Format:
Online-Ressource (ix, 301 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814751210
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9780814751220
Series Statement:
Critical America
Content:
Despite tremendous advances in civil rights, we live in a world where the sexes remain sharply segregated from birth to death: in names, clothing, social groupings, and possessions; in occupations, civic association, and domestic roles. Gender separatism, so pervasive as to be almost invisible, permeates the fabric of our daily social routines. Preferring a notion of gender that is fluid and contextual, and denying that separatism is inevitable, Nancy Levit dismantles the myths of gender essentialism Drawing on a wealth of interdisciplinary data regarding the biological and cultural origins of
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-293) and index
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Gender Separatism; 3 How Courts Enforce Gender Separatism; 4 Making Men: The Socio-Legal Construct of Masculinity; 5 The ""F"" Word: Feminism and Its Detractors; 6 Feminist Legal Theory and the Treatment of Men; 7 Reconstructing Images of Gender in Theory; 8 Remaking Gender in Practice: Looking Forward; Notes; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814751213
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Gender Line : Men, Women, and the Law
Language:
English
URL:
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