In this lively and accessible book Harriet Bradley provides anintroduction to the concept of gender and the different theoreticalapproaches which have developed within gender studies. Using lifenarratives, she explores contemporary relations of masculinity andfemininity and investigates processes of gendering in threeimportant spheres of contemporary social life: production,reproduction and consumption.

The book highlights the centrality of gender in everyday lifeand shows how thinking about gender is influenced by changingpolitical contexts, considering the options for a transformativepolitics of gender.

This book will be of interest to students across the socialsciences, as well as anyone interested in contemporary relationsbetween women and men.