Debating Gender, Debating Sexuality

Debating Gender, Debating Sexualityincorporates many different and fruitful approaches to understanding gender and sexuality. In this collection, Nikki R. Keddie presents essays, chosen from the journal Contention, written by outstanding scholars and theorists, along with responses to them. Topics discussed include procreation and female oppression, trends in feminist theory, gender and U.S. social policy, Marxism and women's history, the male search for identity today and the works of Foucault and Freud. Contributors include Nicky Hart, Juliet Mitchell, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Barbara Laslett, Sandra Harding, Linda Gordon, Theda Skocpol, Deborah Valenze, Iris Berger, Philippa Levine, Susan Rubin Suleiman, Theodore C. Kent, Roy Porter, Mark Poster, Jeffrey Masson, Frederick Crews, and Jeffrey Prager.

Introduction
Procreation: The Substance of Female Oppression in Modern Society	p. 5
Juliet Mitchell Responds to Nicky Hart	p. 49
Procreation and Women's Rights: A Response to Nicky Hart	p. 52
Nicky Hart Replies	p. 61
A Culturalist Critique of Trends in Feminist Theory	p. 73
Gender Analysis and Social Theory: Building on Ruth Bloch's Proposals	p. 101
Culture as an Object of Knowledge	p. 114
Response to Sandra Harding and Barbara Laslett	p. 120
Gender, State, and Society: A Debate with Theda Skocpol	p. 129
Soldiers, Workers, and Mothers: Gendered Identities in Early U.S. Social Policy	p. 147
Response to Theda Skocpol	p. 174
Is Marxism Still a Useful Tool of Analysis for the History of British Women?	p. 181
Marxism and Women's History: African Perspectives	p. 193
Response to Valenze and Berger	p. 208
Life-Story, History, Fiction: Reflection on Simone de Beauvoir's Wartime Writings	p. 217
The Male's Search for a New Identity	p. 238
Is Foucault Useful for Understanding Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Sexuality?	p. 247
Sexuality and Discourse: A Response to Roy Porter on Foucault	p. 268
The Assault on Jeffrey Masson	p. 277
Response to Roy Porter's "The Assault on Jeffrey Masson"	p. 296
Missing the Point about Freud	p. 301
Response to Frederick Crews's "Missing the Point about Freud"	p. 312
On the Abuses of Freud: A Reply to Masson and Crews	p. 315
Reply to Jeffrey Prager	p. 324
Contributors	p. 329
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