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Rahman, Momin.

Gender and sexuality : sociological approaches / Gender & sexuality Momin Rahman, Stevi Jackson. - Cambridge : Polity, 2010. - ix, 246 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-232) and index.

Introduction -- pt. 1. The Development of Sociological Thought on Gender and Sexuality. 1. The Trouble with 'Nature'; 2. Sociological Challenges to Essentialism -- pt. 2. Inequalities and Social Structure. 3. Gender, Sexuality and Structural Inequality ; 4. The Idea of Patriarchy ; 5. Rethinking Gendered and Sexual Inequalities -- pt. 3. Culture, Ideology and Discourse. 6. Gender and Sexuality as Cultural Constructs ; 7. Critical Perspectives on Knowledge ; 8. The Complexity of Contemporary Culture -- pt. 4. Self, Identity and Agency. 9. The Socialization Paradigm and its Critics ; 10. Becoming Gendered and Sexual ; 11. Sexual Selves in Global Late Modernity -- pt. 5. Conclusion. 12. Power, Politics, Identities and Social Change.

ISBN: 9780745633770 (paperback)

LCCN: 2011288925

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB089606 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015611343 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gender identity--Social aspects.
Sex.

LC Class. No.: HQ1075 / .R34 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 305.3