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Experiment Gender Explained
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Goldsmiths, Unversity of London This Is Not a Feminism Textbook
Book SynopsisFeminist scholars from around the world on key debates and concerns ranging from motherhood, home, and family to media, technology, and medicine.This thought-provoking book is written by prominentfeminist scholars from around the world. It is engaging and accessible, distillingthe highest level of knowledge into fascinating but concise entries. This Is Not A Feminism Textbook offersa clear, straightforward overview of key feminist debates and concerns ranging from motherhood, home, work and family to media, technology, and medicine.This book is a must-read for everyone who is curious about the sex/gender distinction, and the relation between gender and other aspects of identity; and it tackles plenty more questions along the way. Are smart homes really smart? Will technology save the world?What does class have to do with feminism? And what does ?intersectionality? actually mean?The work of feminism to help create a more just and equal society is not yet done.This book provides a roadmap to inspire each and every reader to continue exploring, thinking about, discussing, and ?doing? feminism.ContributorsCelia Roberts, Amber Jamilla Musser, Simidele Dosekun, Sara R. Farris, Chiara Pellegrini, Cynthia Barounis, Suzanne Leonard, Yolande Strengers, Heather Berg
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The University of North Carolina Press The Other Side of Silence A Memoir of Exile Iran
Book SynopsisA skilled storyteller who has spent her life in two worlds, Mahnaz Afkhami shares her unexpected and meteoric rise from unassuming English professor to a champion of women’s rights in Iran; the clash between Western feminists and those from the Global South; and the challenges of international women’s rights work during the so-called war on terror.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Transformative Approaches to Social Justice Education
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Duke University Press Suspicion
Book SynopsisNicole Charles frames the refusal of Afro-Barbadians to immunize their daughters with the HPV vaccine as suspicion, showing that this suspicion is based in concrete histories of government mistrust and coercive medical practices on colonized peoples.Trade Review“Suspicion is a compellingly written and superlatively theorized ethnography of public health, affect, and the persistence of racism in the Caribbean. Nicole Charles uses suspicion to understand the logic behind Black parents' decisions about whether to give their children vaccines, showing that their decisions are rooted not in ignorance and irrationality but within long histories of racial and sexual injury as well as hierarchies related to race, class, color, education, and authority. This is quite simply a remarkable book.” -- Deborah A. Thomas, author of * Political Life in the Wake of the Plantation: Sovereignty, Witnessing, Repair *“In this empirically rich account of HPV vaccine promotion and refusal in Barbados, Nicole Charles depathologizes and unsettles conventional understandings of vaccine hesitancy through the urgent conceptual framework of suspicion. Deeply informed by and contributing to plural interdisciplinary conversations in Black feminisms, transnational gender studies, science and technology studies, and the history and anthropology of the Caribbean, Charles listens closely to insightful interlocutors in Barbados to illuminate the embodied affective intensity of contemporary vaccine politics.” -- Anne Pollock, author of * Synthesizing Hope: Matter, Knowledge, and Place in South African Drug Discovery *"Charles provides us with a thoroughly researched examination of an important subject at a time when such research is urgently needed in the face of a deadly pandemic. She shows us that parents in Barbados are motivated by genuine fears regarding the health of their children, and reasonable suspicion about the motivations of the state, and of vaccine manufacturers. That is significant for understanding how black Caribbean people evaluate technologies that affect health." -- F.S.J. Ledgister * Caribbean Quarterly *"This interesting, theoretically engaging book explores vaccine hesitancy among adolescents and young women in the English-speaking Caribbean nation of Barbados. Feminist scholars, medical anthropologists, and health-care professionals in the Caribbean and other postcolonial settings will benefit greatly from exposure to the ideas outlined in this book. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers." -- F. H. Smith * Choice *“Suspicion is a richly documented and theoretically ambitious ethnography of HPV vaccination hesitancy in Barbados. . . . Charles persuasively shows that Barbadians’ suspicion toward the HPV vaccination should be taken seriously, as it constitutes a productive tool for social and cultural analysis. . . . [Suspicion] is a theoretically sophisticated book that charts new territory within the literature.” -- Cristina A. Pop * Gender & Society *“This remarkable book . . . makes an important contribution to international scholarship on vaccine hesitancy, linking personal and familial decision-making in Barbados with transnational economic trends, national health and economic policies, and local embodied experiences of postcoloniality. . . . Suspicion offers a necessary correction to current received wisdom about some people’s deeply felt discomfort about vaccines, which inevitably links vaccine hesitancy with irrationality and misinformation.” -- Bernice L. Hausman * Journal of Medical Humanities *“Although numerous studies have been undertaken on vaccine confidence and its social regulators, there has rarely been a work published in this area that provides such depth of feeling to the voiced concerns of a specific community. . . . The result is a beautifully rich understanding of the complexity of human decision-making and a recognition that, at least in the case of Afro-Barbadians, ‘suspicion’ is a far more apt description of collective vaccine response than ‘hesitancy.’” -- Paula Larsson * H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Suspicion: An Introduction 1 1. Circles of Suspicion 24 2. Risk and Suspicion: An Archive of Surveillance and Racialized Biopolitics in Barbados 45 3. (Hyper)Sexuality, Respectability, and the Language of Suspicion 66 4. Care, Embodiment, and Sensed Protection 94 5. Suspicion and Certainty 115 Conclusion: Toward Radical Care 148 Notes 155 Bibliography 175 Index 191
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Strategies for Child Welfare Professionals
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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Taylor & Francis Pink Tax and the Law
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women Speak Nation
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The University of Chicago Press Gossip Men J. Edgar Hoover Joe McCarthy Roy Cohn
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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University of California Press Surrealist Masculinities
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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Penguin Putnam Inc The Curse of the Good Girl Raising Authentic
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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Rowman & Littlefield Violated
Book SynopsisSexual consent as straightforward, easy, and simple to obtain has become a hallmark of social activism and socially conscious conversation around rape and sexual assault; however, sexual consent often isn't straightforward and simple. Otherwise, we wouldn't need to be having so many long and complicated conversations about it. There are flagrant sexual consent violations that happen all the time, but society and the law are most likely to ignore them. Violated: Sexual Consent and Assault in the 21st Century zeroes in on three main issues that desperately need correcting in our cultural conversations about consent. The first of these is the vision that society and the law have about the meaning of sexual consent for men and women, such that women's bodies are regarded as sexually fragile and their sexual consent as precious, while men's bodies are regarded as sexually utilitarian and their consent as irrelevant. The second is our social and legal failure to recognize that some types of sexual assault are worse than others, or to understand that the intentions of the violator matter. Third is the problematic way that activists have ended up eschewing the law and the criminal justice system and use a social version of self-help to reform; yet there are many specific legal reforms pertaining to consent and sexual assault that are desirable and necessary for social, cultural, and ethical reasons.Broken into two parts, Violatedexplains and identifies the social problems that underlie issues of consent and sexual violation, and how they have emerged over time; it then proposes specific social, cultural, and legal reforms to help reduce consent violation. These proposed changes include everything from improving formal sexual education to banning single-sex fraternity houses to clarifying the legal perspective about the mens rea (mental states) required of perpetrators (and survivors) in cases of sexual assault.
