ISBN:
9780203819494
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (290 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
Series Statement:
Perspectives on Gender
Parallel Title:
Print version Tarrant, Shira When Sex Became Gender
DDC:
305.3
Keywords:
Feminism -- History -- 20th century
;
Feminist theory -- History
;
Sex role -- Philosophy
Abstract:
When Sex Became Gender is a study of post-World War II feminist theory from the viewpoint of intellectual history. The key theme is that ideas about the social construction of gender have its origins in the feminist theorists of the postwar period, and that these early ideas about gender became a key foundational paradigm for both second and third wave feminist thought. These conceptual foundations were created by a cohort of extraordinarily imaginative and bold academic women. While discussing the famous feminist scholars-Simone de Beauvoir, Margaret Mead-the book also hinges on the work of scholars who are lesser known to American audiences-Mirra Komarovsky, Viola Klein, and Ruth Herschberger, The postwar years have been an overlooked period in the development of feminist theory and philosophy and Tarrant makes a compelling case for this era being the turning point in the study of gender
Abstract:
Cover -- when sex became gender -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: TENDING THE EMBERS -- CHAPTER 1 CONFRONTING THE BONDS OF IDEOLOGY: FEMINIST THEORY IN THE COLD WAR YEARS -- CHAPTER 2 THE SETTING: POSTWAR POLITICS IN BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND THE UNITED STATES -- CHAPTER 3 ON THE PATH TO GENDER: MARGARET MEAD, SOCIALIZATION, AND SEX ROLE IDEOLOGY -- CHAPTER 4 MIRRA KOMAROVSKY: FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND THE POIGNANT SIGNS OF DISCONTENT -- CHAPTER 5 VIOLA KLEIN: SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE SO-CALLED FEMININE CHARACTER -- CHAPTER 6 SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR AND THE SECOND SEX -- CHAPTER 7 NO WOMAN IS AN ISLAND: RUTH HERSCHBERGER AND POSTWAR POLLINATION -- CHAPTER 8 WHEN SEX BECAME GENDER -- ENDNOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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