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Taylor & Francis Ltd Inequalities Youth Democracy and the Pandemic
Book SynopsisThis book brings together studies from various locations to examine the growing social problems that have been brought to the fore by the COVID-19 outbreak. Employing both qualitative, theoretical and quantitative methods, it presents the impact of the pandemic in different settings, shedding light on political and cultural realities around the world. With attention to inequalities rooted in race and ethnicity, economic conditions, gender, disability, and age, it considers different forms of marginalization and examines the ongoing disjunctions that increasingly characterize contemporary democracies from a multilevel perspective.The book addresses original analyses and approaches from a global perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic, its governance, and its effects in different geographies. These analyses are organized around three main axes: 1) how COVID-19 pandemic worsened social, racial/ethnic, and economic inequalities, including variables such as migration status, gender,
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Taylor & Francis Stirring It
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1994 Stirring It debates the challenges which confront feminism and Women's Studies in the 1990s. In the face of current worldwide political and social upheavals, Stirring It poses questions about women, their bodies, their identities, and positions which need to be addressed by contemporary feminists. The chapters therefore challenge the orthodoxies and theories which are exploded by contemporary feminist practice. They raise new issues for feminist debate. The volume is divided into four sections: âFeminist Politics in Actionâ investigates the inter-relationship between politics and action with reference to issues such as the women's movement in Britain and women's position in and in relation to Ireland; âDisrupting Sexual Identitiesâ provides critiques of heterosexuality, monogamy, and conceptualization of the female body; âImaging and Imaginingâ explores the politics of women's cultural production and âWomen's Studies and Feminist Practiceâ analyzes the often fraught connections between theory and practice. This is a must read for scholars and researchers of Women's Studies, Sociology, and Gender Studies.
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Taylor & Francis Methods and Approaches in Comparative Political
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the methods and approaches in comparative politics while tracing the evolution of the discipline. Exploring its historical legacy through a comparative perspective, it uses research methods and methodologies to critically analyse the approaches discussed in the book.This unique volume provides an exclusive reading on the dimension of gender in comparative politics. It also investigates the foundational approaches and insights from the perspective of postcolonial societies and diverse regions of the world.Lucidly written to serve a diversity of readership, this book is an invaluable resource for students, researchers and teachers from the departments of political science, public administration, history and journalism. Owing to its detailed, diverse and rich discussions on the different aspects of these themes, it will be equally useful to researchers in the field of gender studies and comparative politics.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Patterns of Inclusion
Book SynopsisIt is widely presumed that digitalisation, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) shape the future of work; yet, gender is rarely considered in those debates. This ground-breaking book, written by a leading thinker on gender, inclusion and organisations, is based on in-depth research to show which patterns of gender and digitalisation emerge. By weaving these different patterns together, is it possible to understand the dynamic and complex ways gender and digitalisation intertwine in the work context?The book highlights how futures of work are imagined between automation and augmentation: it shows which tasks are expected to be done by machines, and where humans are expected to have a competitive advantage. The book showcases how algorithmic bias is constructed as ultimately fixable, and analyses in/visibilities in AI production processes. Above all, the book shows how patterns relating to gender and inclusion are shaped and could be re-shaped.This innovative book
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Taylor & Francis Psychoanalysis and the Feminine
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Taylor & Francis Change and Disruption
Book SynopsisChange and Disruption: Sociology of the Future draws on classical and modern sociological theory to identify recent and emerging trends in the global system. The book probes the rise of authoritarian states, rifts in the relationship between humans and the rest of nature, the coming impact of artificial intelligence, and changes in work, cities, science, and the quality of life. These dynamics are explored through the animating question: will the positive potential of the modern world be realized or will the human condition spiral downward?Garner and Hancock employ sociological theory to tackle big questions about the societies of the present and the societies of the future. They use three powerful tools for exploration. The first tool is historical analysis to reveal how our contemporary world was shaped during the early modern era, the rise of capitalism, colonialism, and industrialization, and the tumultuous 20th century. The second tool is quantitative analyses of
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Taylor & Francis Popular Music and the Politics of Hope
Book SynopsisIn today's culture, popular music is a vital site where ideas about gender and sexuality are imagined and disseminated. Popular Music and the Politics of Hope: Queer and Feminist Interventions explores what that means with a wide-ranging collection of chapters that consider the many ways in which contemporary pop music performances of gender and sexuality are politically engaged and even radical. With analyses rooted in feminist and queer thought, contributors explore music from different genres and locations, including Beyoncé's Lemonade, A Tribe Called Red's We Are the Halluci Nation, and celebrations of Vera Lynn's 100th Birthday.At a bleak moment in global politics, this collection focuses on the concept of critical hope: the chapters consider making and consuming popular music as activities that encourage individuals to imagine and work toward a better, more just world. Addressing race, class, aging, disability, and colonialism along with gender and Table of ContentsAcknowledgments / Indroduction (Craig Jennex and Susan Fast) / Part I: Displacing Whiteness / Introduction (Daphne A. Brooks) / 1. Visions of Wondaland: On Janelle Monaé’s Afrofuturistic Vision (Marquita R. Smith) / 2. Listening