{"product_id":"gender-theory-in-troubled-times-hardback-9780745683010","title":"Gender Theory in Troubled Times (Hardback) 9780745683010","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGender Theory in Troubled Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKathleen Lennon (Author), Rachel Alsop (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745683010, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 December 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 14.7 x 2.3 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Conceptually sophisticated yet clear and accessible, this book is a must-have text for students exploring feminist and gendered approaches to the urgent issues of our time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Holliday, University of Leeds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Lennon and Alsop have put paid to the idea that gender theory is remote from the social and political concerns of global feminisms. With measured analyses but no fence-sitting, the authors are reliable guides to the gender-race-trans-queer controversies that animate our everyday lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStella Sandford, Kingston University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"This is a rare book of theory that speaks as effectively to a new student of gender as to the well-read feminist scholar. By weaving their critique of essentialism throughout their eloquent and fair-minded summaries of major thinkers, Lennon \u0026amp; Alsop have created a masterpiece rich in concrete, contemporary examples. This is intersectional theorizing at its interdisciplinary best.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyra Marx Feree, University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A vibrant and vital contribution to the field of gender theory and to feminist scholarship, articulating complex theories with sophistication and clarity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeminist Studies Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A fantastic resource for introducing students, especially graduate students and advanced undergraduates, to classic debates in gender theory.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTheorizing gender is more urgent and highly political than ever before. These are times, in many countries, of increased visibility of women in public life and high-profile campaigns against sexual violence and harassment. Challenges to fixed, traditional gender norms have paved the way for the recognition of gay marriage and gender recognition acts allowing people to change the gender assigned to them at birth. Yet these are also times of religious and political backlash by the alt right, the demonization of the very term ‘gender’ and a renewed embrace of the ‘naturalness’ of gendered difference as ordained by God or Science. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA follow-up to the authors’ 2002 text, \u003ci\u003eTheorizing Gender\u003c\/i\u003e, this timely and necessary intervention revisits gender theory for contemporary times. Refusing a singular ‘truth about gender’, the authors explore the multiple strands which go into making our gendered identities, in the context of materialist and intersectional perspectives interwoven with phenomenological and performative ones. The resulting critical overview will be a welcome and invaluable guide for students and scholars of gender across the social sciences and humanities.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One. The Data of Biology\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two. Gendered Psyches: Psychoanalysis and Sexual Difference\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three. Historical Materialism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four. Simone de Beauvoir: Becoming Woman\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five. Intersectionality  \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six. Judith Butler: Performativity, Precariousness and Queering\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven. Making Sense of our (Gendered) Selves\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. The ‘Truth about Gender’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Questions for Further Reflection\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407336763672,"sku":"9780745683010","price":45.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745683010.jpg?v=1784163234","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gender-theory-in-troubled-times-hardback-9780745683010","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}