This text offers a wide-ranging account of the dynamic relationship between gender, culture and society. Incorporates feminist theory, theories of men and masculinity, and post-structuralism, as well as recent global events, ensuring a highly topical and relevant discussion.
Introduction: Gender Relations in Context
Approaching Gender: Feminism, Men's Studies and the Cultural Turn
Fragmenting Family Life: Maternal Femininities and Paternal Masculinities
In and Out of Labour: Beyond the Cult of Domesticity and Breadwinners
Interplaying Gender and Age in Late Modernity
Sporting Genders: Media Masculinities and Femininities
Shifting Gender Connections: Sexuality, Late Modernity and Lifestyle Sex
Representing Engendered Bodies: Producing the Cultural Categories 'Men' and 'Women'
Men and Women of the World: Emerging Representations of Global Gender Relations
Gender on the Move: The Search for a New Sex/Gender Order in Late Modernity
Conclusion
