MARGARET MEAD'S `MALE AND FEMALE' REVISITED Export

@article{citeulike:3397998, abstract = {The book Male and Female, originally published in 1949, has been hailed as an early work of feminism. However, its connotations and objections were different in three respects from contemporary sociology of gender. First, the book envisaged gender as a male-female relationship which is socially structured albeit biologically based. Second, the book followed on from Mead's work anticipating political reconstruction for Germany (and Japan) as it was prepared in various contexts during World War II. Third, the book may be placed in a biographical female-male situation of Mead's life with Gregory Bateson in the 1930s and 1940s (including The Importance of Dr Spock). The article reconstructs these three frames of reference into which the book belongs. 10.1177/026858095010002007}, author = {Gerhardt, Uta}, citeulike-article-id = {3397998}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026858095010002007}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://iss.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/2/197}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/026858095010002007}, journal = {International Sociology}, keywords = {anthropology, bateson, female, gender, male, sociology}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {197--217}, posted-at = {2008-10-12 12:59:27}, priority = {2}, title = {MARGARET MEAD'S `MALE AND FEMALE' REVISITED}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026858095010002007}, volume = {10}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3397998 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3397998 N2 - The book Male and Female, originally published in 1949, has been hailed as an early work of feminism. However, its connotations and objections were different in three respects from contemporary sociology of gender. First, the book envisaged gender as a male-female relationship which is socially structured albeit biologically based. Second, the book followed on from Mead's work anticipating political reconstruction for Germany (and Japan) as it was prepared in various contexts during World War II. Third, the book may be placed in a biographical female-male situation of Mead's life with Gregory Bateson in the 1930s and 1940s (including The Importance of Dr Spock). The article reconstructs these three frames of reference into which the book belongs. 10.1177/026858095010002007 IS - 2 JF - International Sociology EP - 217 TI - MARGARET MEAD'S `MALE AND FEMALE' REVISITED VL - 10 SP - 197 KW - anthropology KW - bateson KW - female KW - gender KW - male KW - sociology AU - Gerhardt, Uta PY - 1995/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026858095010002007 ER -