Teaching Gender and Sex in Contemporary America
Editors: Haltinner, Kristin, Pilgeram, Ryanne (Eds.)
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- Features critical essays on teaching gender and sex by scholars who are invested in creating effective classrooms
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- About this book
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This book provides innovative pedagogy, theory, and strategies for college and university professors who seek effective methods and materials for teaching about gender and sex to today’s students. It provides thoughtful reflections on the new struggles and opportunities instructors face in teaching gender and sex during what has been called the “post-feminist era.” Building off its predecessor: Teaching Race and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America, this book offers complementary classroom exercises for teachers, that foster active and collaborative learning. Through reflecting on the gendered dimensions of the current political, economic, and cultural climate, as well as presenting novel lesson plans and classroom activities, Teaching Gender and Sex in Contemporary America is a valuable resource for educators.
- About the authors
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Kristin Haltinner is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Idaho. Her research is on right-wing ideology and social movement organizations; racial formation and discourse; and social inequality (race, gender, class, and sexuality). Haltinner teaches a variety of classes on topics related to diversity and inequality at the University of Idaho including: Diversity and Stratification, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Gender, and a workshop on Resisting Hate in One’s Community (focusing on Idaho). She earned her PhD in sociology from the University of Minnesota in 2013.
Ryanne Pilgeram is a Montana native who also lived in North Idaho for a period. She does qualitative research that focuses on how gender intersects with rural life. When she's not teaching and researching Ryanne enjoys spending time with family, especially with her two young sons.
- Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Sex and Gender in International Sports: Athletes and the Social Construction of Sex
Pages 3-13
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The Mis-education of Lady Gaga: Confronting Essentialist Claims in the Sex and Gender Classroom
Pages 15-25
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Performances of Pronouns: Using Feminist Post-structuralism to Explore the Social Construction of Gender
Pages 27-36
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Undoing Gender: Making the Invisible Visible
Pages 37-44
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Gender Bending in the Classroom: Teaching Gender Inequity Without Reifying Gender Essentialism and Heteronormativity
Pages 45-51
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Teaching Gender and Sex in Contemporary America
- Editors
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- Kristin Haltinner
- Ryanne Pilgeram
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-30364-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-30364-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-30362-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-80790-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 456
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 illustrations in colour
- Topics