Gender analysis remains central to understanding social life, yet
focusing on gender alone is inadequate. Recent feminist
sociological scholarship highlights how gender intersects with
other systems of privilege and oppression. This exciting new text
combines these insights with an innovative, student-centered
pedagogical approach. Taking knowledge acquisition as an important
first step, the book goes beyond this to provide students with
tools and skills necessary to become critical thinkers and,
ultimately, investigate gender on their own from a global feminist
sociological perspective.
Five themes are carried forward throughout the text: the social
construction of gender differences; gendered
inequalities;intersections of gender with other systems of
privilege and oppression; a relational global perspective; and the
necessity of working toward social justice.
"Investigating Gender" employs creative features that engage
students in feminist sociological inquiry from the outset.
"Learning Activities" help students link their own lives to broader
gender patterns, conduct gender analyses of their own, and consider
ways they can work toward social justice. "Research Examples"
introduce students to specific studies and model how to critically
engage with contemporary scholarship from a feminist sociological
perspective. Boxed inserts on "The Power of One" and "The Power of
Many" provide examples of individuals and groups that are working
toward social justice. The text also cultivates students' global
perspective by framing issues internationally and guiding them
through data and analyses from four diverse countries outside the
US: China, Kenya, Mexico, and Sweden.
"Investigating Gender" will appeal to instructors who teach
courses in the Sociology of Gender, Women's Studies, and Gender
Communication; it will be an invaluable introduction to students
taking any courses in which gender is the focus or a significant
component.
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