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Book SynopsisTestosterone is neither the biological essence of manliness nor even the “male sex hormone.” It doesn’t predict competitiveness or aggressiveness, strength or sex drive. Rebecca Jordan-Young and Katrina Karkazis pry testosterone loose from more than a century of misconceptions that undermine science while making social fables seem scientific.Trade ReviewA beautifully written and important book. The authors present strong and persuasive arguments that demythologize and defetishize T as a molecule containing quasi-magical properties, or as exclusively related to masculinity and males. -- Linda Roland Danil * Los Angeles Review of Books *A critique of both popular and scientific understandings of the hormone, and how they have been used to explain, or even defend, inequalities of power. * The Observer *A deeply researched and thoughtful book that adds a fresh perspective to a growing body of work aiming to debunk myths about hormones. * Nature *In [the authors’] hands, testosterone provides fruitful ground for understanding what it means to be human, not as isolated physical bodies but as dynamic social beings. -- Erika Lorraine Milam * Science *Eye-opening…Readers interested in the messiness of the relationship between hormones and behavior, and willing to consider that science can be far from neutral and objective, will find high-density food for thought in [this] stimulating work. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Given the increasing attention to these issues, the book’s auspicious timing and deeply researched foundations are already having a huge effect on an important cultural conversation today. * TechCrunch *Jordan-Young and Karkazis tear through influential studies, ripping apart notions such as that high levels of testosterone help businessmen make the risky deals that win fortunes…Fascinating. -- Jessica Hamzelou * New Scientist *Karkazis and Jordan-Young seek to expose several false narratives about their subject…Testosterone is an extended exercise in myth busting. * Outside *Debunks common myths about the functions and foibles of testosterone. -- Mary Rosillo * Cooper Square Review *A refreshing counternarrative to the urban legends that have muddied the waters between fact and fiction…A powerful testament to the continued need for an interdisciplinary dialogue surrounding the study of sex hormones. -- Wendy Kline * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *A fascinating attempt to cast doubt on some of the more popular ideas about testosterone, but the book is really more about the messy complexity of science itself, and how science interacts with the wider culture and is shaped by it. -- Robert Stirrups * The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology *Tells not only a more accurate story about testosterone but also an infinitely more interesting one…An excellent book. -- Lisa Wade * Men and Masculinities *Offers an intricately researched and fresh illustration of testosterone’s narrative, one that has been long overdue for a makeover…Testosterone is insightful scholarship for critical researchers and an approachable read for enthusiasts. -- Anna Posbergh * Sociology of Sport Journal *It’s stimulating fun when the assumptions and interpretations of scientific findings must undergo major revision. It’s more than just fun when that revisionism concerns a subject rife with sociopolitical implications with a history of doing harm. Jordan-Young and Karkazis ably take on this task with respect to the perpetual misinterpretation of what testosterone has to do with behavior, a subject at the intersection of masculinity, gender, aggression, hierarchy, race, and class. This subtle, important book forces rethinking not just about one particular hormone, but about the way the scientific process is embedded in social context. -- Robert M. Sapolsky, author of BehaveWith Testosterone: An Unauthorized Biography, we can add testosterone folklore to the mythology claiming that biology determines our character, behavior, and status. Jordan-Young and Karkazis brilliantly show how a wide range of popular beliefs and scientific research about testosterone support dangerous gender, race, and class stereotypes that blame biological differences for inequalities of power. They compel us to think more critically not only about T, but also, more broadly, about the fraught relationship between biology and social identity. -- Dorothy Roberts, author of Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First CenturyA brilliant book. With a rare combination of meticulous scholarship and page-turner style, Jordan-Young and Karkazis unravel, dissect, and ultimately explode the traditional story of testosterone. This book provides a revelation on every page, and readers will finish with a far richer understanding of the complexities of both testosterone and science. -- Cordelia Fine, author of Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and SocietyTestosterone: An Unauthorized Biography shines an urgently needed light on our collective, troubling myth-making about a hormone blamed for everything from male aggression to unfair advantage in athletic competition. Through rigorous analysis and a transcendent examination of cultural narratives, it not only reexamines and challenges some of our core beliefs about T; it also traces the way bias about gender is foundational to the science used to uphold those narratives. Eye-opening, accessible, and intelligent, this book will change the way you think about masculinities, race and class, and maybe even your own body. -- Thomas Page McBee, author of Amateur: A Reckoning with Gender, Identity, and MasculinityTestosterone science does not mix well with biases, social preconceptions, and politics of all sorts. Jordan-Young and Karkazis provide a thoughtful overview of testosterone myths—their deep roots and grave consequences. -- John P. A. Ioannidis, Stanford UniversityEveryone knows that testosterone is what makes men men, and too much testosterone is what makes some men toxic—or is it? In this timely and urgent book, Jordan-Young and Karkazis take us on a roller-coaster ride through what we know, what we think we know, and what we need to know about that most quixotic of substances: testosterone. -- Sari van Anders, Queen’s University

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Book SynopsisWhat does cisgender mean? What are people saying when they refer to "assigned" gender? Why is it not OK to say 'preferred pronouns'? What is cis privilege? If you're curious about the answers to these questions and want to learn more, this book is for you.This easy-to-read guide offers information and advice to anyone wanting to understand more about trans experiences. It explains what gender identity is and arms you with the correct terminology to use. Filled with real-life examples and FAQs, it offers helpful strategies to navigate respectful conversations, speak up against transphobia and create inclusive relationships and spaces. It's the ideal tool for anyone wanting to become a better ally to transgender and/or nonbinary people.Trade ReviewThis is a well-written, well-researched book that is very informative for the general reader, like me. Excellent recommendations for navigating this changing world and being supportive of trans friends and family members. -- Don M., Boston, MAChristy Whittlesey has written a must-have guide for anyone seeking to understand and learn what it means to be an ally of the transgender community. She encourages readers to continue to listen, disrupt the system, and be a voice when others can't. It is full of important information like the power of pronouns and the significance of intersectionality. Whittlesey empowers readers to embrace individuals in their workplace, family, and community. -- Dr. Rayna L. Freedman, 5th grade teacher, MassCUE President, and Accomplice to the LBGTQIA+ communityImpressive introductory guide to being an ally to a person who is transgender or non-binary. There are helpful tips related to the importance of language, use of listening skills, and normalizing gender neutral practices in our daily lives. The contents of this book ultimately reminds us to be mindful of the humanity of every person we encounter. -- Latosha Dixon (she/her) Vice-Chair of the Chelmsford Diversity Racial Equity and Inclusion Committee, '20-Christy provides information that every parent should know about being a trans or non-binary ally, including resources on where to find out more. She gets you thinking from a different perspective and shows that trans people just want to be heard, affirmed, and feel safe. Being a trans ally means taking small, everyday actions. We can all think about our environments and consider how we might make them more gender-inclusive. -- Kathy Sheedy, mother and volunteer for The Ryan Home Project (home for homeless teens)I am once again thankful to Christy Whittlesey for tackling this nuanced and important topic with such care and grace. As a gender educator, I'll be recommending The Beginner's Guide to Being a Trans Ally far and wide. -- Tuck Woodstock, Gender Reveal podcastChristy Whittlesey's The Beginner's Guide to Being a Trans Ally provides an easy-to-access entry point into allyship for anyone who is ready to learn...read this book if you are an educator or a healthcare provider who is new to the conversation. -- Stacy Agee Szczesiul, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell & proud parent of a transgender childThis book unpacks gender diversity by centering the trans voices we hope to become allies for. Through reading these narratives we learn that becoming an ally is moving from ignorance or complicity to a continuum of continual action that affirms and celebrates our trans students, family members, friends, co-workers, and community members. This resource also serves as a user-friendly toolkit with clear techniques for more inclusive allyship. It is a must-read for educators and families alike. -- Anthony Beatrice, Executive Director for the Arts, Boston Public SchoolsTable of ContentsWhat is Being a True Ally?What is Allyship?Getting Comfortable with LanguageThinking About GenderHow Can I Strive to be a True Ally?Conclusion: The Future of GenderBook Study/Discussion QuestionsResources

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Book SynopsisExpert guidance for child welfare and youth care professionals looking to increase their knowledge about, and skills in, working with transgender and gender expansive youth and their families. Many professionals working in child welfare and youth service (including line workers, supervisors, managers, and administrators), lack adequate knowledge about trans or gender expansive identities, which means they are not sufficiently prepared to address or respond to the needs of trans or gender expansive youth. This guide will provide readers with the information they need to do their jobs effectively with youth of all genders, including guidance on relationships, discrimination, mental health, foster care and homelessness. It provides examples of successful practice in a variety of case narratives from youth and their families.Trade ReviewLong overdue, Mallon's book is powerfully honest, informative and practical-offering readers that chance to take a deep and enlightening journey into the lives and experiences of trans and gender expansive youth. A must read for people who work with youth in any capacity! -- June Paul, Assistant Professor, Social Work Department, Skidmore CollegeThis book is not just for child welfare professionals serving the transgender/gender expansive youth population, but for anyone providing caring to children and youth. Giving us the gift of an invaluable gender GPS, Gerald Mallon guides us through the imperatives for ensuring the gender health of young people of all genders in all communities and all living situations. A must on everyone's book shelf. -- Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D. Director of Mental Health, UCSF Child and Adolescent Gender Center, Author of Gender Born, Gender Made and The Gender Creative ChildThis book, like its author, is innovative, clear, and honest. Gary Mallon has written a comprehensive practical guide for child welfare professionals who want to improve their skills working with transgender and gender-expansive youth and their families. In this book, Gary Mallon combines state-of-the-art knowledge with case examples gathered over his 45 years of experience in the field of child welfare. Written with an accessible style and a positive tone, this book offers lots of strategies and concrete actions that youth workers can take to improve their support to transgender and gender-expansive youth and their families. -- Mónica López López, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsNot only a practical guide for youth, community and social workers, this book also offers a dive into the complexities of trans and gender-expansive young people's experiences. Packed with stories from T/GE youth, this volume offers advice and resources for the fields of psychology, social welfare, health and education. -- Dr Stephen Hicks, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Manchester (UK)Mallon's book unpacks the complexities of working with transgender and gender-expansive youth and their families. Using the voices of T/GE youth themselves, the reader is grounded in an understanding of the difficulties of discrimination and social transitions, yet the book reminds us of the normal everyday lives of T/GE and all youth - their development, loves, relationships. -- Stephen T. Russell, Director, School of Human Ecology, UT AustinGary Mallon has devoted his career to ensure that social work professionals and child welfare services have the knowledge and skills they need to work effectively with LGBT+ young people. This publication specifically addresses the needs of transgender and gender expansive young people and their families. Professor Mallon's expertise on this topic is without question; the strength of this publication is that it is written with young people firmly at the centre, with quotes from young people included throughout the text. It addresses all areas of practice, including: language usage; transition issues; discrimination; education;, relationships; and child welfare programmes, including homelessness. It is an absolute 'must have' for any organisation that works with young people. -- Professor Christine Cocker, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United KingdomTable of ContentsIntroduction: Preparing to Work with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth; Explanation of Terms; 1. The Basics; 2. The Developmental Process of Forming a Transgender or Gender Expansive Identity; 3. Family Issues; 4. Mental Health Issues; 5. Medical Transition Issues; 6. Educational Issues; 7. Discrimination and Anti-Transgender Harassment and Violence; 8. Creating Healthy Social Environments; 9. Relationships & Dating; 10. Child Welfare Programs; 11. Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs ; 12. A Call for Transforming Organizations; References; Resources; About the Author

