Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities

Justin Charlebois

doi:10.5771/9780739144909

Summary

Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities investigates how hegemonic and nonhegemonic forms of femininity are constructed in the social institutions of school, the workplace, and the media. Hegemonic femininities are those that form a complementary and subordinate relationship with hegemonic masculinity and in doing so legitimize a hierarchical relationship between men and women, and masculinity and femininity. Nonhegemonic femininities include culturally-idealized dominant femininities, which do not legitimize a hierarchical relationship between masculinity and femininity, and gender-deviant subordinate femininities. Through an analysis of existing empirical research and fictional media, the book illustrates the relationship between these various femininities and their relationship with masculinity.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2010
Copyright Year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-4488-6
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-4490-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 154
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
Chapter 1: The Social Construction of Gender No access Pages 5 - 20
Chapter 2: Geographies of Femininities No access Pages 21 - 42
Chapter 3: The Social Construction of Femininities in School No access Pages 43 - 62
Chapter 4: Gender and Professional Identity in the Workplace No access Pages 63 - 92
Chapter 5: Media Representations of Femininities No access Pages 93 - 136
Chapter 6: Conclusion: Femininities in a Post-feminist Era No access Pages 137 - 142
Bibliography No access Pages 143 - 148
Index No access Pages 149 - 152
About the Author No access Pages 153 - 154