How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What psychological differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And how is gender entwined in global politics and debates over trans issues?
Raewyn Connell – one of the world's leading scholars in the field – answers these questions and more. Her book provides a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to modern gender studies, covering empirical research from all parts of the world, in addition to theory and politics. As well as introducing the field, Gender provides a powerful contemporary framework for gender analysis with a strong and distinctive global awareness. Highlighting the multidimensional character of gender relations, Connell shows how to link personal life with large-scale organizational structures, and how gender politics changes its form in changing situations.
The fourth edition of this influential book brings the statistical picture of gender inequalities up to date, and offers new close-focus case studies of gender research. Like previous editions, it examines gender politics and global power relations, but with added discussion around contemporary issues of intersectionality, populism, gender-based violence, trans struggles and environmental change. It also speaks at the intimate level, about embodied gender and personal relationships.
Gender moves from personal experience to global problems, offering a unique perspective on gender issues today.
By:
Raewyn Connell (University Professor University of Sydney)
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 4th Edition
Dimensions:
Height: 226mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9781509539000
ISBN 10: 150953900X
Series: Short Introductions
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 11 December 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface Chapter 1: The question of gender Chapter 2: Gender research: five examples Chapter 3: Bodies and differences Chapter 4: Theory and theorists: a short global history Chapter 5: The social framework: gender relations Chapter 6: Personal life Chapter 7: Economy, local and global Chapter 8: Politics, visible and invisible Afterword References Index
Raewyn Connell is Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney. She is an internationally renowned researcher in the field of Sex and Gender; her previous publications include Masculinities, Gender and Power, Making the Difference, and Southern Theory.
Reviews for Gender: In World Perspective
I fully recommend this new edition of Gender that will allow new generations to accompany critical theories on one of the fundamental dimensions of personal and collective life, from the most intimate to the search for a more egalitarian social order. Teresa Valdes, Gender Equality Observatory, Chile