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Oxford University Press Inc Trans Children in Todays Schools
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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Oxford University Press Inc Deploying Feminism
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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Oxford University Press Inc Critical Feminist Justpeace
Book SynopsisIn 2020, feminist scholars and activists celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations'' Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, a landmark achievement that mainstreams gendered concerns into international peace and security. Yet despite its successes, no international agenda can comprehensively address all sources of violence that women face, and the WPS community remains divided on important issues regarding implementation and substance. In Critical Feminist Justpeace, Karie Cross Riddle presents an intersectional revision to conflict transformation, arguing that we need complementary theories and practices of gender-conscious peacebuilding for regions and conflicts that the WPS agenda cannot reach. Riddle draws on fieldwork and conversations with women peacebuilders in Manipur, India, where an intractable, low-intensity armed conflict has troubled the region for over six decades. India refuses to legally acknowledge the conflict, and thus bars international and humanitarian actors from entry. This renders the conflict ineligible for WPS intervention. The case of Manipur poses an important question: under what conditions should transnational feminists employ the WPS agenda--benefitting from its formal, international legitimacy--and under what conditions should they seek alternative paths to peace?Critical Feminist Justpeace makes the case that we need norms and processes for feminist peacebuilding that can flexibly respond to the particularities of national and local politics and social context. To advocate for contextually-sensitive peacebuilding driven by local actors, Riddle introduces a novel theory--critical feminist justpeace--that provides an intersectional orientation towards conflict transformation. Its aim is to reduce structural power hierarchies and violence, increase equitable justice outcomes across public and private life, and target historically marginalized participants. Original and insightful, Riddle''s theoretical framework serves as a flexible guide for women''s local peacebuilding work.
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Indiana University Press Queering Drag
Book SynopsisTheatrical gender-bending, also called drag, is a popular form of entertainment and a subject of scholarly study. However, most drag studies do not question the standard words and ideas used to convey this performance genre. Drawing on a rich body of archival and ethnographic research, Meredith Heller illuminates diverse examples of theatrical gender-bending: male impersonation in variety and vaudeville (18601920); the sexless gender-bending of El Teatro Campesino (19601980); queer butch acts performed by black nightclub singers, such as Stormé DeLarverie, instigator of the Stonewall riots (19101970); and the range of acts that compose contemporary drag king shows. Heller highlights how, in each case, standard drag discourses do not sufficiently capture the complexity of performers' intents and methods, nor do they provide a strong enough foundation for holistically evaluating the impact of this work. Queering Drag offers redefinition of the genre centralized in the performer's construTrade ReviewDrawing on a rich body of archival and ethnographic research, Queering Drag: Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending (Indiana UP, 2020) illuminates diverse examples of theatrical gender-bending. It shows how, in each case, standard drag discourses do not sufficiently capture the complexity of performers' intents and methods or provide a strong enough foundation for holistically evaluating the impact of this work. Queering Drag offers a redefinition of the genre centralized in the performer's construction and presentation of a "queer" version of hegemonic identity. It also models a new set of tools for analyzing drag as a process of intents and methods enacted to effect specific goals. The book won the 2021 John Leo and Dana Heller Award for Best Book in LGBTQ Studies from the Popular Culture Association and was named one of NBC's "10 LGBTQ books to watch out for in 2020." -- Isabel Machado * New Books Network *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. What's in a Name? Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending 2. "Masculine Women, Feminine Men": Variety and Vaudevillian Male Impersonators 3. Mythical, "Sexless" Characters: Identity Borders in El Teatro Campesino 4. The "First Punch" at Stonewall: Counteridentification Butch Acts 5. Bent Means "Not Quite Straight": Kinging as DisidentificationConclusion: Bending RhetoricBibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Catharine Beecher The Complexity of Gender in
Book SynopsisCatharine Beecher: The Complexity of Gender in Nineteenth-Century America investigates how the life of education reformer Catharine Beecher is a lens through which to understand the cultural changes of the nineteenth century.Catharine Beecherâs writings outlined a unique domestic role for women just as urbanization and industrialization were limiting their social influence. By arguing that gender differences were a strength, Beecher empowered middle-class women to embrace domestic duties. This book contextualizes Beecherâs life against the major changes that occurred during the first three-quarters of the nineteenth century. By looking at Beecherâs writings and anecdotes from her life, this book offers insight into her personality and how her career shaped the culture of femininity. Students and the general reader will find this a powerful and insightful introduction to Catharine Beecher, her work, and legacy.About the Lives of American Women series: selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader.About the Series Editor: Carol Berkin is Presidential Professor of History Emerita at Baruch College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Berkin is a frequent contributor to PBS and History Channel television documentaries on early American and Revolutionary Era history and edits the Gilder Lehrman Instituteâs online journal, History Now. She serves on the scholarly boards of several professional organizations including The National Museum of Women s History and the Scholars Board of the Gilder Lehrman Institute. She has been elected to the Society of American Historians and the American Antiquarian Society. In addition, Berkin is a frequent participant in programs at the New-York Historical Society, and a speaker for One Day University and for a variety of organizations across the country.Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Forward; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Early Life; 2 Beecher’s Career begins; 3 Out West; 4 Beecher’s Conservativism; 5 Domesticity; 6 Education Reform; 7 The Professionalization of Womanhood; 8 The Final Phase; Epilogue; Primary Sources; Study Question; Notes; Bibliography;
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Wayne State University Press Brothers and Beasts An Anthology of Men on Fairy Tales Series in FairyTale Studies
Book SynopsisOffers a different perspective by allowing twenty-three male writers the chance to explore their artistic and emotional relationship to their favorite fairy-tale stories.
