Gender and Identity: Key Themes and New Directions [Paperback]

A core text for courses in gender studies, which uses identity as an entry point for examining gender construction.Gender and Identitybrings a new perspective to our gender studies list, and to the study of gender in Canada, by looking at gender construction through the lens of identity. Using case studies and solid theoretical analysis, the book explores relationships between gender and sexuality, religion, race and ethnicity, parenting, education, work, and sport, linking these discussions to how identity is formed and expressed. In the course of the text, the authors show that gender is essentially the social performance of our sex identity, hardly fixed and, indeed, subject to change over time. This addition to our gender list will use the latest in gender theory to make explicit the natural links between gender and identity, providing a refreshing and contemporary experience for students.Introduction PART ONE Theorizing Gender Identity: Classical and Contemporary Theories1 Classical Approaches and Their Critiques2 Poststructuralist and Postmodernist Approaches3 Theories of Identity and DifferencePART TWO The Politics of Gender Identity4 Gender and the Politics of Belonging: Place, Nationhood, Culture, and Globalization5 Contradictory Discourses: Religion and Spiritual Belief, Sex and Sexuality6 Gender Movements and Media RepresentationsPART THREE The Practices of Gender Identity7 Public/Private Self; Love, Intimacy, and Relationships; Friendship and Association8 Understanding the Relationship between the Private and the Public: Family, Work, Management, and Organization9 Education and Schooling; Sport and Leisure10 Bodies, Embodiment, Violence, and AgingPART FOUR New Directions in Gender Identity11 Globalized alS.