Power/Gender: Social Relations in Theory and Practice: 13 (Inquiries in Social Construction series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803986750 ISBN 13: 9780803986756

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

This book investigates the complex strands that inextricably link gender and power relations, demonstrating how gender is constructed through the practices of power.

The contributors argue that `female′ and `male′ are shaped not only at the micro-level of everyday social interaction but also at the macro-level where social institutions control and regulate the practice of gender. Power/Gender explores: how theorizing on power is affected when gender is taken into account; post-Foucauldian theory of gender and power; whether it is possible to separate gender and power; the connections between gender and the practice of power in political contexts, and how these connections work in the specific contexts of women′s lives; and whether the construction of sex or gender is an expression of power relations.

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About the Author

Henderikus Stam is Professor of Psychology at the University of Calgary. He is the founding and current editor of the journal Theory and Psychology and is a former President of Division 24 (Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association as well as a former President of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology. He has published widely and his research focuses mainly on the history of psychology and the theoretical foundations of psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803986750
• ISBN 13: 9780803986756
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Radtke H. Lorraine, Stam Henderikus J.