The Gender Line

by Nancy Levit

Book Overview

Despite tremendous advances in civil rights, we live in a world where the sexes remain sharply segregated from birth to death: in names, clothing, social groupings, and possessions; in occupations, civic association, and domestic roles. Gender separatism, so pervasive as to be almost invisible, permeates the fabric of our daily social routines. Preferring a notion of gender that is fluid and contextual, and denying that separatism is inevitable,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814751229
• ISBN13: 9780814751220
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"