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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.
Call Number: eBook
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.
Call Number: eBook
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.