7. Why “Heteronormativity” Is Not Enough

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Points of Departure
6. 1. “Theories Don’t Grow on Trees” 11
7. 2. Hegemonic, Nonhegemonic, and “New” Masculinities 35
8. 3. From Object to Subject: Situating Transgender Lives in Sociology 57
9. Part II. The Larger Scope of Gender Analysis
10. 4. Postcoloniality and the Sociology of Gender 71
11. 5. Race, Indigeneity, and Gender 90
12. 6. Categories, Structures, and Intersectional Theory 111
13. Part III. Four Dimensions of Relationship, Struggle, and Change
14. 7. Why “Heteronormativity” Is Not Enough 131
15. 8. Gender Inequality and Feminism in the New Economy 156
16. 9. Gender Politics in Academia in the Neoliberal Age 173
17. 10. The Holy Grail of Organizational Change 193
18. Part IV. Dynamics of Masculinities
19. 11. Concerning Tradition in Studies on Men and Masculinities in Ex- Colonies 211
20. 12. Rethinking Patriarchy through Unpatriarchal Male Desires 233
21. 13. On the Elasticity of Gender Hegemony 254
22. Part V. Agendas for Theory
23. 14. Limitations of the Neoliberal Turn in Gender Theory 275
24. 15. Paradoxes of Gender Redux 297
25. 16. The Monogamous Couple, Gender Hegemony, and Polyamory 314
26. Conclusion: Reckoning with Gender 331
27. About the Contributors 347
28. Index 353