Gender studies, gender groups

The new edition of this popular book is reorganized to present pairs of contrasting views on what it means to be a man in contemporary Western culture.

Inuit Women is the definitive study of the Inuit during a time of rapid change.

In this edited collection, institutional ethnographers draw on their field research experiences to address different aspects of institutional ethnographic practice.

Second Wave feminism collapsed in the early 1980s when a universal definition of women was abandoned.

Are All Warriors Male?

For eight years, big game hunter and war hero Harold Ryan has been presumed dead, lost in the Amazon rainforest while hunting for diamonds.

In this dynamic analysis of the gender revolution, authors Anne Breneman and Rebecca Mbuh create a platform for scholars from a variety of cultures to reflect upon their experiences as women and men in gendered cultures and upon their visions of prospects for gender equality and empowerment.

In this unique volume Judith Abrams, author of the highly regarded series The Talmud for Beginners, examines the episodes recorded in rabbinic literature that suggest the actions of the women of those times.

The subject is emotional abuse-the ongoing process whereby one person attempts to destroy the will, needs, desires, or perceptions of another.

If you have read other books about love that have fallen short, read this book.

This book is a valuable resource that combines autobiographical sources, personal interviews, and questions for reflection to explore issues relevant to everyone's sexual orientation and gender status, be they heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or intersexual.

Many years before Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve rose to fame, the French cinema produced a host of glamorous female stars designed to rival their Hollywood counterparts.

How can we make sense of race in Europe?

What is it like to live a life that is impossible?

Although feminist phenomenology is traditionally rooted in philosophy, the issues with which it engages sit at the margins of philosophy and a number of other disciplines within the humanities and social sciences.

What does pregnancy mean when it does not lead to the birth of a child?

Our world is characterized by mobility.

What does it mean to decolonize transnational feminist theory in the context of globalization?

Through the stories of women in movement in the Americas, Europe and Australasia, this book explores a decolonising and feminised politics of liberation which is being weaved through the words and worlds of black, colonised and subaltern women.

Gender, Sexuality, and Space Culture explores how traditional ideologies of gender and sexuality have influenced the culture of space travel.

Contemporary theoretical discussions of exploitation are dominated by thinkers in the liberal and Marxian traditions.

To this day, women face barriers in entering scientific professions, and in earlier eras the challenges were greater still.

Spaces and Politics of Motherhood offers a fresh perspective on maternity based on original qualitative research from the United Kingdom and the United States.

African women's history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50 countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations.

"e;[An] exhaustively detailed account of the life of Madam C.

The Unpopular Realism of Vincenzo Padula provides a microhistory of life in a Southern Italian province in the decade following Unificationand of Vincenzo Padula, who wrote single-handedly from March 1864 to July 1865 - a period when pro-Bourbon loyalists were attempting to exploit the discontent of the Region's poor masses by fomenting brigantry and reverse the Unification - Il Bruzio, a pro-Government periodical published in Cosenza.

Civil society plays an increasingly powerful role in the global landscape, emerging as key actors in preventing and managing conflict, and building more peaceful and sustainable societies .

Gender and Food: A Critical Look at the Food System synthesizes existing theoretical and empirical research on food, gender, and intersectionality to offer students and scholars a framework from which to understand how gender is central to the production, distribution, and consumption of food.

This volume completes Keith McMahon's acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China.

Women's Bands in America is the first comprehensive exploration of women's bands across the three centuries in American history.

Within the next decade, China could be home to more Christians than any country in the world.

Ella Josephine Baker (1903-1986) was among the most influential strategists of the most important social movement in modern US history, the Civil Rights Movement, yet most Americans have never heard of her.

Among the more improbable events of the Asia-Pacific Theater in World War II was the creation in Singapore of a corps of female Indian combat soldiers, the Rani of Jhansi Regiment (RJR).

Conspicuously missing from narratives of the Lebanese Civil War are the stories of women who took part in daily social activism and political organizing during the tumultuous conflict.

Our amorous and erotic experiences do not simply bring us pleasure; they shape our very identities, our ways of relating to ourselves, each other and our shared world.

Finding lasting love and intimacy can be difficult for many women.

From Betty White to Toni Morrison, we're surrounded by examples of women working well past the traditional retirement age.

Emancipation, a defining feature of twentieth-century China society, is explored in detail in this compelling study.

Betty Bumpers: Champion of Childhood Immunization and Peace explores the significance of Bumpers' work, situating her story within the context of the history and society of the late twentieth century.

While a slender body is a prerequisite for beauty today, plump women were considered ideal in Tang Dynasty China and Heian-period Japan.

From tribal religious rituals to the Playboy mansion, and from ancient Rome to Burning Man, Plays Well in Groups explores the phenomenon of group sex.

This accessible text on social research methodology teaches students of sociology and related disciplines how standard methods can be adapted toward critical ends.

At the outset of the Nanjing decade (1928-1937), a small group of Chinese legal elites worked to codify the terms that would bring the institutions of marriage and family into the modern world.

Projecting 9/11 examines sensibilities and ideologies that arose after September 11, 2001, and how these intersect with issues of race, gender, sexuality, and citizenship in contemporary mainstream films.

Focusing on how rape, sexual assault, and harassment relate to underrepresentation of women in public authority, this book provides an insightful exploration of the policy context that impedes women's advancement to positions of power.

This book breaks new ground, offering school and public librarians serving children in grades K-8 a roadmap for implementing and upholding queer-inclusive programs, policies, and services.

This wide-ranging resource uses evidence-based documentation to examine claims and beliefs - and provide the facts - about sexual assault and harassment and other forms of sexual violence in the United States.

This title provides a broad overview of how women are portrayed and treated in America's news and entertainment industries, including film, television, radio, the internet, and social media.

This book provides new and exciting interpretations of Helen Keller's unparalleled life as "e;the most famous American woman in the world"e; during her time.

Providing an indispensable resource for students and scholars studying the history of Roman women and gender, this book provides an invaluable introduction to the social, economic, and legal status of women in ancient Rome.