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Gender: A World History (Hardcover)
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Gender: A World History (Hardcover)
Series: New Oxford World History
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Gender exists in almost every society as a way of organizing its
people. Gender is used to assign certain responsibilities,
obligations, and privileges to some, and to deny them to others. In
Gender: A World History, Susan Kingsley Kent tells the story of
this seemingly simple but in fact quite complex concept. With
historical perspective she critically examines our everyday
understandings of women and men, masculinity and femininity, and
sexual difference in general. Central to this account is the
conviction that gender is neither natural nor innocent. What passes
for masculinity and femininity in one society might not do so in
another. Even the passing of time can change what gender looks like
in a particular culture. Thinking about the history of gender can
also shed light on other types of relations, such as those between
a government and its people, between different social classes, and
between a colony and its colonizer. Ranging from prehistory to the
present, this book presents a chronological picture of gender
across the globe. From Hatshepsut and the rise of patriarchy in the
ancient world, to the Bushido code of the samurai in wartime, to
Susan B. Anthony and the women's rights movement in the United
States, to the gay and trans rights movements of today, the force
of gender in world history cannot be denied.
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