Debating Gender, Debating Sexuality / Edition 1

by Nikki R. Keddie

Overview

Debating Gender, Debating Sexuality incorporates many different and fruitful approaches to understanding gender and sexuality. In this collection, Nikki R. Keddie presents essays, chosen from the journal Contention, written by outstanding scholars and theorists, along with responses to them. Topics discussed include procreation and female oppression, trends in feminist theory, gender and U.S. social policy, Marxism and women's history, the male search for identity today and the works of Foucault and Freud. Contributors include Nicky Hart, Juliet Mitchell, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Barbara Laslett, Sandra Harding, Linda Gordon, Theda Skocpol, Deborah Valenze, Iris Berger, Philippa Levine, Susan Rubin Suleiman, Theodore C. Kent, Roy Porter, Mark Poster, Jeffrey Masson, Frederick Crews, and Jeffrey Prager.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814746554
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	04/01/1996
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Author of numerous books, including the acclaimed Roots of Revolution, Nikki R. Keddie is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles and editor of the award- winning journal Contention.

Editorial Reviews

Social scientists choose sides, usually one emphasizing women's equality and the other emphasizing women's special needs, and trade views on procreation and female oppression, culture, welfare, Marxism and women's history, Foucault and sexuality, and Freud and repressed memory. Essays on Simone de Beauvoir's wartime writings and the male's search for a new identity remain unchallenged. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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