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Author Levit, Nancy.

Title The gender line : men, women, and the law / Nancy Levit.

Imprint New York : NYU Press, 1998.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 301 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Critical America series
Critical America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-293) and index.
Contents Gender separatism -- How courts enforce gender separatism -- Making men : the socio-legal construct of masculinity -- The "f" word : feminism and its detractors -- Feminist legal theory and the treatment of men -- Reconstructing images of gender in theory -- Remaking gender in practice : looking forward.
Summary 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, Nancy Levit dismantles the myths of gender essentialism Drawing on a wealth of interdisciplinary data regarding the biological and cultural origins of sex differences, Levit provides a fresh perspective on gendered behaviors and argues the need for careful cultivation of new relations between the sexes.
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject Feminist theory -- United States.
Feminist jurisprudence -- United States.
Sex discrimination in justice administration -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Sex and law -- United States.
Sex role -- United States.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Men -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Théorie féministe -- États-Unis.
Féminisme et droit -- États-Unis.
Sexualité et droit -- États-Unis.
Rôle selon le sexe -- États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
Feminist jurisprudence. (OCoLC)fst00922778
Feminist theory. (OCoLC)fst00922816
Men -- Legal status, laws, etc. (OCoLC)fst01016011
Sex and law. (OCoLC)fst01114252
Sex role. (OCoLC)fst01114598
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (OCoLC)fst01176824
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Levit, Nancy. Gender line. New York : New York University Press, ©1998 0814751210 9780814751213 (DLC) 97045398 (OCoLC)38067541
ISBN 9780814752715 (electronic bk.)
0814752713 (electronic bk.)
9780814751220
0814751210 (alk. paper)
0585022100
9780585022109
Standard No. AU@ 000055802350
DEBBG BV044162837
GBVCP 1008656747
DKDLA 820120-katalog:999940784105765

 
    
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