Title:
Introducing gender and women's studies
Author:
Robinson, Victoria, 1959-
ISBN:
9780230542990
9780230543003
Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Physical Description:
xx, 291 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Rev. ed. of: Introducing women's studies. 2nd ed.
Contents:
Conceptualizing gender / Diane Richardson -- Feminist theories / Sally Hines -- Feminism, social movements and the gendering of politics / Nickie Charles -- Men, masculinities and feminism / Victoria Robinson -- Gendered bodies : gendered lives / Kath Woodward -- Racing the feminist agenda : exploring the intersections between race, ethnicity and gender / Kate Reed -- Sexuality / Yvette Taylor -- Families, domesticity and intimacy : changing relationships in changing times / Stevi Jackson -- Gender and schooling : contemporary issues in gender equality and educational achievement / Jessica Ringrose and Debbie Epstein -- Gender and work / Zoe Irving -- Media and popular culture / Ruth Holliday -- Cyberspace, feminism and technology : of cyborgs and women / Stacy Gillis -- Feminist methodology matters! / Liz Stanley and Sue Wise.
Abstract:
This edition is carefully designed to reflect classic and new developments in the popular field of gender and women's studies.
Added Uniform Title:
Introducing women's studies.