This book asks whether gender divisions of labour which subordinate women need be either universal or inevitable, and whether explanations for these divisions are the product of ethnocentric and male-dominated research and methodology. Nickie Charles looks at the different forms taken by gender divisions within different types of society against the background of different explanations for gender differences and divisions, ranging from sociobiology to marxist-feminist. Attention is also paid to the emergence and development of gender divisions in the wake of social change such as revolution, industrialization and development. Throughout, the book links empirical data to theoretical explanation, using each as a way of illuminating the other.
- ISBN10 0745008062
- ISBN13 9780745008066
- Publish Date 1 April 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 February 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pearson Education Limited
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English