1st Edition

Gender and Everyday Life

By Mary Holmes Copyright 2009
180 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Why are we so insistent that women and men are different? This introduction to gender provides a fascinating, readable exploration of how society divides people into feminine women and masculine men.  Gender and Everyday Life  explores gender as a way of seeing women and men as not just biological organisms, but as people shaped by their everyday social world. Examining how gender has... Read more

Introduction: Gender and Everyday Life  1.  Sexed Bodies?  2.  Learning and Doing Gender in Everyday Life  3. Gendered Relationships in Everyday Life  4. Resisting Gender in Everyday Life  5. The Future of Gender  Conclusion: Gender, Everyday Life and Degendering

Biography

Mary Holmes is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Flinders University, Australia.  Currently she is co-writing a book called Adventures in Heterosexuality (with Chris Beasley and Heather Brook) and is the author of What is Gender?  She is coeditor of Critical Concepts: The Sociology of the Body (also published by Routledge).

'Holmes provides an excellent overview of understanding of gender through a sociological lens and encourages readers to recognize the importance of reflecting and critically thinking about the impact gender has on their lives - recommended.' – Choice, August 2009