Gender Studies category: 10311 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
This new Reader brings together classic pieces of gender theory, as well as examples of the sophistication of contemporary gender theory and research methodologies in the field of education. Leading international gender researchers address current debates about gender, power, identity and culture...
New Modern Chinese Women and Gender Politics
The Centennial of the End of the Qing Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
The past century witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of modern Chinese women and gender politics. Whilst some revolutionary actions to rectify the feudalist patriarchy, such as foot-binding and polygyny were first seen in the late Qing period; the termination of the Qing Dynasty and establishment...
by Eugenia Rodríguez, Maria Eugenia Chaves
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2000
This collection examines the mutually influential interactions of gender and the state in Latin America from the late colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. Locating watershed moments in the processes of gender construction by the organized power of the ruling classes and in the processes...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
The on-going reconfiguration of geo-political and economic forces across the globe has created a new institutional and moral environment for East Asian family life and gender dynamics. Indeed, modernisation in East Asia has brought about increases in women’s education levels and participation in...
Veraendern Gender Studies die Gesellschaft?
Zum transformativen Potential eines interdisziplinaeren Diskurses
Language: German
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Gender Studies haben sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten als kulturwissenschaftlicher, interdisziplinärer und gesellschaftskritischer Diskurs etabliert. Sie analysieren die soziale und kulturelle Konstruktion von Geschlecht, kritisieren etablierte (meist unsichtbare) Machtstrukturen, die Diskriminierung...
Gender Norms and Intersectionality
Connecting Race, Class and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
There have been few, if any, attempts to translate the immense library of academic studies on gender norms for a lay audience, or to illustrate practical ways in which their insights could (and should) be applied. Similarly, there have been few attempts to build the case for gender in diverse fields...
Gender and the Work-Family Experience
An Intersection of Two Domains
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Conflict between work and family has been a topic of discussion since the beginning of the women's movement, but recent changes in family structures and workforce demographics have made it clear that the issues impact both women and men. While employers and policymakers struggle to navigate this new...
by Katharine M. Donato, Donna Gabaccia
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
In 2006, the United Nations reported on the “feminization” of migration, noting that the number of female migrants had doubled over the last five decades. Likewise, global awareness of issues like human trafficking and the exploitation of immigrant domestic workers has increased attention to the...
My Gender Workbook, Updated
A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
"This updated edition of Bornstein's formative My Gender Workbook (1997) provides an invigorating introduction to contemporary theory around gender, sexuality, and power. The original is a classic of modern transgender theory and literature and, alongside Bornstein's other work, has influenced...
Gender and Political Violence
Women Changing the Politics of Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
This book examines the role of gender in political conflicts worldwide, specifically the intersection between gender and terrorism. Political violence has historically been viewed as a male domain with men considered the perpetrators of violence and power, and women as victims without power. Whereas...
Gender in a Transitional Era
Changes and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Gender in a Transitional Era addresses a range of issues relevant in current gender and sexuality studies scholarship which span many disciplines. The contributors prioritize the critical thinking that continues to support the notion that we, as a society, still have a ways to go toward full gender...
Rethinking Difference in Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Music
Theory and Politics of Ambiguity
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
In studies of gender and sexuality in popular music, the concept of difference is often a crucial analytic used to detect social agency; however, the alternative analytic of ambiguity has never been systematically examined. While difference* *from heterosexual norms is taken to be the multivalent...
by Gabriele Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
This new dictionary provides clear and accessible definitions of a range of terms from within the fast-developing field of gender studies. It covers terms which have emerged out of gender studies, such as cyber feminism, double burden, and male gaze, and gender-focused definitions of more general...
by Jayne Werner
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
This book examines gender in post-revolutionary Vietnam, focusing on gender relations in the family and state since the onset of economic reform in 1986. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources (including surveys, interviews, and responses to film screenings), Jayne Werner demonstrates that despite...