Gender

by Claire Colebrook

Why has Western thought been so persistent in its organisation of human bodies, and other categories, in terms of the binary opposition male and female? Is gender nothing more than an ideology, or does it have its basis in sexual difference?

This invaluable introductory guide offers a clear overview of the concept, and problem, of gender. Claire Colebrook places the term in its historical contexts and traces its development from the Enlightenment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333994574
• ISBN13: 9780333994573
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"