Gender theory in troubled times / Kathleen Lennon & Rachel Alsop.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, [2020]Description: vi, 258 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780745683010
- 9780745683027
- 305.3 23
- HQ18.55 .L46 2020
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Normal Collection | International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) | HQ18.55 .L46 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | c1 | Available | 200132352025 | |
| Normal Collection | International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) | HQ18.55 .L46 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | c2 | Available | 200132362025 | |
| Normal Collection | International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) | HQ18.55 .L46 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | c3 | Available | 200132372025 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- The data of biology -- Gendered psyches: psychoanalysis and sexual difference -- Historical materialism -- Simone de Beauvoir: becoming woman -- Intersectionality -- Judith Butler: performativity, precariousness and queering -- Making sense of our (gendered) selves -- Conclusion: The 'truth about gender' -- Questions for further reflection -- Notes -- References -- Index.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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