Gender reckonings: new social theory and research

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Theories Don't Grow on Trees" -- 2. Hegemonic, Nonhegemonic, and "New" Masculinities -- 3. From Object to Subject: Situating Transgender Lives in Sociology -- 4. Postcoloniality and the Sociology of Gender -- 5. Race, Indigeneity, and Gender -- 6. Categories, Structures, and Intersectional Theory -- 7. Why "Heteronormativity" Is Not Enough -- 8. Gender Inequality and Feminism in the New Economy -- 9. Gender Politics in Academia in the Neoliberal Age -- 10. The Holy Grail of Organizational Change -- 11. Concerning Tradition in Studies on Men and Masculinities in Ex- Colonies -- 12. Rethinking Patriarchy through Unpatriarchal Male Desires -- 13. On the Elasticity of Gender Hegemony -- 14. Limitations of the Neoliberal Turn in Gender Theory -- 15. Paradoxes of Gender Redux -- 16. The Monogamous Couple, Gender Hegemony, and Polyamory -- Conclusion: Reckoning with Gender -- About the Contributors -- Index

Cover -- GENDER RECKONINGS -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Editors -- PART I. POINTS OF DEPARTURE: GENDER AND POWER AND ITS SEQUELS -- 1. "Theories Don't Grow on Trees": Contextualizing Gender Knowledge -- 2. Hegemonic, Nonhegemonic, and "New" Masculinities -- 3. From Object to Subject: Situating Transgender Lives in Sociology -- PART II. THE LARGER SCOPE OF GENDER ANALYSIS -- 4. Postcoloniality and the Sociology of Gender -- 5. Race, Indigeneity, and Gender: Lessons for Global Feminism -- 6. Categories, Structures, and Intersectional Theory -- PART III. FOUR DIMENSIONS OF RELATIONSHIP, STRUGGLE, AND CHANGE -- 7. Why "Heteronormativity" Is Not Enough: A Feminist Sociological Perspective on Heterosexuality -- 8. Gender Inequality and Feminism in the New Economy -- 9. Gender Politics in Academia in the Neoliberal Age -- 10. The Holy Grail of Organizational Change: Toward Gender Equality at Work -- PART IV. DYNAMICS OF MASCULINITIES -- 11. Concerning Tradition in Studies on Men and Masculinities in Ex-Colonies -- 12. Rethinking Patriarchy through Unpatriarchal Male Desires -- 13. On the Elasticity of Gender Hegemony: Why Hybrid Masculinities Fail to Undermine Gender and Sexual Inequality -- PART V. AGENDAS FOR THEORY -- 14. Limitations of the Neoliberal Turn in Gender Theory: (Re)Turning to Gender as a Social Structure -- 15. Paradoxes of Gender Redux: Multiple Genders and the Persistence of the Binary -- 16. The Monogamous Couple, Gender Hegemony, and Polyamory -- Conclusion: Reckoning with Gender -- About the Contributors -- Index.

Introduction: the editors -- Points of departure : gender & power and its sequels -- "Theories don't grow on trees" : contextualizing gender knowledge / Myra Marx Ferree -- Hegemonic, nonhegemonic, and "new" masculinities / James W. Messerschmidt and Michael A. Messner -- From object to subject : situating transgender lives in sociology / Kristen Schilt -- The larger scope of gender analysis -- Postcoloniality and the sociology of gender / Raka Ray -- Race, indigeneity, and gender : lessons for global feminism / Mara Viveros Vigoya -- Categories, structures, and intersectional theory / Joya Misra -- Four dimensions of relationship, struggle, and change -- Why "heteronormativity" is not enough : a feminist sociological perspective on heterosexuality / Stevi Jackson -- Gender inequality and feminism in the new economy / Christine L. Williams and Megan Tobias Neely -- Gender politics in academia in the neoliberal age / Barbara Poggio -- The holy grail of organizational change : toward gender equality at work / Yvonne Benschop and Marieke van den Brink -- Dynamics of masculinities -- Concerning tradition in studies on men and masculinities in ex-colonies / Kopano Ratele -- Rethinking patriarchy through unpatriarchal male desires / Gul Ozyegin -- On the elasticity of gender hegemony : why hybrid masculinities fail to undermine gender and sexual inequality / Tristan Bridges and C. J. Pascoe -- Agendas for theory -- Limitations of the neoliberal turn in gender theory : (re)turning to gender as a social structure / Barbara J. Risman, Kristen Myers, and Ray Sin -- Paradoxes of gender redux : multiple genders and the persistence of the binary / Judith Lorber -- The monogamous couple, gender hegemony, and polyamory / Mimi Schippers -- Conclusion: theory work, or reckoning with gender / Raewyn Connell -- About the contributors -- Index -- Notes