Review of: Regine Gildemeister, Katja Hericks: Geschlechtersoziologie. Theoretische Zugänge zu einer vertrackten Kategorie des Sozialen. München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag 2012.

Abstract

For the first time in the German-speaking world, Regine Gildemeister and Katja Herricks’ textbook offers a regulatory overview on the manners of thematization as well as concepts of gender in sociological theories. In doing so, the authors advocate the hypothesis that it is the task of sociology of gender to reflect about gender as an object, instead of using it as an analytical category. The present attempt at systematically bundling up the sociological-theoretical gender knowledge is overdue and makes sense. Furthermore, its consistent narrowing argumentation stimulates further critical-reflexive thinking. However, considering that the main target audience is students, several linguistic inaccuracies as well as the occasionally negligent use of the secondary literature must be criticized.