Gender: Still a Useful Category of Analysis?:
@article{Scott2010GenderSA,
title={Gender: Still a Useful Category of Analysis?:},
author={Joan Wallach Scott},
journal={Diogenes},
year={2010},
volume={57},
pages={7-14}
}This paper traces the history of uses of the word “gender”. It suggests that though “gender” has been recuperated and become commonplace, many issues persist around the way “women” and “men”, and t...
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