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Cambridge University Press Inducing Intimacy
Book SynopsisThis book will interest lawyers and historians who want to learn about legal responses to sex and sexual/romantic relationships which have been induced by deception. It shows how a range of civil and criminal laws have been used in this context and offers insights into whether and why the law should be used in this way today.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Flee
Book SynopsisThis sixth volume in the Docalogue series explores the significance of Flee, the award-winning and critically acclaimed 2021 animated documentary about one man's journey from child refugee in Afghanistan to building a stable home as an adult with his soon-to-be husband in Denmark.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Translocational Belongings
Book SynopsisThis book explores the multiform and shifting location of borders and boundaries in social life, related to difference and belonging. It contributes to understanding categories of difference as a building block for forms of belonging and inequality in the world today and as underpinning modern capitalist societies and their forms of governance. Reflecting on the ways in which we might theorise the connections between different social divisions and identities, a translocational lens for addressing modalities of power is developed, stressing relationality, the spatio-temporal and the processual in social relations. The book is organised around contemporary dilemmas of difference and inequality, relating to fixities and fluidities in social life and to current developments in the areas of racialisation, migration, gender, sexuality and class relations, and in theorising the articulations of gender, class and ethnic hierarchies. Rejecting the view that gender, ethnicity, race, class or Trade Review'With a focus on processes of power underpinning ‘difference’ across such axes as class, race and gender, this text provides a sustained critique of essentialist thinking. Its innovative reworking of the concepts of intersectionality, stratification, and political economy is likely to set new agendas on addressing questions of inequality. Incisive theoretical and political analysis at its best.' - Avtar Brah, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London'Floya Anthias offers a nuanced and astute account of the changing forms of social inequality in the contemporary global environment. She challenges simplistic accounts of belonging and identity and seeks to show that we need to move beyond dominant paradigms and perspectives.' - John Solomos, Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK 'This book is a masterpiece: with a translocational lens, Anthias focuses on insights from studies on intersectionality, bordering and belonging, migration, nationalism, racism, violence, intimacy and social class and demonstrates how they are entangled in complicated ways. Yet, she is not satisfied with depicting dilemmas but instead provides heuristic tools and theoretical frames for their adequate analysis.' - Helma Lutz, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, co-author of Gender and Migration: Transnational and Intersectional Prospects "Translocational Belongings, introduced by incisive personal memories of growing up in an activist migrant family, captures the human condition of the migrant, offering a distinctive account of border crossings, in the real world and in sociological theory. Scrutinising intersecting hierarchies of race, gender, class, ascribed cultural differences and social inequalities, the author grounds new horizons for solidarity politics beyond fixed belonging." - Aleksandra Ålund, Professor Emerita, Linköping University, Sweden'This tour de force considers key debates in sociological and social theory engaging with gender, ethnicity, racialization, and class locations, borders and boundaries, difference and belongings. It transcends disciplinary boundaries speaking also to philosophy and political theory [...]. A fascinating theoretical re-reading, extending and rethinking of feminism, race/ethnicity and class theory. It provides fresh and insightful contributions on the potential and shortcomings of class and stratification theorisations since Marx’s Capital and the revived interest in class via the works of Bourdieu, Foucault, Tilly, Agamben.' - Nicos Trimikliniotis, Ethnic and Racial Studies'The power of Anthias’ argument is threefold. Not only does she go beyond the limits of methodological nationalism and synthesise the transnational scale into her theory, making visible how scale is an important aspect of the contradictory nature of translocal belonging and difference. Her analysis and political perspective also highlight the notion of agency that is possible in relation to actors’ contradictory belonging. Contrary to Patricia Hill Collins or Nira Yuval-Davis, Anthias argues that identity and deconstructive solidarity politics will possibly both play a role in political activism because they are produced by intersections of categories of difference. In addition, she combines economic and cultural dimensions in her analysis in order to address a major lacuna in current sociological attempts to investigate how power works within the state of the neoliberal world.' - Jana Schäfer and Anna Amelina, European Journal of Women's Studies'Anthias points to the limitations of dialogical politics, favouring instead the importance of ‘asserting the right to have rights…. that is, claiming the rights to difference and the right to be equal, despite difference’ (p. 182). This is a text brimming with incisive theoretical and political analysis at its best.' - Avtar Brah, European Journal of Women's Studies‘In her much-praised and discussed book, Floya Anthias summarizes her decades-long work on translocational positionality, refining and operationalizing the traveling concept of intersectionality by weaving together a coherent theoretical framework of "translocation belongings." Her book is an essential contribution to intersectionality, identity, difference, bordering, and belonging studies. …Combined with the goals of resource allocation and ensuing struggles and also agency and positionalities of social actors, the framework of translocational belongings provides a rich theoretical tool for understanding inequality.’ - Tanzilya Oren, Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work‘The book represents an outstanding contribution in addressing issues around gender, place and culture based on the re-examination of long-standing debates in social theory around concepts of equality/difference, racialization processes, feminism and social justice. It does not only provide for an acute theoretical analysis of those themes beyond simplistic and essentialist arguments, but it also provides heuristic tools for investigation including at policy level. It also presents a much needed analysis on how scholarship on intersectionality has developed in recent years and on the risks that it may be disjoined from the struggle for social justice while providing for sophisticated conceptual tools in this direction.’ – Erika Bernacchi, Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography‘This book takes us on a complex journey of understanding of social boundaries, differences, and hierarchies that manifest through different forms of inequality and oppression in society. It provides us with deep insights into migrants'/migrant-citizens’ multi-level dilemmas around identity and belonging as well as shows us how by adopting a translocational intersectional framework, we can, to some extent, overcome the analytical impasse of intersectionality.’ - Sajia Ferdous, Gender, Work & OrganizationTable of ContentsProlegomena: a personal borderscape 1. Introduction. Marking places: dilemmas of difference and inequality 2. Branding places: dilemmas of ordering 3. Assembling places: dilemmas of articulation 4. Hierarchising places: dilemmas of class and stratification 5. Transgressing places: dilemmas of gender, intimacy and violence 6. Territorialising places: dilemmas of b/ordering the nation 7. Epilogos. Transforming places: towards a politics of translocation
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars