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“A juicy introduction to three of the most controversial figures in 20th-century American politics. . . . Well-researched and stimulating. . . Elias vividly describes the era’s political battles, tabloid magazines, and dramatic Senate hearings, and persuasively identifies the influence of the 'surveillance state masculinity' embodied by his three subjects on the political rise of Donald Trump.” * Publishers Weekly *“A perceptive, well-informed political and cultural history. . . . Elias makes a stimulating book debut with interwoven biographies of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and lawyer Roy Cohn.” * Kirkus Reviews *"Informative, entertaining. . . An important, novel history text." * Foreword Reviews *“This finely crafted book, based on meticulous use of archival records, satisfies on many levels and sheds light on often overlooked history. . . . Elias adeptly details the Lavender Scare of the mid-20th century, and the lasting impact of the use of fabrication and hyperbole.” * Library Journal (starred review) *“Elias brings fresh detail to how the trio worked together in pursuit of common enemies, and he persuasively argues that McCarthy’s death from alcoholism, at age 47 in 1957, failed to slow the Communist witch hunt he had done so much to foster. He also explores why the cross-dressing rumors about Hoover remain so much a part of his legacy (Elias skillfully skewers the more outlandish tales of Hoover being dressed “like an old flapper” at the Plaza and having the Bible read to him by a young man while another, wearing rubber gloves … well, let’s stop there) and deftly illustrates how the playbook these three men developed came to be used so devilishly by Cohn’s onetime client—the 45th president of the United States. Gossip Men manages the neat trick of portraying three monsters in ways that induce as much pity as fury." * Air Mail *"The writing is crisp and intelligent. . . Elias has written a sociological thesis, dense with information, extensively footnoted, and carefully hewing to the facts." * The Gay & Lesbian Review *“This may be a case of scholarship catching up with James Ellroy, whose novel American Tabloid pursued that thesis with all due imaginative embellishment.” * Inside Higher Education *"This engrossing work blends the best of standard political history with superb cultural analysis. . . . Recommended." * Choice *“A masterful interpretation of the politics of the early Cold War." * Commonweal *“Gossip Men is a fast-paced and absorbing account of how the men who were most vulnerable to gossip about their sexuality—Joseph McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and J. Edgar Hoover—rose to power by mastering the art of masculine performance. As the United States struggles once again with the perils of political manhood, Elias reminds us that alpha-male conservatism was born in a Cold War information economy where gossip, rumor, and innuendo were weapons—but also assets to a career.” * Claire Potter, The New School for Social Research *“Gossip Men is a terrific book about a trio of fascinating (if not necessarily terrific) political men. Hoover, McCarthy, and Cohn helped to create the modern security state. As this book shows, they also helped to create—and were created by—fierce public and private contests over masculinity, sexuality, and secrecy. Gossip Men is an important cultural history and a thoroughly engaging read.” * Beverly Gage, Yale University *“Gossip Men is compellingly written and fun to read from beginning to end. Elias tracks the emergence of surveillance state masculinity and highlights the role of the gossip industry in its creation and reproduction in a novel way, excellently integrating biography, media studies, and history.” * Shanon Fitzpatrick, McGill University *"For those who want a deeper understanding of the underlying cultural force influencing the work and actions of Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover, Senator Joseph McCarthy, and his aide, Roy Cohn, this fine book is a must-read. In a sophisticated analysis, Christopher M. Elias focuses on changing understandings of manhood and their intersection with the rising power of gossip from the turn of the nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: The Topography of Modernity Chapter Two: The Professional Bureaucrat in the Public Eye Chapter Three: Populist Masculinity in the American Heartland Chapter Four: The Power Broker as a Young Man Chapter Five: Scandal as Political Art Chapter Six: Under the Klieg Lights Epilogue: The Long Life of Surveillance State Masculinity Acknowledgments Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis'A must-read!' FINLAY GAMESThis essential survival guide gives autistic trans and/or non-binary adults all the tools and strategies they need to live as their very best self.Blending personal accounts with evidence-based insights and up-to-date information, and written from a perspective of empowerment and self-acceptance, the book promotes pride, strength and authenticity, covering topics including self-advocacy, mental health and camouflaging and masking as well as key moments in life such as coming out or transitioning socially and/or physically. Written by two leading autistic trans activists, this book honestly charts what life is like as an autistic trans person and is vital, life-affirming reading.Trade ReviewI would rename this the thriving guide! This is such a powerful book, packed full of essential information for trans and non-binary adults navigating the gender transition process. The case studies and personal stories shared by Wenn and Yenn, both trans and autistic themselves, make this book relatable and profound. Wenn and Yenn skillfully dispel the many misconceptions surrounding the intersectionality of gender and autism, additionally making this a must-read for those supporting trans autistic adults. -- Finlay Games – Author and Content CreatorThe Autistic Trans Guide to Life fluently discusses the unique challenges existing for people who are both transgender and on the autism spectrum. Despite a clear data-driven prevalence, this intersectionality does not seem to be widely acknowledged in mainstream information. This guide not only helps outline possible pathways to transition, it also identifies the unique challenges autistic people may face during transition. By offering insights through the eyes of autistic individuals, The Autistic Trans Guide to Life provides a rich template from which those who bend both the autism and gender spectrum can benefit. -- Dade Barlow, MSc, CEHTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Foreword - Dr Emma Goodall; Introduction: 1. Autism and Gender Identity; 2. Gender Diversity, Affirming Gender and Transitioning; 3. Coming out; 4. Work & College; 5. Interoception, Camouflaging and Masking; 6. Older Autistic Trans Adults; 7. Strategies and tips to promote pride and strength; 8. Mental health

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Book Synopsis'A vital book' JUNO ROCHE'Beautifully illustrated and fascinating' MEG-JOHN BARKER'Fun and fact-filled' SUSAN STRYKERThis inspiring collection of illustrated portraits celebrates the lives of influential transgender, non-binary and intersex figures throughout history.Showcasing the diversity of gender identities and expressions that have existed in all cultures alongside developments from recent years, the extraordinary stories in this book highlight the achievements and legacies of those who have fought to be themselves, whatever their gender. From activists, soldiers and historical leaders through to pirates, actors and artists, this book explores the life and times of over fifty trans and intersex trailblazers in their fight for equality, acceptance and change. Poignant, educational and empowering, these are the gender pioneers everyone needs to know about.Trade ReviewGender Pioneers is a fun, fact-filled, easy-to-read romp through the long history of gender-diversity in cultures around the world. It places contemporary trans identities in a broader context to show there's nothing new about being non-binary or changing gender. -- Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Roots of Today's RevolutionOur history is rich, deep, diverse and expansive. Ancient even. This beautifully illustrated book documents our rich history clearly and gloriously. A vital book if setting out to discover our history(s) or to tell or retell the story the us. We have been pioneers pushing at the constrictive limits of gender for centuries. -- Juno Roche, author of Trans Power, Queer Sex and Gender ExplorersA beautifully illustrated and fascinating tour through the history of transness and gender creativity. A must for anyone who wants to know their gender history, or to access awesome possibility-models from across time and space. -- Meg-John Barker, author of Life Isn't Binary and Gender: A Graphic Guide

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Book SynopsisDrawing from bell hook's 1999 book All About Love, this volume builds on theories of love as they relate to Black Girlhood in education, shedding light on educational practices rooted in love and exploring strategies for centering Black girls and love in Grades K-12.Bringing together voices of scholars, poets, and visual artists who theorize Black Girlhood, the collection pays particular attention to practices, acts, communities, and pedagogies of love. An antidote to the physical, emotional, and psychological violence to which Black girls in the United States are subjected on a daily basis at the hands of those who work in schooling environments, it shows how teachers, school leaders, community educators, and researchers might use love as a framework for changing the narrative and experiences of Black girls. Crucially, though, in conversation with negative aspects of how Black girls experience school, it argues for a shift in perspective that highlights

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents a collection of the most recent knowledge on the relationship between gender and fashion in historical and contemporary contexts. Through fourteen essays divided into three segments – how dress creates, disrupts and transcends gender – the chapters investigate gender issues through the lens of fashion. Crossing Gender Boundaries first examines how clothing has been, and continues to be, used to create and maintain the binary gender division that has come to permeate Western and westernized cultures. Next, it explores how dress can be used to contest and subvert binary gender expectations, before a final section that considers the meaning of gender and how dress can transcend it, focusing on unisex and genderless clothing. The essays consider how fashion can both constrict and free gender expression, explore the ways dress and gender are products of one other and illuminate the construction of gender through social norms. Readers will find that through analysis of the relationship between gender and fashion, they gain a better understanding of the world around them.Trade Review'At the heart of this book is a desire to expose how gender binaries have defined self-presentation for centuries and the impact these practices have had in the development of the fashion industry in western-centric areas. The book also accounts for how we have challenged (or crossed) boundaries and how we must continue challenging, disrupting and transcending the identity oppression created by the strict social structures imposed on many of us in terms of gender identity. This is not the first time the field of fashion studies questions these binaries, but this volume is an excellent resource adding new material and new perspectives corresponding to the global and changing zeitgeist of gender identities. [...] While a more global perspective would be welcomed, this new collection is essential reading in fashion and gender – understood as the social and political understanding and construction of bodies as based on cultural norms and not on biological features. [...] The road to destabilize and transcend the long-established gender binary system is a long one. The essays in this reader relate some successful stories and outline possibilities for a future that may allow us to fully cross gender boundaries.' -- José Blanco F., Fashion, Style & Popular Culture'This collection of essays is timely and innovative, drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological frameworks to understand and show the role that fashion and dress have in crossing gender boundaries. [...] This edited collection is exemplary, not only in terms of its content, but also in terms of its form. Scholars thinking about putting together an edited collection may look toward Crossing Gender Boundaries as an example of an excellent edited collection. The essays work well together, but also work well in isolation. This is an impressive collection that recognizes the importance of diversity in the study of fashion, and I am confident that Crossing Gender Boundaries will spark new debates in the ongoing and important critical study of fashion, which is central to how many think about bodies, sexualities, and masculinities.' -- Jonathan A. Allan, Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities'This volume examine[s] the significance of dress and fashion for creating and transcending binary gender distinctions. The studies it comprises represent diverse case studies that explore how dress constructs gender as a situated, appearance- and performance-mediated bodily practice. The panoramic overview of historical and contemporary examples in which gender boundaries maintained or crossed through dress and fashion also guides the structure of this book. . . . [It] highlights how dress and gender are mutually constructive. As the Western concept of gender becomes challenged, redefined and reexamined, this timely volume examines gender- and dress-related issues, while highlighting how gender can be created, disrupted and transcended using fashion clothing, personal style and fashion accessories.' -- Pablo Markin, Open Culture'The chapters and sections flow very well together, and it is a credit to the editing skills of Reilly and Barry that each chapter is perfectly placed within the book. [...] Overall, the wide range of topics collated by Reilly and Barry gives an extremely interesting overview of both personal and public aspects of the relationship between gender and dress. Chapters range from personal accounts to theoretical and cover both well known and more niche, potentially less well known, designers and fashion trends. [...] Crossing Gender Boundaries is a book which will be attractive to those whose research and interests are in several different fields whether that be historical fashion, contemporary fashion, gender studies, or cultural studies. In fact, this book is such an enjoyable read and is readily accessible that it may even be of interest to the general reader.' -- Jennifer Cameron, The Journal of Dress History'[Crossing Gender Boundaries] augments the larger body of scholarship on the topic of gender and dress by adding a variety of study areas that are missing from the existing largely white, heteronormative European–American focused literature. [..] This volume is certainly a must-read for readers interested in exploring gender construction – and deconstruction – in fashion studies.' -- Lauren Bradley, Critical Studies in Fashion & BeautyTable of ContentsIntroduction Section One: Creating Gender ‘Bifurcated Garments and Divided Skirts: Redrawing the Boundaries of the Sartorial Feminine in Late Victorian Culture’ – Kimberly Wahl ‘“Hard and Straight”: The Creation of Nineteenth Century Masculine Subjectivity through Corsetry’ – Alanna McKnight ‘Mirror Epiphany: Transpersons’ Use of Dress to Create and Sustain Their Affirmed Gender Identities’ – Jory M. Catalpa and Jenifer K. McGuire ‘Withering Heights: High Heels and Hegemonic Masculinity’ – Elizabeth Semmelhack Section Two: Disrupting Gender ‘Cute Men in Contemporary Japan’ – Toby Slade ‘The Politicisation of Fashion in Virtual Queer Spaces: A Case Study of Saint Harridan one of the Pioneering Queer Fashion Brands in the Twenty-First Century’ – Kelly Reddy-Best ‘She Was Not A Girly Girl: Athletic Apparel, Female Masculinity, and the Endorsement of Difference’ – Christina Bush ‘Gender More: An Intersectional Perspective on Men's Transgression of the Gender Dress Binary’ – Ben Barry and Andrew Reilly ‘In-vest-ed Meaning: Gender Ambiguity in Costume Collections’ – Katie Baker Jones and Jean L. Parsons Section Three: Transcending Gender ‘The Politics of the Neutral: Rad Hourani’s Unisex Vision’ – Rebecca Halliday ‘Shirting Identities: Negotiating Gender Identity through the Dress Shirt’ – Valerie Rangel ‘Why Don’t I Wear Skirts? Understanding Dress Behaviour through Historical Contexts’ – Jung Ha-Brookshire ‘Critical Mascara: On Fabulousness, Creativity and the End of Gender’ – madison moore ‘Clothes (Un)make the (Wo)man – Un-gendering Fashion (2015?)’ – Hazel Clark and Leena-Maija Rossi

