Robyn R Ryle

Questioning Gender

A Sociological Exploration

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Produktbeschreibung

Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration serves as a point-of-departure for productive conversations and questions about gender and as a resource for exploring answers to many of those questions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• 5th edition
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 187mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 782g
• ISBN-13: 9781071884034
• ISBN-10: 1071884034
• Artikelnr.: 67738831

Autorenporträt

Robyn Ryle is a full professor of sociology and gender studies at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, where she has been teaching sociology of gender and other courses for 19 years. She is the author of two nonfiction books. She/He/They/Me: For the Sisters, Misters, and Binary Resisters is a book about gender told in the style of a choose your own adventure. Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy: The Evolution of Gender, Identity, and Race in Sports is an exploration of inequality and social justice in the world of sports. Ryle went to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, for her undergraduate degree in sociology and English with a concentration in women's studies. She received her PhD in sociology from Indiana University. She is a member of the American Sociological Association and Sociologists for Women in Society and has served on the editorial board of the journal Teaching Sociology. She grew up in a small town in northern Kentucky and now lives in another small town just down the Ohio River. When she's not teaching classes, she writes, gardens, and watches lots of sports. She currently lives in a 170-year-old house in scenic Madison, Indiana, with her husband, stepdaughter, and two peculiar cats. You can find her on Instagram (@robynrryle) and Twitter (@robynryle) or read her Substack newsletter, You Think Too Much.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I What Are the Important Questions to Ask About Gender?
Chapter 1 What Is Gender and Why Should We Care About It? Introducing
Gender
Chapter 2 What's the "Sociology" in the Sociology of Gender? Understanding
Sociology and Gender
Chapter 3 How Do Disciplines Outside Sociology Study Gender? Some
Additional Theoretical Approaches
Part II How Are Our Lives Filled With Gender?
Chapter 4 How Do We Learn Gender? Gender and Socialization
Chapter 5 How Does Gender Matter for Whom We Want and Desire? The Gender of
Sexuality
Chapter 6 How Does Gender Impact the People You Spend Your Time With? The
Gender of Friendship and Dating
Chapter 7 How Does Gender Matter for How We Think About Our Bodies? The
Gender of Bodies and Health
Part III How Is Gender an Important Part of the Way Our Society Works?
Chapter 8 How Does Gender Impact the People We Live Our Lives With? The
Gender of Marriage and Families
Chapter 9 How Does Gender Affect the Type of Work We Do and the Rewards We
Receive for Our Work? The Gender of Work
Chapter 10 How Does Gender Affect What You Watch, What You Read, and What
You Play? The Gender of Media and Popular Culture
Chapter 11 How Does Gender Help Determine Who Has Power and Who Doesn't?
The Gender of Politics and Power