RECONCEPTUALIZING GENDER: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE FROM STRUCTURE TO PROCESS AND INTERSECTIONALITY
RECONCEPTUALIZING GENDER: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE FROM STRUCTURE TO PROCESS AND INTERSECTIONALITY

Summary/Abstract: An important theoretical advancement in the study of gender has been the interactionist perspective with a body of empirical work focusing on “Doing Gender.” This historical review will discuss the roots and development of doing gender as well as review the transition from sex differences to body politics. The literature shows that the body itself has meanings and that gender processes ultimately construct social dimensions of power and inequality. Additionally, this review will look specifically at gendered institutions both as process and as structure while challenging the idea that gender is a property only of individuals. Lastly, a theme throughout the paper will focus on the intersectional paradigm in the study of gender as suggested by Hill Collins and others.

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