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Author Chattopadhyay, Sujit Kumar, author

Title Gender socialization and the making of gender in the Indian context / Sujit Kumar Chattopadhyay
Published Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 273 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Gender study and social psychology: a theoretical approach -- Gender: meaning, formation and effects -- Gender socialization: meaning, nature and scope -- Role of family -- Role of peer group -- Role of school -- Role of media -- Role of religion: norms and practices -- Role of religious myths and concepts
Summary A study of how an individual learns to be a woman or a man, and not simply a human being
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 22, 2018)
Subject Sex role -- India
Sex differences (Psychology) -- Social aspects -- India
Women -- Identity.
Men -- Identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Men -- Identity
Sex differences (Psychology) -- Social aspects
Sex role
Women -- Identity
India
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017043626
ISBN 9789386602589
938660258X
9789386602572
9789353280628
9353280621
9386602571