Gender Studies

In 2011, Jana Mathews's career took a surprising turn. What began as an effort for a newly minted college professor to get to know her students turned into an invitation to be initiated into a National Panhellenic Conference sorority and serve as its...

This volume offers an empirically rich, theoretically informed study of the shifting intersections of nation/alism, gender and sexuality. Challenging a scholarly legacy that has overly focused on the masculinist character of nationalism, it pays...

Since the game Tomb Raider was first released in 1996, its protagonist Lara Croft has become an international celebrity. The virtual archaeologist-adventuress has been featured in various sequels to the original game, a line of action figures, two...

Straddling disciplines and continents, Feminist Futures interweaves scholarship and social activism to explore the evolving position of women in the South.Working at the intersection of cultural studies, critical development studies and feminist theory,...

The accounts of women navigating pregnancy in a post-conflict setting are characterized by widespread poverty, weak infrastructure, and inadequate health services. With a focus on a remote rural agrarian community in northern Uganda, Global Health and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886978681Author Sue J. CroninFormat HardbackPage Count 202Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886979602Author Daniel M. MuellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers Inc

Long a figure of spectacular epic imagination appearing in the central cosmological and philosophical literatures extending as far back as the Hellenic texts, "hermaphrodites" have been made to bear the burden of cultural anxieties regarding sexual...

From fairy tales and fiction to Tiktok, the spectre of the witch has cast a long shadow over women and popular culture. Witchcraft: Gendered Perspectives traces the history of and evolution of the term "witch" across six centuries.Tracing the history of...

In the fourth edition of Regulating the Lives of Women: Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to the Present, Abramovitz traces how the welfare state regulated the lives of women from colonial times to the present.Drawing on important feminist...

This open access book presents new, empirically-based ethnographic and sociological studies of Kurdish women's activism and its implications for their rights and the dynamics of citizenship across different social, cultural, and political fields...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816554720Author Rebecca G MartinezFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 454g

It is argued here that before the extensive formalization of sharia laws from the late nineteenth century onwards, Islam was prominently influenced by elements of enchantment and mysticism, mirrored in its textual portrayal of passionate and sexual...

In War through an Intersectional Lens, author Keshab Giri looks at how women combatants experience "pre-war," "war,"and "post-war" both in public and private spheres by using intersectionality both as a theoretical framework and methodological tool...

This book interrogates the relationship between gender, sexual citizenship and epistemic injustice as it relates to the experiences of LGBTQ persons in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Whether it is the recognition of gender/sexual identities, sexual freedom,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816526000Author Miroslava Chavez-GarciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 241Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona...

The Contemporary Reader of Feminist International Relations is a comprehensive volume for contemporary scholarship on feminist international relations and theory, showcasing research from a range of international scholars.This collection explores the...

Stories of Latin American Women of African Heritage: Daughters of Muntu highlights the significant contributions of women in the African diaspora to the Americas.A translation to English of the highly influential Hijas del Muntu, the chapters of this...

Border Killers delves into how recent Mexican creators have reported, analyzed, distended, and refracted the increasingly violent world of neoliberal Mexico, especially its versions of masculinity. By looking to the insights of artists, writers, and...

Now in its 7th edition, Psychology of Gender/Sex reviews the research and issues surrounding gender from multiple perspectives, including psychology, sociology, anthropology, and public health. It explores the ways in which gendered experiences are...

This book explores the often-forgotten role of fathers of children with disabilities. Bridging the gap between disability studies, family studies, and gender studies, it uncovers men's perspective on caring for children with disabilities and presents...

Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea focuses on the relationship between media representation and gender politics in South Korea. Its chapters feature notable voices of South Korea's burgeoning sphere of gender critique enabled by social...

The boys love (BL) genre was created for girls and women by young female manga (comic) artists in early 1970s Japan to challenge oppressive gender and sexual norms. Over the years, BL has seen almost irrepressible growth in popularity and since the 2000s...

We find ourselves in a time of great social upheaval. People are testing the boundaries of just about everything related to sex and gender. Biological sex, long thought to be a simple binary, is now being understood as a spectrum. Gender is being...

Gender Equity: Global Policies and Perspectives on Advancing Social Justice provides an in-depth analysis of global perspectives on advancing public and social gender policy. Shedding new light on inequalities faced by women and girls around the world,,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666913538Author Brianna I WiensFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress AcademicPublisher Lexington Books

Women continue to be underrepresented in tech and design, resulting in their needs and perspectives being frequently overlooked. Addressing this gender gap requires substantial efforts across both academia and industry. While discussions around gender...

Why and how menstrual pain needs to be incorporated into discussions of gender, embodiment, and disability Honing a "cranky" approach to being a menstruating body expected to accept and embrace trauma, Ungendering Menstruation examines menstrual...

Fat Studies: The Basics introduces the reading of fat bodies and the ways that Fat Studies, as a field, has responded to waves of ideas about fat people, their lives, and choices.Part civil rights discourse and part academic discipline, Fat Studies is a...

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In Britain in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, universities were one of many institutional state structures wherein gender difference, the male breadwinner ideal, and heterosexuality were central to a conception of citizenship. But...

Reproductive rights are fundamental for the life, freedom, health, and safety of over half the world's population. Yet reproductive freedoms are under attack worldwide, even where women have achieved political rights and workplace participation...

This book explores the idea that the extreme criminal action that constitutes femicide must be explored not in isolation, but in the context of gender cruelty and misogyny in society. It focuses on the island of Puerto Rico as a case study. The chapters...

The under-representation of women in decision-making roles is an issue of pressing national and international significance. Calls are being made for more ethical, careful and connected forms of leadership popularly gendered as female. Concerns are being...

This book answers young readers' questions about gender - what it is, what it isn't, and how it impacts our experiences and our interactions with others.Gender is an essential part of all our lives, whether we recognize it as such or not and regardless...

This book explores the body as a vector for reading the rapid changes in contemporary Tunisia through questions of sexuality, forms of clothing, and the dynamics of gender relations. Grounded in 15 years of sociological empirical research on the...

Building on a trans-disciplinary, feminist project that foregrounds the bodies of those at the 'sharp end' of various forms of international activity, such as immigration, development and warfare, the chapters included in this book cover a variety of...

Rhetoric and Resilience explores discourse produced about and by the women involved in the World War II era Women Airforce Service Pilots program. Aviators such as Jacqueline Cochran and Nancy Harkness Love provided the initial rhetorical boost to...

Embodying Normalcy: Women's Work in Neoliberal Times calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and...

First published in 1994, Male Violence examines male violence as the major source of human suffering from a wide range of perspectives. This book contains accessible contributions from a wide range of psychologists who have studied the many faces of male...