Investigating Gender by Martha E. Thompson, Michael Armato - 9780745651859

Investigating GenderAuthor(s): Martha E. Thompson, Michael Armato\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9780745651859, 978-0745651859\nSynopsis\nGender analysis remains central to understanding social life, yet focusing on gender alone is inadequate. Recent feminist sociological scholarship highlights how gender intersects with other systems of privilege and oppression. This exciting new text combines these insights with an innovative, student-centered pedagogical approach. Taking knowledge acquisition as an important first step, the book goes beyond this to provide students with tools and skills necessary to become critical thinkers and, ultimately, investigate gender on their own from a global feminist sociological perspective. Five themes are carried forward throughout the text:\n\nthe social construction of gender differences; \ngendered inequalities;\nintersections of gender with other systems of privilege .