Reproducing Gender

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.

1. Gender Codes and Educational Theory: An Overview  2. Socio-Cultural Reproduction and Women's Education  3. Cultural Reproduction: The Pedagogy of Sexuality  4. Schooling and Reproduction of Class and Gender Relations  5. A Cloud Over Co-education: An Analysis of the Forms of Transmission of Class and Gender Relations  6. Gegemony, Social Class and Women's Education  7. Schools and Families: Gender Contradictions, Diversity and Conflict  8. A Crisis in Patriarchy? State Regulation of Gender and Feminist Educational Politics  9. Sociological Understandings of Contemporary Gender Transformations in Schooling in the UK 1 0. 'Schooling in Capitalist America Revisited': Social Class, Gender and Race Inequalities in the UK  11. Basil Berstein's Sociology of Pedagogy: Female Dialogues and Feminist Elaborations  12. Gender Relations and Schooling in the New Century: Conflicts and Challenges