Gender Studies category: 10311 books
Coping with Gender Inequities
Critical Conversations of Women Faculty
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
This book provides a discussion of women faculty members’ experiences on college and university campuses and examines their thoughts, perceptions, responsibilities, and status in the academy. Most specifically, this book explores the differences between male and women faculty in the academy; women...
Queen of the Virgins
Pageantry and Black Womanhood in the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Beauty pageants are wildly popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands, outnumbering any other single performance event and capturing the attention of the local people from toddlers to seniors. Local beauty contests provide women opportunities to demonstrate talent, style, the values of black womanhood, and...
Sexing the Body
Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most fundamental knowledge about sex is shaped by...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men’s aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective. The first of its kind, it investigates the interrelated aspects of aging, masculinities and biomedicine, allowing for a timely...
Fairy Tales and Feminism
New Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2004
In the 1970s, feminists focused critical attention on fairy tales and broke the spell that had enchanted readers for centuries. By exposing the role of fairy tales in the cultural struggle over gender, feminism transformed fairy-tale studies and sparked a debate that would change the way society thinks...
Girls with Guns
Firearms, Feminism, and Militarism
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
A nuanced understanding of state violence and gender (in)equalities must consider the varied and contradictory experiences of armed civilian women, female soldiers, and opponents of gun possession. How is ‘feminism’ and ‘femininity’ negotiated in the early 21st century by civilian and military...
Sex, Gender and the Conservative Party
From Iron Lady to Kitten Heels
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
As leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron inherited a multi-faceted gender problem: only 17 women MPs; an unhappy women's organization; electorally uncompetitive policies 'for women'; and a party which was seemingly unattractive to women voters. This book is an account of the feminization of the party since 2005.
by Joan Wallach Scott
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
In The Fantasy of Feminist History, Joan Wallach Scott argues that feminist perspectives on history are enriched by psychoanalytic concepts, particularly fantasy. Tracing the evolution of her thinking about gender over the course of her career, the pioneering historian explains how her search for...
Genderstanding Leadership
Women a Key Force in Bringing Relevance to 21St-Century Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Genderstanding Leadership: Power to the Pew! questions the gender gap between Christian ideology and practice. It challenges women to move beyond the Pew to retrieve and preserve the dignity of women and the security of women and children that are Divinely intended. The book makes a troubling link...
Sex Work in Nepal
The Making and Unmaking of a Category
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
This book explores ‘sex work’ in Nepal as a social and analytical category. Narrating stories of those subsumed under such definition, it examines changes as well as continuities characterising socio-cultural norms and perceptions through an analysis of sexual consumption. It also highlights the...
Claytie and the Lady
Ann Richards, Gender, and Politics in Texas
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
It was like a remake of The Cowboy and the Lady, except that this time they weren't friends. The 1990 Texas governor's race pitted Republican Clayton Williams, a politically conservative rancher and oil millionaire, against Democrat Ann Richards, an experienced progressive politician noted for her toughness...
Patriarchal Theory Reconsidered
Torture and Gender-Based Violence in Turkey
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
This study analyses male-female violence in comparison to state-citizen violence. The author argues that norms and values in Turkey are a reflection of processes that accommodate oppression, the intersection of which develops the argument that ‘women are to men, what the citizen is for the state,...
Merlin Stone Remembered
Her Life and Works
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Discover the extraordinary life and profound contributions of Merlin Stone, the renowned feminist, author, artist, historian, and speaker. With unparalleled access to Merlin’s unpublished writings, photos, and personal stories, Merlin Stone Remembered is a significant contribution to women’s studies,...
Woman Aware
Could Eliminating Religious Creeds Emancipate Women?
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
To be AWARE of the unconscious motivations impinging on our senses is the heart of this book. While the near universal belief that women are the inferior gender is refuted by contemporary empirical scientific evidence, this prejudice, while not restricted to Temple, Church or Mosque, has been conceived,...