刘岩，毕业于南开大学外文系，博士，广东外语外贸大学英语语言文化学院教授，博士生导师，外国文学文化研究中心兼职研究员。入选教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划，广东省高等学校“千百十工程”省级培养对象。剑桥大学高级研究学者。

主要研究领域：西方现代戏剧、中美文学文化关系、性别研究和文化批评。代表著作：《差异之美——伊里加蕾的女性主义理论研究》（北京大学出版社，2010年）《西方现代戏剧中的母亲身份研究》（中国书籍出版社，2004年）和《中国文化对美国文学的影响》（河北人民出版社，1999年）等。

性别研究是人文社会科学领域的重要致思方式，它关注性别气质的生成和表征、性别角色的分工与机制以及性别身份的建构与认同。性别既是生命体的生理存在方式，同时也是社会和文化建构的结果。性别既关系到个体的生存，又与人类群体间的交往息息相关。
本书包含五章，第一章辨析了性别的基本定义和学术论争；第二章论述了性别研究三大分支——女性主义、男性研究、酷儿理论——的渊源与流变；第三章对“阁楼上的疯女人”等三个经典性别研究案例进行了评析；第四章展示了“辛西娅·欧芝克小说中女性的知识主体性”等三则原创性别研究案例；第五章对国内外性别研究现状进行了反思和展望，提出了性别研究的本土化对策和多元研究视点。

总序
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前言
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第一章 性别：定义与论争 1
1．1 关于性别的基本定义
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1．1．1 概念的内涵及其指涉
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1．1．2 概念的界分及其意义
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1．2 关于性别的学术论争
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1．2．1 度量与描述
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1．2．2 本质与建构
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1．2．3 认同与实践
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第二章 性别：溯源与流变 33
2．1 女性主义：主体、身体与书
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2．1．1 女性主体
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2．1．2 女性身体
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2．1．3 女性书写
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2．2 男性研究：气质、身份与暴
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2．2．1 男性气质
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2．2．2 男性身份
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2．2．3 男性与暴力
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2．3 酷儿理论：操演、暗柜及其
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2．3．1 性别操演
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2．3．2 暗柜认知
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2．3．3 常规性与时间性
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2．3．4 有色酷儿批评
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第三章 性别：经典案例分析 114
3．1 阁楼上的疯女人
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