Introducing Gender and Womens Studies
3rd Edition
Published on 23. November 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-230-54300-3 (ISBN)
Description
This thoroughly revised third edition of a best-selling textbook is carefully designed to reflect classic and new developments in the popular fields of gender and women's studies. Its unique breadth and depth makes it ideal for students taking courses for the first time at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Reviews / Votes
'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 OnlineMore details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
483 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-54300-3 (9780230543003)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
06/1997
2nd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€28.51
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Persons
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.
Content
PART 1: THEORY AND POLITICS Conceptualising Gender; D.Richardson Feminist Theory; S.Hines Feminism, Social Movements and the Gendering of Politics; N. Charles Men, Masculinities and Feminism; V.Robinson PART 2: BODIES/IDENTITIES Gendered Bodies: Gendered Lives; K.Woodward Racing the Feminist Agenda: Exploring the Intersections Between Race, Ethnicity and Gender; K.Reed Sexuality; Y.Taylor PART 3: INSTITUTIONS Families, Domesticity and Intimacy; S.Jackson Gender and Schooling: Contemporary Issues in Gender Equality and Educational Achievement; J.Ringrose & D.Epstein Gender and Work; Z.Irving PART 4: CULTURES AND CONTEXTS Media and Popular Culture; R.Holliday Cyberspace/technologies: Of Cyborgs and Feminism; S.Gillis PART 5: DOING FEMINIST RESEARCH Feminist Methodology Matters; L.Stanley & S.Wise Postscript; V.Robinson & D.Richardson Bibliography Index