Gender category: 10444 books
Changing Sex
Transsexualism, Technology, and the Idea of Gender
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 1995
Changing Sex takes a bold new approach to the study of transsexualism in the twentieth century. By addressing the significance of medical technology to the phenomenon of transsexualism, Bernice L. Hausman transforms current conceptions of transsexuality as a disorder of gender identity by showing...
Sexing War/Policing Gender
Motherhood, myth and women’s political violence
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Historically, there has been reluctance, from mainstream IR scholars as well as feminists, to seriously engage with women’s agency in warfare. Instead, scholarship has tended to focus on women’s activism for peace or to ignore women’s agency altogether.
This book rectifies this omission...
Gender Pedagogy
Teaching, Learning and Tracing Gender in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
When addressed in its full reactive potential, gender has a tendency to unfix the reassuring certainties of education and academia. Gender pedagogy unfolds as an account of teaching gender learning that is rooted in Derrida's concept of the 'trace', reflecting the unfixing properties of gender and even shaking up academic knowledge production.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Causal explanations are essential for theory building. In focusing on causal mechanisms rather than descriptive effects, the goal of this volume is to increase our theoretical understanding of the way gender operates in interaction. Theoretical analyses of gender's effects in interaction, in turn,...
A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care
Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TNGC) clients have complex mental health concerns, and are more likely than ever to seek out treatment. This comprehensive resource outlines the latest research and recommendations to provide you with the requisite knowledge, skills, and awareness to treat TNGC...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Historically, mental health clinical research has taken inadequate account of psychosocial disorders experienced by those who identify as sexual and gender minorities, however, researchers have recently begun developing and adapting evidence-based mental health treatment approaches for use with these...
Gender Diversity in Indonesia
Sexuality, Islam and Queer Selves
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Indonesia provides particularly interesting examples of gender diversity. Same-sex relations, transvestism and cross-gender behaviour have long been noted amongst a wide range of Indonesian peoples. This book explores the nature of gender diversity in Indonesia, and with the world’s largest Muslim...
Rape Culture, Gender Violence, and Religion
Biblical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
This book explores the Bible’s ongoing relevance in contemporary discussions around rape culture and gender violence. Each chapter considers the ways that biblical texts and themes engage with various forms of gender violence, including the subjective, physical violence of rape, the symbolic violence...
Rape Culture, Gender Violence, and Religion
Christian Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
This volume considers the complex relationships that exist between Christianity, rape culture, and gender violence. Each chapter explores the various roles that Christian theologies, teachings, and practices have played in shaping contemporary understandings of gender violence and in sanctioning rape-supportive...
by Ben Barres
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
A leading scientist describes his life, his gender transition, his scientific work, and his advocacy for gender equality in science.
Ben Barres was known for his groundbreaking scientific work and for his groundbreaking advocacy for gender equality in science. In this book, completed shortly...
Gender Tool Kit: Energy
Going Beyond the Meter
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
This tool kit assists staff and consultants of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in conceptualizing and designing gender-responsive projects in the energy sector. It guides users in key questions to be asked and data to be collected during project preparation. It also offers a menu of entry points...
Queering Bathrooms
Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
The intersection of public washrooms and gender has become increasingly politicized in recent years: queer and trans folk have been harassed for allegedly using the 'wrong' washroom, while widespread campaigns have advocated for more gender-neutral facilities. In Queering Bathrooms, Sheila L. Cavanagh...
The Drag Queen Anthology
The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Examine the cultural and political implications of male-to-female gender performance!
The Drag Queen Anthology: The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators examines the phenomena of male-to-female gender performance and the people who live it. This provocative...
Gender and Chinese History
Transformative Encounters
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Until the 1980s, a common narrative about women in China had been one of victimization: women had dutifully endured a patriarchal civilization for thousands of years, living cloistered, uneducated lives separate from the larger social and cultural world, until they were liberated by political upheavals...