Mary Holmes is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Flinders University, Australia. Currently she is co-writing a book called Adventures in Heterosexuality (with Chris Beasley and Heather Brook) and is the author of What is Gender? She is coeditor of Critical Concepts: The Sociology of the Body (also published by Routledge).

'Holmes provides an excellent overview of understanding of gender through a sociological lens and encourages readers to recognize the importance of reflecting and critically thinking about the impact gender has on their lives - recommended.' – Choice, August 2009

• Introduction: Gender and Everyday Life 1. Sexed Bodies? 2. Learning and Doing Gender in Everyday Life 3. Gendered Relationships in Everyday Life 4. Resisting Gender in Everyday Life 5. The Future of Gender Conclusion: Gender, Everyday Life and Degendering

Mary Holmes is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Flinders University, Australia. Currently she is co-writing a book called Adventures in Heterosexuality (with Chris Beasley and Heather Brook) and is the author of What is Gender? She is coeditor of Critical Concepts: The Sociology of the Body (also published by Routledge).

'Holmes provides an excellent overview of understanding of gender through a sociological lens and encourages readers to recognize the importance of reflecting and critically thinking about the impact gender has on their lives - recommended.' – Choice, August 2009

• Introduction: Gender and Everyday Life 1. Sexed Bodies? 2. Learning and Doing Gender in Everyday Life 3. Gendered Relationships in Everyday Life 4. Resisting Gender in Everyday Life 5. The Future of Gender Conclusion: Gender, Everyday Life and Degendering

Mary Holmes is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Flinders University, Australia. Currently she is co-writing a book called Adventures in Heterosexuality (with Chris Beasley and Heather Brook) and is the author of What is Gender? She is coeditor of Critical Concepts: The Sociology of the Body (also published by Routledge).

'Holmes provides an excellent overview of understanding of gender through a sociological lens and encourages readers to recognize the importance of reflecting and critically thinking about the impact gender has on their lives - recommended.' – Choice, August 2009

• Introduction: Gender and Everyday Life 1. Sexed Bodies? 2. Learning and Doing Gender in Everyday Life 3. Gendered Relationships in Everyday Life 4. Resisting Gender in Everyday Life 5. The Future of Gender Conclusion: Gender, Everyday Life and Degendering