Companion to Women's and Gender Studies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

A comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies, featuring original contributions from leading experts from around the worldThe Companion to Women's and Gender Studies is a comprehensive resource for students and scholars alike, exploring the central concepts, theories, themes, debates, and events in this dynamic field. Contributions from leading scholars and researchers cover a wide range of topics while providing diverse international, postcolonial, intersectional, and interdisciplinary insights. In-depth yet accessible chapters discuss the social construction and reproduction of gender and inequalities in various cultural, social-economic, and political contexts.Thematically-organized chapters explore the development of Women's and Gender Studies as an academic discipline, changes in the field, research directions, and significant scholarship in specific, interrelated disciplines such as science, health, psychology, and economics. Original essays offer fresh perspectives on the mechanisms by which gender intersects with other systems of power and privilege, the relation of androcentric approaches to science and gender bias in research, how feminist activists use media to challenge misrepresentations and inequalities, disparity between men and women in the labor market, how social movements continue to change Women's and Gender Studies, and more. Filling a significant gap in contemporary literature in the field, this volume: Features a broad interdisciplinary and international range of essaysEngages with both individual and collective approaches to agency and resistanceAddresses topics of intense current interest and debate such as transgender movements, gender-based violence, and gender discrimination policyIncludes an overview of shifts in naming, theoretical approaches, and central topics in contemporary Women's and Gender StudiesCompanion to Women's and Gender Studies is an ideal text for instructors teaching courses in gender, sexuality, and feminist studies, or related disciplines such as psychology, history, education, political science, sociology, and cultural studies, as well as practitioners and policy makers working on issues related to gender and sexuality.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-04-09
Mått:173 x 246 x 33 mm
Vikt:1 043 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:520
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781119315087

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi och antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Nancy A. Naples is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Connecticut. Her publications include over fifty book chapters and journal articles in numerous interdisciplinary and sociological journals. To highlight a few of her works, Nancy Naples is Editor-in-Chief of the five-volume Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies (2016) and she is author of Feminism and Method: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, and Activist Research (2003) and Grassroots Warriors: Community Work, Activist Mothering and the War on Poverty (1998).

Innehållsförteckning

Editors viiNotes on Contributors ixAcknowledgments xviiPart I Introduction 11 The Changing Field of Women’s and Gender Studies 3Nancy A. NaplesPart II Diversity of Academic Fields and Institutional Formations 232 Women’s Studies 25Clara Montague and Ashwini Tambe3 Gender Studies 41William J. Scarborough and Barbara J. Risman4 Masculinities Studies 69Melanie Lee5 Trans Studies 93Cristina Khan and Kolbe FranklinPart III Science, Health, and Psychology 1116 Science, Technology, and Gender 113Sara P. Díaz7 Gender Bias in Research 139Meg Upchurch8 Reproductive Practices, Society, and the State 155Anna Kuxhausen9 Gender and Disability Studies 175Linda M. Blum10 Gender and Psychology 195Thekla Morgenroth and Avelie StuartPart IV Culture 21311 Gender Ideology, Socialization, and Culture 215Pamela Bettis, Paula Groves Price, Courtney P. Benjamin and Eun‐Jeong Han12 Gender and Religion 235Caryn D. Riswold13 Gender and Media 253Audrey S. Gadzekpo and Marquita S. Smith14 Women, Gender, and Popular Culture 271Andrew J. Young and Dustin Kidd15 Gender‐Based Violence and Rape Culture 285Brian N. SweeneyPart V Politics, Economics, and The Environment 30316 Gender and Occupational Segregation 305Yan Ling Anne Wong and Maria Charles17 Gender Discrimination Policy 327Donna Bobbitt‐Zeher18 Global Care Chains 347Rosalba Todaro and Irma Arriagada19 Gender and Environmental Studies 365Mary Buchanan, Phoebe Godfrey and Emily KaufmanPart VI Social Movements 38520 Gender and Collective Action 387Jennifer E. Cossyleon and Kyle R. Woolley21 Women’s Movements 409Almudena Cabezas González and Marisa Revilla‐Blanco22 Right‐Wing Women’s Movements 427Daniela Mansbach and Alisa Von Hagel23 Men’s Movements 447Cliff Leek and Markus Gerke24 Transgender Movements 463Salvador Vidal‐OrtizIndex 481