Book SynopsisFinn Mackay is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West of England and completed a PhD in the Centre for Gender & Violence Research at the University of Bristol. A longstanding feminist activist, Finn founded the London Feminist Network in 2004; and is a frequent media commentator on feminist and LGBTQI+ topics.Trade ReviewThoughtful and often moving… The book is partly an attempt to let a butch community that is often talked over finally speak for itself… There is a quiet resolve to Mackay, who when asked how they have managed to keep a foot in both camps for so long says firmly: “I don’t think anything healthy comes from people hunkering down in their bunkers.” It is only as we go our separate ways in the sunshine that it occurs to me how much courage that now takes. -- Gaby Hinsliff * The Guardian *By turns witty and deeply serious, Finn Mackay has managed to find a way through and even around the messy gender wars currently raging on and offline. With calm precision and clear rhetoric, Mackay lays out the nuts and bolts of sex, gender, gender transition, sexual orientation, hormones, masculinity, femininity and much, much more. Whether you are a seasoned gender warrior or an armchair observer of the debates swirling around these topics today, you will find answers to your questions and concerns here. More than that, you will hear from trans, butch and gender-questioning people who, far from being examples in an argument between feminists or doctors, are living with contradiction, surviving for the most part, and, often, modeling new ways of being in the world. * Jack Halberstam, author of Female Masculinity (1998) and Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variance (2018) *This book confronts, explains, explores, deconstructs and then quite beautifully and reasonably creates space, safe space, ordered space for discussion and a far greater depth of understanding. I kept thinking throughout the book that the little kid in the baseball cap has grown up to become brilliant, brave and generous. A vital spacious text. * Juno Roche, Writer *In this brave and wise guide to the gender wars, Finn Mackay combines both personal insight and illuminating scholarship. Writing as a radical feminist and masculine-presenting female person, she brings an eye-opening perspective to the validity of marginalized identities—and she points persuasively to their importance in the revolution to overthrow male supremacy. -- John Stoltenberg, author of Refusing to Be a Man and The End of Manhood"While most people will experience my work and my being as a far left leaning enterprise in actual fact I am more interested in ‘the middle ground’, ‘the grey areas’, what I call the space of ‘queer liminality’. The first thing that strikes me, (like an ever so gentle slap in the face), about Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars, Finn Mackay’s latest public intervention, is how very similar we are, despite having a vastly different personal narrative and social circle. Finn draws upon lived experience as a female bodied person with a presentation that causes others to make assumptions about both her sex and gender identity. Finn is a questioner who eschews the comfort of binary thinking in favour of a more nuanced approach. I would even go as far to say that Finn embodies ‘true genius’ in their ability to recognize how two or more seemingly oppositional ideas can be true at the same time." Del LaGrace Volcano, Artist and Activist * Del LaGrace Volcano, Artist and Activist *Nodding along furiously and getting all sorts of feels about how none of this has been understood very much, on butch masculinity. What Finn writes is so in sync with my childhood perception of the butch women around me, those perceptions are my compass for truth because, well, I was a child, and had zero consciousness of any issue about anyone being who they are. Finn's writing nails it so well I think, it's kind of revelatory. All too often I read stuff in LGBTQI+ arenas, or feminism, and can't see it chiming at all with those women back then. Which is not necessarily a failing or criticism, just what I think. Everyone would have been passing this writing around at The Gateways though; I'm really sure of that. * Gina Ware, daughter of Gina and Ted Ware, owners of The Gateways Club; artist, designer, and film maker *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction The Scale of the Genderquake Chapter 2 Turf-Wars: Dispatches From The Wrong Sides of History Chapter 3 Butch/ering The ‘Real’ : Gender without sex Chapter 4 Voices from the Borderlands Chapter 5 Multiple Locations of Home Chapter 6 Conclusion Index
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Biteback Publishing True Colours: The Story of the First Openly
Book SynopsisIn the global theatre of contemporary warfare, courage and endurance are crucial for overcoming adversity. However, for Caroline Paige, a jet and helicopter navigator in the Royal Air Force, adversity was a common companion both on and off the field of battle.In 1999, Paige became the first ever openly serving transgender officer in the British military. Already a highly respected aviator, she rose against the extraordinary challenges placed before her to remain on the front line in the war on terror, serving a further sixteen years and flying battlefield helicopters in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.Detailing the emotional complexities of her transition, Paige reveals the external threats she faced in warzones around the world and the internal conflict she suffered while fighting prejudice at home. The result is a story of secrecy and vulnerability, of fear and courage, of challenge and hope.Criss-crossing battle lines both foreign and domestic, True Colours is the unflinchingly honest and inspirational account of one woman's venerable military career and the monumental struggle she overcame while grappling with gender identity on the quest for acceptance.
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Penguin Books Ltd Release the Beast A Drag Queens Guide to Life
Book SynopsisBimini Bon Boulash (Author) Bimini Bon Boulash is a drag performer from east London and star of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 2. She invented veganism about seven years ago.Jules Scheele (Illustrator) Jules Scheele is an illustrator, graphic facilitator and comic book artist. They have been making artwork and zines about identity and queerness for over a decade, and also illustrated Queer: A Graphic History and its follow-ups with author Meg-John Barker.
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University of Illinois Press WOMEN GENDER AND TECHNOLOGY
Book SynopsisMary Frank Fox is NSF Advance Professor in the School of Public Policy and codirector of the Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the coauthor of Women at Work.Deborah G. Johnson is the Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics and chair of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia. Her most recent book is Computer Ethics.Sue V. Rosser is dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and a professor of history, technology, and society at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her most recent book is The Science Glass Ceiling.Trade Review"This book adds a new focus to the important implications of technological influence on gender relations and the gendered construction of knowledge. I recommend this book for scholars of all disciplines who are looking for a collection of essays to extend their lens toward gender and technology."--Review of Policy Research "Crucial to deepening feminist theory as a contribution to social transformation."--Signs"A good view of a world in which technology and gender are intertwined."--JAC
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Indiana University Press Gender Violence in Russia
Book SynopsisJust a few years ago, most Russian citizens did not recognize the notion of domestic violence or acknowledge that such a problem existed. Today, after years of local and international pressure to combat violence against women, things have changed dramatically. This title examines why and how this shift occurred.Trade ReviewOverall, this is an interesting account of a period of US-led development intervention in Russia and how it was, to a greater or lesser extent, shaped by the actions and goals of feminist activists. As such, it will be relevant to anyone concerned with the way that feminist concerns and development intervention interact, and with the recent development of feminism and civil society in Russia.March 2010 * Gender & Development *...well done and well structured. ...[P]rovides a well elaborated explanatory model of the effects of foreign intervention on the articulation of gender violence and the struggle against gender violence, and the limitations of this struggle, in Russia.Vol. 69. 2 Summer 2010 -- Anna Temkina * European Univ at St. Petersburg, Russia *[T]his is a very interesting, complex and well informed study, highly recommendable not only for scholars within the field of Russian studies, but for all who are interested in global feminism, development aid, and international relations.69.3, July 2010 * The Russian Review *Gender Violence in Russia provides an excellent account of the trials and tribulations of global feminism in Russia during this last, difficult decade. Vol. 6, No. 4, 2010 * Politics and Gender *In periods of rapid social change, the poets of one ideological system or another rush to find the cogent metaphor or, more recently, the winning soundbite, that will interpret the change to suit their own ends, to control meaning. To find and sell the right descriptive phrase is to raise the flag of possession over a historical event. For example, the collapse of the Soviet Union—or, even more stridently, the U.S. victory in the Cold War—spins the end of the 1980s, the end of history, as some proclaimed it, as a triumph of righteousness, rendered even more morally spectacular by the supposed 'coldness' of the conflict, and the ushering in of a new world order. That's why a book like Janet Johnson's 'Gender Violence in Russia' is so badly needed. The conclusion Johnson's study reaches is . . . that what really works, in terms of feminist intervention, are 'alliances between global feminists and large donors.' Money talks, apparently; or rather its use in creating organizations for women's advocacy is the best agent for social