A fresh and engaging collection of readings about the sociology of gender in Canadian society and around the world.

Gender in Society Reader explores the intersections of gender and other important aspects of Canadian society including race, inequality, sexuality, Indigeneity, politics, and the economy. With brand new readings and engaging pedagogy, this new book provides a uniquely Canadian focus on the sociology of gender.

Amy Kaler is an Edmonton-based writer and Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta. She has lived in Edmonton, Treaty 6 territory since 2000. She is the author of Until Further Notice: A Year in Pandemic Time, a collection of essays published in 2022. She is also the author of three previous books. Kaler won the Cecile E. Mactaggart Travel Prize for Narrative Writing in 2019 and was shortlisted for the Edna Staebler Award for Personal Essays in 2021 and longlisted in 2022. Her nonacademic work appears in The New Quarterly, Queens Quarterly, and Spadina Literary Review.

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"This textbook offers incredible breadth in terms of content while covering most of the basics you would want in an introductory-level gender class." --Liesl L. Gambold, Dalhousie University

"The articles all look interesting and provocative, are quite recent and up-to-date while still including some key classic texts, and there is a strong Canadian perspective." --Michael Thorn, Ryerson University