Isbn: 9780814748824 - the Gender Trap: Parents and the Pitfalls of Raising Boys and Girls (12 results)

Hardback. Condition: New. A detailed account of how gender is learned and unlearned in the home From the selection of toys, clothes, and activities to styles of play and emotional expression, the family is ground zero for where children learn about gender. Despite recent awareness that girls are not too fragile to play sports and that boys can benefit from learning to cook, we still find ourselves surrounded by limited gender expectations and persistent gender inequalities. Through the lively and engaging stories of parents from a wide range of backgrounds, The Gender Trap provides a detailed account of how today's parents understand, enforce, and resist the gendering of their children. Emily Kane shows how most parents make efforts to loosen gendered constraints for their children, while also engaging in a variety of behaviors that reproduce traditionally gendered childhoods, ultimately arguing that conventional gender expectations are deeply entrenched and that there is great tension in attempting to undo them while letting 'boys be boys' and 'girls be girls.'.…

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Condition: New. Provides a detailed account of how today's parents understand, enforce, and resist the gendering of their children Num Pages: 297 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; VFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499. . 2012. hardcover. . . . . …

Hardback. Condition: New. A detailed account of how gender is learned and unlearned in the home From the selection of toys, clothes, and activities to styles of play and emotional expression, the family is ground zero for where children learn about gender. Despite recent awareness that girls are not too fragile to play sports and that boys can benefit from learning to cook, we still find ourselves surrounded by limited gender expectations and persistent gender inequalities. Through the lively and engaging stories of parents from a wide range of backgrounds, The Gender Trap provides a detailed account of how today's parents understand, enforce, and resist the gendering of their children. Emily Kane shows how most parents make efforts to loosen gendered constraints for their children, while also engaging in a variety of behaviors that reproduce traditionally gendered childhoods, ultimately arguing that conventional gender expectations are deeply entrenched and that there is great tension in attempting to undo them while letting 'boys be boys' and 'girls be girls.'.…

Condition: New. Provides a detailed account of how today's parents understand, enforce, and resist the gendering of their children Num Pages: 297 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; VFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499. . 2012. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Condition: New. Provides a detailed account of how today s parents understand, enforce, and resist the gendering of their children&Uumlber den AutorEmily W. Kane is Professor of Sociology, and a member of the Program in Women and Gender Studies, at.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 287 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. 297.

Condition: New. pp. 297.

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