Gender Studies category: 10311 books
Gender Equality Results in ADB Projects
Mongolia Country Report
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Rapid gender assessments of 12 projects in four countries were undertaken as part of the Asian Development Bank's commitment to improving aid effectiveness. The assessment of three loans in Mongolia found that positive gender equality results were achieved due to the implementation of a gender action...
Acts of Passion
Sexuality, Gender, and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
The first volume to focus exclusively on lesbian performance work, Acts of Passion: Sexuality, Gender, and Performance draws on the experiences and expertise of a wide range of lesbian practitioners and theorists to explore the impact and influences of sexuality and gender on performance. It examines...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2018
The end of socialism in the Soviet Union and its satellite states ushered in a new era of choice. Yet the idea that people are really free to live as they choose turns out to be problematic. Personal choice is limited by a range of factors such as a person’s economic situation, class, age, government...
W Stands for Women
How the George W. Bush Presidency Shaped a New Politics of Gender
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2007
Taking seriously the “W Stands for Women” rhetoric of the 2004 Bush–Cheney campaign, the contributors to this collection investigate how “W” stands for women. They argue that George W. Bush has hijacked feminist language toward decidedly antifeminist ends; his use of feminist rhetoric is...
by Felix Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
This book is based on the idea that a transgender person's interpretation of concepts like 'femininity' and 'transgender' can either increase or reduce gender dysphoria. As Conrad demonstrates, theories such as feminine essence - while seeming helpful - add an urgency and intensity to dysphoria and create...
by Jill E. Anderson, Steve Asselin, Stina Attebery
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
Gender and Environment in Science Fiction focuses on the variety of ways that gender and “nature” interact in science fiction films and fictions, exploring questions of different realities and posing new ones. Science fiction asks questions to propose other ways of living. It asks what if, and...
Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights
Controversies and Challenges in China and the Nordic Countries
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
This comparative volume examines the ways in which current controversies and political, legal, and social struggles for gender equality raise conceptual questions and challenge our thinking on political theories of equality, citizenship and human rights.
Bringing together scholars and activists...
by Elder George
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
In his book “A Gender Handbook for Western Man,” author Elder George states that Western thought suffers from a gender imbalance, specifically from a lack of masculine influence, and does not understand the purpose of human existence. George maintains that mankind’s...
Gender, Work, and Harness Racing
Fast Horses and Strong Women in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
While gender equality has progressed in many sports since the second wave of the feminist movement in terms of women’s inclusion, participation, and success, harness horse racing has been recalcitrant to change. Gender, Work, and Harness Racing: Fast Horses and Strong Women in Southwestern Pennsylvania...
The Search for Lasting Peace
Critical Perspectives on Gender-Responsive Human Security
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Presenting the human security agenda as a policy response to the changing nature of violent conflicts and war, this collection traces its evolution in relation to conflicts in different contexts (Burma, India, Palestine, Canada, East Timor, Guatemala, Peru and African countries) and from the perspective...
Sex, Love and Feminism in the Asia Pacific
A Cross-Cultural Study of Young People's Attitudes
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008
‘Sex, love and feminism’ are three aspects of the rapidly changing gender relations that shape young people’s lives in the Asia Pacific region. Much has been written about rapidly changing countries in Asia, most recently China and India. With the global spread of capitalist production and neo-liberal...
by Jane Pilcher, Imelda Whelehan
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
The new edition of Key Concepts in Gender Studies is a lively and engaging introduction to this dynamic field.
Thoroughly revised throughout, the second edition benefits from the addition of nine new concepts including Gender Social Movements, Intersectionality and Mainstreaming.
Each...
by Peter N. Stearns
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Covering societies from classical times to the twenty-first century, Gender in World History is a fascinating exploration of what happens to established ideas about men, women, and gender roles when different cultural systems come into contact. The book breaks new ground to facilitate a consistent...
Gender and Genetics
Sociology of the Prenatal
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Prenatal screening for genetic disorders is becoming an increasingly widespread phenomenon across the globe. While studies have highlighted the importance of women’s experiences of such screening, little is known about men’s roles and direct involvement in this process. With a focus on the experiences...