Gender and Identity: Key Themes and New Directions

INTRODUCTION PART ONE THEORIZING GENDER IDENTITY: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY THEORIES 1 CLASSICAL APPROACHES AND THEIR CRITIQUES 2 POSTSTRUCTURALIST AND POSTMODERNIST APPROACHES 3 THEORIES OF IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE PART TWO THE POLITICS OF GENDER IDENTITY 4 GENDER AND THE POLITICS OF BELONGING: PLACE, NATIONHOOD, CULTURE, AND GLOBALIZATION 5 CONTRADICTORY DISCOURSES: RELIGION AND SPIRITUAL BELIEF, SEX AND SEXUALITY 6 GENDER MOVEMENTS AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS PART THREE THE PRACTICES OF GENDER IDENTITY 7 PUBLIC/PRIVATE SELF LOVE, INTIMACY, AND RELATIONSHIPS FRIENDSHIP AND ASSOCIATION 8 UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC: FAMILY, WORK, MANAGEMENT, AND ORGANIZATION 9 EDUCATION AND SCHOOLING SPORT AND LEISURE 10 BODIES, EMBODIMENT, VIOLENCE, AND AGING PART FOUR NEW DIRECTIONS IN GENDER IDENTITY 11 GLOBALIZED AND DIASPORIC CYBER WO/MAN POSTMODERN MAN POSTMODERN WOMAN GLOSSARY INDEX