Gender Theory in Troubled Times

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By Rachel Alsop and Kathleen Lennon

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Theorizing gender is more urgent and highly political than ever before. Amid increased visibility of women in public life and campaigns against sexual violence, traditional gender norms are being challenged, leading to recognition of gay marriage and gender recognition laws. At the same time, there is political and religious backlash against the very concept of gender.

A follow-up to the authors’ 2002 work Theorizing Gender, this book revisits gender theory for contemporary times. It rejects any singular 'truth about gender', exploring multiple strands—materialist, intersectional, phenomenological, and performative—shaping gendered identities. This critical overview serves as an invaluable guide for students and scholars across social sciences and humanities.
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Ideal for students and scholars in gender studies, feminist theory, social sciences, and the humanities seeking a contemporary and intersectional approach to gender theory.

"This timely and necessary intervention revisits gender theory for contemporary times. The authors explore the multiple strands which go into making our gendered identities and refuse a singular 'truth about gender', resulting in the ideal critical overview"--

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Theorizing 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.

A follow-up to the authors’ 2002 text, Theorizing Gender, 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.

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Ruth Holliday, University of Leeds: "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."

Stella Sandford, Kingston University: "Lennon and Alsop are reliable guides to the gender-race-trans-queer controversies that animate our everyday lives, with measured analyses and no fence-sitting."

Myra Marx Feree, University of Wisconsin-Madison: "A rare book of theory that speaks effectively both to new students and well-read feminist scholars, combining eloquent critiques with concrete contemporary examples. This is intersectional theorizing at its interdisciplinary best."

Also described as a "vibrant and vital contribution to gender theory and feminist scholarship, articulating complex theories with sophistication and clarity."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780745683027

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 December 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 226.0mm

Weight: 408g

Pages: 304

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Education & Reference Kathleen Lennon LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction Rachel Alsop

About the Author

Kathleen Lennon is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hull
Rachel Alsop is Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of York