various institutions and processes of society. This interest in
gender, particularly in the role of women, has been evident in all
the social sciences. The volume of books, articles, series, and
journals dealing with women continues to increase rapidly. Yet
until now, there has been no key to this large body of literature.
More than just another collection of articles on women's studies,
Analyzing Gender is the major synthesis of current social science
research on issues involving gender. This volume is a tightly
edited collection of articles that consolidates our current state
of knowledge about the role of women in society. Contributors come
from a wide variety of social science disciplines and theoretical
perspectives, but universally seek to enlighten us on what this
flurry of activity has demonstrated about the issues that face
women in contemporary society. Chapters are broad in scope--and
carefully examine the current state of knowledge and research.
Analyzing Gender is destined to become the benchmark for current
and future research on sex roles and gender studies. "This
important new collection promises to be a landmark in the evolution
of feminist scholarship. The contributions and the editors'
comprehensive introduction move beyond examining bias in the social
sciences to examining new descriptions, concepts, and theories that
emerge from research on women. As a result, the book will help us
think about how feminist studies are transforming social scientific
thought." --Margaret L. Anderson, University of Delaware
"Remarkable reading." --Midwest Book Review "An exciting and
consistent collection of essays using the social construction of
gender perspective. This book will advance feminist social science
theory and have an honored place in feminist libraries and on
feminist course lists. I look forward to using it." --Judith
Lorber, CUNY Graduate Center "This volume introduces new terrain
and provides a benchmark for feminist sociology." --Contemporary
Sociology "Likely to become a definitive reference for any feminist
social scientist. . . . Analyzing Gender is provocative,
politically self-conscious, thorough, and a work of impeccable
integrity. . . . In emphasizing the centrality of the intersection
of contemporary systems of hierarchy, the complexities of the
diverse realms of social life, and the importance of subjectivity
and experienced life, Analyzing Gender distinguishes itself from
other surveys of feminist thinking." --Contemporary Psychology
"Presents state-of-the-art research and thought on issues related
to gender. . . . Hess and Ferree have provided an informative and
insightful introductory essay. . . . An essential resource for
scholars as well as students, the collection is uniformly written
and referenced. Each essay includes a substantial, up-to-date
bibliography and there is a well-organized index for the volume as
a whole. Highly recommended." --Choice "An essential addition to
the bookshelf of anyone teaching the area." --Book Ends "Most will
find [Analyzing Gender] a valuable book to own, to consult and
employ in feminist teaching and research. . . . Its chapters
provide comprehensive coverage of such staple arenas of gender
analysis as family, work, sexuality, popular culture, and political
life, amplified by essays on feminist challenges to religion,
medicine, law, knowledge, and militarism. Most are highly
informative, offering useful 'crash courses' in their respective
subfields. . . . Among Analyzing Gender's many strengths is its
keen sensitivity to class, race, and other power-laden differences
between women." --SIGNS: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
"An excellent collection of contributions. . . . There are many
scholarly and innovative chapters here which educators are strongly
recommended to read. . . . This is an outstanding collection
overall and a valuable consolidation of the current stae-of-the-art
in gender research." --Evaluation and Research in Education
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