to Difference: Recognition and Refusal in Queer Music Diasporas (Craig Jennex) / 3. Who’s Your Daddy?: Beyoncé, the Dixie Chicks, and the Art of Outlaw Protest (Francesca T. Royster) / Part II: Rethinking Difference / Introduction (Annie Janeiro Randall) / 4. "Brave New Ideas Begin:" Disability, Gender, and Life-Writing in Twenty-First-Century Pop (Laurie Stras) / 5. "Round my Hometown:" Listening to London in the Racial Politics of Post-Millennial British Soul (Freya Jarman with Emily Baker) / 6. Born to Run and Reckless: My Life as a Pretender: Rewriting the Political Imaginary of Rock Music Memoir (Pamela Fox) / Part III: Decolonizing Sound / Introduction (Ellie M. Hisama) / 7. Sounding the Halluci Nation: Decolonizing Race, Masculinity, and Global Solidarities with A Tribe Called Red (Alexa Woloshyn) / 8. Addict(ive) Sex: Toward an Intersectional Approach to Truth Hurts’ "Addictive" and Afro-South Asian Hip Hop and R&B (Elliott H. Powell) / 9. Hip Hop Dialogues: Sampling Women’s Hand Drum Songs and the Canadian Popular Mainstream (Liz Przybylski) / Part IV: Refusing Conventions / Introduction (Maureen Mahon) / 10. Electro-Pop as Trojan Horse: Hearing the Call to Arms in Anohni’s HOPELESSNESS (Maria Murphy) / 11. Genders, Genres, Generations: Jacqueline Warwick and Susan McClary in Conversation (Susan McClary and Jacqueline Warwick) / 12. Power in the Darkness and "Angry Atthis:" Anthems, Genres and the Queer Voice (Jack Halberstam) / Part V: Voicing Resilience / Introduction (Murray Forman) / 13. Resisting the Politics of Aging: Madonna and the Value of Female Labor in Popular Music (Tiffany Naiman) / 14. Vera Lynn 100: Retirement, Aging, and Legacy for a "National Treasure" (Christina Baade) / 15. Sounding Lockdown: Singing in Administrative Segregation at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (Benjamin J. Harbert and Consuela Gaines) Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Moral Boundaries
Book SynopsisIn Moral Boundaries Joan C. Tronto provides one of the most original responses to the controversial questions surrounding women and caring. Tronto demonstrates that feminist thinkers have failed to realise the political context which has shaped their debates about care. It is her belief that care cannot be a useful moral and political concept until its traditional and ideological associations as a women''s morality are challenged.Moral Boundaries contests the association of care with women as empirically and historically inaccurate, as well as politically unwise. In our society, members of unprivileged groups such as the working classes and people of color also do disproportionate amounts of caring. Tronto presents care as one of the central activites of human life and illustrates the ways in which society degrades the importance of caring in order to maintain the power of those who are privileged.Trade Review"...Tornto's book challenges feminists to think harder about what it means to take care seriously as a political and theoretical ideal." -- Women and PoliticsTable of ContentsPART ONE: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Moral Boundaries and Political Change -- The Power of Context and the Context of Power, Three Moral Boundaries, Women's Morality As a Strategic Predicament, Argument of This Book -- PART Two: Against "Women's Morality" -- Chapter 2: Universalistic Morality and Moral Sentiments -- Morality and Forms of Life, Universalistic Morality and Eighteenth Century Life, Social Distance and the Demise of Moral Sentiments, The Containment of Women and the Engendering of Moral Sentiment, Lessons for an Ethic of Care -- Chapter 3: Is Morality Gendered? -- Lawrence Koh /berg: The Virtuous Elite, Carol Gilligan's Different Voice and its Limits, Gender Ideology and Forms of Privilege At Work -- PART THREE: For An Ethic of Care -- Chapter 4: Care IOI -- Defining Care, Marginalizing Care, The Promise of Care: Care's Power -- Chapter 5: An Ethic of Care -- The Practice of An Ethic of Care, Moral Dilemmas in the Practice of Care, Expanding Our Moral Terrain, Ethics and Politics -- Chapter 6: Care and Political Theory -- Against a "Morality First" Strategy, Care As a Political Ideal o Care And Political Strategy, Moral Boundaries and a Political Concept of Care -- NOTES -- INDEX.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Marriage and the Family
Book SynopsisMarriage and the Family: Mirror of a Diverse Global Society is a comprehensive text about marriage and the family in sociology, family science, and diversity studies. The book is divided into four parts: studying marriage patterns and understanding family diversity; developing and maintaining intimate relationships; tackling family issues and managing household crises; and appreciating contemporary living arrangements in a diverse American society and across the global community. Marriage and the Family is unique in its focus on diversity as well as its global perspective. Diversity Overview boxes feature vignettes of family diversity in America. Global Overview boxes invite students to experience family life in different areas of the world. Indeed, families become a mirror that helps students see a diversifying American society and a globalizing world.Table of ContentsPART I INTRODUCTION TO MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY Chapter 1 Meanings of Marriage and the Family Chapter 2 Studying Marriage and the Family Chapter 3 Family Diversity in America Chapter 4 Racial and Ethnic Families Chapter 5 Gender and Socialization PART II DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS Chapter 6 Sexuality and Sexual Relationships throughout Life Chapter 7 Love Chapter 8 Dating, Courtship, and Mate Selection Chapter 9 Marriage and Relationships Chapter 10 Preparing for Children and Child AdoptionPART III CHALLENGES TO MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY Chapter 11 Parenting Chapter 12 Balancing Paid Work, School Work, and Family Work Chapter 13 Family Issues and Domestic Violence Chapter 14 Communication, Power, and Conflict ResolutionPART IV DYNAMICS IN FAMILY LIVING ARRANGMENTS Chapter 15 Break up, Separation, and Divorce Chapter 16 Remarriage and Trends in Living Arrangements
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Gender and the Law
Book SynopsisGender and the Law provides an ideal introduction to gender and feminist theory for students. Beginning with an overview of traditional notions of gender, the book establishes the key feminist and queer legal theories. It provides a basic structure and overview upon which students can build their understanding of some of the complex and controversial topics and debates around gender.Structured thematically, the book explores many fascinating and controversial legal issues, including issues of transgender rights; equal pay and equality in the workplace; societal changes and challenges within the regulation of personal relationships; the law surrounding consent and sexual offences; the role of gender norms in the criminal courts; legal regulation of prostitution and pornography; and the ways in which the law has responded to societal changes surrounding reproduction. With thinking points' and further reading' suggestions within each chapter, the authors encouragTable of Contents1: Introduction; 2: Legal theories; 3: Women’s Evolving Legal Status; 4: Beyond the gender binary?; 5: Employment; 6: Regulating Relationships; 7: Gender norms in the criminal courts; 8: Consent; 9: Sexual offences; 10: Reproductive Bodies; 11: Regulating pornography and prostitution;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge International Handbook of
