Reproducing Gender charts the development of a theory of gender relations built up over the last twenty years. This theory has been highly influential in establishing the importance of the sociology of women's education for the study of society. It demonstrates the power of feminist educational theory and research, and its role in creating new political and academic agendas.This fascinating book explores gender relationships at all levels of schooling. It brings together political, social and cultural theories to understand continuity and change in gender and education. Madeleine Arnot, widely considered to be a pioneer in the field of gender and education, brings together for the first time in a single volume her most influential writings. This book is essential reading for students and academics in the areas of gender studies, women's studies, educational policy, sociology and history of education.
Author(s): Madeleine Arnot
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 304
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
1 Gender codes and educational theory: an overview......Page 14
2 Socio-cultural reproduction and women’s education......Page 37
3 Cultural reproduction: the pedagogy of sexuality......Page 53
4 Schooling and the reproduction of class and gender relations......Page 68
5 A cloud over co-education: an analysis of the forms of transmission of class and gender relations......Page 90
6 Male hegemony, social class and women’s education......Page 116
7 Schools and families: gender contradictions, diversity and conflict......Page 140
8 A crisis in patriarchy? State regulation of gender and feminist educational politics......Page 158
9 Sociological understandings of contemporary gender transformations in schooling in the UK......Page 188
10 Schooling in Capitalist America revisited: social class, gender and race inequalities in the UK......Page 213
11 Basil Bernstein’s sociology of pedagogy: female dialogues and feminist elaborations......Page 239
12 Gender relations and schooling in the new century......Page 269
Index......Page 280
