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Gender Through the Prism of Difference (2nd Edition)

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The 2nd edition to this books introduces readers to the complex narratives on gender in modern society. The numerous articles included in this volume represent some of the leading scholarship on gender in society, and introduces readers to the theoretical and methodological works of numerous researchers.This anthology is important and essential to scholars, feminists, and teachers. This is an excellent book for graduate student and undergraduate students alike.

Overall I have enjoyed reading this book, much more so than the other assigned text for my Sociology of Gender class. However, as a student with a background in editing, I've often been jolted out of concentration by the numerous typos and spelling errors in this text. When reading academically, my goal is to read as quickly as possible while still processing the information. I've had to stop and reread multiple sentences in this book, such as this example on pg. 420: "...although she acknowledges that the feet that she was known to be a graduate student..." What, what, what? Feet? Stripper feet? Oh, I see, you meant fact, but you just can't write. Having spent at least an hour a day reading this text for class, the lack of editing makes my head spin. Proceed with caution in purchasing or assigning this text.

This book is a very good source to use when studying gender roles and aspects of gender. I like that this book has personal experience as well as scholarly reviews.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about gender studies and the changes that has been made to gender in today's world.