POWER/GENDER by Henderikus J. Stam (Editor), H. Lorraine Radtke (Editor) ( 9780803986756 )

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Title:

POWER/GENDER
SOCIAL RELATIONS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

By:

Henderikus J. Stam (Editor), H. Lorraine Radtke (Editor)

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0803986750

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Publisher:

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Pub. date:

1 January, 1994

Series:

Inquiries in Social Construction Series

Pages:

328

Description:

This book investigates the complex strands that inextricably link gender and power relations, demonstrating how gender is constructed through the practices of power.The contributors argue that `female' and `male' are shaped not only at the micro-level of everyday social interaction but also at the macro-level where social institutions control and regulate the practice of gender. Power//Gender explores: how theorizing on power is affected when gender is taken into account; post-Foucauldian theory of gender and power; whether it is possible to separate gender and power; the connections between gender and the practice of power in political contexts, and how these connections work in the specific contexts of women's liv

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This book investigates the complex strands that inextricably link gender and power relations, demonstrating how gender is constructed through the practices of power.The contributors argue that `female' and `male' are shaped not only at the micro-level of everyday social interaction but also at the macro-level where social institutions control and regulate the practice of gender. Power/Gender explores: how theorizing on power is affected when gender is taken into account; post-Foucauldian theory of gender and power; whether it is possible to separate gender and power; the connections between gender and the practice of power in political contexts, and how these connections work in the specific contexts of women's lives; and whether the construction of sex or gender is an expression of power relations.

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