Gender category: 10444 books
Gendered Compromises
Political Cultures and the State in Chile, 1920-1950
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2003
With this book, Karin Rosemblatt presents a gendered history of the politics and political compromise that emerged in Chile during the 1930s and 1940s, when reformist popular-front coalitions held power. While other scholars have focused on the economic realignments and novel political pacts that...
by H. Lenskyj
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
This book explores how the Olympic industry has shaped hegemonic concepts of sporting masculinities and femininities for its own profit and image-making ends, examining its continuing marginalization of athletes on account of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class.
The Great Woman Singer
Gender and Voice in Puerto Rican Music
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Licia Fiol-Matta traces the careers of four iconic Puerto Rican singers—Myrta Silva, Ruth Fernández, Ernestina Reyes, and Lucecita Benítez—to explore how their voices and performance style transform the possibilities for comprehending the figure of the woman singer. Fiol-Matta shows how these...
Real Queer?
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Refugees in the Canadian Refugee Apparatus
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
“How do I prove I’m gay?” This is the central question for many refugee claimants who are claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation persecution. But what are the inherent challenges in obtaining this proof? How is the system that assesses this predicated upon homonormative frameworks...
The Changing Face of Representation
The Gender of U.S. Senators and Constituent Communications
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
As the number of women in the U.S. Senate grows, so does the number of citizens represented by women senators. At the same time, gender remains a key factor in senators’ communications to constituents as well as in news media portrayals of senators. Focusing on 32 male and female senators during...
by Margaret L. Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Race, Gender, and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles the hidden yet painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves forward to a contemporary analysis of how...
Sneakers
Fashion, Gender, and Subculture
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
This is the first academic study of sneakers and the subculture that surrounds them. Since the 1980s, American sneaker enthusiasts, popularly known as "sneakerheads†? or "sneakerholics†?, have created a distinctive identity for themselves, while sneaker manufacturers such as Reebok,...
Same Sex, Different Cultures
Exploring Gay And Lesbian Lives
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Because homoerotic relations can be found in so many cultures, Gilbert Herdt argues that we should think of these relations as part of the human condition. This new cross-cultural study of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals around the world, Same Sex, Different Cultures provides a unique perspective on...
Gender and Work in Urban China
Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Although it is generally believed in China that socialism raised women’s status and paid work liberated them from the shackles of patriarchy, the economic reforms of the last two decades of the twentieth century meant women workers were more vulnerable to losing their jobs than men. Unlike previous...
The Third Sex
Kathoey: Thailand's Ladyboys
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The kathoey, the Thai term for ladyboys, have long been part of the cultural landscape of Thailand. Though they're a leading tourist attraction, the glamorous and attractive men who are now women are also a modern expression of an archaic tradition.
Who are the ladyboys? Richard Totman introduces...
Hyper Sexual, Hyper Masculine?
Gender, Race and Sexuality in the Identities of Contemporary Black Men
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
This book provides critical insights into the many, often overlooked, challenges and societal issues that face contemporary black men, focusing in particular on the ways in which governing societal expectations result in internal and external constraints on black male identity formation, sexuality...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Women in many Westernized countries encounter a wider variety of career opportunities than afforded in previous decades, and the percentage of women leaders in nearly every sector is on the rise. Sport coaching, however, remains a domain where gender equity has declined or stalled, despite increasing...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
While efforts to include gay and lesbian athletes in competitive sport have received significant attention, it is only recently that we have begun examining the experiences of transgender athletes in competitive sport. This book represents the first comprehensive study of the challenges that transgender...
Queer Theory
The French Response
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
In 2012 and 2013, masses of French citizens took to the streets to demonstrate against a bill on gay marriage. But demonstrators were not merely denouncing its damaging effects; they were also claiming that its origins lay in "gender theory," an ideology imported from the United States....