Gender reckonings : new social theory and research / edited by James W. Messerschmidt, Patricia Yancey Martin, Michael A. Messner, and Raewynn Connell.

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TextPublication details: New York New York University Press 2018Description: vii, 369 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9781479809349

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305.3 MES.G

Summary: Contents Introduction: the editors Points of departure : gender & power and its sequels "Theories don't grow on trees" : contextualizing gender knowledge / Myra Marx Ferree Hegemonic, nonhegemonic, and "new" masculinities / James W. Messerschmidt and Michael A. Messner From object to subject : situating transgender lives in sociology / Kristen Schilt The larger scope of gender analysis Postcoloniality and the sociology of gender / Raka Ray Race, indigeneity, and gender : lessons for global feminism / Mara Viveros Vigoya Categories, structures, and intersectional theory / Joya Misra Four dimensions of relationship, struggle, and change Why "heteronormativity" is not enough : a feminist sociological perspective on heterosexuality / Stevi Jackson Gender inequality and feminism in the new economy / Christine L. Williams and Megan Tobias Neely Gender politics in academia in the neoliberal age / Barbara Poggio The holy grail of organizational change : toward gender equality at work / Yvonne Benschop and Marieke van den Brink Dynamics of masculinities Concerning tradition in studies on men and masculinities in ex-colonies / Kopano Ratele Rethinking patriarchy through unpatriarchal male desires / Gul Ozyegin On the elasticity of gender hegemony : why hybrid masculinities fail to undermine gender and sexual inequality / Tristan Bridges and C. J. Pascoe Agendas for theory Limitations of the neoliberal turn in gender theory : (re)turning to gender as a social structure / Barbara J. Risman, Kristen Myers, and Ray Sin Paradoxes of gender redux : multiple genders and the persistence of the binary / Judith Lorber The monogamous couple, gender hegemony, and polyamory / Mimi Schippers Conclusion: theory work, or reckoning with gender / Raewyn Connell About the contributors Index Notes.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
Introduction: the editors
Points of departure : gender & power and its sequels
"Theories don't grow on trees" : contextualizing gender knowledge / Myra Marx Ferree
Hegemonic, nonhegemonic, and "new" masculinities / James W. Messerschmidt and Michael A. Messner
From object to subject : situating transgender lives in sociology / Kristen Schilt
The larger scope of gender analysis
Postcoloniality and the sociology of gender / Raka Ray
Race, indigeneity, and gender : lessons for global feminism / Mara Viveros Vigoya
Categories, structures, and intersectional theory / Joya Misra
Four dimensions of relationship, struggle, and change
Why "heteronormativity" is not enough : a feminist sociological perspective on heterosexuality / Stevi Jackson
Gender inequality and feminism in the new economy / Christine L. Williams and Megan Tobias Neely
Gender politics in academia in the neoliberal age / Barbara Poggio
The holy grail of organizational change : toward gender equality at work / Yvonne Benschop and Marieke van den Brink
Dynamics of masculinities
Concerning tradition in studies on men and masculinities in ex-colonies / Kopano Ratele
Rethinking patriarchy through unpatriarchal male desires / Gul Ozyegin
On the elasticity of gender hegemony : why hybrid masculinities fail to undermine gender and sexual inequality / Tristan Bridges and C. J. Pascoe
Agendas for theory
Limitations of the neoliberal turn in gender theory : (re)turning to gender as a social structure / Barbara J. Risman, Kristen Myers, and Ray Sin
Paradoxes of gender redux : multiple genders and the persistence of the binary / Judith Lorber
The monogamous couple, gender hegemony, and polyamory / Mimi Schippers
Conclusion: theory work, or reckoning with gender / Raewyn Connell
About the contributors
Index
Notes.

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