Gender and Families (Gender Lens Series) [Paperback]

Scott Coltrane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 23, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0803990367 | ISBN-13: 978-0803990364

Gender and Families uses images from popular culture and events from everyday lives to explore how families and gender are mutually produced and inseparably linked. Author Scott Coltrane teaches gender in an accessible and compelling manner to a wide array of students by weaving discussions of racial differences, ethnicity, and social class into every chapter. Coltrane also includes women and men as both topic and audience in the central chapters of the book. Ideal for use in a gender course, or as a supplement in family, introductory sociology, or social inequality classes.

Editorial Reviews

Review

He is a refreshingly clear and engaging writer who uses popular culture effectively to illuminate the theoretical connections between gender inequality and family life. (Taylor, Verta Signs )

About the Author

Scott Coltrane is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is co-author, with Randall Collins, of Sociology of Marriage and the Family. In addition to Gender and Families, he is the author of Family Man: Fatherhood, Housework, and Gender Equity (1996, Oxford University Press), winner of The American Library Association's CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Altamira Press (August 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803990367
• ISBN-13: 978-0803990364
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,379,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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