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Introducing Gender and Womens Studies 3rd Revised edition [Kietas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Hardback, 312 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 229x152x19 mm, weight: 590 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 19-Nov-2007
  • Leidėjas: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN-10: 0230542999
  • ISBN-13: 9780230542990
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 312 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 229x152x19 mm, weight: 590 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 19-Nov-2007
  • Leidėjas: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN-10: 0230542999
  • ISBN-13: 9780230542990
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This is a substantially revised and refocused third edition of a best-selling and highly regarded textbook. Carefully designed to reflect both classic and new developments in the popular and lively fields of gender and womens studies, its breadth and depth make it suitable for students taking courses for the first time at either undergraduate or postgraduate level. Its new design and structure both highlight the connections across different areas of debate and maximize the books accessibility as an indispensable source book for study. This is a substantially revised and refocused third edition of a best-selling and highly regarded textbook. Carefully designed to reflect both classic and new developments in the popular and lively fields of gender and womens studies, its breadth and depth make it suitable for students taking courses for the first time at either undergraduate or postgraduate level. Its new design and structure both highlight the connections across different areas of debate and maximize the books accessibility as an indispensable source book for study.

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'Overall, this book is well written, interesting and informative...I believe this book to be a valid and welcome contribution to the literature on feminist studies.' - Wendy Jones, Sociological Review Online

List of Tables and Figures
xi
Acknowledgements xii
Notes on Contributors xiii
Introduction xvii
Section One THEORY AND POLITICS
1(72)
Conceptualizing Gender
3(17)
Diane Richardson
Introduction
3(1)
The sex/gender binary
4(2)
Sex as a construction?
6(3)
Feminist gender theory
9(4)
Gender and sexuality
13(3)
New imaginings: patterned fluidities
16(1)
Conclusion
17(3)
Feminist Theories
20(15)
Sally Hines
Introduction
20(1)
Beyond the `Big Three': developments in feminist theory
21(2)
Poststructuralist and postmodern theory
23(3)
Debating queer and feminism
26(2)
Transgender studies
28(4)
Conclusion
32(3)
Feminism, Social Movements and the Gendering of Politics
35(20)
Nickie Charles
Introduction
35(1)
Women and social movements
36(4)
Redefining politics
40(2)
Women's political participation
42(6)
Women making a difference
48(5)
Conclusion
53(2)
Men, Masculinities and Feminism
55(18)
Victoria Robinson
Introduction
55(1)
The historical context
55(2)
The institutionalization of the study of men and masculinities
57(1)
Conceptual developments in the study of masculinity
58(2)
The `crisis of masculinity'
60(1)
Hegemonic masculinity
61(1)
Case study: hegemonic masculinities and heterosexuality
62(2)
Case study: men and sport
64(2)
Critiques of theorizing on men and masculinities
66(3)
Future directions
69(1)
Conclusion
70(3)
Section Two BODIES-IDENTITIES
73(50)
Gendered Bodies: Gendered Lives
75(16)
Kath Woodward
Introduction
75(1)
Bodies
76(1)
Bodies in the contemporary world: targets of intervention
77(1)
Feminist critiques of the body
78(2)
Sex/Gender
80(1)
Embodied identities: body and self
81(3)
Phenomenology: embodiment and experience
84(3)
What's normal? Technoscience and the promise of cyborgs
87(1)
Conclusion
88(3)
Racing the Feminist Agenda: Exploring the Intersections Between Race, Ethnicity and Gender
91(15)
Kate Reed
Introduction
91(1)
Feminism, race and the invisible black woman
92(1)
Black feminist challenges
93(3)
Black feminism, postmodernism and difference
96(2)
Race, ethnicity and gender - new agendas
98(1)
Race, ethnicity and identity
99(1)
Women and whiteness
100(1)
Masculinity, race and ethnicity
101(1)
Postcolonial feminism
102(1)
Conclusion
103(3)
Sexuality
106(17)
Yvette Taylor
Introduction
106(1)
Not quite queer? Sexuality, gender and `the rest'
107(2)
Feminist and/or queer?
109(1)
Sexuality, appearance and lifestyle
110(1)
Sexuality, femininity and class
111(1)
The `transformation of intimacy'?
112(2)
Sexuality, the self and the space in between
114(4)
Left of centre? The politics of sexuality
118(3)
Conclusion
121(2)
Section Three INSTITUTIONS
123(62)
Families, Domesticity and Intimacy: Changing Relationships in Changing Times
125(19)
Stevi Jackson
Introduction
125(1)
Feminism and the family
125(2)
Bringing the family into question
127(5)
Beyond households
132(1)
Family finances and domestic work
133(5)
Emotional attachments
138(2)
Towards postmodern, individualized families?
140(2)
Conclusion
142(2)
Gender and Schooling: Contemporary Issues in Gender Equality and Educational Achievement
144(16)
Jessica Ringrose
Debbie Epstein
Introduction
144(1)
Historical contexts of girls' inequality in schooling and the development of `education feminism'
145(2)
Gendered inequalities in education on a global scale
147(1)
The panic over `failing boys'
148(2)
Testing equality? Educational discourses of achievement and performance
150(2)
Reproducing gender binaries
152(2)
The proliferating discourse of girls' success
154(3)
Conclusion
157(3)
Gender and Work
160(25)
Zoe Irving
Introduction
160(1)
The gendering of work
161(4)
The experience of employment
165(3)
The sharing of work and employment
168(10)
Explaining gendered patterns of work
178(2)
Work: is the future female?
180(2)
Conclusion
182(3)
Section Four CULTURES AND CONTEXTS
185(34)
Media and Popular Culture
187(18)
Ruth Holliday
Gender and consumption
187(1)
Advertising - selling (to) women
188(3)
Gender and consumption - a brief history
191(2)
Men producing culture
193(2)
Negative representations?
195(4)
Feminine forms
199(1)
The pleasure of the text
200(3)
Conclusion
203(2)
Cyberspace, Feminism and Technology: Of Cyborgs and Women
205(14)
Stacy Gillis
Introduction
205(1)
The Enlightenment body
206(4)
Cyberfeminism
210(4)
Bodies of thought
214(3)
Conclusion
217(2)
Section Five METHODOLOGIES
219(25)
Feminist Methodology Matters!
221(23)
Liz Stanley
Sue Wise
Introduction: why feminist methodology matters
221(2)
Reading real-world feminist research
223(1)
Reading the research exemplars
224(13)
Conclusion
237(7)
Bibliography 244(33)
Author Index 277(7)
Subject Index 284


PROF. DIANE RICHARDSON is Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of many books including Rethinking Sexuality (Sage 2000), Theorising Heterosexuality (Open University Press 1996) and co-editor of Intersections Between Feminist and Queer Theory. Dr VICTORIA ROBINSON is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK, and has taught women's and gender studies since the 1980's. She has published widely in the areas of masculinities, heterosexualities and women's and gender studies.