Gender and Sexuality

Dr. Chris Beasley is Professor in Politics and Co-Director of the Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender at the University of Adelaide. Dr Beasley primarily teaches in three areas of Political Studies: social and political theory, gender and sexuality studies, and cultural politics. She has been previously been located in Sociology, Women′s Studies, Aboriginal Studies and Education. Her books include Heterosexuality in Theory and Practice (with Heather Brook and Mary Holmes, Routledge, 2012), Engaging with Carol Bacchi (edited with Angelique Bletsas, University of Adelaide Press, 2012), Gender & Sexuality: Critical Theories, Critical Thinkers (SAGE, 2005), What is Feminism? (Sage, 1999) and Sexual Economyths (Allen & Unwin, 1994). She is currently writing a book on contemporary popular film titled The Cultural Politics of Popular Film: Power, Culture and Society (with Heather Brook, Manchester UP) and preparing another book, Internet Dating (with Mary Holmes, Routledge). Dr Beasley is also engaged in several research projects, including critical thinking in the first year university experience, embodied ethics and revaluing care, innovations in heterosexuality and hetero-masculinity.

Very useful book for my course on Social Theory and Human Sexuality. I appreciate how Beasley provides a framework for analyzing theories related to feminism, sexuality, and masculinities.

• PART 1: GENDER/FEMINIST STUDIESGender and FeminismAn OverviewModernist Emancipatory FeminismLiberal Feminism-Wollstonecraft to WolfLiberal Feminism: NussbaumGender Difference Feminism`Women-centred′ Identity Politics to Sexual Difference-Rich to GroszPostmodern Psychoanalytic FeminismSexual DifferenceDifferencesFeminism and `Race′/Ethnicity/Imperialism (REI)- Hooks to SpivakREI FeminismHooksPostmodern FeminismButlerQueering Gender/Queer FeminismButler, WhittlePART TWO: SEXUALITY STUDIESSexuality StudiesAn OverviewModernist LiberationismAltmanSocial ConstructionismJackson, WeeksSocial ConstructionismWeeksTransgender TheorisingCalifiaQueer TheoryJagose, SeidmanPART THREE: GENDER/MASCULINITY STUDIESGender and Masculinity StudiesAn OverviewGender, Masculinity/Men′s Studies and FeminismBrodRadical Pro-FeminismBetween Gender Difference and Categorical Social Constructionism -StoltenbergDifferencesRace/Ethnicity/Imperialism and Gay masculinities-Dowsett, CarbadoSocialist Pro-Feminism and Relational Social Constructionism-ConnellQueer(ing) Masculinity StudiesFemale Masculinity-Halberstam