Power/Gender: Social Relations in Theory and Practice

by H. Lorraine Radtke (editor), Henderikus J Stam (Editor)

This book investigates the complex strands that inextricably link gender and power relations, demonstrating how gender is constructed through the practices of power. The contributors argue that `female′ and `male′ are shaped not only at the micro-level of everyday social interaction but also at the macro-level where social institutions control and regulate the practice of gender. Power//Gender how theorizing on power is affected when gender is taken into account; post-Foucauldian theory of gender and power; whether it is possible to separate gender and power; the connections between gender and the practice of power in political contexts, and how these connections work in the specific contexts of women′s liv

Genres: Sociology, Nonfiction

328 pages, Hardcover

First published March 7, 1994