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Gender: the Key Concepts (eBook) by Mary Evans (Editor); Carolyn Williams (Editor)This book draws on a wide range of fields, theories and thinkers to provide a complete introduction to the study of gender. Each entry presents a critical definition of its subjects, examining origins, usage and major contributors. Presented in A-Z format, it explores those terms most central to gender studies including: Agency, The body, Class, Disability, Femininities, Gender and development, Men, masculinity and masculinities, New reproductive technologies, Power and Representation.
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Publication Date: 2013
The SAGE Handbook of Feminist Theory (eBook)A state of the art guide to the issues and debates surrounding feminist theory, mapping both the present and the future of this broad, interdisciplinary field.
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Publication Date: 2014
Critical Terms for the Study of Gender by Catharine R. Stimpson, Gilbert Herdt, eds.Bodies / Carroll Smith-Rosenberg -- Culture / Kate Crehan -- Desire / Lauren Berlant -- Ethnicity / Anna Sampaio -- Globalization / Carla Freeman -- Human rights / Elizabeth Swanson Goldberg -- Identity / Raewyn Connell -- Justice / Jane Mansbridge -- Kinship / Janet Carsten -- Language / Deborah Cameron -- Love / Lauren Berlant -- Myth / Wendy Doniger -- Nature / Anne Fausto-Sterling -- Posthuman / Ruth A. Miller -- Power / Wendy Brown and Joan W. Scott -- Public/private / Michael Warner -- Race / Hortense Spillers -- Regulation / Judith Butler -- Religion / Regina M. Schwartz -- Sex/sexuality/sexual classification / David M. Halperin -- Utopia / Sally L. Kitch.