change. What Johnson calls 'flexible and responsive funding' is the key, targeting funds where they are most needed and can do the most good to protect women and to begin to change cultures of violence which have proven fearfully resistant to change.July 2, 2009 -- Rick Taylor * Feminist Review *All in all, this book provides us with a primary argument about the success and failure of international intervention for women's rights, but it can be read in many different ways: as a story about women's movements, as multiple stories about developing policy agendas on different forms of gender violence, as a story about weak state capacity in post-Soviet transition states, or as a story of transnational feminist networking. The wealth of data presented allows all of these readings. I highly recommend this book. * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsPreface: Can Intervention Help Women?AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Introduction: Foreign Intervention and Gender Violence2. The Global Feminist Challenge, Communism, and Postcommunism3. The Women's Crisis Center Movement: Funding and De-funding Feminism4. Sexual Assault: The Limits of Blame and Shame5. Domestic Violence: The Benefits of Assistance6. Trafficking in Women: The Costs of State Pressure7. Conclusion: Recommendations for Future InterventionsAppendix 1. Women's Human Rights and Gender ViolenceAppendix 2. Notes on Measurement and MethodNotesWorks CitedIndex
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MIT Press Ltd DisMiss Gender
Book SynopsisA bold mix of photographs and short essays in which artists, writers, and theorists investigate and celebrate the rapidly evolving world of gender.Discuss. Discover. Disrupt. We dis- a lot in English, particularly with regard to women and queer people. Our understanding of gender is changing, and with it, so are our questions. Dis…Miss Gender? provides thoughtfully considered contributions from an intrepid group of a hundred artists and writers who explore contemporary concepts of gender. Anchored by lavish illustrations and original essays from prominent gender theorists, including Karen Tongson, Amelia Jones, and Tiffany E. Barber, plus commentary from artists, viewers, and organizations committed to equity and justice, this provocative book is the culmination of a five-year initiative by Anne Bray. Dis… Mis Gender? offers a kaleidoscopic survey of intersectionality and queer thought, as well as fourth-wave feminism,
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Open University Press SOCIOLOGY OF SEX AND SEXUALITY
Book SynopsisA Sociology of Sex and Sexuality offers an historical sociological analysis of ideas about expressions of sexual desire, combining both primary and secondary historical and theoretical material with original research and popular imagery in the contemporary context.While some reference is made to the sexual ideology of Classical Antiquity and of early Christianity, the major focus of the book is on the development of ideas about sex and sexuality in the context of modernity. It questions the widespread assumption that the anxieties and fears associated with old sexual mores have been overcome in the late twentieth century context, and asks whether the discourses of Queer sexual politics have successfully fractured the binary categories of heterosexuality and homosexuality.A Sociology of Sex and Sexuality will be of interest to students in the fields of sociology, sexual history, gender studies and cultural studies.Table of ContentsSeries editor's prefaceThe specialness of sexSex and modernityEnlightenment pleasures and bourgeois anxietiesThe science of sexPlanning sexPleasurable sexLiberalizing heterosexuality?Subverting heterosexualityFinal thoughts and questionsIndex.
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Open University Press Gender and Crime A Reader
Book SynopsisFocusing explicitly on questions of gender and crime, Evans and Jamieson guide the reader through a range of classic and groundbreaking studies, highlighting key contributions and debates and providing an indication of the new directions an engendered criminology may take us in coming years.This engaging reader is divided into five sections, mapping the theoretical, empirical, and practical developments that have endeavoured to identify the ways in which gender informs criminology. Issues addressed by the readings include: Female offending Gendered patterns of victimisation The gendered nature of social control Masculinity and crime Placing gender in an international context Evans and Jamiesonâs powerful concluding chapter clearly sets out the achievements and the challenges that the gender and crime question has posed for criminology. They argue that unless the question of gender remains at the forefront of criminological endeavours, criminology will fail Table of ContentsSection 1) Engendering the AgendaCriminological Theory: its ideology and implications concerning women Challenging Orthodoxies in feminist theory; A Black Feminist Critique Girls’ Troubles and 'Female Delinquency' Twisted Sisters, Ladettes, and the New Penology: The Social Construction of 'Violent Girls' Section 2)Engendering the VictimWomen Fight Back Typical Violence, Normal Precaution Women and the 'Fear of Crime': Challenging the Accepted Stereotype Women's Violence to Men in Intimate Relationships: Working on the puzzle Section 3) Gender and Social ControlTroublesome Girls: Towards alternative definitions and policies Magistrates Explanations of Sentencing Decisions Women's Imprisonment in England and Wales: a penal paradox Black Women and the Criminal Justice System Section 4) Engendering MasculinityBoys will be Boys Structured Action and Gendered Crime Masculinities and Crime: Rethinking the 'Man Question' Gender, Class, Racism, and Criminal Justice: against global and gender-centric theories for poststructuralist perspectivesSection 5) International DevelopmentsConstituting the Punishable Woman Globalization and Violence against women-inequalities You Deserve it Because you are Australian: the moral panic over 'ethnic gang rape'Genocide and the Social Production of ImmoralityConclusion: Gender and Crime – the Legacy?
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Open University Press Understanding Health Inequalities
Book Synopsis"Thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of Understanding Health Inequalities, edited by Hilary Graham, remains a welcome and timely contribution. Replete with thoughtful essays on health inequities analyzed in relation to societal structure, social position and geography ... the volume provides important insights into how class, racial/ethnic, gender, and spatial health inequities are produced - and how they can be rectified. The world economic crisis launched by the implosion of unregulated financial markets in the fall of 2008 only serves to underscore the volume's central conclusion: that government regulation and intervention, premised on a commitment to equity, is essential for tackling health inequalities. Health professionals, students, and any and all working for healthy and sustainable ways of living will benefit from this collection."Nancy Krieger, Harvard School of Public Health, USAUnderstanding Health Inequalities second editionTable of ContentsIntroduction1. The challenge of health inequalities Hilary GrahamPart I: Health inequalities: understanding patterns over time and place2. Life course influences on children’s futures Catherine Law3. Life course influences on health at older ages Mel Bartley & David Blane4. Geographical inequalities in health over the last century Danny Dorling & Bethan Thomas5. Neighbourhoods, social class and health Sally Macintyre & Anne Ellaway Part II: Health inequalities: understanding intersections6. Religion, ethnicity and health inequalities James Nazroo & Saffron Karlsen7. Negotiating ethnic identities and health Karl Atkin 8. Gender and socioeconomic inequalities in mortality and health behaviours: an overviewKate Hunt and G David Batty9. Class cultures and the meaning of young motherhoodNaomi Rudoe and Rachel Thomson Part III: Health inequalities: understanding policy impacts10. Unequal consequences of ill-health: researching the role of public policyMargaret Whitehead, Barbara Hanratty and Bo Burström11. Tackling health inequalities: the scope for policy Hilary Graham
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Queering Fat Embodiment
