Multiple Gender Cultures, Sociology, And Plural Modernities

<P>Until today, Western, European sociology contributes to the social reality of colonial modernity, and gender knowledge is a paradigmatic example of it. <I>Multiple Gender Cultures, Sociology, and Plural Modernities </I>critically engages with these ''Western eyes'' and shifts the focus towards the global variety of gendered socialities and hierarchically entangled social histories.</P><P>This is conceptualised as <I>multiple gender cultures </I>within <I>plural modernities</I>. The authors examine the multifaceted realities of gendered life in varying contexts across the globe. Bringing together different perspectives, the volume provides a <I>rereading of the social fabric of gender </I>in contrast to androcentrist-modernist as well as orientalist representations of ''the'' gendered <I>Other</I>.</P><P>The key questions explored by this volume are: which social mechanisms lead to conflicting or shifting gender dynamics against the backdrop of global entanglements and interdepe