The Fantasy of Individuality : On The Sociohistorical Construction Of the Modern Subject

This volume is a step in fleshing out the historical reasons for gender inequality from the origins of humankind to present times in the Western world. It argues that despite much critique during the last two decades, gender identities are still ultimately understood as closed and rigid categories w...

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Main Author Hernando, Almudena (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Feminist anthropology.
Sociology.
Sex (Psychology).
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319607207
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-60720-7
Physical DescriptionXIII, 142 p. 6 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1: General approach
  • 2: Sex and gender
  • 3: The Origin
  • 4: Relational identity or identity when one has no power over the world
  • 5: Individuality or identity when one has power over the world
  • 6: Relational identity/ Individuated identity. The appearance of things
  • 7: The fantasy of individuality. Part I: women and gender identity
  • 8: The fantasy of individuality. Part II: men's (unconscious) performance of relational identity
  • 9: Dependent individuality and independent individuality
  • 10: Sex and gender all over again. 11: Conclusion.

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