Book SynopsisCultural anxieties about fatness and the attendant stigmatisation of fat bodies, have lent a medical authority and cultural legitimacy to what can be described as 'fat-phobia'. Against the backdrop of the ever-growing medicalisation, pathologisation, and commodification of fatness, coupled with the moral panic over an alleged 'obesity epidemic', this volume brings together the latest scholarship from various critical disciplines to challenge existing ideas of fat and fat embodiment. Shedding light on the ways in which fat embodiment is lived, experienced, regulated and (re)produced across a range of cultural sites and contexts, Queering Fat Embodiment destabilises established ideas about fat bodies, making explicit the intersectionality of fat identities and thereby countering the assertion that fat studies has in recent years reproduced a white, ableist, heteronormative subjectivity in its analyses. A critical queer examination on fatness, Queering Fat Embodiment will be of interest tTrade Review’Queering Fat Embodiment is the first book to focus on the intersection of queer studies and fat studies, and promises to be a classic in its field. What could be more exciting than discussions of fat and queer fashion, desire, performance, cyberspace, and politics, as well as the fluidity of gender identity, bodies, and sexuality? It’s a great read.’ Esther D. Rothblum, San Diego State University, USA ’Queering Fat Embodiment is an important contribution to the emerging literature of Fat Studies because it restates the necessity for radical critique and makes space for anti-assimilationist activism. The book offers an exciting balance of better-known contributors and fresh new voices and I highly recommend it to anybody interested in developing a critical understanding of fat and obesity.’ Dr Charlotte Cooper, charlottecooper.net, obesitytimebomb.blogspot.co.uk, twitter.com/thebeeferTable of ContentsQueering Fat Embodiment
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Cambridge University Press Duels and Duets
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£29.99
McGill-Queen's University Press The Lord for the Body
Book SynopsisHow constructions of the body, gender, and social space informed the cultural practice of Protestant faith healing in Canada.Trade Review"Opp provides a rich context for understanding the faith healing movement. This is a unique, thorough, and masterful study." Robert Burkinshaw, dean of humanities and social sciences, Trinity Western University "No other work in Canada even begins to explore any of the issues touched by Opp. This is one of the best books in the social history of Canada." Lynne Marks, history, University of Victoria
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Beacon Press Launching While Female
Book SynopsisAn exposé of the gender gap in entrepreneurship and a road map for a more inclusive and economically successful future for us allJournalist and professor Susanne Althoff investigates the obstacles women and nonbinary entrepreneurs—especially those of color—face when launching, funding, and growing their companies, obstacles that persist because the current start-up world was engineered by and for white men. Through interviews with over a hundred founders across the country and in all industries, Althoff paints a picture of an entrepreneurial system rife with bias and discrimination, where women receive less than 3 percent of this country’s venture capital, struggle to find mentors in the wake of #MeToo, and are dismissed as “mompreneurs.”The effects of this unequal system—a weaker economy, fewer jobs, less innovation—are felt by all of us, and Althoff explains how more equitable structures in business and entrepren
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New York University Press Getting Played
Book SynopsisShows how African American young women are victimized and how they struggle to navigate a dangerous terrainTrade ReviewThe result of Millers information lode is a sometimes uplifting book. It is possible for government and private-sector programs to alleviate the violence against females, Miller believes—but not if those in charge lack the will and refuse to allocate the resources. * St. Louis Post Dispatch *It offers an in-depth examination of how class, race, gender, and educational inequalities place young African American girls in positions of powerlessness as they navigate an urban terrain that glorifies patriarchy and machismo. Getting Played is an eye-opening, emotional roller coaster that will capture your attention and heart from the first page. * The Journal of African American History *Millers analysis is spot-on and sensitive, illuminating the oft overseen effects and workings of privilege. * Feminist Review *Millers analysis is spot-on and sensitive, illuminating the oft overseen effects and workings of privilege . . . she does a great job at showing how large societal forces have very real, individual, and private consequences. * Feminist Review *Getting Played shows powerfully how gender, class, and race inequality expose girls in disadvantaged urban communities to violent and sexual victimization, both in neighborhoods and in schools. Miller expertly analyzes how extreme social and economic disadvantage combine with pervasive normative codes to create a context in which girls face high risks of victimization at the hands of boys and men. Getting Played is masterful. -- Karen Heimer,co-editor of Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and OffendingBy giving us a better understanding of how the neighborhoods and the peer culture of poor African American youth increase the risk of gendered victimization, Getting Played challenges both academics and policymakers to face the role of structured discrimination in the perpetuation of violence toward women. -- Candace Kruttschnitt,co-author of Marking Time in the Golden State: Women's Imprisonment in CaliforniaIn Getting Played, sociologist Jody Miller presents a compelling picture of this dire social problem and explains how inextricably and tragically, linked violence is to their daily lives in poor urban neighborhoods. * Harlem Book Fair *In Getting Played, sociologist Jody Miller presents a compelling picture of this dire social problem and explores how inextricably, and tragically, linked violence is to their daily lives in poor urban neighborhoods. -- QBR * The Black Book Review *Miller gives us a detailed examination of the violence experienced by Black inner city girls whose victimization is based on multiple dimensions of their lives: because they are Black, because they live in extremely disadvantaged neighborhoods, and because they are women. Millers careful, rich, detailed field work documents and analyzes the complex realities of these young womens lives that set the context for the struggles they routinely contend with. The voices of these young people have been ignored for too long. Getting Played has given them an opportunity to be heard that is long overdue. -- Robert Crutchfield,University of WashingtonMiller grabs readers attention with the stark reality of the widespread occurrence of violent victimization among the girls she studies. -- From the Foreword by Ruth D. Peterson,Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Ohio State UniversityThis is a significant and timely book. Miller has taken on a vitally important, but understudied, topicviolence against young Black girls in economically depressed urban settings. -- Dana M. Britton,author of At Work in the Iron Cage: The Prison as Gendered OrganizationTable of ContentsForeword by Ruth D. PetersonPreface Acknowledgments 1 Perspectives on Gender and Urban Violence 2 Gender 'n the 'Hood: Neighborhood Violence against Women and Girls 3 Playin' Too Much: Sexual Harassment in School4 Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself: Sexual Coercion and Violence 5 The Playa' and the Cool Pose: Gender and Relationship Violence 6 Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix: Study Participants Notes References IndexAbout the Author
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Duke University Press Cupboards of Curiosity
Book SynopsisAmelie Hastie rethinks female authorship within film history by expanding the historical archive to include dollhouses, scrapbooks, memoirs, cookbooks, and ephemera.Trade Review“[A] very interesting new book. . . . Vacillating between memoir and history, Hastie shows that these women's personal scrapbooks—often seen as tangential to film history—provide vital links between ‘women and the margins of history into which they are often placed.’ A look back you can look forward to.” - Chris Watson, Santa Cruz Sentinel“This book transports easily and reads entertainingly. It examines important ideas from a conventional setting, reinventing them through a fresh perspective in a light, anecdotal tone.” - Maree Boyce, M/C Reviews“There is much to commend in Amelie Hastie's imaginative, innovative, and feminist study of the intersections between memory, film history, and critical theory. Above all, Cupboards of Curiosity reveals new possibilities for recovering the oeuvre of women engaged in the creation of American film.” - Nancy J. Rosenbloom, Journal of American History“Amelie Hastie’s Cupboards of Curiosity: Women, Recollection, and Film History is agile and meticulous. Hastie ranges across materials and objects which have remained on the edge of most accounts of film history. In this way, Cupboards of Curiosity is engaging and revealing. . . . Hastie’s curiosity about her topic is instilled in her reader who is asked to look inside the neglected cupboards of film history and, in doing so, herself become a collaborator.” - Jane Simon, Media International Australia“Feminist scholars have long been engaged in a project to recover lost female voices, and, obviously, this is especially challenging when looking at film actresses whose images were carefully manufactured by the Hollywood star system. Fortunately, these women left behind their own documents, as seemingly mundane as notes in the margin of a book, or as fantastical as a giant dollhouse. Their history resides in these records, and Hastie beautifully and respectfully lets them speak for themselves.” - Julie Anne Taddeo, Journal of Popular Culture“[A]n enjoyable read and important scholarly work. Where Hastie excels is in the interstices of chapters—the ways in which women by historical and cultural necessity have had to negotiate the slippage between collector-historian-critic to ultimately, through collaboration, emerge as expert.” - Cara L. Cardinale, Women’s Studies“Cupboards of Curiosity is an enormously significant and important study. Amelie Hastie’s reevaluations of female authorship are brilliant, and her approach to the ‘archive’ encourages just the kind of rethinking of established ideas that one associates with the very best kind of academic work.”