Producing Knowledge, Reproducing Gender - Power, Production and Practice in Contemporary Ireland (Paperback)

This fresh collection of essays examines the continued significance of gender as a marker of inequality in the lives of women across diverse contexts in Irish society. It is a cliche to say that we live in a knowledge society, but exactly whose knowledge sets the economic, political, social, and cultural parameters in any given society? Contributors tackle this question by taking the reader on a gender knowledge journey through the contemporary workplace, the state and civil society and into the education and wider cultural domains. The essays demonstrate the persistence of power differentials, the resilience of gender stereotypes and the ongoing reproduction of specific kinds of gender exclusions. Ideas about gender (often outdated and ill conceived) continue to maintain existing power imbalances in tech work, finance, education, and media. Those ideas also frame public policy debates about sex work, homelessness, women's activism and reproductive rights. Finally, a gender knowledge perspective reveals the downstream impact of gender and others forms of difference and inequality in relation to the teaching profession, game culture, book reviewing and access to archival materials on historical abuse. Producing Knowledge, Reproducing Gender: power, production and practice in Ireland will appeal to those interested in gender studies, political sociology and the sociology of knowledge.

General

Imprint:	University College Dublin Press
Country of origin:	Ireland
Release date:	July 2020
Editors:	Mary Corcoran • Pauline Cullen
Dimensions:	235 x 159mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-910820-54-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
LSN:	1-910820-54-7
Barcode:	9781910820544

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