Investigating Gender : Developing a Feminist Sociological Imagination / Martha E. Thompson and Michael Armato.

Gender analysis remains central to understanding social life, yet focusing on gender alone is inadequate. Recent feminist sociological scholarship highlights how gender intersects with other systems of privilege and oppression. This exciting new text combines these insights with an innovative, stude...

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Main Author: Thompson, Martha E.
Other Authors: Armato, Michael.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2012.
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Summary:Gender analysis remains central to understanding social life, yet focusing on gender alone is inadequate. Recent feminist sociological scholarship highlights how gender intersects with other systems of privilege and oppression. This exciting new text combines these insights with an innovative, student-centered pedagogical approach. Taking knowledge acquisition as an important first step, the book goes beyond this to provide students with tools and skills necessary to become critical thinkers and, ultimately, investigate gender on their own from a global feminist sociological perspective. -- Back cover.
Physical Description:xvii, 350 pages ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-341) and index.
ISBN:9780745651859
0745651852
9780745651866
0745651860