—Judith Mayne, author of Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture“In Amelie Hastie’s meditative and original book, the era of silent film speaks through the writings and collections of the women who made the movies—stars, directors, writers—some forgotten, most remembered for their images, not their words. Hastie models her approach to writing and theorizing film history on the novel ways her subjects themselves made history: loving attention to the fleeting and the fragmentary illuminates theories of female agency within mass-mediated modernity.”—Patricia White, author of Uninvited: Classical Hollywood Cinema and Lesbian Representability “[A] very interesting new book. . . . Vacillating between memoir and history, Hastie shows that these women's personal scrapbooks—often seen as tangential to film history—provide vital links between ‘women and the margins of history into which they are often placed.’ A look back you can look forward to.” -- Chris Watson * Santa Cruz Sentinel *“[A]n enjoyable read and important scholarly work. Where Hastie excels is in the interstices of chapters—the ways in which women by historical and cultural necessity have had to negotiate the slippage between collector-historian-critic to ultimately, through collaboration, emerge as expert.” -- Cara L. Cardinale * Women's Studies *“Amelie Hastie’s Cupboards of Curiosity: Women, Recollection, and Film History is agile and meticulous. Hastie ranges across materials and objects which have remained on the edge of most accounts of film history. In this way, Cupboards of Curiosity is engaging and revealing. . . . Hastie’s curiosity about her topic is instilled in her reader who is asked to look inside the neglected cupboards of film history and, in doing so, herself become a collaborator.” -- Jane Simon * Media International Australia *“Feminist scholars have long been engaged in a project to recover lost female voices, and, obviously, this is especially challenging when looking at film actresses whose images were carefully manufactured by the Hollywood star system. Fortunately, these women left behind their own documents, as seemingly mundane as notes in the margin of a book, or as fantastical as a giant dollhouse. Their history resides in these records, and Hastie beautifully and respectfully lets them speak for themselves.” -- Julie Anne Taddeo * Journal of Popular Culture *“There is much to commend in Amelie Hastie's imaginative, innovative, and feminist study of the intersections between memory, film history, and critical theory. Above all, Cupboards of Curiosity reveals new possibilities for recovering the oeuvre of women engaged in the creation of American film.” -- Nancy J. Rosenbloom * Journal of American History *“This book transports easily and reads entertainingly. It examines important ideas from a conventional setting, reinventing them through a fresh perspective in a light, anecdotal tone.” -- Maree Boyce * M/C Reviews *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: The Collaborator: At the Cupboards of Film History 1 1. The Collector:Material Histories, Colleen Moore’s Dollhouse, and Ephemeral Recollection 19 2. The Historian: Autobiography, Memory, and Film Form 72 3. The Critic: Louise Brooks, Star Witness 104 4. The Expert: Celebrity Knowledge and the How-tos of Film Studies 155 Notes 195 Bibliography 225 Index 239
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture
Book SynopsisThis rich collection of writings--many translated especially for this volume and some available in English for the first time--provides a journey through the history of Chinese culture, tracing the Chinese understanding of women as elucidated in writings spanning more than two thousand years. From the earliest oracle bone inscriptions of the Pre-Qin period through the poems and stories of the Song Dynasty, these works shed light on Chinese images of women and their roles in society in terms of such topics as human nature, cosmology, gender, and virtue.Trade Review. . . this work is a monumental effort on the part of the editor and contributors and can be used in many different ways and for many different purposes. The most rewarding, but also the most demanding, is to read it from cover to cover; this will afford diligent readers a wide perspective and enable them to gain a more profound understanding of the wide variety of ideologies and practices that existed in ancient China regarding women and gender, and the changes and developments in these ideas and practices through the ages. Alternatively, it can be used as a reference to locate specific texts with their translation. Not least, it can be used as a sourcebook for teaching gender in a particular dynasty, school of thought, or literary genre. --Lily Xiao Hong Lee, China Review InternationalWang's comprehensive anthology, utilizing the expertise of contemporary sinologists, historians, and philosophers, is an impressive collection of translated classical writings that provides scholars an invaluable tool for surveying the images of women across the literary landscape of China. . . . Particularly suitable as a source book not just for scholarly research but for classroom teaching as well. --Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy
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Oratia Media Pioneer Women 1 The NZ Series
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Cambridge University Press Saints Miracles and Social Problems in Italian Renaissance Art
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Cambridge University Press Jews and Leftist Politics
Book SynopsisThe relationships, past and present, between Jews and the political left remain of abiding interest to both the academic community and the public. Jews and Leftist Politics contains new and insightful chapters from world-renowned scholars and considers such matters as the political implications of Judaism; the relationships of leftists and Jews; the histories of Jews on the left in Europe, the United States, and Israel; contemporary anti-Zionism; the associations between specific Jews and Communist parties; and the importance of gendered perspectives. It also contains fresh studies of canonical figures, including Gershom Scholem, Gustav Landauer, and Martin Buber, and examines the affiliations of Jews to prominent institutions, calling into question previous widely held assumptions. The volume is characterized by judicious appraisals made by respected authorities, and sheds considerable light on contentious themes.Trade Review'This is an admirable and diverse set of essays which provides considerable food for thought - a real contribution to an understanding of the relationship between Jews and leftist politics.' Colin Shindler, Fathom'The topics covered range from reflections on modernity and capitalism, socialist Zionism, Jews and Communism in the Soviet Union and Poland, and Jews and American Communism to radical Jewish women in Imperial Russia. They include focused discussions on Gershom Scholem, Gustav Landauer, Martin Buber, Isaac Deutscher, the electoral left in New York during World War II, and Jewish contributions to the New School for Social Research.' Juliana Geran Pilon, Israel Journal of Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction Jack Jacobs; Part I. Political Implications of Judaism: 1. The strangeness of Jewish Leftism Michael Walzer; Part II. Antisemitism and the Left: 2. The dualisms of capitalist modernity: reflections on history, the Holocaust, and antisemitism Moishe Postone; 3. Marxism's other Jewish questions Lars Fischer; Part III. Israel, Zionism, and the Left: 4. Socialist Zionism and nation building Anita Shapira; 5. Delegitimation of Israel or social-historical analysis? The debate over Zionism as a colonial settler movement Yoav Peled; 6. Does the Left have a Zionist problem? From the general to particular Mitchell Cohen; Part IV. Jews and Communism: 7. Jews and Communism in the Soviet Union and Poland Antony Polonsky; 8. Jews and American Communism Harvey Klehr; Part V. Gendered Perspectives: 9. Gesia Gelfman: a Jewish woman on the Left in Imperial Russia Barbara Alpern Engel; 10. Manya Schochat and her travelling guns: Jewish radical women from Progrom self-defense to the first Kibbutzim Deborah Hertz; 11. The gender of Jews and the politics of women: a reflection Alice Kessler-Harris; Part VI. Canonical Figures: 12. Gershom Scholem and the Left Steven E. Aschheim; 13. The romantic Socialism of Gustav Landauer Michael Löwy; 14. Martin Buber between Left and Right Uri Ram; Part VII. Case Studies: 15. The Soviet Union, Jewish concerns, and the New York electoral Left, 1939–44 Daniel Soyer; 16. Jews and the Left at the New School Judith Friedlander; 17. Deutscher and Jews: on the non-Jewish Jew - an analysis and personal reflection Samuel Farber.
