Gender Relations in Canada: Intersectionalities and Social Change - Softcover

Siltanen, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199006938 ISBN 13: 9780199006939

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Gender Relations in Canada is an accessible examination of the many ways gendered structures and identities are embraced, resisted, and challenged in Canada today. Taking an intersectional approach, this text first presents the major shifts in sociological thinking about gender before moving on to consider how gender shapes our experiences throughout our lives.

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About the Author

Janet Siltanen is professor of sociology at Carleton University, cross-appointed to the Institute of Political Economy. Having received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, she taught at the University of Edinburgh before moving to Carleton University. She has held number of professional posts, including director of the Centre for Labour and Community Research (2006-2013), sociology department graduate chair (2006-2009), and director of the Institute of Political Economy (2010-12). Professor Siltanen is extensively published in the areas of gender, work, community, stratification, and political economy. Andrea Doucet is professor at Brock University, cross-appointed with the Department of Sociology and Department of Women's Studies. She also holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair of Gender, Work, and Care. Professor Doucet is widely published and recognized in Canada and abroad for her research. Her work involves ethnographic research on meanings and daily practices of caregiving responsibilities, especially for fathers; methodological, epistemological, ethical, and ontological issues in knowing with and from narrative accounts; and attentiveness to genealogies of concept formation, especially concepts of responsibility, embodiment, time, care, and work. She was also recently awarded the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award from the Canadian Sociological Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199006938
• ISBN 13: 9780199006939
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288