Power/Gender

Henderikus Stam is Professor of Psychology at the University of Calgary. He is the founding and current editor of the journal Theory and Psychology and is a former President of Division 24 (Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association as well as a former President of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology. He has published widely and his research focuses mainly on the history of psychology and the theoretical foundations of psychology.

Introduction - H Lorraine Radtke and Henderikus J Stam Power/Sex - Marilyn French Resistance - Karlene Faith Lessons from Foucault and Feminism Into the Realm of the Fearful - Deborah Kerfoot and David Knights Power, Identity and the Gender Problematic Female Powerlessness - Hilary M Lips A Case of `Cultural Preparedness'? The Existential Basis of Power Relationships - Jean Lipman-Blumen The Gender Role Case The State, Gender and Sexual Politics - R W Connell Theory and Appraisal Notes toward a Political Theory of Sex and Power - Jill Vickers Problematizing Pleasure - Celia Kitzinger Radical Feminist Deconstructions of Sexuality and Power Post-Modernizing Gender - Lorraine Weir From Adrienne Rich to Judith Butler Over Dinner - Michelle Fine and Pat Macpherson Feminism and Adolescent Female Bodies Separation, Integration and Difference - Wendy Hollway Contradictions in a Gender Regime Women in Women's Organizations - Eliane Leslau Silverman Power or Pouvoir On Oppressing Hypotheses; or Differences in Nonverbal Sensitivity Revisited - Marianne LaFrance and Nancy M Henley

`A powerful collection... All 11 chapters in the volume share the understanding that gender is a social product and constituted within a particular set of power relations... The book has an excellent, lengthy introduction, making it particularly well-suited for classroom use... the chapters are well written and each can stand on its own or be used in connection with other chapters in the volume. Chapters from the book could also be used as supplementary readings. This volume is well suited for upper division and graduate courses in such areas as social relations, sociology, psychology, women's studies, organizational behavior and social work' - Contemporary Psychology `The essays on theory contribute to the feminist analysis of gender and power by focusing on the connection between gendered domination and resistance, and the empirical studies demonstrate the value of this insight for analyzing women's power to resist gendered hierarchies' - Feminist Collections