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[peacelovefloyd]

I recently got accepted into a MA program. I’m very excited! I want to study gender and ultimately write a thesis. :D

In between now and August, I would like to read some books on gender. Any recommendations?

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[lostreality]

is it a gender MA program or discipline based? Any particular disciplinary approach you are taking

[lostreality]

oh, ha, i see this is in sociologists, i thought it was in gradstudents when I wrote my comment

[peacelovefloyd]

That organization sounds amazing, I will definitely check it out in a minute!

Thanks for replying so soon! It has been a really long day for me, so I apologize if my comment doesn't make much sense. The program is disciplined based, and I am not sure about the approach I would be taking. Basically, right now, I am just trying to find some areas on gender that interest me and propose them to my advisor :) In my undergrad, I wrote my thesis* on eating disorders and body image, but I'm not too sure how a sociological approach would work on that. I'm just feeling a bit overwhelmed right now! I feel like I have some catching up to do, so if you can think of any more "staples" that would be wonderful!

*It was a psychology honors thesis. I double majored/minored. :)

[lostreality]

I wrote my very first sociology paper on eating disorders and deliberate self harm..there are several sociological ways of studying that, from discussing the specific groups in which these disorders are more likely to occur and how different background characteristics may affect likelihood of getting those eating disorders (a quantitative approach) to examining the media depiction of women and discussing how that media imagery can affect cultural perceptions of beauty (more qualitative

[canadianstudies]

You'll probably want to read some Judith Butler if you haven't already...

[peacelovefloyd]

I haven't read any of her work. Thank you for the suggestion :)

[malaika02]

Or you could just read West & Zimmerman Doing Gender- same idea, but readable (and it came first).

[lostreality]

doing gender is in that feminist reader I told her to get. :)

[devrose]

A couple of syllabi from Brandeis University:

Queering Gender, Gendering Bodies: http://people.brandeis.edu/~drsinger/soc133asyllabus.doc

Sociology of Body and Health: http://people.brandeis.edu/~drsinger/soc-189a.doc

[peacelovefloyd]

Thanks!

[skurfiska]

wiki the Stone Wall riots in NY and im sure it will give you lots of sources to look up.

[peacelovefloyd]

Kate Bornstein is awesome. I was lucky enough to attend one of her lectures :)