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Book SynopsisIn What’s the Use? Sara Ahmed continues the work she began in The Promise of Happiness and Willful Subjects by taking up a single word—in this case, use—and following it around. She shows how use became associated with life and strength in nineteenth-century biological and social thought and considers how utilitarianism offered a set of educational techniques for shaping individuals by directing them toward useful ends. Ahmed also explores how spaces become restricted to some uses and users, with specific reference to universities. She notes, however, the potential for queer use: how things can be used in ways that were not intended or by those for whom they were not intended. Ahmed posits queer use as a way of reanimating the project of diversity work as the ordinary and painstaking task of opening up institutions to those who have historically been excluded.Trade Review“In this close reading of use, Sara Ahmed leads the reader from object to object at a pace that moves with the deliberateness of a philosopher and the grace of a literary scholar. With this and other books, Ahmed has established herself as one of the most important feminist thinkers in the world.” -- Rosemarie Garland-Thomson“With characteristic verve and force, Sara Ahmed explores the uses of use. More than a history of an idea and much more than a philosophical investigation of use and value, Ahmed’s book teaches us how to locate use, usefulness, used-upness, used objects, and useful and useless knowledge in relation to time, space, queerness, and more. Read this book; you need it, and more importantly, you will use it. It is useful and useless in equal proportion and compelling precisely because of its mixed-use value. Before you know it, you will get used to use and you will carry it with you always.” -- Jack Halberstam“How lucky we are that feminist killjoy Sara Ahmed takes us on her learned, witty, and insightful journey. With her evocative exasperation at the state of affairs with regard to the (im)possibilities of diversity work and complaint, she dismantles the sexist and racist structures of the modern university. Now as a courageous, independent scholar, Ahmed continues to shine her characteristic phenomenological lights on walls and doors and more. She is still here; she refused to get used to it!” -- Gloria Wekker"By crafting different routes, travelling lesser-known paths, and finding alternate ways of telling stories about use, Ahmed invites her readers to see the world from these non-normative subject positions and to rethink and reshape their own worldviews in the process." -- Sohel Sarkar * AC Review of Books *"A well-written, engaging text. Highly recommended. All readership levels." -- C. R. McCall * Choice *"Ahmed sought to write a text that intervenes in the everyday, that elevates a threadbare backpack to a place of unbound theoretical play. And she has done so. Although some readers may find themselves frustrated by Ahmed’s deflections of tangible directive, that seems to be precisely the point. Accessible and innovative, What’s the Use? will be of serious interest to activists, artists, and academics working at the intersections of queer and critical race studies." -- Caitlin Mackenzie * QED *“Ahmed follows an unexpected and fascinating pathway through the history of use, one that brings together scientific theories, institutional histories, and everyday life.... Ahmed’s explorations are animated by a spirit of reinvention that challenges both the conventions of philosophical practice and the taken-for-granted boundaries of feminist thought.” -- Eden Kinkaid * Feminist Formations *"What’s the Use? combines an intellectual history and a philosophical exploration of the concept of use with ethnographies and personal reflections on institutional diversity work. . . . Ahmed’s paradoxical undertaking reveals one must first subvert institutional diversity practices, in order to truly diversify an institution." -- Velina Manolova * Public Books *“What’s the Use? is a rigorous book with power.... Ahmed’s book wields theory in the right way.... I came away from What’s the Use? feeling equipped with new knowledge and ready to use it.” -- Minhae Shim Roth * Continuum *"Ahmed’s book is an interdisciplinary treasure for scholars that contributes to diverse strands of thought including women’s studies, decolonial studies, disability studies, and queer studies. Furthermore, the 'queer and idiosyncratic' method of the book (19) offers rich resources for 'troublemakers,' student organizers, feminist collectives, and human rights advocates." -- Pallavi Gupta * International Feminist Journal of Politics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xiii Introduction. A Useful Archive 1 1. Using Things 21 2. The Biology of Use and Disuse 68 3. Use as Technique 103 4. Use and the University 141 Conclusion. Queer Use 197 Notes 231 References 257 Index 271

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Book SynopsisThis book reflects the psychic wounds of narcissism from the perspective of Jungian analytical psychology. Oriented towards the richness and plurality of the psyche, it sheds light on clinical practice as well as the common and intricate issues of this personality type.

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Book SynopsisOffers an exploration of how surrealist visual production was shaped by constructions of gender and sexuality, particularly masculinity, in the 1920s and early 1930s. This book analyzes surrealist work in relation to the history of surrealism and investigates how surrealist artists and writers appropriated advertising, and sexology.Trade Review"Lyford demonstrates the subtle interpretation needed to navigate the complexities raised by issues of masculinity within Surrealism." -- Robert Radford Burlington Magazine "Tight, richly documented, and does an excellent job of interweaving image, text, and context, no easy task... Lyford has done a remarkable job of demonstrating how complicated surrealism's relationship was to all forms of normative masculinity." -- Carolyn J. Dean H-France ReviewsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Paradox of Surrealist Masculinity 1. Anxiety and Perversion in Postwar Paris 2. The Aesthetics of Dismemberment 3. The Advertisement of Emasculation: Andre Kertesz in Surrealist Paris 4. Man Ray, Lee Miller, and the Photography of Surrealist Sexuality 5. The Lessons of Barbette: Surrealism, Fascism, and the Politics of Sexual Metamorphosis Conclusion: A Postscript on Masculinity and Reconstruction Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking book foregrounds the voices of autistic trans people as they speak candidly about how their autism and gender identity intersects and the impact this has on their life.Drawing upon a wealth of interviews with transgender people on the autism spectrum, the book explores experiences of coming out, with self-discovery, healthcare, family, work, religion and community support, to help dispel common misunderstandings around gender identity and autism, whilst allowing autistic trans people to see their own neurodiverse experiences reflected in these interviews.An incisive introduction clearly sets out up-to-date research and thinking, before each chapter draws together key findings from the interviews, along with advice and support for those providing support to autistic trans individuals. Both accessible and authoritative, Trans and Autistic is an essential publication for autistic trans people, their families, and professionals wanting to understand and support their clients better.Trade ReviewTrans and Autistic: Stories from Life at the Intersection opens with the disability community maxim "Nothing About Us Without Us"... and more than lives up to its promise. In these ten chapters, authors Noah Adams and Bridget Liang bring the reader into ten autistic trans worlds that span the ordinary and the extraordinary. Refusing to play the part of the spectacle, what Adams and Liang offer is deceptively simple - a set of vital voices rarely heard on their own terms. -- Jake Pyne, Assistant Professor, York University School of Social WorkTrans and Autistic offers trans autistic people an opportunity to read about their kin after years of reading books by and for cisgender and neurotypical people, while, simultaneously providing professionals and families the grounded understanding essential to meeting the needs of trans autistic people in their lives. -- Finn Gratton, LMFT, Psychotherapist, Educator, author of Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and AdultsTable of ContentsGlossary. Introduction. 1. Alex. 2. Grace. 3. Isabella. 4. James. 5. Joan. 6. Moose. 7. Nathan. 8. Reynard. 9. Sherry. 10. Tristan. Conclusion. Further reading and resources. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Appendix 3. References

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Book SynopsisBestselling author of Odd Girl Out, Rachel Simmons exposes the myth of the Good Girl, freeing girls from its impossible standards and encouraging them to embrace their real selvesIn The Curse of the Good Girl, bestselling author Rachel Simmons argues that in lionizing the Good Girl we are teaching girls to embrace a version of selfhood that sharply curtails their power and potential. Unerringly nice, polite, modest, and selfless, the Good Girl is a paradigm so narrowly defined that it's unachievable. When girls inevitably fail to live up-experiencing conflicts with peers, making mistakes in the classroom or on the playing field-they are paralyzed by self-criticism, stunting the growth of vital skills and habits. Simmons traces the poisonous impact of Good Girl pressure on development and provides a strategy to reverse the tide. At once expository and prescriptive, The Curse of the Good Girl is a call to arms from a new front in female empowerment.

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Book SynopsisThis 20th-anniversary edition of the extraordinary New York Times bestseller features a new introduction from the author!Stiffed is a brilliant, important book.. Faludi''s reportorial and literary skills unfold with breathtaking confidence and beauty... She goes a long way toward eliminating the black and white, good and evil, male and female polarities that have riven the sexes in the past three decades... -TimeIn 1991, internationally renowned feminist journalist Susan Faludi ignited a revival of the women’s movement with her revelatory investigative reportage: Backlash was nothing less than a landmark, uncovering an “undeclared war” against women’s equality in the media, advertising, Hollywood, the workplace, and government—a war that is still being fought today.Stiffed may be e

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Book SynopsisA New York Times Editors’ Choice book from the author of the award-winning Tap Out - “a gritty, insightful debut” (Washington Post) - Edgar Kunz’s second poetry collection propels the reader across the shifting terrain of late-capitalist America.  Temp jobs, conspiracy theories, squatters, talk therapy, urban gardening, the robot revolution: this collection fixes its eye on the strangeness of labor, through poems that are searching, keen, and wry. The virtuosic central sequence explores the untimely death of the poet’s estranged father, a handyman and addict, and the brothers left to sort through the detritus of a life long lost to them. Through lyrical, darkly humorous vignettes, Kunz asks what it costs to build a home and a love that not only lasts but sustains.

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Book SynopsisPrivilege, Power, and Difference is a groundbreaking tool for students and non-students alike to examine systems of privilege and difference in our society. Written in an accessible, conversational style, the 3rd edition links theory with engaging examples in ways that enable readers to see the underlying nature and consequences of privilege and their connection to it. This program has been used across the country, both inside and outside the classroom, to shed light on issues of power and privilege. The Connect course for this offering includes SmartBook, an adaptive reading and study experience which guides students to master, recall, and apply key concepts while providing automatically-graded assessments.Table of ContentsChapter 1 We’re in TroubleChapter 2 Privilege, Oppression, and DifferenceChapter 3 Capitalism, Class, and the Matrix of DominationChapter 4 Making Privilege and Oppression HappenChapter 5 The Trouble with the TroubleChapter 6 What It Has to Do With UsChapter 7 How Systems of Privilege WorkChapter 8 Getting Off the Hook: Denial and ResistanceChapter 9 What Can We Do?Epilogue A Worldview is Hard to Change

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Book SynopsisAn intelligently provocative book about Darwin's other' theory discusses the curious ways in which sexual attraction has influenced the evolution of the human mind.Many aspects of the human mind remain mysterious. While Darwinian natural selection can explain the evolution of most life on earth, it has never seemed fully adequate to explain the aspects of our minds that seem most uniquely and profoundly human - art, morality, consciousness, creativity and language. Yet these aspects of human nature need not remain evolutionary mysteries. Until fairly recently most biologists have ignored or rejected Darwin''s claims for the other great force of evolution - sexual selection through mate choice, which favours traits simply because they prove attractive to the opposite sex. But over recent years biologists have taken up Darwin''s insights into how the reproduction of the sexiest is as much a focus of evolution as the survival of the fittest.WitTrade ReviewIntriguing... The discussion of the mind as a mechanism of attracting mates is fascinating * Washington Post Book World *A refined, an intellectually ingenious, and a very civilised discussion of the possible importance of sexual selection for mental evolution -- John Constable, Cambridge University * Psychology, Evolution, and Gender *Entertaining and wide-ranging * Nerve *Flies in the face of evolutionary orthodoxy - proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and others - which suggests that cultures evolve on their own, separate from the evolution of the human mind * Observer *Thoughtful, witty and vividly written -- Richard Dawkins

