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Issues of Gender

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ISBN-10: 0321108795

ISBN-13: 9780321108791

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ellen G. Friedman, Jennifer D. Marshall

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Part of the Longman Topics series, Issues of Gender explores how gender roles operate in and through work, sexuality, popular culture, family, and across global perspectives. This brief collection of non-fiction and fiction essays examines constructions of femininities and masculinities and foregrounds intersections of race, class, and sexual preference as both shaping and shaped by gender. The selections highlight various perspectives on complex issues such as gender and global perspectives, gender and popular culture, and gender and family. Divided into five chapters, each features six to eight essays of varying lengths. Brief apparatus encourages students to think critically about the…    
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Book details

List price: $34.40
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

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