Sex, Gender And Society
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
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A landmark intervention in the study of human identity, Ann Oakley's Sex, Gender and Society argues a then-radical distinction that has since reshaped the social sciences: that biological sex and socially constructed gender are not one and the same. Published in 1972, the work systematically dismantles the assumption that observed differences between men and women are natural or inevitable, drawing on anthropology, biology, and sociology to illustrate how profoundly culture shapes what we come to regard as masculine and feminine. Oakley presents a rigorous cross-cultural survey of the evidence, demonstrating that the behaviours and roles assigned to each sex vary so dramatically across societies that no universal, biologically determined norm can be sustained. A foundational text in feminist theory and gender studies, Sex, Gender and Society introduced a conceptual vocabulary — most crucially the sex/gender distinction — that would underpin decades of subsequent scholarship. Oakley's prose is precise and analytical, yet entirely accessible, making complex sociological arguments legible to a broad readership. Decades after its first publication, the book retains its capacity to provoke and challenge, posing questions about the origins of inequality that remain as urgent and unresolved as ever.
Author: Ann Oakley
Format: Paperback
Published: 1972, Temple Smith / Maurice Temple Smith
Genre: Gender studies
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark intervention in the study of human identity, Ann Oakley's Sex, Gender and Society argues a then-radical distinction that has since reshaped the social sciences: that biological sex and socially constructed gender are not one and the same. Published in 1972, the work systematically dismantles the assumption that observed differences between men and women are natural or inevitable, drawing on anthropology, biology, and sociology to illustrate how profoundly culture shapes what we come to regard as masculine and feminine. Oakley presents a rigorous cross-cultural survey of the evidence, demonstrating that the behaviours and roles assigned to each sex vary so dramatically across societies that no universal, biologically determined norm can be sustained. A foundational text in feminist theory and gender studies, Sex, Gender and Society introduced a conceptual vocabulary — most crucially the sex/gender distinction — that would underpin decades of subsequent scholarship. Oakley's prose is precise and analytical, yet entirely accessible, making complex sociological arguments legible to a broad readership. Decades after its first publication, the book retains its capacity to provoke and challenge, posing questions about the origins of inequality that remain as urgent and unresolved as ever.