Gender and sexuality : sociological approaches - Rahman, Momin; Jackson, Stevi (Cambridge : Polity, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-232) and index.
Keywords: Gender identity -- Social aspects; Sex