Sociology ­ Mainstreaming Gender

Sociology of Gender courses most often start by exploring the social ‘constructedness’ of sex and gender. They look at the way in which sex and gender are social phenomena that change over time and vary across cultures. Feminists have challenged the idea that sex and gender are fixed biological realities and argue that gender is a major organizing aspect of society. Gender arises out of our everyday interactions and is shaped by larger institutions such as education, work, and the family. Gender inequalities revealed through social patterns are examined as well as the way in which a hierarchical gender system is both reproduced and challenged through the link between social structure and interpersonal experiences. Other topics include: race and class, the body, sexuality, education, work, and transgenderism.

Wharton, Amy S. 2005. The : An Introduction to Theory and Research. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Topic ­ Conceptualizing Gender

 Scholars have conceptualized gender as a social construction, as a performance and as a social institution.

Social Construction

 Feminists have argued that gender is socially constructed and reproduced in everyday life. We learn gender from early childhood.

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Gender as Performance

 Post­structuralists have challenged modernist feminists with regards to their approach to gender. Feminists have responded to the post­structural challenge and the debates that have emerged in , including Judith Butler’s theory of performativity. Bartky, Sandra. 1990. Femininity and Domination. London: Routledge Beasley, Chris. 1999. What is feminism? An introduction to . London: Sage. Chapter 7. Benhabib, Seyla.1994. “Feminism and the Question of Postmodernism.” In The Polity Reader in Gender Studies. London: Polity Press, 76-92. Benhabib, Seyla, Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell, and Nancy Fraser. 1995. Feminist Contentions: A Philosophical Exchange. New York: Routledge. Braidotti, Rosi. 1994. Nomadic subjects: embodiment and sexual difference in contemporary feminist theory. New York: Columbia University Press. Brooks, Ann. 1997. Postfeminisms. London: Routledge. Butler, Judith. 1990. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. London: Routledge. Butler, Judith. 1990. “Subversive Bodily Acts.” In Judith Butler (ed.). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. London: Routlege. Butler, Judith. 1992. “Contingent foundations: feminism and the question of ‘postmodernism’”. In Judith Butler and Joan W. Scott (eds.). Feminists Theorize the Political. New York: Routledge. Butler, Judith. 1997. “Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire.” In Anne Phillips (ed.). Feminist Politics. Oxford University Press. Butler, Judith. 1999. “Bodies that Matter.” In Janet Price and Margrit Shildrick (eds.) Feminist theory and the body: a reader. London: Taylor & Francis, 235-245. Butler, Judith. 2004. Undoing Gender. London: Routledge. Felski, Rita. 1989. "Feminism, postmodernism, and the critique of modernity." Cultural Critique 13: 33-56. Fraser, Nancy. 1992. "The uses and abuses of French discourse theories for feminist politics." Theory, Culture & Society 9(1): 51-71. Fraser, Nancy and Linda Nicholson. 1990. “Between Feminism and Postmodernism.” In Linda Nicholson (ed.). Feminism/Postmodernism. London: Routledge. Freeman, Jo, and Nancy Henley. 1995. "The sexual politics of interpersonal behavior." In Jo Freeman (ed.). Women: A feminist perspective. London: Mayfield. Goffman, Erving. 1976. Gender advertisements. Macmillan Education UK. Goffman, Erving. 1978. The presentation of self in everyday life. London: Harmondsworth. Lloyd, Moya. 2005 Beyond Identity Politics: Feminism, Power and Politics. London: Sage. McNay, Lois. 1992. Foucault and Feminism Power, Gender and the Self. Cambridge: Polity. McNeil, Maureen. 1993. “Dancing with Foucault: Feminism and Power Knowledge.” In Caroline Ramazanoglu (ed.). Up Against Foucault: Exploration of Some Tensions between Foucault and Feminism. Psychology Press, 147-175. Meijer, Irene Costera, and Baukje Prins. 1998. "How bodies come to matter: An interview with Judith Butler." Signs: Journal of women in culture and society 23(2): 275-286. Moi, Toril. 2001. What is a woman?: and other essays. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 1. Riley, Denise. 1988. ‘Am I That Name?’ Feminism and the Category of ‘Women’ in History. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan. Sawicki, Julia. 1991. Disciplining Foucault: Feminism, Power & the Body. London: Routledge. Stanley, Liz, and Sue Wise. 1993. Breaking Out. London: Routledge. Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. 2012. In Other Words: Essays in Cultural Politics. London: Routledge. Waugh, Patricia. 1998. “Postmodernism and Feminism.” In Stevi Jackson and Jacki Jones (eds.). Contemporary Feminist Theories. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Weedon, Chris. 1997. Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. West, Candace, and Don H. Zimmerman. 1987. "Doing gender." Gender & society 1(2): 125-151.

Gender as a social institution

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Intersectionality ­ Race

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Intersectionality ­ Class

 Feminists have theorized the intersection of class and gender, from early Marxist feminists to contemporary concerns with cultural capital. How has the emergence of a „new class paradigm‟ given a renewed impetus to the study of class and gender? This paradigm draws heavily on the work of Bourdieu but combine his insights into habitus and capitals with contemporary concerns around identity, power and emotions.

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Gender and society

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