Gender category: 10444 books
Reproducing Gender
Critical Essays on Educational Theory and Feminist Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2002
Reproducing Gender charts the development of a theory of gender relations built up over the last twenty years. This theory has been highly influential in establishing the importance of the sociology of women's education for the study of society. It demonstrates the power of feminist educational theory...
by Ting-Fang Chin
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
This book explores professional women’s experiences of gender in the Taiwanese workplace in the wake of the rapid transformation of the country's economy, identifying attitudes to gender in a heterosexist and heteronormative social culture. It contributes to understanding women’s relationships...
by Caroline B. Brettell
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Gender roles, relations, and ideologies are major aspects of migration. This timely book argues that understanding gender relations is vital to a full and more nuanced explanation of both the causes and the consequences of migration, in the past and at present. Through an exploration of gendered labor...
by Judith Bourne, Caroline Derry
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Gender and the Law provides an ideal introduction to gender and feminist theory for students. Beginning with an overview of traditional notions of gender, the book establishes the key feminist and queer legal theories. It provides a basic structure and overview upon which students can build their...
Gender, Power, and Violence
Responding to Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence in Society Today
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2019
What do the Catholic Church, college sports, Hollywood, prisons, the military, fraternities and politics have in common? All have extraordinarily high rates of sexual and intimate partner violence, and child sexual abuse.
Sexual and intimate partner violence is part of the landscape that women...
Buddhism beyond Gender
Liberation from Attachment to Identity
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
A bold and provocative work from the late preeminent feminist scholar, which challenges men and women alike to free themselves from attachment to gender.
At the heart of Buddhism is the notion of egolessness—“forgetting the self”—as the path to awakening. In fact, attachment to views...
Sexuality, Gender and Schooling
Shifting Agendas in Social Learning
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2005
The sexuality of young people arouses controversy and remains a source of concern for parents, teachers, policy-makers and politicians. But what young people really think about sexuality and gender and how these issues impact upon their lives is often marginalized or overlooked.
Based upon...
by Bahati M. Kuumba
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2001
Do men and women experience participation in social movements differently? Are gender roles reproduced or undermined during a struggle for liberation? In this brief text examining gender roles in social movements, M. Bahati Kuumba shows how liberation struggles are viewed through women's eyes and...
Gender in the Twenty-First Century
The Stalled Revolution and the Road to Equality
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
How far have we really progressed toward gender equality in the United States? The answer is, “not far enough.” This engaging and accessible work, aimed at students studying gender and social inequality, provides new insight into the uneven and stalled nature of the gender revolution...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Today, gender and gender identity is at the forefront of discussion as the plight of women around the world and issues of gender equality and human rights have become an international concern for politicians, government agencies, social activists, and the general public. Discourse Analysis as a Tool...
NATO, Gender and the Military
Women Organising from Within
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2019
This book examines NATO's engagement with gender issues through its military structures.
Drawing on newly declassified NATO documents, this volume provides the first comprehensive account of NATO’s long-established engagement with gender issues. These documents bring to the fore the stories...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2007
Much writing on gender and sport is focused upon the negative impact of girls’ exclusion from the arena, suggesting by inference that current practice in sport and physical education offers an uncomplicatedly positive sport experience for boys, and that gender, in and of itself, offers a simple...
by Catherine O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
What role do transitional justice processes play in determining the gender outcomes of transitions from conflict and authoritarianism? What is the impact of transitional justice processes on the human rights of women in states emerging from political violence? Gender Politics in Transitional Justice...
Gender and Diversity
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2018
Today, gender inequality and diversity are at the forefront of discussion, as the issue has become an international concern for politicians, government agencies, social activists, and the general public. Consequently, the need to foster and sustain diversity and inclusiveness in the interactions among...