When Sex Became Gender Contributor(s): Tarrant, Shira (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415953472 ISBN-13: 9780415953474 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: This book is a study of post World War II feminist theory from the viewpoint of intellectual history. The key theme is that the social construction of gender has its origins in the feminist theorists of this period. This paradigm is a key foundational element to both second and third wave feminist thought. It will focus on the five key scholars of the period: Komarovsky, de Beauvoir, Mead, Klein and Herschberger. This has been a somewhat overlooked period in the development of feminist theory and philosophy and Tarrant makes a compelling case for it (the fifties) being the turning point in the study of gender. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 305.420 |
LCCN: 2005031288 |
Series: Perspectives on Gender |
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.02" W x 8.97" (0.88 lbs) 294 pages |
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Publisher Description: When Sex Became Gender is a study of post-World War II feminist theory from the viewpoint of intellectual history. The key theme is that ideas about the social construction of gender have its origins in the feminist theorists of the postwar period, and that these early ideas about gender became a key foundational paradigm for both second and third wave feminist thought. These conceptual foundations were created by a cohort of extraordinarily imaginative and bold academic women. While discussing the famous feminist scholars-Simone de Beauvoir, Margaret Mead-the book also hinges on the work of scholars who are lesser known to American audiences-Mirra Komarovsky, Viola Klein, and Ruth Herschberger, The postwar years have been an overlooked period in the development of feminist theory and philosophy and Tarrant makes a compelling case for this era being the turning point in the study of gender. |