Gender category: 10444 books
Feminism, Gender and Universities
Politics, Passion and Pedagogies
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Feminism, Gender and Universities demonstrates the positive and robust impacts that feminism has had on higher education, through the eyes and in the words of the participants in changing political and social processes. Drawing on the ’collective biography’ of leading feminist scholars from around...
Mining Coal and Undermining Gender
Rhythms of Work and Family in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Though mining is an infamously masculine industry, women make up 20 percent of all production crews in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin—the largest coal-producing region in the United States. How do these women fit into a working culture supposedly hostile to females? This is what anthropologist Jessica...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
This book covers the gamut of topics related to gender and consumer culture. Changing gender roles have forced scholars and practitioners to re-examine some of the fundamental assumptions and theories in this area. Gender is a core component of identity and thus holds significant implications for...
by Mats Alvesson, Yvonne Due Billing
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
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`An unusually comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of how organizations and the men and women who work within them are affected by gendered processes and relations. Alvesson and Billing's contribution is unique in its sensitivity...
by Jill Steans
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
The third edition of Jill Steans’ popular and highly respected text offers a comprehensive and up to date introduction to gender in international relations today. Its nine chapters have been fully revised and expanded to cover key issues, developments and debates in the field including:
the...
Women and Gender Equity in Development Theory and Practice
Institutions, Resources, and Mobilization
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2006
Seeking to catalyze innovative thinking and practice within the field of women and gender in development, editors Jane S. Jaquette and Gale Summerfield have brought together scholars, policymakers, and development workers to reflect on where the field is today and where it is headed. The contributors...
Gender(ed) Identities
Critical Rereadings of Gender in Children's and Young Adult Literature
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This volume brings together diverse, cross-disciplinary scholarly voices to examine gender construction in children's and young adult literature. It complements and updates the scholarship in the field by creating a rich, cohesive examination of core questions around gender and sexuality in classic...
Gender, Race, and American Science Fiction
Reflections on Fantastic Identities
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
This book focuses on the interplay of gender, race, and their representation in American science fiction, from the nineteenth-century through to the twenty-first, and across a number of forms including literature and film. Haslam explores the reasons why SF provides such a rich medium for both the...
by Nancy Levit, Robert R.M. Verchick, Martha Minow
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Feminist legal theory is one of the most dynamic fields in the law, and it affects issues ranging from child custody to sexual harassment. Since its initial publication in 2006, Feminist Legal Theory: A Primer has received rave reviews. Now, in the completely updated second edition of this outstanding...
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Exploring Gender Identity and Gender Dysphoria
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
What is gender dysphoria? How does it affect people? What do terms like intersex, cisgender and transsexualism mean? This book, the first of its kind, presents an easy-to-read, jargon-free guide to help anyone understand the terminology, the concept and the day-to-day reality of gender dysphoria and...
by Gul Ozyegin
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
A must-read for anyone interested in Muslim cultures, this volume not only explores Muslim identities through the lens of sexuality and gender - their historical and contemporary transformations and local and global articulations - but also interrogates our understanding of what constitutes a ’Muslim’...
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
This invaluable volume provides an overview of 37 terms, theories and concepts frequently used in gender studies which those studying the subject can find difficult to grasp. Each entry provides a critical definition of the concept, examining the background to the idea, its usage and the major figures...
Gender Balance and Gender Bias in Education
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book presents a compelling range of international research on the issues of gender balance and gender bias in education. The chapters draw on cutting edge work from the US, Latin America, the UK, Ireland and Africa, presenting readers with new insights into how educators and students often negotiate...