Gender Through the Prism of Difference - Softcover

Baca Zinn, Maxine; Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette; Messner, Michael A.; Denissen, Amy M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190200049 ISBN 13: 9780190200046

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Gender Through the Prism of Difference adopts a global, transnational perspective on how race,
class, and sexual diversity are central to the study of sex and gender. In contrast with other books in
this area--which tend to focus on U.S. or European viewpoints--this wide-ranging anthology features
many articles based on research done elsewhere throughout the world. Now in its fifth edition,
the book opens with a revised and updated Introduction that sets the stage for understanding gender
as a socially constructed experience. Featuring twenty-eight new readings, this edition covers
compelling subjects like transgendered people, intersex issues, men and masculinity, sexual and
gender violence, disabilities, obesity, reproductive technologies, educational testing, aging and
ageism, and Occupy Wall Street.

About this title

About the Author

Maxine Baca Zinn is Professor Emerita of Sociology at Michigan State University.

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo is Professor and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of
Immigrant Integration at the University of Southern California.

Michael A. Messner is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California.

Amy M. Denissen is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University-Northridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190200049
• ISBN 13: 9780190200046
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 592