Why Study for an MA in Gender, Culture and Society at Essex?
Details of the course structure. • The 6* Sociology Department at Essex has a long and distinguished history of researching and teaching in the field of gender • The approach is from a broad disciplinary background spanning social history, gay and lesbian studies, feminism, cultural studies, social policy and development studies in addition to sociology. • All this has contributed to the synergy and long running success of this MA degree, taught by staff who are internationally known experts in their own field, and regularly attended by students from all over the world. Key staff include: Professor Diane Elson, Professor Miriam Glucksmann, Dr. Lynne Pettinger and Dr. Róisín Ryan-Flood • Our central concern is the continuing significance to the contemporary world of gender as a marker of difference in society and culture, and as a category of social analysis. • We explore differences within genders as well as between them, and consider how gender intersects with other forms of social di
