Paradoxes of Gender (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300064971)

In this innovative book, a well-known feminist and sociologist-who is also the founding editor of Gender & Society-challenges our most basic assumptions about gender. Judith Lorber argues that gender is wholly a product of socialization, subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation, and that it is a social institution comparable to the economy, the family, and religion in its significance and consequences. Calling into question the inevitability and necessity of gender, she envisions a society structured for equality, where no gender, racial ethnic, or social class group is allowed to monopolize positions of power.

Author: Judith Lorber
ISBN-10: 0300064977
ISBN-13: 9780300064971
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1995
Pages: 435
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.17h x 6.10w x 1.13d