When Sex Became Gender (Perspectives on Gender) by Shira Tarrant
By Shira Tarrant
When intercourse grew to become Gender is a examine of post-World conflict II feminist conception from the point of view of highbrow historical past. the most important topic is that principles concerning the social development of gender have its origins within the feminist theorists of the postwar interval, and that those early rules approximately gender grew to become a key foundational paradigm for either moment and 3rd wave feminist concept. those conceptual foundations have been created through a cohort of terribly ingenious and impressive educational ladies. whereas discussing the recognized feminist scholars—Simone de Beauvoir, Margaret Mead—the booklet additionally hinges at the paintings of students who're lesser identified to American audiences—Mirra Komarovsky, Viola Klein, and Ruth Herschberger, The postwar years were an missed interval within the improvement of feminist thought and philosophy and Tarrant makes a compelling case for this period being the turning element within the learn of gender.
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