Book SynopsisWhile a majority of people identify as heterosexual if asked about their sexual identity, what does that really mean? How did identifying as straight arise, particularly in relation to identifying as queer, lesbian, and gay? How are individuals socialized to view themselves and others as straight, even when many people are sexually fluid? How do institutions like government bodies, the educational system, and the family reinforce heterosexuality? This collection introduces the field of Critical Heterosexualities Studies and key lines of inquiry within the field. Like Masculinity Studies and Whiteness Studies, Heterosexualities Studies critically examines the dominant category and identity group in order to illuminate the taken-for-granted assumptions that surround heterosexual identities. This critical perspective questions the idea that heterosexuality is natural, normal, and biologically driven. A recurring question throughout this Handbook is: what does it mean to say thatTable of ContentsIntroduction - Thinking Straightness: An Introduction to Critical Heterosexualities Studies Part 1: Origins, Histories, Theories 1. Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence 2. Bodily Inscriptions, Performative Subversions 3. The Invention of Heterosexuality 4. Critique of Compulsory Heterosexuality Part 2: Heterosexualities Across the Life Course 5. Normalizing Heterosexuality: Mothers’ Assumptions, Talk, and Strategies with Young Children 6. "Your Father Wouldn’t Like It:" The Social Construction of Heterosexuality in Early Childhood 7. "Coming Out": Gender, (Hetero)Sexuality and the Primary School 8. The Ambiguity of "Having Sex": The Subjective Experience of Virginity Loss in the United States 9. Hooking Up: Hot Hetero sex or the New Numb Normative? 10. "Speaking as a Heterosexual": (How) Does Sexuality Matter for Talk-in-Interaction? 11. A Heterosexual Life: Older Women and Agency within Marriage and the Family Part 3: Straight Identities and Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender 12. Prisons for Our Bodies, Closets for Our Minds: Racism, Heterosexism, and Black Sexuality 13. Displaying Heterosexuality in An Inner City 14. Straight Women: Doing and Undoing Compulsory Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted American Culture 15. "Guys are Just Homophobic": Rethinking Adolescent Homophobia and Heterosexuality 16. "Sprinkle Some Gay on my Straight": Hybrid Hegemonic Masculinities in a Post-Gay Era 17. Doing Gender, Doing Heteronormativity: "Gender Normals", Transgender People, and the Social Maintenance of Heterosexuality Part 4: Straight States 18. Introduction to "The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth Century America" 19. Uganda’s Anti-homosexuality Bill: Reflections from a Transnational Frame 20. One is not Born a Bride: How Weddings Regulate Heterosexuality 21. Promoting Marriage for America: The Intimate Relationship Between the State and Heterosexuality Part 5: Rethinking Sexual Fluidity, Straight Privilege, and Allyship 22. Straight Girls Kissing: Heteroflexibility in the College Party Scene 23. A Mixed-Method Study of Same-Sex Kissing among College-Attending Heterosexual Men 24. Bud-Sex: Constructing Normative Masculinity Among Rural Straight Men That Have Sex with Men 25. ‘Straight with a Pinch of Bi’: The Contours of Male Heteroflexibility 26. No Homo 27. "With Allies Like These…": Toward a Sociology of Straight Allies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Advertising Gender and Society
Book SynopsisAdvertising, Gender and Society explores contemporary social-psychological theory and original research that examines the portrayal of gender in advertising. It reports empirical data, discusses the social implications of gendered advertising and comments on the relevant 2019 ASA rules. Zawisza-Riley analyses theories such as stereotype content and elaboration likelihood models, stereotype threat and ambivalent sexism theories, the selectivity hypothesis as well as implicit and embodied cognition to illuminate the relationships between sex, gender and advertising in cultural and social contexts. The author thus examines the portrayal of gender in advertising, its effectiveness and effect on audiences and the ways in which audiences, marketers and policy-makers can mitigate potential harm of gendered advertising. She offers theory extension and novel application of existing theory and research to the subject of gender advertising. Advertising, Table of ContentsAbout the authorAcknowledgementsPrefacePart I: Key Concepts: Advertising, Gender and SocietyChapter 1: Advertising, Culture and SocietyChapter 2: The Concepts of Gender, Sex and CultureChapter 3: Portrayal of Gender in AdvertisingChapter 4: The Effects of Gendered Advertisements on AudiencesPart II: Gender, Sex and Advertising EffectivenessChapter 6: Psychographic Gender as a Predictor of the Effectiveness of Gendered AdsChapter 7: Sex, Gender and Processing Gendered Advertising ContentPart III: Recommendations for the Audience, Marketers and Policy MakersChapter 8: How Can Audiences Protect Themselves?Chapter 9: How Could Marketers Help Themselves and Others?Chapter 10: What (More) Could Policy Makers Do?ReferencesIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Researching Language Gender and Sexuality
Book SynopsisResearching Language, Gender and Sexuality leads students through the process of undertaking research in order to explore how gender and sexuality are represented and constructed through language. Drawing on international research, Sauntson incorporates a fluid understanding of genders and sexualities and includes research on a diverse range of identities.This accessible guidebook offers an outline of the practical steps and ethical guidelines involved when gathering linguistic data for the purpose of investigating gender and sexuality. Each chapter contains up-to-date information and empirical case studies that relate to a range of topics within the field of language, gender and sexuality, as well as suggestions for how students could practically research the areas covered.Student-friendly, this is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of English language, linguistics and gender studies.Trade ReviewThis book offers students a comprehensive account of the theories, methods and frameworks used in the field, applied usefully to illuminating case studies. Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality is essential reading for those developing their own research projects, but also an effective general introduction to the language, gender and sexuality.Lucy Jones, University of Nottingham, UKThis book will spark students‘ interest in language, gender and sexuality and provide them with invaluable guidance for their own research projects. Its pertinent discussion of theoretical and methodological issues in combination with fresh illustrations and an incorporation of recent research render it an excellent resource. Heiko Motschenbacher, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, BergenTable of ContentsContentsList of TablesList of FiguresAcknowledgementsChapter 1 – What Questions Might A Linguist Ask about Language, Gender and Sexuality? Chapter 2 – Theorising Gender and Sexuality: Feminism, Queer Theory and PerformativityChapter 3 – What Does It Mean To Do Research in Language, Gender and Sexuality?Chapter 4 – An Overview of Analytical FrameworksChapter 5 – Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Private and Public ContextsChapter 6 – Researching Linguistic Representations of Gender and Sexuality in the MediaChapter 7 – Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Forensic ContextsChapter 8 – Breaking the Binary: Investigating Transgender, Gender Variance and LanguageChapter 9 – Researching Gender- and Sexuality-based Discriminatory LanguageChapter 10 – Writing Up, Drawing Conclusions and Sharing Your ResearchAppendixReferencesIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Youth Homelessness and Survival Sex
Book SynopsisSurvival sex, commonly understood to be the exchange of sex for material support, is a practice that is associated with young homeless women. However, such a narrow definition of survival sex fails to recognise the multiple, complex, and coexisting motivations of young homeless women for engaging in intimate relationships in post-industrial capitalist society. In Youth Homelessness and Survival Sex, Watson's insightful analysis of personal narratives reveals how young homeless women are exposed to situations in which survival can be impeded or assisted by playing out specific gender roles. Indeed, in identifying and contesting the dominant social discourses that young homeless women draw upon to frame their experiences of intimate affairs, Watson challenges the reader to understand how gendered subjectivities are produced and performed through heteronormative relationships. This enlightening book is vital in showing that homelessness is not a gender-neutral phenomenon Trade ReviewYoung women’s homelessness is often hidden from view – not showing up in official statistics nor in popular representations of ‘rough sleepers’. In this important and original new study, Juliet Watson vividly illuminates young women’s experiences. In doing so she makes us question our understandings of both homelessness and of transactional sex, opening up nuanced ways of thinking about the intimate relationships women build in order to survive.Rosalind Gill, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, City University of London, UKIn Youth Homelessness and Survival Sex, Juliet Watson offers a compelling and confronting account of how young women face, understand, and manage the risks they face in homelessness. Through exceptional empirical research, deep theoretical expertise, and sensitive engagement with experiences of poverty, gendered violence, and social exclusion, Watson illuminates how these young women make strategic use of heteronormative femininity in their search for security, survival, and resources. This is an important and valuable book that reinforces the critical importance of gender analysis of precarious lives. JaneMaree Maher, Director, Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research, Monash University, AustraliaIn this fascinating and disturbing book, Juliet Watson provides us with a scholarly yet unflinching examination of the reality of survival sex for young homeless women. She shines much needed light on a topic that is too often referred to in passing, and seldom given the in-depth consideration it deserves.Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Professor of Housing and Social Policy in the Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Environment and Real Estate (I-SPHERE), Heriot-Watt University, UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: youth homelessness, gender, and the significance of survival sexIntroductionWhat is survival sex?Reconceptualising survival sexDefining homelessnessApplying a gendered lens to homelessness Conceptualising the home in relation to homelessness Constructing gendered subjectivitiesThe research projectThe significance of experience: a narrative approachChapter mapReferencesChapter 2. Young homeless women and the neoliberal subjectIntroductionNeoliberalismThe neoliberal subjectContemporary conditions of youth homelessnessDiscourse, power, and intersectionalityYouth transitions—locating young people in post-industrial capitalist societyIndividualisationHomelessness, individualisation, and classYoung women ‘at risk’PostfeminismPostfeminism as anti-feminismPostfeminism as a conceptual shift within feminismPostfeminist critical analysisConclusionReferencesChapter 3. Social capital, performativity, and gendered subjectivities in the homeless sphereIntroductionGender, homelessness, and subjectivitySocial capital theoryCapitalThe fieldHabitusEmbodimentSymbolic violence and romantic lovePerformativityFeminine capitalVicarious physical capitalConclusionReferencesChapter 4. Survival sex, stigma, and managing material conditions‘A butterfly’—Hayley’s storyIntroductionGender, homelessness, and stigma—‘Just a piece of meat’ (Hayley)Stigma and social capital—‘I was a junkie, slut, alcoholic person, or something’ (Nicki)Survival sex and vulnerability—‘He didn’t want me there once he found out that I had a boyfriend’ (Alice)Stigma and subjectivities—‘I’ve got standards and I’m a nice person’ (Jessie)Material support—‘It was just ’cause I’d seen the pretty side of things’ (Sarah)ConclusionReferencesChapter 5. Survival sex and gender-based violence‘My yo-yo life’—Jessie’s storyIntroductionViolence and homelessness—‘I’ve put myself in situations that I could’ve stayed away from’ (Jessie)Feminine capital and physical protection—‘I didn’t want to be by myself because I was scared’ (Hayley)Vicarious physical capital—‘I know people were scared of him’ (Hayley)Violence in intimate relationships—‘I don’t know what I was doing wrong’ (Jessie)Intimate relationships and the depletion of capital—‘No one wanted me at their place with him around’ (Nikita)Intimate relationships and romantic discourse—‘I say that "I love you" and everything’s OK again’ (Hayley)ConclusionReferencesChapter 6. Intimate relationships, social exclusion, and belonging‘The little black duck: at the end of day it does have a life’—Nikita’s storyIntroductionHomelessness and social exclusion—‘The word homeless does actually kill’ (Lexi)Social exclusion and performativity—‘You become inconsistent and everyone looks at you badly ’cause your performance is bad’ (Elle)Seeking stability and belonging from survival sex—‘I’ve got something, I’ve got a life. I’ve got a boyfriend. Look at me’ (Hayley)The pressures of homelessness on intimate relationships—‘There’s not really much happiness and joy’ (Nikita)Maintaining subjectivity stability through adversity—‘I think going through so much has made us so much stronger’ (Bianca)Intimate relationships in homeless spaces—‘In a normal society you’d be in your own home’ (Hayley)ConclusionReferencesChapter 7. Constructing authentic selves‘Searching for your identity’—Lexi’s storyIntroductionMaking the right choice, authenticity, and subject positions—‘When you know what you want, you will achieve it’ (Lexi)Postfeminism and choice—‘I don’t really think about it as feminism, I just think, tough chick’ (Angela)The choice to be single: necessity—‘Two people, it’s harder than one’ (Elle)The choice to be single: resistance—‘When the time is for me, then I’ll be settling down’ (Lexi)The choice to leave an abusive intimate relationship: refusing to be a victim—‘I got a backbone and I said "no more"’ (Sarah)The choice to leave an abusive intimate relationship: becoming a mother—‘Past the brink of had enough’ (Angela)The choice to leave an abusive intimate relationship: the importance of capital—‘They’d made me see things that I couldn’t see when I was in it’ (Nikita)Choosing intimate relationships—‘I don’t think it’s really homelessness that defines my relationship’ (Alice)ConclusionReferencesChapter 8. Conclusion: diversifying homelessnessIntroductionDestabilising discourses: making structures visibleYouth transitionsIndividualisationPostfeminismSubjectivity constructionManaging material conditionsManaging violenceManaging social exclusionNarratives of choiceFinal wordsReferencesAppendix: more storiesAlice—The shift from having my family as a family to having Chris as a familyAmina—Through high aspiration comes firm resolveAmy—My lifeAngela—The ‘how to’ and ‘how not to’ live life in MelbourneBianca—Life as a houseElle—The puzzleNicki—Crap lifePaige—How can you put a title on something like that?Pauline—My lifeSarah—Simple lifeIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ovids Heroides
This volume offers up-to-date translations of all 21 epistles of Ovid's Heroides. Each letter is accompanied by a preface explaining the mythological background, an essay offering critical remarks on the poem, and discussion of the heroine and her treatment elsewhere in Classical literature. Where relevant, reception in later literature, film, music and art, and feminist aspects of the myth are also covered. The book also contains an introduction covering Ovid''s life and works, the Augustan background, the originality of the Heroides, dating, authenticity and reception. A useful glossary of characters mentioned in the Heroides concludes the book. This is a vital new resource for anyone studying the poetry of Ovid, Classical mythology or women in the ancient world.
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Taylor & Francis Transgender Psychoanalysis
Drawing on the authorâs clinical work with gender-variant patients, Transgender Psychoanalysis: A Lacanian Perspective on Sexual Difference argues for a depathologizing of the transgender experience, while offering an original analysis of sexual difference. We are living in a trans moment that has become the next civil rights frontier. By unfixing our notions of gender, sex, and sexual identity, challenging normativity and essentialisms, trans modalities of embodiment can help reorient psychoanalytic practice. This book addresses sexual identity and sexuality by articulating new ideas on the complex relationship of the body to the psyche, the precariousness of gender, the instability of the male/female opposition, identity construction, uncertainties about sexual choiceâin short, the conundrum of sexual difference. Transgender Psychoanalysis features explications of Lacanian psychoanalysis along with considerations on sex and gender in the form of clinical vigne
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Gender and Environment
Book SynopsisThis completely revised second edition of Gender and Environment explains the inter-relationship between gender relations and environmental problems and practices, and how they affect and impact on each other.Explaining our current predicament in the context of historical gender and environment relations, and contemporary theorisations of this relationship, this book explores how gender and environment are imbricated at different scales: the body; the household, community and city through concepts of work; and at the global scale. The final chapter draws these themes together through a consideration of waste and shows that gender is an important dimension in how we define, categorise, generate and manage waste, and how this contributes to environmental problems. Contemporary examples of environmental activism are juxtaposed with past campaigns throughout the book to demonstrate how protest and activism is as gendered as the processes which have created the situations pTrade Review"In a year when female lead youth environmental justice movements energize the discussion regarding sustainability, making clear the need to expose, critique and change ‘industrial/breadwinner masculinities’; ‘Gender and Environment’ gives us a much important updated overview of ecofeminist scholarship. Scholarship that actually might hold the key to finding appropriate responses to the fossil fuelled ecocide of our time." - Martin Hultman, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden."This is a book we've been waiting for without actually realising it! In bringing together scholarship on gender and environment across a range of areas, it both illuminates current global challenges and queries the world's ongoing commitment to gender inequality. It is a compelling read, and while it will excite researchers and students, it will also find a ready audience amongst those keen to have a framework to understand global issues. Buckingham has made a fine fist of a complex area." - Professor Margaret Alston, University of Newcastle, Australia."Gender and Environment has always been my go-to book for accessible explanations of the deep connections between gender inequalities and ecological destruction. With this second edition, which is brought to life by new empirical and artistic examples alongside critical reflections on how the world has - and hasn’t - changed in twenty years, Susan Buckingham makes another tremendous contribution to a scholarly field that is more relevant than ever." Sherilyn MacGregor, The University of Manchester, UK"This second edition of Gender and Environment is a great resource for anyone interested in exploring the links between gender and social inequality and environmental destruction. Susan Buckingham seamlessly fuses eco-feminist theory and research with practical examples of how this works on the ground. This is a brilliant book that will help to inform our work at WEN." - Kate Metcalf, Co-Director, WEN (Women's Environmental Network)Table of ContentsChapter 1 Linking Gender and the Environment Chapter 2 The Gendering of Science Chapter 3 Conceptualising Gender–Environment Relationships Chapter 4 The Body Chapter 5 Work Chapter 6 The Global Scope Chapter 7 Gender and Waste: A Synthesis
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Womens Work and Pensions What is Good What is
Book SynopsisHow different are fe/male life courses, and why? What is good, bad, or best for women under these or probable future circumstances? This ground-breaking book explores the difficulties women face in working life and retirement - and asks what can be done to achieve more gender equality and fairness for women and men alike. Leading pension experts from across Europe analyse the basic challenges through single and comparative country studies. The editors provide facts and figures on women''s lives, work and pensions and draw theoretical lessons and practical policy conclusions from the studies and gendered statistical indicators.Trade Review'At a time when pension reform, coverage and adequacy are high on the socio-economic and political agenda... this publication fills an important gap by looking at the impact of the pension reforms on half of the population, which is all too frequently exposed to poverty in old age.' Transfer 'Of special interest in the chapters on single country and comparative studies is Gould’s conclusion that partial disability benefits can contribute to labour market participation and thus to income in retirement... Some of the chapters and a comprehensive annex are packed full of voluminous data; a treasure trove for students, teachers and researchers... the highly detailed discussion of specific situations enables broad trends to be identified and broad conclusions to be drawn, making it a most useful volume.' Citizen's Income 'While the book is devoted to pension and retirement issues, it also paints a broad picture of gender differences in everyday lives, especially with respect to retirement. ... nicely summarises the main conclusions regarding the implications of pension changes on women's lives, emphasizing again the complexity in drawing conclusions as to what is best for women. ... Taken together, Women's Work and Pensions is a fine collection of studies which together give an interesting and revealing account of pension arrangements and their possible implications on women's lives. As such, the book serves as a valuable resource for those interested in gender inequalities and how they evolve over time.' International Journal of Social WelfareTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction: General trends in pension reform around the millennium and their impact on women, Bernd Marin. Part II General Contributions: A discussion of retirement income security for men and women, Annika Sundén; Women and pensions. Effects of pension reforms on women's retirement security, Elsa Fornero and Chiara Monticone; Poverty amongst older women and pensions policy in the European Union, Asghar Zaidi, Katrin Gasior and Eszter Zólyomi. Part III Single and Comparative Country Studies: Pension system in Poland in the gender context, Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak; The 1.000€ trap. Implications of Austrian social and tax policy on labour supply, Eva Pichler; Women's work and pensions: some empirical facts and figures. Austria in an international comparison, Michael Fuchs; Restricting pre-retirement - what about older women's ability to work?, Raija Gould. Part IV Some Preliminary Conclusions: What is Good, Bad, Best for Women?: Gender equality, neutrality, specificity and sensitivity - and the ambivalence of benevolent welfare paternalism, Bernd Marin. Part V Annex: Some facts and figures on women's lives, work and pensions, Bernd Martin and Eszter Zólyomi (with Silvia Fässler and Katrin Gasior).
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sex Gender and Society
What are the differences between the sexes? That is the question that Ann Oakley set out to answer in this pioneering study, now established as a classic in the field. To answer it she draws on the evidence of biology, anthropology, sociology and the study of animal behaviour to cut through popular myths and reach the underlying truth. She demonstrates conclusively that men and women are not two separate groups: rather each individual takes his or her place on a continuous scale. She shows how different societies define masculinity and femininity in different and even opposite ways, and discusses how far observable differences are based on biology and psychology and how far on cultural conditioning. Many books have discussed these vital issues. None, however, have drawn on such an impressively wide range of evidence or discussed it with such clarity and authority. Now newly reissued with a substantial introduction which highlights its continuing relevance, this work will continue t
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Heteronormative Bias
Book SynopsisSexuality and Gender Now uses a psychoanalytic approach to arrive at a more informed view of the experience and relationships of those whose sexuality and gender may not align with the heterosexual "norm". This book confronts the heteronormative bias dominant in psychoanalysis, using a combination of theoretical and clinical material, offering an important training tool as well as being relevant for practicing clinicians. The contributors address the shift clinicians must make not only to support their patients in a more informed and non-prejudicial way, but also to recognise their own need for support in developing their clinical thinking. They challenge assumptions, deconstruct theoretical ideas, extend psychoanalytic concepts, and, importantly, show how clinicians can attend to their pre-conscious assumptions. They also explore the issue of erotic transference and countertransference, which, if unaddressed, can limit the possibilities for supporting patients more fully to explore their sexuality and gender. Theories of psychosexuality have tended to become split off from the main field of psychoanalytic thought and practice or read from an assumed moral high ground of heteronormativity. The book specifically addresses this bias and introduces new ways of using psychoanalytic ideas. The contributors advocate a wider and more flexible attitude to sexuality in general, which can illuminate an understanding of all sexualities, including heterosexuality.Sexuality and Gender Now will be essential reading for professionals and students of psychoanalysis who want to broaden their understanding of sexuality and gender in their clinical practice beyond heteronormative assumptions.Trade Review‘This rich collection will be widely welcomed as a much-needed advance in opening up and developing mainstream psychoanalytic thinking about gender, sex and sexuality, after the British Psychoanalytic Council’s ‘moving on’ statement of 2011. The critical deconstruction of heteronormativity is achieved without discarding all that is essential and valuable about psychoanalytic theorising and method. The commitment to a more open-minded and self- reflective approach shines through the diverse and highly nuanced clinical accounts. This book will be an essential part of psychoanalytic education and invaluable to the many clinicians who want to think differently about their practice.’-Joanna Ryan, Ph.D., Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis; co-author (with Noreen O’Connor) of Wild Desires and Mistaken Identities: Lesbianism and Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2003)‘The fields of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, like societies at large around the world, recognise that it is difficult to integrate rapidly developing ideas of identity, especially gender identities and sexualities, without falling back on normative models. This challenge is daunting, and has been side-stepped for too long. It has the potential to be genuinely creative for our field and for those we try to help. The editors of this book are both experienced therapists with the essential qualities of lively engagement, compassion and wisdom, together with the openness to bring together a diverse set of contributors. They include a long contribution from a brave patient, who brings alive for us the experience of recognizing and crystallizing a transgender identity. The wide range of perspectives will give all readers further understanding, and – as with all good books – still more to understand.’-Professor Mary Target (now Hepworth), Psychoanalysis Unit, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London; Fellow, British Psychoanalytical Society‘In this innovative book, Hertzmann and Newbigin bring together a diverse group of authors who show us how far we have come and how much more we have yet to do in the reappraisal of psychoanalytic theories of gender and sexuality. They address theoretical and clinical issues of desire and gender in the consulting room, in the children’s clinic, in supervision, and in the emotional life of clinicians as well as patients, helping us to recognize complexities of desire and gender previously obscured. Most usefully, the authors do not simply provide new rules and categories to render gender and sexuality coherent, or to regulate or liberate desires and identities. Instead, they point the way for clinicians and patients to explore the complexities of conscious and unconscious meaning in personal experiences of gender and sexuality. Readers will expand their vocabularies and find helpful suggestions for working with patients whose subjectivities may at first feel unfamiliar. For example, cis therapists new to working with trans patients will find help in getting oriented. They will also be helped to challenge their own limitations of theoretical understanding and categorization, to expand and deepen their range of meaning-making, and to appreciate the advantages of uncertainty —for the benefit of clinical explorations with their own patients.’-Paul E. Lynch, M.D., Psychoanalyst, Boston, MA , USA; Faculty, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, and China America Psychoanalytic Alliance; Co-Editor, with Alessandra Lemma of Sexualities: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspectives (Routledge, 2015)Table of ContentsSeries editors’ preface; Acknowledgements; About the contributors; Introduction, Leezah Hertzmann and Juliet Newbigin; Section I: Sex and the Consulting Room; 1 Sex and the consulting room, Juliet Newbigin; 2 Homophobia, heteronormativity, and shame, Poul Rohleder; 3 Working with sameness and difference: reflections on supervision with diverse sexualities, David Richards; Section II: Desire; 4 Losing the internal oedipal mother and loss of sexual desire, Leezah Hertzmann; 5 The primary maternal oedipal situation and female homoerotic desire, Dianne Elise; 6 Mending the Symbolic when a place for male same-sex desire is not found, Giorgio Giaccardi; Section III: Perspectives on gender; 7 From bisexuality to intersexuality: rethinking gender categories, Jack Drescher; 8 Notes on a crisis of meaning in the care of gender-diverse children, Bernadette Wren; 9 Crossing Over, Melanie Suchet; 10 Gender Now, Ken Corbett; 11 A person beyond gender: a first-hand account
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Among Men: Moulding Masculinities, Volume 1
Book SynopsisThe two 'Moulding Masculinities' volumes represent the first major publication in English of Northern European studies on masculinities. They focus on men’s relationships towards each other and their bodies, primarily from psycho-dynamic and social constructionist perspectives. The contributors are drawn from disciplines as diverse as sociology, social anthropology, media studies and sports sciences, and include scholars from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, the UK and the USA. Investigating the relational aspects of masculinity, this volume describes how different masculinities are moulded within diverse structures and settings. It explores how men interact with each other and how they collectively react to and embody changing concepts of masculinity. By centering on the struggle and negotiation between different groups and discourses of masculinity and investigating the origin of dominant images and ideals of masculinity, these two volumes will widen international understanding of how historic forms of masculinity are interpreted, revived and combined in the process of moulding masculinities.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword, Michael Kimmel; Introduction, Søren Ervø and Thomas Johansson; Men, gender and the state, R.W. Connell; A theory of gender, patriarchy and capitalism, Øystein GullvÃ¥g Holter; The emancipation from gender: a critique of the Utopias of postmodern gender theory, Mikael Carleheden; Beautiful men, fine women and good work people: gender and skill in Northern Sweden 1850-1950, Ella Johansson; Masculine sport and masculinity in Denmark at the turn of the century, Hans Bonde; Masculinity and the north, Lena Eskilsson; Modern masculinities? Continuities, challenges and changes in men’s lives, Michael Meuser; Technology and masculinity: men and their machines, Ulf Mellström; Contingency and desire: the ritual construction of masculinity in a right-wing political youth organization, Philip Lalander; A death mask of masculinity: the brotherhood of Norwegian right-wing skinheads, Katrine Fangen; Fathering, masculinity and parental relationships, Victor Jeleniewski Seidler; Men’s lack of family orientation: some reflections on Scandinavian research on families, Christian Kullberg; Fatherhood and masculinity: non-resident fathers’ construction of identity, Thomas Johansson; Masculinity and paranoia in Strindberg’s 'The Father', Jørgen Lorentzen; Phallic lovers, non-phallic lovers: stereotyped masculinities in women’s novels of the 1970s, Helena Wahlström; Fathers - the solution or part of the problem? Single mothers, their sons and social work, Thomas Johansson; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Son Preference: Sex Selection, Gender and Culture
Book SynopsisThe preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue of local and global dimensions. While son preference is not a new phenomenon and has existed historically in many parts of Asia, its contemporary expressions illustrate the gendered outcomes of social power relations as they interact and intersect with culture, economy and technologies. Son Preference brings together key debates on the subject of son preference by assessing existing work in the field and providing new insights through primary research. The book covers a broad range of social science discussions and draws upon textual and ethnographic material from India. Son Preference will be useful to students, scholars, activists and anyone interested in the issues surrounding gender inequity, sex selection and skewed sex ratios.Trade ReviewAn accessible and stimulating book for students, academics, and anyone interested in this highly sensitive and contentious issue, Son Preference provides a valuable addition to anthropological and sociological analyses and proposes new directions for ethnographic research. Dr Sunil Khanna, Oregon State UniversityTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionMapping Knowledges of Son PreferenceSon Preference in the Colonial and Postcolonial'Figuring out' Son PreferenceAnti-Female Foeticide: Between Activism and OrthodoxyNarratives of Reproductive Choice and Culture in the DiasporaGirl Talk: Cultural Change and Challenge through the Eyes of Young Women in Contemporary PunjabConclusion by way of EpilogueBibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Labour of Love: Beyond the Self-Evidence of
Book SynopsisAmazed at the stubborn nature of the sexual division of labour in modern society, five Norwegian researchers set out to explore the sources of this pervasive resistance to change. Moving from the neutral concepts of work and money, the lofty notions of love and family and the triviality of domestic organization, social science is made to yield some surprising insights into hidden, secret and perhaps even sacred structures of everyday life. A provocative claim in these pages is that the practical arrangement in the family is informed by the erotic properties of work and semi-religious notions of poverty and dirt - and is sustained by both sexes. This anthology reveals some perplexing aspects of contemporary self-understanding and rediscovers sexual meaning as a pillar of modern culture. The book is an invitation to reconsider the conditions for gender equality and to explore further the cultural tangle behind this persistent tolerance for injustice within European thinking.Trade Review’...this volume represents a fascinating series of insights and provocative reflections on social institutions and issues that might have seemed familiar and well-explored. In this, the authors succeed admirably in one of the central aims of a social science imagination: that of reminding the reader of the strangeness and complexity of much of our most intimate everyday life.’ David H.J. Morgan, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; The semantics of love; Shelter from the storm; Money, gifts and gender; Family theory reconsidered; The fearful empty space.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women and Immigration Law: New Variations on Classical Feminist Themes
Book SynopsisThis book examines immigration law from a gender perspective. It shows how immigration law situates gender conflicts outside the national order, projecting them onto non-western countries, exotic cultures, clandestine labour and criminal organizations. In doing so, immigration law sustains the illusion that gender conflicts have moved beyond the pale of European experience. In fact, the classical feminist themes of patriarchy, the gendered division of labour and sexual violence are still being played out at the heart of Europe's societies, involving both citizens and migrants.This collection of essays demonstrates how the seemingly marginal perspective of immigration law highlights Europe's unresolved gender conflicts and how a gender perspective can help us to rethink immigration law.Trade Review"This book provides a refreshing approach to issues relating to women subject to immigration law...it effectively confirms that immigration law can be rejuvenated through the feminist lens and shows how the experiences of migrant women can advance feminist thinking...This book deserves the attention of anyone interested in gender, law and migration." - Vanessa Bettinson and Alwyn Jones, Jounal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, Vol 22, no 2. Table of ContentsPart I: Global Context Border Rights and Rites. Generalizations, Stereotypes and Gendered Migration. Citizenship, Noncitizenship and the Status of the Foreign Domestic. Gendered Borders and United States' Sovereignty Part II: European Perspectives Gendered Violence in 'New Wars': Challenges to the Refugee Convention. Problematizing Trafficking for the Sex Sector: A Case of Eastern European Women in the EU. A Migrant World of Services. Gender, Migration and Class: Why 'live-in' Domestic Workers are not Compensated for Overtime? The Case of Mrs Boultif: The Right to Domicile of Women with a Migrant Partner in European Immigration Law Part III: National Case Studies Transnational Contingency: The Domestic Work of Migrant Women in Austria. Response and Responsibility: Domestic Violence and Marriage Migration in the UK. French Immigration Laws: The Sans-Papires Perspectives. Crossing Borders: Gender, Citizenship and Reproductive Autonomy in Ireland. Socio-Political and Legal Representations of Migrant Women Sex Labourers in Italy: Between Discourse and Praxis.
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Cambridge University Press Crime Gender and Social Order in Early Modern England
Book SynopsisThis is the first study of how masculinity and femininity informed criminal behaviour and the treatment of men and women before the courts of early modern England. It shows that women were not treated leniently by the courts, and casts fresh light on the complexities of everyday life.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'This is a meticulously researched and intelligently argued study which accomplishes a fresh and compelling treatment of many issues familiar to historians of crime.' Cultural and Social HistoryReview of the hardback: 'This book represents the first systematic attempt to view gender, crime and judicial processes in early modern England … This is a fine study of the gendered context of crime …' Journal of Continuity and ChangeTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Men's non-lethal violence; 3. Voices of feminine violence; 4. Homicide, gender and justice; 5. Theft and related offences; 6. Authority, agency and law; 7. Conclusion.
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