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Book SynopsisFresh, original, heartbreaking Reni Eddo-LodgeDevastating, hilarious, unlike anything I have ever read. Destined to be a classic Pandora Sykes''A must-read ... as mesmerising as it is poignant'' Stylist, SPRING MUST-READ BOOKS TO FEEL EMPOWERED''This utterly distinctive memoir, written almost out loud in Nottinghamshire vernacular, hauls you into the world Lees grew up in... it''s shocking, funny, heart-rending and totally brilliant'' The Bookseller, EDITOR''S CHOICE MAY 2021''What It Feels Like for a Girl says it like it is'' Evening Standard, BEST NEW BOOKS IN 2021Thirteen-year-old Byron needs to get away, and doesn''t care how. Sick of being beaten up by lads for talkin'' like a poof after school. Sick of dad - the weightlifting, womanising Gaz - and Mam, who pissed off to Turkey like Shirley Valentine. Sick of all the people in Hucknall who shuffle about like the living dead, going on about kTrade ReviewFresh, original, heartbreaking and optimistic. The subtlety of time passing reminds me of Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's writing. -- Reni Eddo LodgeParis Lees is the voice of a generation -- Paul FlynnBrilliant, brutal and bitingly funny, Lees is going to rip your heart out and show you the ugly truth about kids Britain would rather pretend don't exist. There's never been a book like this -- Matthew ToddDevastating one page, hilarious the next, What It Feels Like for a A Girl is unlike anything I have ever read. Utterly unique and imbued with hope - it is destined to be a classic. -- Pandora SykesAn important debut -- Édouard LouisA sensational, gut-wrenching read: raw, moving, and ultimately life-affirming -- Owen JonesOften hilarious, sometimes moving, consistently engrossing, always authentic and ultimately uplifting. Reminiscent of Trainspotting and Irvine Welsh. A tour-de-force -- Matt CainA must-read ... as mesmerising as it is poignant * Stylist, SPRING MUST-READ BOOKS TO FEEL EMPOWERED *This utterly distinctive memoir, written almost out loud in Nottinghamshire vernacular, hauls you into the world Lees grew up in... it's shocking, funny, heart-rending and totally brilliant * The Bookseller, EDITOR’S CHOICE MAY 2021 *What It Feels Like for a Girl says it like it is * Evening Standard, BEST NEW BOOKS IN 2021 *A groundbreaking, peerless journey into trauma and the impossibility of fighting for the self -- Sleaford ModsParis Lees has created a totally complete world in the way that something like Trainspotting or Skins or It's A Sin did... made a universe, populated it with people that you absolutely care about, dialect that you're completely absorbed by, then smashed your heart to smithereens -- Alexandra HemingsleyNothing is off-limits in this unputdownable memoir ... her wit and expert storytelling soften some heartbreaking experiences * British Vogue *Heartbreaking, hilarious and impossible to put down: Paris Lees' What It Feels Like For a Girl is genuinely singular. It's raw, viscerally real and Byron is a character who will stay with you long after you've finished -- Yomi AdegokePowerful and authentic, a memoir with the depth and writerly virtuosity of a fine novel. -- Katherine O'DonnellA truly fresh, exciting take on the genre of memoir * Cosmopolitan *Raw, heartbreaking, and scorchingly funny, What It Feels Like For A Girl is a boldly-written and truly transformative account of an extraordinary life story. Please do yourself a favour and read it -- Otegha UwagbaLees has lived an extraordinary life, and it makes for extraordinary writing -- Rebecca Nicholson * Guardian *A ketamine-laced coming of age memoir... recalls being in a nightclub where you can still smoke and euphoric music blares non-stop ... a dark comedy from a little-heard perspective. Even when there's blood dripping on the page as a result of bullying, Lees manages to make it read like a sketch ... very powerful -- Kadish Morris * The Observer *Heartbreaking and hilarious * Dazed Magazine *Smart and exuberant... By excavating her painful past in her memoir, [Lees] has crafted a vivid story of trauma, rebellion and astonishing resilience -- Fiona Sturges * The Guardian *Fast and funny and furious... the writing is so alive and warm that you don't feel remotely miserable while reading it, even while your heart is pounding for her -- Sophie Heawood * Grazia *It is so vivid, and the use of dialect so clever, that it feels as if you are living her life with her. -- David WalliamsWritten in a chatty, instantly endearing vernacular, What It Feels Like For A Girl is a crank-it-up-to-11 account of the British trans experience. * Refinery29 *Written entirely in Midlands dialect, with each chapter named after a Noughties hit, Paris Lees's novelised account of her Nottingham childhood will make you shake with laughter and weep with heartbreak in the space of a few pages. * British Vogue Summer Reads *Set to be one of this summer's must-reads, Paris Lees' debut book is a coming-of-age memoir about her early life in the East Midlands. Written in Nottingham dialect, it's a story of growing up in a small town, with deliciously evocative tales of Noughties nights out. * Evening Standard *Energetic, dark and hilarious. Paris Lees, with her loud and proud sense of self, is set to explode.. if you read one book this summer, make it What It Feels Like for a Girl... radically cool, explosive and riotous ... long may Lees' voice shine neon bright -- Shivani Kochnar * The Daily Mail *Like Alan Sillitoe on acid... it's got to be a film. I've never read anything like it. -- Vicky McClureRaw and original * Elle Magazine *Extraordinary, riotous, furiously unique, moving and funny, What It Feels Like for a Girl is a deeply important book as well as being a fantastic read -- Elizabeth DayClever, gripping, messy, sad. I loved it. -- Travis AlabanzaSadness and joy also go hand-in-hand in What It Feels Like for a Girl, an exuberant account of Paris Lees's tearaway teenage years in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, where "the streets are paved wi' dog shit". Her gender nonconformity is just one aspect of an adolescence that also features bullying, violence, prostitution, robbery and a spell in a young offenders' institute. Yet despite the many traumas, Lees finds joy and kinship in the underground club scene and a group of drag queens who cocoon her in love and laughter. -- Fiona Sturges * The Guardian, Best Books of 2021 *Bold and compulsively readable... She writes with humour about heartbreakingly harrowing moments while simultaneously capturing the dazzling joy of Nottingham nightlife and the importance of finding those who accept you for who you truly are -- Emma Hanson * Harper's Bazaar, memoirs and autobiographies to be inspired by *

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Book SynopsisAs in the bestselling The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, Leonard Shlain’s provocative new book promises to change the way readers view themselves and where they came from.Sex, Time, and Power offers a tantalizing answer to an age-old question: Why did big-brained Homo sapiens suddenly emerge some 150,000 years ago? The key, according to Shlain, is female sexuality. Drawing on an awesome breadth of research, he shows how, long ago, the narrowness of the newly bipedal human female’s pelvis and the increasing size of infants’ heads precipitated a crisis for the species. Natural selection allowed for the adaptation of the human female to this environmental stress by reconfiguring her hormonal cycles, entraining them with the periodicity of the moon. The results, however, did much more than ensure our existence; they imbued women with the concept of time, and gave them control over sex—a power that males sought to reclaim. And the possibility of a

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Book SynopsisConsider the following: Eleven out of twelve abortions in India are illegal. The 2001 Census showed a decline in the number of females per thousand males in the most literate and prosperous states, especially in the 0-5 age group. The private sector has more doctors and fewer beds than government hospitals, thereby emphasising out-patient care.

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be male in the 21st Century? Award-winning artist Grayson Perry explores what masculinity is: from sex to power, from fashion to career prospects, and what it could become—with illustrations throughout.In this witty and necessary new book, artist Grayson Perry trains his keen eye on the world of men to ask, what sort of man would make the world a better place? What would happen if we rethought the macho, outdated version of manhood, and embraced a different ideal? In the current atmosphere of bullying, intolerance and misogyny, demonstrated in the recent Trump versus Clinton presidential campaign, The Descent of Man is a timely and essential addition to current conversations around gender. Apart from gaining vast new wardrobe options, the real benefit might be that a newly fitted masculinity will allow men to have better relationships—and that’s happiness, right? Grayson Perry admits he’

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Book SynopsisOne of NPR's Best Books of the YearA New York Times New & Noteworthy BookWant Me is complicated, fun, shocking, and heart-warming all at once.—Jessica Valenti, New York Times bestselling author of Sex ObjectIntimate, challenging, and so very smart. Want Me is a gift. —Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and MadTracy Clark-Flory grew up wedged between fizzy declarations of girl power and the sexualized mandates of pop culture. It was broken glass ceilings and Girls Gone Wild infomercials. With a vague aim toward sexual empowerment, she set out to become what men wanted--or, at least, understand it.In her moving, fresh, and darkly humorous memoir, she shares the thrilling and heartbreaking events that led to discovering conflicting truths about her own desire, first as a woman coming of age and then as a veteran journalist coveri

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Book SynopsisStories about gendered social relations permeate the Qur''an, and nearly three hundred verses involve specific women or girls. The Qur''an features these figures in accounts of human origins, in stories of the founding and destruction of nations, in narratives of conquest, in episodes of romantic attraction, and in incidents of family devotion and strife. Overall, stories involving women and girls weave together theology and ethics to reinforce central Qur''anic ideas regarding submission to God and moral accountability.Celene Ibrahim explores the complex cast of female figures in the Qur''an, probing themes related to biological sex, female sexuality, female speech, and women in sacred history. Ibrahim considers major and minor figures referenced in the Qur''an, including those who appear in narratives of sacred history, in parables, in descriptions of the eternal abode, and in verses that allude to events contemporaneous with the advent of the Qur''an in Arabia. Ibrahim finds that the Qur''an regularly celebrates the aptitudes of women in the realms of spirituality and piety, in political maneuvering, and in safeguarding their own wellbeing; yet, women figures also occasionally falter and use their agency toward nefarious ends. Women and Gender in the Qur''an outlines how women and girls - old, young, barren, fertile, chaste, profligate, reproachable, and saintly - enter Qur''anic sacred history and advance the Qur''an''s overarching didactic aims.Trade ReviewThis very readable book is an important intervention in the field of religion and gender and will benefit a wide range of audience, within and beyond the academy. The book will appeal to outsiders to Qur'ānic studies...Those within the field of Qur'ānic studies will profit from Ibrahim's many fresh exegetical insights, and by dialogue with her work our understanding of gender in the Qu'ān will be markedly advanced. * Tareq Moqbel, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Religion and Gender *...the appendices at the end of the work will be of particular interest to both scholars and students alike. Here Ibrahim collates all instances of female figures as well as female speech in the Qur'ān, which will undoubtedly be a valuable asset to any scholar working in this field. * F. Redhwan Karim, Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Reorient, Pluto Journals *Overall, this very readable book is an important intervention in the field of religion and gender and will benefit a wide range of audience, within and beyond the academy. The book will appeal to outsiders to Qur'ānic studies--for instance, the various references to Biblical literature, especially in the endnotes, will be welcomed by Biblical studies specialists. * Tareq Moqbel, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Religion and Gender *Ibrahim's very fine work is an invaluable resource * John Kaltner, Horizons *essential reading * Muhammad Misbah, Women's History Review *The author manages to artfully take an issue related to gender under the subheading of her chosen areas and discuss it through the prism of modern nuanced political connotations ... The book provides excellent ideas about gender and women in the Qur'an and is a welcome contribution to the dynamic field of Qur'anic studies. * Shahrul Hussain, Ibn Rushd Centre of Excellence for Islamic Research, UK, The Muslim World Book Review *Precise and illuminating. * Leila Karami, Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni *Through analysis of female representations in the Qur'an, Ibrahim earns a place alongside noteworthy scholars such as Fazlur Rahman, Ingrid Mattson, Amina Wadud, and Barbara Stowasser.... Women and Gender in the Qur'an is a valuable resource for devotional and secular readers, those interested in women in scriptures, and scholars engaged in the study of the Qur'an more generally. * Studies in Religion *Ibrahim's meticulous excavation of female figures in the Qur'an has made us all richer. Decades from now, this book will inspire scholars, feminists, Muslims, and a combination of the three. I highly and enthusiastically recommend her book to academics, researchers, Muslims, and astute readers alike. * Aayah Musa, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion *A refreshing contribution to the growing scholarship on women and gender in qur'anic studies. * Hadia Mubarak, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion *Celene Ibrahim's work, which surveys, documents, and critically analyzes the narratives, expositional references, and conceptual formulations of women and gender in the Qur'an, is an important and critical contribution for scholars engaged in the work of constructive Muslim theology, ethics, and qur'anic interpretation. As a work of qur'anic studies, Ibrahim has produced an invaluable reference for exploring the Qur'an's engagement with women, gender, sexuality, and family.... Ibrahim has assembled in Women and Gender in the Qur'an a handbook that not only will serve as an essential starting point for future researchers but also is itself a signif-icant articulation of Muslima hermeneutics. * Martin Nguyen, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion *Ibrahim's work demonstrates that gender is a valuable analytical category for qur'anic studies that can deepen our understanding of qur'anic meaning, language, and chronology. * Rahel Fischbach, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion *Well written and thoughtfully structured, the book is a valuable scholarly contribution to contemporary Muslim theological writing. * Choice *Celene Ibrahim's Women and Gender in the Qur'an is a welcome and significant contribution to the growing scholarship on women and gender in Qur'anic studies. * Hadia Mubarak, Reading Religion *Is there sex in the Quranic paradise? And who are these grammatically feminine but possibly non-gendered beings who inhabit its otherworldly realms? Do Quranic representations of women's faith, wisdom, knowledge, differ from its representation of men's? These are just some of the questions which Ibrahim explores in this book, the first comprehensive survey in English of female figures in the Quran and an important contribution to scholarship. * Leila Ahmed, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity, Harvard University *Ibrahim shines new light on gender in the Qur'an with a comprehensive analysis of its narratives about women. Drawing out unexpected resonances between stories, she highlights their underlying thematic coherence. Her focus on the ethical and didactic force of the stories will be compelling both for people of faith (Muslim and otherwise) and for scholars and students seeking a holistic gender-sensitive reading of the Qur'an. * Marion Katz, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University *Women and Gender in the Quran is a fine analysis of female agency, faith, wisdom, knowledge and proximity to God in Islam. Celene Ibrahim, a major voice in conversations about Islamic leadership in the United States, argues persuasively in this book that even if women are not explicitly named as prophets, they often function to confirm God's words and promises in the Quran. This book is a must- read for anybody interested in understanding female figures in the Quran. * Ousmane Kane, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society, Harvard University *Celene Ibrahim's textual analysis and re-reading of sex, gender, and the female figures in the Qur'an is a timely and important contribution, which does not shy away from addressing difficult issues. It is welcome as a work of academic scholarship in the field of Qur'anic studies as well as one of Muslima theology. * Karen Bauer, author of Gender Hierarchy in the Qur'an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses *Celene Ibrahim's textual study Women and Gender in the Qur'an presents a multitude of new, insightful findings resulting from her shift in perspective and methodology within the research field. Her approach to the Qur'an involves a more open perspective on the issue of women and gender in the Qur'an...Specifically, Ibrahim examines the representation of female figures in narrative text structures, like those found in stories of the biblical prophets and those involving groups of women who are explicitly mentioned in the Qur'an, such as the women of the prophetic family (ahl al-bayt). * Nimet Åeker, Humboldt-Universität, Berliner Institut für Islamische Theologie,Berlin, Germany, Die Welt des Islams *Over a billion people claim Islam as their religious tradition, yet billions more know little or nothing about it, and even less about women in Islam. This scholarly yet accessible book provides a helpful overview of gender matters with abundant resources for future study. A serious volume for enrichment and collaboration across religious traditions. * Water Women Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Religion *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Notes on Transliteration, Translation, and Abbreviations Introduction 1. Female Sex and Sexuality 2. Procreation, Parenting, and Female Kin 3. Women Speakers and Interlocutors 4. Women Exemplars for an Emerging Polity Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Indices

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Book SynopsisAmericans have finally started to pay attention to the sexual assault crisis on our college campuses. Yet, Donna Freitas warns, the way universities educate students about sexual assault and consent is wholly inadequate. Universities are, she argues, more focused on avoiding lawsuits and scandals than on addressing the heart of the problem. Freitas advocates for teaching not just how to consent but why it's important to care about consent-and for doing so in theuniversity's most important space: the classroom. Consent on Campus is a call to action for university administrators, faculty, parents, and students themselves to create cultures of consent on their campuses.Trade ReviewA passionate and practical examination of sexual violence on college campuses ... essential reading for everyone involved in university life ... and it's a fascinating read for students and anyone interested in the policies and practices surrounding sexual violence and consent now. * Morning Star *Donna Freitas' authoritative new book couldn't have arrived at a better time. With original research, compelling stories, and compassion for the entire college community, Freitas deftly deconstructs the thicket of issues that make the subject of consent so difficult to navigate. A ground-breaking examination of the crisis on our campuses, it offers thoughtful solutions-both ethical and practical-that can help restore meaning to the notion of consent. This book is a clarion call, one that we must heed. * Patricia McCormick, author of the National Book Award finalists Sold and Never Fall Down *This manifesto challenges and empowers universities to live up to their ideals by applying intellectual rigor toward eliminating sexual violence on our campuses. Through thought-provoking questions and narratives, Donna Freitas reminds us-faculty, staff, students, administrators, trustees-of both our power and our responsibility to create a future of hope and a culture of dignity, justice, and consent in our communities. * Dr. Judi Biggs Garbuio, Vice President for Student Development; Michelle Wheatley, Assistant Vice President for Mission and Ministry; Jill Yashinsky-Wortman, Director of the Center for Cura Personalis, Gonzaga University *Table of ContentsPreface- Dear All University PresidentsPart I- The Situation on Campus As It StandsIntroductionChapter 1- Title IX: A Crash CourseChapter 2- The State of Consent EducationChapter 3- Drinking on Campus and Sexual Misconduct PoliciesPart II- Inherited Stories: Scripts for Hooking up, Being a Man, Being a WomanChapter 4- Hookup Culture: Expectations of Sexual AmbivalenceChapter 5- Men and Masculinity: The Problematic Relationship Between Men and SexChapter 6- A Hierarchy of Bodies: Sexual Privilege, Gender, Shame, and BlamePart III- Telling the Story of Consent: Rewriting and Transforming Campus Narratives Chapter 7- When Culture and Sexual Ethics Are Good: Preparing Ourselves to Do Necessary WorkChapter 8- Scripting Consent: An Activist Lesson PlanChapter 9- The Only Thing Stopping Us, Is Us: Contending with Ongoing Academic Biases Against the PersonalConclusion- Consent Requires Class

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Book SynopsisThe announcement of a Health and Human Services (HHS) rule requiring insurance providers to cover the costs of contraception as part of the Affordable Care Act sparked widespread political controversy. How did something that millions of American women use regularly become such a fraught political issue? In The Politics of the Pill, Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Kevin Wallsten explore how gender has shaped contemporary debates over contraception policy in the U.S. Within historical context, they examine the impact that women and perceptions of gender roles had on media coverage, public opinion, policy formation, and legal interpretations from the deliberation of the Affordable Care Act in 2009 to the more recent Supreme Court rulings in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Zubic v. Burwell. Their central argument is that representation matters: who had a voice significantly impacted policy attitudes, deliberation and outcomes. While women''s participation in the debate over birth control was limited by a lack of gender parity across institutions, women nevertheless shaped policy making on birth control in myriad and interconnected ways. Combining detailed analyses of media coverage and legislative records with data from public opinion surveys, survey experiments, elite interviews, and congressional testimony, The Politics of the Pill tells a broader story of how gender matters in American politics.Trade Review"It is quite rare to find a book that takes a big picture look at the evolution of public policy, much less a policy that deeply affects women. In The Politics of the Pill, VanSickle-Ward and Wallsten, do just that, providing a rich, detailed, and comprehensive look at birth control policy, from how it is covered in the media, to the debates that played out in congress and the courts, to factors that influence state level policy adoption, to public opinion on the issue. Using multiple methods, they deftly weave together, analyze, and discuss policy evolution across these multiple venues, to showcase how women's voices mattered at various stages of the policy process. This is a must read for anyone interested in women and politics, policy evolution, and representation." -Jennifer Merolla, University of California, Riverside "The Politics of the Pill provides an exceptionally nuanced and thorough argument that what we are talking about, what the law is, and what we believe when it comes to reproductive rights is intimately linked to who is allowed to talk. As such, it is a timely and welcome addition to not only scholarly discussions, but to policy and public debates as well." -Joshua Wilson, University of DenverTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Part I - Policy Chapter 2: The History of the Pill Chapter 3: Contraception Coverage Policy in the States Chapter 4: Contraception Coverage Policy in Congress Chapter 5: Contraception Coverage in the Courts Part II - Media and Public Opinion Chapter 6: Media Sourcing Chapter 7: Media Frames Chapter 8: Public Opinion Chapter 9: Experiment - Frames and Public Opinion Chapter 10: Conclusion Appendix A: Coding Terms for Frames in Legislative and Judicial Deliberation Appendix B: Amicus Briefs Appendix C - Sample Treatment Article for Authorship and Sourcing Experiment Appendix D - Sample Treatment Articles for Framing Experiment Appendix E - Mechanical Turk Sample Characteristics Works Cited

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Book SynopsisAs women's studies departments and programs undergo rapid transformation in higher education, there has been a burgeoning demand for instructional material that addresses feminist and queer studies at all levels in the curricula. Feminist and Queer Theory: An Intersectional and Transnational Reader reflects this vibrantly expanding field and meets the urgent need for theory courses.

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Book SynopsisThe term gender was first distinguished from sex in the 1950s when psychologists began to discuss the idea of gender roles, behaviors and responsibilities given to people by a society rather than flowing from their biology. Since then, leaders across disciplines have sought to better understand the roles of biology, psychology, and culture on gender. New language has emerged alongside rich scientific inquiry and research. Increased visibility of transgender and nonbinary communities has brought awareness to a range of gender diverse experiences, while legal battles, wage disparities, and health inequities continue to prove gender''s relevancy in today''s world. In this book, Laura Erickson-Schroth and Benjamin Davis guide readers through the knowns and unknowns of gender, asking questions such as: What is the difference between sex, gender identity, and gender expression? Were ancient societies matriarchal? How different are male and female brains, really? What role does language play in the ways we think about gender? What do we know about sex and gender in non-human species? What are the current frontiers in gender equality?Gender: What Everyone Needs to Know is an easy-to-read guide that takes readers on a much-needed tour of perspectives on gender and identity in the 21st century. The book is written in a question-and-answer format, and Erickson-Schroth and Davis cover topics such as current definitions; the history of gender as concept; the role of biology, psychology, and culture on gender; and gender norms over time and across the globe.Trade ReviewA useful introductory text for anyone who wants to learn more about gender, providing a broad overview of a huge range of pertinent subtopics ... the book considers gender in society, evaluating everything from gendered language to gendered violence and gender-based laws. * S. K. Fields, CHOICE *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Gender 101 Chapter 2. The History of Gender Chapter 3. Gender and Biology Chapter 4. Gender and Psychology Chapter 5. Gender, Society and Behavior Chapter 6. Contextualizing Gender Chapter 7. The Future of Gender

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAidan Key has written about the trans experience with profound compassion, not only for trans kids, but also for the families and schools that struggle to accept and support them. Detractors have often accused the movement for trans rights of being somehow immoral, but this book is written with such generosity of spirit and such irrefutable logic that it would be hard to take against it even if you were uncomfortable with or outraged about trans kids. And if you were already sympathetic to their experiences, this book would show you how to turn that sympathy into authentic support. Key's invaluable words should calm down the hysteria around a phenomenon that he reveals as a beautiful, rich component of human diversity. * Andrew Solomon, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University and author, Far from the Tree *Trans Children in Today's Schools is an urgently necessary guidebook to the ins and outs of teaching, parenting, understanding, and supporting trans kids as well as their classmates, families, communities, and schools. Thankfully, in contrast to that urgency, Aidan Key writes with his trademark balance of knowledge, experience, confidence, and calm. This book serves as an introduction and a guide but mostly as an even keel. Via lived and witnessed experience, hundreds of stories from a wide range of families, professional expertise, well-documented research, and the unwavering assurance that trans children — and by extension all children — can thrive, Trans Children in Today's Schools is practical and informative on its way to reassuring, inspiring, and empowering. * Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is *In Trans Children in Today's Schools, Aidan Key brilliantly does what many think is impossible - he breaks down the ever-changing and politically-charged world of gender and children in a manner that is simultaneously accessible and profound. In easy to understand prose, Trans Children in Today's Schools explains how to forge through difficult conversations regarding gender diversity to ensure that all children, not just trans kids, feel at home in our classrooms. Whether you are a parent, teacher, principal, or none of the above, Aidan Key provides the answers to those questions you've always wondered about, but never knew who to ask. * Dr. Kristina Olson, Professor of Psychology, Princeton University *This book is a priceless and long overdue resource for any educator looking to better understand the experience of transgender and gender diverse youth in schools. Key's clarity, depth of knowledge and attuned insight make this text comprehensive in scope and accessible in practice - a must read for all! * Benjamin Davis, ATR-BC, LCAT, Director, Full Spectrum Creative Arts Therapy, co-author of Gender: What Everyone Needs to Know *Every student needs a safe, affirming learning space to fully experience the transformational power of education. Achieving this space requires us to recognize the needs of trans students and commit to their inclusion. As we consider our educational future, we can greatly benefit from Aidan Key's compassionate approach and resolute commitment to trans and nonbinary student inclusion. His words show us how to achieve this future - a future where each and every student feels seen, heard, and affirmed. This is needed now more than ever. Trans Children in Today's Schools is a must-read for those committed to the catalyzing change needed to achieve authentically inclusive learning spaces. * Dr. Michelle C Reid, AASA National Superintendent of the Year 2021 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Aaron Devor Introduction 1. So Many Trans KidsDLWhat's Going On? 2. Supporting Trans Children 3. Teaching Gender: The AEIOU Framework 4. The Journey of Parents 5. Strategies for Families 6. Transition Considerations for Children 7. Challenges Faced by Trans Children 8. How to Talk to Children About Gender 9. How to Talk to Parents About Gender 10. Creating an Optimal School Environment: Educators 11. Creating an Optimal School Environment: Students and Parents 12. Parental Advocacy for Gender-Diverse Children in School 13. Bathrooms and Locker Rooms 14. Other Areas of Gender Separation 15. Sports: An Historical Perspective 16. Sports: Gender Inclusion in K-12 Athletics Epilogue: Looking Ahead Appendix A: Top Questions for Schools Appendix B: Student Support Plan Appendix C: Family Acceptance Project Posters Guidance Index

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Book SynopsisTannen collects five of her published essays on gender and language, which provide a background as well as a response to her bestselling You Just Don't Understand (1990). She adds an introduction that discusses the surprising reactions to that book and explains how these essays deal with the questions raised by the book's critics.Trade Reviewsets a standard for contemporary work on gender and discourse analysis...the empirical studies and critical reviews Tannen has collected (half of which are published here for the first time) cogently explain why we can no longer be satisfied with facile generalizations about differences between men's and women's discourse. * Discourse and Society *if one does not have the five articles already copied from the original sources, this is a worthwhile book, especially now that it has been released in paperback * Salvatore Attardo, Youngstown State University, Discourse & Society, Vol. 8(3) 1997 *

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Book SynopsisIn 1432, the Office of the Night was created specifically to police sodomy in Florence. Seventy years of denunciations, accusations, interrogations, and sentencings left an extraordinarily detailed record, which Rocke uses to its fullest in this richly documented portrait. He uncovers a culture in which sexual roles were strictly defined by age, with boys under eighteen the ''passive'' participants in sodomy, youths in their twenties the ''active'' participant, and men in their thirties marrying women, their days of sexual frivolity over. This richly documented book paints a fascinating picture of a vibrant time and place and calls into question our modern conceptions of gender and sexual identity.Trade ReviewRocke does a brilliant job of teasing out this wealth of material, and of presenting the complex relationships which underlie the criminal statistics ... this book makes a substantial contribution to the history of homosexuality. * Tim Hitchcock, Urban History *remarkable ... Forbidden Friendships is a study of considerable importance. * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisAlthough most historical and contemporary religions are governed by men, there are, scattered throughout the world, a handful of well-documented religions led by women. Most of these are marginal, subordinate, or secondary religions in the societies in which they are located. The one known exception to this rule is the indigenous religion of Okinawa, where women lead the official mainstream religion of the society. In this fieldwork-based study, Susan Sered provides the first in-depth look at this unique religious tradition, exploring the intersection between religion and gender. In addition to providing important information on this remarkable and little-studied group, this book helps to overturn our mostly unexamined assumptions that male dominance of the religious sphere is universal, axiomatic, and necessary.Table of ContentsIntroduction Prologue: Okinawan History, Henza Village, and `nthodology Part I: Divine Dis-order 1: Divine Dis-order: On Social Planes 2: Divine Dis-order: On Cosmological Planes Part II: Questions of Gender 3: Gender in an Egalitarian Society 4: Gender Separation and Social Integration 5: Women and Men and Ritual Part III: Sitting in the Seat of the Gods 6: Priestesses and Ritual: Feeding the Kami-sama 7: Divine Dis-order: Signs, Symptoms, and Sitting in the Right Seat 8: Born to Be Kami-sama Part IV: Questions of Power 9: The Problematics of Power 10: Priestesses, Yuta, and Ogami People Part V: Deconstructing Gender 11: Un-gendering Religious Discourse 12: Gender Bending(?) and Ritual Deconstruction Conclusion: Religion, Power, and the Sanctification of Gender Appendixes: 1. Glossary of Japanese and Okinawan Words 2. Dramatis Personae Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisWomen have historically been prevented from living autonomously by systematic injustice, subordination, and oppression. The lingering effects of these practices have prompted many feminists to view autonomy with suspicion. Here, Marilyn Friedman defends the ideal of feminist autonomy. In her eyes, behavior is autonomous if it accords with the wants, cares, values, or commitments that the actor has reaffirmed and is able to sustain in the face of opposition. By her account, autonomy is socially grounded yet also individualizing and sometimes socially disruptive, qualities that can be ultimately advantageous for women. Friedman applies the concept of autonomy to domains of special interest to women. She defends the importance of autonomy in romantic love, considers how social institutions should respond to women who choose to remain in abusive relationships, and argues that liberal societies should tolerate minority cultural practices that violate women''s rights so long as the women in Trade Review[a] highly readable, informed, and philosophically refined book. * John Christman, Journal of Value Inquiry *

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Book SynopsisFourteen leading Ramayana scholars examine the epic in its myriad contexts throughout South and Southeast Asia. They explore the role the narrative plays in societies as varied as India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia. This volume will be useful for courses in the history of religions, Hinduism, Asian studies, and anthropology.

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Book SynopsisThe elder Faustina (c. 97 - 140 AD) was the wife of Antonius Pius and the aunt of Marcus Aurelius, and her more prominent daughter, Faustina II (130 - 175), the wife of Marcus Aurelius and the mother of Commodus. Bearing the same name, and both the wives of rulers, these women shed valuable light on the role of imperial women in in what is often considered the golden age of the Roman Empire. Barbara Levick''s Faustina I and II highlights the importance of these women to the internal politics of the Empire during this period and shows how they are links in a chain of elite Roman women for whom varying levels of recognition and even power were available. The Faustinae, as they are jointly called, come between the discreet Matidiae, the discreetly manipulative Plotina (Trajan''s women), the philosophical Sabina (Hadrian''s wife) and in the Severan dynasty Julia Domna, who has had a very high profile. In assessing their place in this chain, Levick will examine especially Faustina II''s deeTrade ReviewAddressing the question whether a biography of the Faustinae is feasible in the light of the casual and often tendentious remarks in the literary sources that - as is common in the study of ancient women - did not focus on them, and the official nature of the numerous statues, inscriptions and coins, she expresses the aim of assessing the relative power and recognition of the Faustinae in comparison to the empresses who preceded and succeeded them. ... Taking a broad scope, Levick synthesizes a wide range of sources and studies not only on the Faustinae but also on the Antonine emperors, their ancestors and families and their predecessors with their wives and families. Her vast knowledge of prosopography allows her to knit them all together. ... Levick's aim has surely been reached. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Maps ; Introduction ; 1. Sources ; 2. The Empresses and Women's Power ; 3. The Succession to Hadrian ; 4. The Faustinas as Empresses, 138-75 ; 5. Public and Private in the Dynasty ; 6. The Deified Faustinas: Association, Assimilation, and Consecration ; 7. Faustina's Children and the End of the Antonines ; Who's Who ; Family Trees ; Abbreviations ; Chronology ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Indexes ; Persons ; Places and Peoples (with modern equivalents) ; General

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewProfessor Koppelman offers a compromise that can satisfy both sides. * George W. Dent, Journal of Church and State *Andrew Koppelman is an essential voice for common sense and compromise in the bitter--and at this point, mostly unnecessary--fight between religious conservatives and the LGBT community. Both sides are here to stay, and they have to live with each other. Koppelman points the way and offers one possible solution. * Douglas Laycock, Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law,University of Virginia Law Schooland author ofReligious Liberty,VolumesI-V *Like everything Andrew Koppelman writes,Gay Rights vs. Religious Liberty? instructs, provokes, and scintillates. Koppelman packs his book with ideas and arguments that are like no one else's. He also happens to be right: a train wreck between gay rights and religious liberty is avoidable--if we act wisely and soon. * Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and author of Gay Marriage:Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Liberals used to love religious freedom 2. But now they denounce it as a mere excuse for bigotry 3. Worsening the divisions that helped elect Trump 4. Discrimination law can tolerate exceptions 5. Free speech principles are barely relevant 6. "Religion always wins" rules are bad for religious liberty 7. A right to be weird is a good reason to give religion special treatment 8. The racism analogy is misleading 9. There are many ways to compromise Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe work is clearly written and within the grasp of readers with some baccalaureate training. It will be particularly valuable for those studying criminal justice, psychology, social work, sociology, or women's studies * R. T. Sigler, CHOICE *Violence against women fills our newsfeeds. Was it always this way and can anything be done? Anne DePrince answers these questions by providing a history of the movement to end violence against women as well as promising practices from her own research that can help communities respond in joined-up ways. * Louise Godbold, Executive Director of Echo, and Weinstein survivor *DePrince reveals in this remarkable book that each act of violence against a woman reverberates throughout society. Drawing on her years of experience as a scientist and advocate, DePrince lays out a roadmap to end violence against women. This intelligent and compassionate book offers the tools to heal our world and it provides the gift of hope. * Jennifer Joy Freyd, Professor Emerit of Psychology, University of Oregon, and Founder & President, Center for Institutional Courage *Dr. DePrince expertly weaves news headlines, personal anecdotes, and research into a powerful (and readable) call to action. She identifies steps each of us can take to build a future without violence against women. As a woman, a lawyer, an activist and a professor, I am grateful for this book, which I will share with students, colleagues and community. * Professor Meg Garvin, MA, JD, MsT, Director of the National Crime Victim Law Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School *Dr. DePrince has paid tribute to the field of work of ending violence against women while providing, how we can adjust perspectives and systems moving forward. Every 90 Seconds: Our Common Cause Ending Violence Against Women challenges us to consider new ways of working to ensure that all survivors are supported through collaborative and community action, and to end the public health crisis of violence against women. * Ruth M. Glenn, CEO & Survivor, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Our Common Cause Chapter 1: Of Hysteria and Health Chapter 2: When Gun Violence is Gendered Violence Chapter 3: Lessons in Intimate Violence Chapter 4: The Local Cost of Global Pain Chapter 5: The Price of Intimate Violence Chapter 6: A Question of Justice Chapter 7: From Hysteria to Justice: Transforming Awareness into Action

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Book SynopsisIn Gendering the GOP, Catherine N. Wineinger argues that to truly understand the evolution of women''s congressional representation, it is necessary to move beyond an analysis of legislative behavior and toward an analysis of intraparty gender dynamics. Unlike previous research on women in Congress, Wineinger focuses exclusively on the experiences of Republican congresswomen to uncover some of the gendered implications of congressional polarization. Developing a novel theory of partisan-gender identity, defined as a categorical identity that sits at the intersection of one''s partisan affiliation and gender identity, Gendering the GOP argues that Republican women in Congress are not merely gender-blind partisans. In fact, polarization and party competition have incentivized Republican women to organize around their partisan-gender identity and distinguish themselves from both Democratic women and Republican men. In so doing, Republican congresswomen have increased their visibility as pTrade ReviewThe book is comprehensive and advances our field-yet somehow it also manages to be accessible and well written. This would be an excellent choice, in whole or in part, in an undergraduate or graduate seminar, and it will also, I have no doubt, become a staple on the shelves of women and politics professors both in the United States and beyond. Wineinger's insight into the deep and relatively swift changes under the feet of Republican women at the congressional level, and how they navigate such tremors, is desperately needed now. * Shauna Lani Shames, Rutgers University-Camden, USA, Politics and Gender *As the number of women serving in the House Republican caucus grows, Wineinger's highly readable research expands the understanding of gender and party politics and offers valuable questions for future research. * M. A. Mueller, CHOICE *Wineinger's in-depth examination of how Republican women's role in Congress has changed over time has arrived at precisely the right moment—providing context to understand the implications of 2020's historic increase in Republican women's representation. In this multi-method study, Wineinger draws on analyses of floor speeches, case studies, and in-person interviews to evaluate Republican women's place in Congress in the 1990s and 2010s. * Melody Crowder-Meyer, Davidson College *In an age of extreme partisan polarization in Congress, some may wonder if gender continues to matter in the legislative process, particularly among the GOP, a party that eschews the identity politics label. Catherine Wineinger's work, Gendering the GOP, shows brilliantly that gender does matter to the governing style and messaging of Republican women in Congress. Through analyses of floor speeches, elite interviews, and case studies, Wineinger demonstrates a partisan-gender identity at work among GOP congresswomen. She also reveals the challenges that GOP women continue to face in terms of being elected and becoming leaders. A terrific book! * Melissa Deckman, Washington College *Gendering the GOP provides a highly valuable look at the distinctive experiences of Republican women in elective office. By allowing Republican women to define for themselves what they view as women's issues, this book offers a fresh and compelling examination of the ways that gender and partisanship intersect to shape the language and actions of Republican women in the House of Representatives over time. * Laurel Elder, Hartwick College *Gendering the GOP showcases the importance of partisanship for women's political representation. Wineinger masterfully illustrates how GOP women utilize a partisan gender identity to gain greater visibility and power within the Republican Party and how Republican women engage in a partisan women-invoked rhetoric when representing women's interests that is distinct and unique to Republican women. By highlighting the effects of partisanship, this book moves our understanding of women's representation and claim-making forward, making it a must-read for gender and politics scholars and students. * Malliga Och, Idaho State University *Wineinger offers a deep analysis of the role Republican women play in shaping the message of the GOP and the barriers they still face in reaching the highest echelons of power within the party. Developing a concept of partisan-gender identity, Wineinger shows how Republican women utilize their identity as women to elevate conservative policies and advance their own standing in the caucus, while avoiding characterizations of identity politics that are rejected by the GOP. The book makes an important contribution to the study of gender, political parties, and partisan polarization in Congress. * Michele L. Swers, Georgetown University *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Party Politics Through a Gender Lens Chapter 2: Speaking for Women as Republicans: Partisan Woman-Invoked Rhetoric Chapter 3: Culturally Speaking: Motherhood Rhetoric and Identity Claims Chapter 4: Institutionalizing a Partisan-Gender Identity Chapter 5: Amplifying a Collective Voice: Women Conference Leaders as Critical Actors Chapter 6: Conclusion: Gendering the GOP Appendix A: List of Republican Congresswomen Interviewees Appendix B: Complete List of Issues in Woman-Invoked Speeches Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, there has been a generational shift of the US veterans'' peace movement, from one grounded mostly in the experiences of older white men of the Vietnam War era, to one informed by a young, diverse cohort of post-9/11 veterans. In Unconventional Combat, Michael A. Messner traces this transformation through the life-history interviews of six veterans of color to show how their experiences of sexual and gender harassment, sexual assault, racist and homophobic abuse during their military service has shaped their political views and action. Drawing upon participant observation with the Veterans For Peace and About Face organizations and interviews with older male veterans as his backdrop, Messner shows how veterans'' military experiences form their collective situated knowledge of intersecting oppressions. This knowledge, Messner argues, further shapes their intersectional praxis, which promises to transform the veterans'' peace movement and potentially link their anti-milTrade Review(The Book) provide(s) insight into their efforts for peace, racial equality, and the LGBT+ movement. * E. Hannel, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8 *Veterans of any war in any country are intersectionally gendered. Michael Messner has listened carefully to 6 American recent veterans whose experiences and ideas are rarely heard. He has thus drawn back the curtain both on today's US military's misogynist and racialized culture and on older white male veteran peace activists' difficulty in grasping its implications for them. I'll be thinking about this book for a long time. * Cynthia Enloe, author of Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War *Michael Messner does a beautiful job of thinking deeply about the interconnectedness of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and social class as they affect the standpoint and experiences of young activists. His book offers something really substantial to the study of intersectionality and social movements, and it's a wonderful contribution to these fields of study. * Mignon R. Moore, Columbia University *A groundbreaking analysis of veterans and the peace movement, Messner focuses on a young generation outside of the heterosexual, white male norm in the military. Told through compelling narratives and an intersectional lens, this is an important book for anyone interested in the complications of serving in the military and then coming to seek an end to war. * Jo Reger, Professor of Sociology, Oakland University *Table of ContentsPrologue Chapter 1: Action at intersections: Wars, militarization, and veterans' peace movements INTERLUDE 1: "It was all men." Chapter 2: "I was in unconventional combat": Intersectional pathways through the military INTERLUDE 2: Guys being guys Chapter 3: "Rip off the band-aid": A new generation confronts the veterans' peace movement INTERLUDE 3: "We cannot stand in fear" Chapter 4: "Connecting the dots": From silos to intersectional coalitions INTERLUDE 4: "Say it, mean it, and do something about it." Chapter 5: "You've got to do something radical": Intersectional praxis in social movements Appendix I: Methodological Appendix: Centering Intersectional Standpoints List of References Notes Appendix

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book is accompanied by a comprehensive index and is a fascinating collection of portraits and vignettes of female scientists...Reading about their lives and achievements and contributions to humanity is both a humbling and educational experience. * Arpan K. Banerjee, Hektoen International *Table of ContentsForeword (by Eszter Hargittai) Preface Acknowledgments 1 Astronomers Sophia Brahe Maria Cunitz Elisabetha Hevelius Maria Kirch Caroline Herschel Mary Somerville Maria Mitchell Williamina Fleming and the Women of the Harvard Observatory Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin Nancy Grace Roman Vera C. Rubin Jocelyn Bell Burnell France A. Cordova Andrea M. Ghez 2 Mathematicians Elena Cornaro Piscopia Laura Bassi Maria Gaetana Agnesi Ada Lovelace Sonia Kovalevsky Mileva Mari'c-Einstein Emmy Noether Rózsa Péter Kathleen Ollerenshaw Mary Winston Jackson Karen K. Uhlenbeck Maryam Mirzakhani 3 Physicists The Loneliness of the Woman Physicist The Radium Institute Elisabeth Rona Marietta Blau Elisaveta Karamichailova Berta Karlik Marie Curie Isabella Stone Harriet Brooks Lise Meitner Leona Marshall Libby Maria Goeppert Mayer Antonia F. Prikhotko Chien-Shiung Wu Ruby Payne-Scott and other Australian Female Physicists Rosalyn Yalow Mildred Dresselhaus Donna T. Strickland 4 Crystallographers Kathleen Lonsdale Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Rosalind Franklin Isabella Karle Pioneers of Data Banks - Barbara Mez-Starck - Olga Kennard Ada Yonath Carolina H. MacGillavry and M.C. Escher Agnes Csanady and Quasicrystals 5 Chemists and Biochemists Gerty Cori Alice Ball Ida Noddack Irène Joliot-Curie Klavdia V. Topchieva Mildred Cohn Gertrude B. Elion Maxine F. Singer Elena G. Galpern Paula Hammond Jennifer A. Doudna and Emanuelle M. Charpentier Lynne E. Maquat Joan A. Steitz Katalin Karikó 6 Biologists and Biomedical Scientists Zinaida V. Ermoleva Barbara McClintock Aleksandra A. Prokofieva-Belgovskaya Rita Levi-Montalcini Frances O. Kelsey Anne McLaren Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Linda B. Buck Françoise Barré-Sinoussi Barbara M.F. Pearse Elizabeth H. Blackburn Carol W. Greider May-Britt Moser 7 Physicians, Surgeons, and Nurses Elizabeth Blackwell Rebecca Lee Crumpler Rebecca Cole Elizabeth Garrett-Anderson Louisa Brandbeth Aldrich-Blake Florence R. Sabin The Moscow Higher Courses for Women Lina S. Stern Medicine Women in London - Annie McCall - Jane Harriet Walker - Elsie Inglis - Lilian Lindsay - Ida Mann - Sheila Sherlock - Margaret Turner-Warwick - Cicely Saunders - Melanie Klein - Anna Freund - Enid Balint - Nancy Rothwell Nurses - Florence Nightingale - Mary Seacole - Theodora Turner 8 Inventors and Technologists Hertha Ayrton Kathrine Blodgett Pioneers in Aviation and Space Travel - Amelia M. Earhart - Amy Johnson - Valentina V. Tereshkova - Svetlana E. Savitskaya - Sally K. Ride - Judith A. Resnik - Kathryn D. Sullivan Frances H. Arnold 9 Ecologists Rachel Carson Miriam Rothschild Ayhan Ulubelen Chulabhorn Mahidol Jane Morris Goodall and Other Primatologists YouYou Tu Notes Name Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRosenfeld explores the historical development of the public acceptance of gay rights but adds a sociological analysis of the conditions for that acceptance, using public opinion, legal analysis, and qualitative case studies. This makes the book a great resource for students interested in exploring the topic through multiple methodologies. The connections drawn to other marginalized groups in the concluding chapters will also benefit students broadly interested in social justice. * H. H. Williams, Western Connecticut State University, CHOICE *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction Part 1, Gay Rights and the antecedents of Marriage Equality 1950s-1990 2. The 1950s and 1960s 3. Stonewall and the 1970s 4. The 1980s Part 2, Attitudes toward gay rights begin to change 5. The 1990s, Fulcrum of Change: Politics and Culture 6. The courts begin to appreciate gay rights: Romer and Baehr, 1996 7. On Coming Out 8. Public Opinion Change 9. The Early 2000s Part 3: Marriage Equality Breakthroughs in the Courts 10. Perry and Windsor 11. April, Jayne, and their children 12. On Children's Outcomes 13. DeBoer v. Snyder trial 14. Obergefell v Hodges Part 4: The Broader Implications of Marriage Equality 15. Authenticity, Respectability, and the Desire for Marriage 16. Many Closets 17. Displacing and Non-displacing Movements 18. Social Science in the Courtroom 19. Afterword: A few Sobering Reminders Index of Abbreviations Interviews Cases Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Naomi Cahn, Dina Francesca Haynes, and Nahla Valji focus on the multidimensionality of gender in conflict, yet they also prioritize the experience of women given both the changing nature of war and the historical de-emphasis on women's experiences.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Editors and Contributors Biographies Forewords Introduction I. Background and Context 1. Theories of War Laura Sjoberg 2. From Women and War to Gender and Conflict? Feminist Trajectories Dubravka Zarkov 3. The Silences in the Rules that Regulate Women during Times of Armed Conflict Judith Gardam 4. How Should we Explain the Recurrence of Violent Conflict, and What Might Gender Have to do with it? Judy El-Bushra 5. The Gendered Nexus Between Conflict and Citizenship in Historical Perspective Jo Butterfield and Elizabeth Heineman 6. Violent Conflict and Changes in Gender Economic Roles: Implications for Post-Conflict Economic Recovery Patricia Justino 7. Men As Victims Chris Dolan II. The Security Council's WPS Agenda/Contemporary Survey 8. Women, Peace and Security: A Critical Analysis of the Security Council's Vision Dianne Otto 9. Participation and Protection: Security Council Dynamics, Bureaucratic Politics and the Evolution of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Anne Marie Goetz and Rob Jenkins 10. A Critical Genealogy of the Centrality of Sexual Violence to Gender and Conflict Karen Engle 11. 1325 +15 = Reflections on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Kimberly Theidon 12. Complemenentarity and Convergence? Women, Peace and Security and the Counterterrorism Agenda Naureen Chowdhury Fink and Alison Davidian 13. Convergence Between CEDAW and Security Council Resolution 1325: Unlocking the Potential of CEDAW as an Important Accountability Tool for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Pramilla Patten 14. Indicators and Benchmarks Pablo Castillo-Diaz and Hanny Cueva-Beteta III. Legal and Political Elements 15. Humanitarian Intervention and Gender Dynamics Gina Heathcote 16. (Re)Considering the Gender Jurisprudence of Conflict Patricia Viseur Sellers 17. Complementarity as a Catalyst for Gender Justice in National Prosecutions Amrita Kapur 18. Forced Marriage During Conflict and Mass Atrocity Valerie Oosterveld 19. Advancing Justice and Making Amends through Reparations - Legal and Operational Considerations Kristin Kalla 20. Colonialism Amina Mama 21. Conflict, Displacement and Refugees Lucy Hovil 22. Gender and Forms of Conflict; The Moral Hazards of Dating the Security Council Vasuki Nesiah IV. Conflict and Post-Conflict Space 23. The Martial Rape of Girls and Women in Antiquity and Modernity Kathy L. Gaca 24. "Mind the Gap:" Measuring and Understanding Gendered Conflict Experiences Amelia Hoover Green 25. Intersectionality: Working in Conflict Eilish Rooney 26. Agency and Gender Norms in War Economies Patti Petesch 27. Risk and Resilience: The Physical and Mental Health of Female Civilians During War Lauren C. Ng and Theresa S. Betancourt 28. The Gender Implications of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Conflict Situations Barbara Frey 29. Unmanned Weapons: Looking for the Gender Dimension Christof Heyns and Tess Borden 30. Gender and Peacekeeping Sabrina Karim and Marsha Henry 31. Peacekeeping, Human Trafficking, and Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Martina Vandenberg 32. Women, Peace Negotiations and Peace Agreements: Opportunities and Challenges Christine Bell 33. Women's Organizations and Peace Initiatives Aili Mari Tripp 34. Gender and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration: Reviewing and Advancing the Field Dyan Mazurana, Roxanne Krystalli and Anton Baaré 35. Decolonial feminism, gender and transitional justice Pascha Bueno-Hansen 36. Gender and Governance in post-conflict and democratizing settings Lisa Kindervater and Sheila Meintjes V. Case Studies 37. Who Defines the Red Lines? The Prospects for Safeguarding Women's Rights and Securing their Future in Post-Transition Afghanistan Sari Kouvo and Corey Levine 38. "That's Not my Daughter": The Paradoxes of Documenting Jihadist Mass Rape in 1990's Algeria and Beyond Karima Bennoune 39. Consequences of Conflict Related Sexual Violence on Post-Conflict Society: Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina Lejla Hadzimesic 40. Colombia: Gender and Land Restitution Donny Meertens 41. Knowing Gender and/in Armed Conflict?: Reflections from Research in the DRC Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern 42. Northern Ireland: The Significance of A Bottom Up Women's Movement in a Politically Contested Society Monica McWilliams and Avila Kilmurray 43. Gendered Suffering and the Eviction of the Native: The Politics of Birth in Occupied East Jerusalem Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian 44. Rwanda: Women's Political Participation in Post-Conflict State-Building Doris Buss and Jerusa Ali 45. Sri Lanka: The Impact of Militarization on Women Ambika Satkunanathan

