The new gold standard for sociology of gender courses An instant best-seller and now the leading book for the course, Wade and Ferree’s Gender is a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to sociological perspectives on gender. Drawing on memorable examples mined from history, pop culture, and current events, Gender deftly moves between theoretical concepts and applications to everyday life. New discussions of #metoo, toxic masculinity, and gender politics in the Trump era help students participate in today’s conversation about gender.

Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions

Politics & Social Sciences

Wade, Lisa

Ferree, Myra Marx

Social Sciences

W.W.Norton & Company

A lively exploration of current questions of gender and their application to students today. Wade and Ferree’s first edition textbook is a lively introduction to the sociology of gender. Probing questions, the same ones that students often bring to the course, frame readable chapters that are packed with the most up-to-date scholarship available―in language students will understand. The authors use memorable examples mined from pop culture, history, psychology, biology, and everyday life to truly engage students in the study of gender and spark interest in sociological perspectives.

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Books by Wade, Lisa

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Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions

Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions