Before the Second Wave
Gender in the Sociological Tradition
Published on 4. May 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-13-184803-0 (ISBN)
Description
For sociology of gender or classical sociological theory courses or for sociology of gender courses offered in Women's Studies departments.
This edited volume examines the way classical sociological theorists thought - and wrote - about issues of gender and human society. Intended for use in gender or classical theory courses in sociology or Women's Studies departments, the book presents the writings of important sociological figures - both men and women - to lay the foundation for studying contemporary women theorists.
This edited volume examines the way classical sociological theorists thought - and wrote - about issues of gender and human society. Intended for use in gender or classical theory courses in sociology or Women's Studies departments, the book presents the writings of important sociological figures - both men and women - to lay the foundation for studying contemporary women theorists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 176 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-184803-0 (9780131848030)
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Content
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
The Classical Period: Nineteenth Century Sociology
Auguste Comte (1798-1857) on Women in Positivist Society
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) on American Women
Bebel, August (1840-1913) on Women and Socialism
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) on the Division of Labor and Interests in Marriage
Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) on the Rights and Status of Women
Lester Frank Ward (1841-1913) on the Condition of Women
Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) on the Voices of Women
Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) on Dress as Pecuniary Culture
The Progressive Era: Early Twentieth Century Sociology
Georg Simmel (1858-1918) on Conflict between Men and Women
Mary Roberts (Smith) Coolidge (1860-1945) on the Socialization of Girls
Anna Garlin Spencer (1851-1932) on the Woman of Genius
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) on the Economics of Private Household Work
Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1886-1939) on Compelling Women to Bear Children
Alexandra Kolontai (1873-1952) on Women and Class
Edith Abbott (1876-1957) on Women in Industry
1920s and 1930s: Institutionalizing the Discipline, Defining the Canon
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1868-1963) on the "Damnation" of Women
Edward Alsworth Ross (1866-1951) on Masculinism
Anna Garlin Spencer (1851-1932) on Husbands and Wives
Robert E. Park (1864-1944) and Ernest W. Burgess (1886-1966) On Sex Differences
William Graham Sumner (1840-1910) on Women's Natural Roles
Sophonisba P. Breckinridge (1866-1948) on Women as Workers and Citizens
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) on the Cultural Basis of Sex Difference
Willard Walter Waller (1899-1945) on Rating and Dating
The 1940s: Questions about Women's New Roles
Edward Alsworth Ross (1866-1951) on Sex Conflict
Alva Myrdal (1902-1986) on Women's Conflicting Roles
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) on Sex in the United States Social Structure
Joseph Kirk Folsom (1893-1960) on Wives' Changing Roles
Gunnar Myrdal (1898-1987) on Democracy and Race, an American Dilemma
Mirra Komarovsky (1905-1998) on Cultural Contradictions of Sex Roles
Robert Staughton Lynd (1892-1970) on Changes in Sex Roles
The 1950s: Questioning the Paradigm
Viola Klein (1908-1971) on the Feminine Stereotype
Mirra Komarovsky (1905-1998), Functional Analysis of Sex Roles
Helen Mayer Hacker on Women as a Minority Group
William H. Whyte (1917-1999) on the Corporate Wife
Talcott Parsons and Robert F. Bales on the Functions of Sex Roles
Alva Myrdal (1902-1986) and Viola Klein (1908-1971) on Women's Two Roles
Helen Mayer Hacker on the New Burdens of Masculinity
Preface
Introduction
The Classical Period: Nineteenth Century Sociology
Auguste Comte (1798-1857) on Women in Positivist Society
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) on American Women
Bebel, August (1840-1913) on Women and Socialism
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) on the Division of Labor and Interests in Marriage
Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) on the Rights and Status of Women
Lester Frank Ward (1841-1913) on the Condition of Women
Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) on the Voices of Women
Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) on Dress as Pecuniary Culture
The Progressive Era: Early Twentieth Century Sociology
Georg Simmel (1858-1918) on Conflict between Men and Women
Mary Roberts (Smith) Coolidge (1860-1945) on the Socialization of Girls
Anna Garlin Spencer (1851-1932) on the Woman of Genius
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) on the Economics of Private Household Work
Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1886-1939) on Compelling Women to Bear Children
Alexandra Kolontai (1873-1952) on Women and Class
Edith Abbott (1876-1957) on Women in Industry
1920s and 1930s: Institutionalizing the Discipline, Defining the Canon
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1868-1963) on the "Damnation" of Women
Edward Alsworth Ross (1866-1951) on Masculinism
Anna Garlin Spencer (1851-1932) on Husbands and Wives
Robert E. Park (1864-1944) and Ernest W. Burgess (1886-1966) On Sex Differences
William Graham Sumner (1840-1910) on Women's Natural Roles
Sophonisba P. Breckinridge (1866-1948) on Women as Workers and Citizens
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) on the Cultural Basis of Sex Difference
Willard Walter Waller (1899-1945) on Rating and Dating
The 1940s: Questions about Women's New Roles
Edward Alsworth Ross (1866-1951) on Sex Conflict
Alva Myrdal (1902-1986) on Women's Conflicting Roles
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) on Sex in the United States Social Structure
Joseph Kirk Folsom (1893-1960) on Wives' Changing Roles
Gunnar Myrdal (1898-1987) on Democracy and Race, an American Dilemma
Mirra Komarovsky (1905-1998) on Cultural Contradictions of Sex Roles
Robert Staughton Lynd (1892-1970) on Changes in Sex Roles
The 1950s: Questioning the Paradigm
Viola Klein (1908-1971) on the Feminine Stereotype
Mirra Komarovsky (1905-1998), Functional Analysis of Sex Roles
Helen Mayer Hacker on Women as a Minority Group
William H. Whyte (1917-1999) on the Corporate Wife
Talcott Parsons and Robert F. Bales on the Functions of Sex Roles
Alva Myrdal (1902-1986) and Viola Klein (1908-1971) on Women's Two Roles
Helen Mayer Hacker on the New Burdens of Masculinity