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface 1. The Hope for Democracy 2. The Hope for Suffrage and Peace in the New Century 3. Gender and Aggression: Nature or Nurture? 4. Suffrage, Democracy and War 5. Women's Votes and the World Wars 6. Do Women Leaders Spell the End of War? 7. Women's Continuing Influence on War 8. The Future A. Appendices Data on Women's Suffrage B. Other Explanations References

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Book SynopsisTeaching Inpatient Medicine, Second Edition provides teachers of inpatient medicine with updated strategies to improve their teaching approach and their ability to connect with patients and learners, including new chapters on navigating gender- and race-based challenges and leading in times of crisis.Table of ContentsPreface About the Authors Chapter 1: Teaching Medicine Chapter 2: Unique Individuals, Shared Qualities Chapter 3: Underrepresented Voices Chapter 4: Building the Team Chapter 5: A Safe, Supportive Environment Chapter 6: Bedside and Beyond Chapter 7: How to Think About Thinking Chapter 8: Role Models Chapter 9: Mentors and Sponsors Chapter 10: The Stories We Share Chapter 11: The Sacred Act of Healing Chapter 12: Caring During Crisis Chapter 13: Putting It All Together References Appendix: The 18 Attendings

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Book SynopsisHistorically, many Black women have viewed political participation as a means to achieve full equality and improve their status in US society. To this end, Black women have long engaged in politics through activism, voting, mobilization, and seeking office. Since 2016 the number of women, particularly Black women, seeking office has increased dramatically. Including interviews with Black women holding political office at the national, state, and local levels, as well as focus group data, The Radical Imagination of Black Women challenges political science''s current approach to political ambition by exploring how Black women decide to seek political office. Pearl K. Ford Dowe argues that ambition for Black women cannot be measured only by political candidacies and ascents of the political chain of power. Black women are uniquely positioned within their communities to influence politics and public policy, which stems from unique variables of socialization, gender and racial identity, andTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Radical Imagination of Black Women's Ambition 2. Black Women and Ambition: A Community Decision 3. An Ambition that Resists Marginalization 4. Black Women's Leadership, Connecting Socialization and Careers 5. What Do Black Women Need from Black Women Elected Officials? 6. Conclusion Appendix A: List of Interviewees Appendix B: Interview Questions Appendix C: Focus Group Questions Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA detailed account, based on fieldwork and interviews, of how Women, Peace and Security norms are militarized and put at the service of operational effectiveness.International organizations and governments want to increase women''s participation in military operations and peacebuilding. Gender equality is increasingly seen as the antidote to conflict, a key factor in achieving stability. While feminist activism inspired the emergence of these norms on gender and conflict, they were institutionalized through the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, with the military at the forefront of those changes. In Deploying Feminism, Stéfanie von Hlatky tells the story of how the military has been delegated authority to advance gender equality as part of their activities, while simultaneously tackling increasingly complex threats. Drawing upon fieldwork and interviews, she illustrates how NATO, the world''s foremost alliance, has even embedded these ideas in the planning and execution of its miTrade ReviewA timely and important contribution that bridges long standing gaps between feminist theory, strategic studies, and civil-military analysis. Von Hlatky's expert and careful analysis, particularly her brilliant development of the concept of 'norm distortion,' helps address a question that has plagued feminists for the past decade: Why and how has institutional adoption of feminist concepts failed to translate into radical and transformative agendas? Through her international case studies, and clear expertise of NATO operations, the WPS agenda, feminist theory, and foreign policy, von Hlatky draws out unique conclusions about the process through which feminist ideals can be filtered, diluted, and militarized in military organizations, while at the same time, militaries 'deploying' this rhetoric remain largely unchanged. * Megan MacKenzie, Simon Fraser University *In Deploying Feminism, Dr. Von Hlatky looks at what happens when the Women, Peace and Security agenda is converted into NATO military operations, asking how gender norms have changed NATO operations, but also what gets lost in translation when those norms meet military culture. She delivers an engaging first-person account through interviews with NATO commanders, soldiers and officials in Kosovo, the Baltics, Iraq and Brussels. The book is an important contribution for practitioners and scholars alike: it draws important lessons on how militaries and international peace missions can do a better job on gender and offers a thoughtful take on how the international Women, Peace and Security agenda has been transformed. * Kerry Buck, Former Canadian Ambassador to NATO *Table of ContentsPreface Acronyms Tables and Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Gender Wars and Gender in War Chapter 3: Deploying Feminism in NATO Operations Chapter 4: Securing the Environment in Kosovo Chapter 5: Deterring in the Baltics Chapter 6: Advising and Assisting in Iraq Chapter 7: Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIt is well established that the race and gender of elected representatives influence the ways in which they legislate, but surprisingly little research exists on how race and gender interact to affect who is elected and how they behave once in office. How do race and gender affect who gets elected, as well as who is represented? What issues do elected representatives prioritize? Does diversity in representation make a difference?Race, Gender, and Political Representation takes up the call to think about representation in the United States as intersectional, and it measures the extent to which political representation is simultaneously gendered and raced. Specifically, the book examines how race and gender interact to affect the election, behavior, and impact of all individuals. By putting women of color at the center of their analysis and re-evaluating traditional, single-axis approaches to studying the politics of race or gender, the authors demonstrate what an intersectional approachTrade ReviewRace, Gender, and Political Representation is a powerful piece of scholarship that would be a valuable addition to any course on political representation, gender and politics, race and ethnicity politics, and legislative politics. The book makes a compelling case for why a more intersectional approach to the study of representation is not only a worthwhile pursuit, but an essential one. In many respects, the book is a âcall to actionâ for future scholars to grapple with the political consequences of intersectionality, to consider its implications for their own work, to answer old questions in new ways, and to ask new questions. * Katelyn E. Stauffer, Politics & Gender *How do gender and race interact to affect the representational behavior of all policymakers? In Race, Gender, and Political Representation, the authors answer this most timely, and intriguing question with enormous clarity and invaluable insight gleaned from intersectionality studies. * Evelyn M. Simien, Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics *This book advances scholarship by taking seriously the assumptions that scholars (un)willingly hold when they employ epistemological and empirical techniques that are rooted in exclusionary practices. * Nadia E. Brown, Perspectives on Politics *[This book] is a treasure trove of substance, strategies, and approaches for scholars looking toward applying a quantitative-positivist approach to intersectionality in the sub-field of representation. Reingold, Haynie, and Widner provide a masterclass on how to reexamine the body of knowledge that considers the role of identity politics in studies of political representation. This scholarship will open a path for others that seek strategies to implement a more intersectional framework in quantitative analysis in political science. * Guillermo Caballero, Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy *The book addresses questions that have long been of interest to the social sciences regarding identity, power, and how different groups perceive and act on their interests. While the authors are political scientists, the book adds a lot to sociological conceptualizations of identity politics as well as the role of identity in politics. * J. A. Beicken, CHOICE *With more women and persons of color competing for elected office than ever before, this book could not have arrived at a better time in American politics. Using an intersectional approach to examine the implications of both gender and race, indeed simultaneously, among those running for office and how they behave once elected, the authors make a significant contribution to our understanding of the politics and practices of representation in American states. * Valerie Martinez-Ebers, co-author of Human Relations Commissions: Relieving Racial Tensions in American Cities *Bringing a much-needed intersectional lens to bear on original data, Race, Gender, and Political Representation attacks a set of crucial and enduring questions about the roles of race and gender in structuring substantive and descriptive representation for women and people of color in American politics. Through their innovative analyses, the authors make clear that centering the experiences, perspectives, and interests of women of color is crucial to an accurate account of the barriers to and opportunities for representation for marginalized groups. * Dara Z. Strolovitch, author of Affirmative Advocacy: Race, Class, and Gender in Interest Group Politics *Drawing on a wealth of quantitative and qualitative data, Reingold, Haynie, and Widner demonstrate the importance of centering intersectionality and women of color in the study of political representation. They convincingly demonstrate the tremendous impact of women of color in their capacity as policy leaders and agenda-setters, as well as their role in mitigating some of the more punitive aspects of welfare-reform in the late 1990s. It is a must-read for anyone interested in how race and gender identity shapes the election, behavior, and impact of state legislators. * Sophia Jordán Wallace,, University of Washington *

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