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Cambridge University Press Family and Gender in Renaissance Italy 13001600
Book SynopsisThis book studies family life and gender broadly within Italy, not just one region or city, from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries. Paternal control of the household was paramount in Italian life at this time, with control of property and even marital choices and career paths laid out for children and carried out from beyond the grave by means of written testaments. However, the reality was always more complex than a simple reading of local laws and legal doctrines would seem to permit, especially when there were no sons to step forward as heirs. Family disputes provided an opening for legal ambiguities to redirect property and endow women with property and means of control. This book uses the decisions of lawyers and judges to examine family dynamics through the lens of law and legal disputes.Trade Review'This book is a fascinating study of law as a living thing in Renaissance Italy. As Kuehn demonstrates with his characteristic mastery, the elaborate provisions of substantive law were inadequate to the complexities posed by real families. Family law, accordingly, was constantly made and remade by the jurists operating at the interface between doctrine and practice.' Daniel Lord Smail, Harvard University, Massachusetts'There is no better text for grasping the complicated dynamics of law, gender, and family life that shaped culture and social life in Renaissance Italy. Kuehn's acute analysis and clear prose bring readers directly in to the most significant archival research, suggest fascinating research questions, and open lively conversation on current debates.' Nicholas Terpstra, University of Toronto'Innovative in its comparative approach, Kuehn's study examines the intersection of law and family life in cities and towns during the Italian Renaissance. His impressive mastery of legal sources allow him to map the complexity of gender and family across three centuries. Scholars of the Renaissance, legal history, gender and the history of the family will find this work a critical point of departure for their studies and an invaluable synthesis of recent research.' Caroline Castiglione, Brown University, Rhode Island'Family and Gender in Renaissance Italy, 1300–1600 is a magisterial study of the relationship between law as well as medieval and Renaissance Italian society (family, gender, marriage, inheritance, religion) by the pre-eminent scholar in the field.' William P. Caferro, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee'Law was a ubiquitous dimension of life in medieval and early-modern Italy, not least in relation to private life: gender, family, household, marriage, patriarchy, and inheritance. Thomas Kuehn's book offers a sure guide to this world. The fruit of a career dedicated to understanding both the common law and local statutory law, Family and Gender in Renaissance Italy, 1300–1600 is a virtuoso meditation on the early Italian family.' Lawrin Armstrong, University of Toronto, Canada'Kuehn (Clemson) bases this sociolegal study of Renaissance Italy on litigation documents and texts of the 'common law' (ius commune) of Continental Europe (whether Roman, canon, feudal, or local) regarding paternal power (over families, households, wives, and children), marriage, property transfer across generations, societal considerations of gender, and kinship or lineage. Kuehn's use of printed consilia - the formal opinions written by lawyers acting as their clients' advocates or as counsel for judges - provides the pioneering methodology for his interlocking inquiries. … While the densely textured discussion of consilia regarding inheritance provides the heart of the study, Kuehn subsequently illustrates how growing state paternalism, the increasing privileging of agnatic lineage, and reluctance by jurists and legislators to craft a reformed doctrinal order led to a legal stasis in family matters that lasted beyond the 16th century. A listing of important jurists, a glossary of legal terms, and a bibliographic essay complete the volume. … Recommended.' R. C. Figueira, CHOICE'Kuehn masterfully maps the complexity of law across three centuries. … Kuehn's rich work is a masterclass in how to bring together a richly-illustrated multi-layered historical account from complex legal sources. The annotated bibliographies at the end of each chapter invite further exploration. This is a must-read for any student of gender and family in Renaissance Italy, as well as any student of legal history.' Liise Lehtsalu, European History Quarterly'Already the author of three books on law and social practice in Renaissance Florence, Thomas Kuehn now extends the scope of his work to cover Italy as a whole, including Southern Italy, on a comparative basis.' Christine Meek, Renaissance Quarterly'Few historians have treated the legal underpinnings of the social fabric so deftly and in such detail as Thomas Kuehn. Family and Gender in Renaissance Italy is a sweeping survey that consolidates the findings of the author's earlier studies on emancipation, illegitimacy, heirs and creditors, and law, family, and women. … Kuehn's major point is quite well taken: that neither the history of the family nor the history of law considered separately will provide a satisfactory understanding of the early modern social and political order. For that observation, developed cogently throughout, we are deeply in the author's debt.' Philip Gavitt, The American Historical Review'The book complements Kuehn's previous work on the intersections of law, family ties, women's roles, illegitimacy, and issues of inheritance in Renaissance Florence … which offers new avenues for scholarly exploration. This excellent study vividly exposes the ambiguities found in legal and social practices that created more flexible forms of family life than one rigid patriarchal and patrilineal system in Renaissance Italy.' Megan Moran, Journal of Social HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; List of jurists; Consilia; Statutes; Introduction. Families, culture, and law in Renaissance Italy, 1300–1600; 1. Family in law and culture; 2. Gender in law and culture; 3. Family life and the laws; 4. Household: marriage and married life; 5. Inheritance: intestacy; 6. Inheritance: testaments; 7. Paternalism: family and state; 8. Crisis of family and succession?; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Nine to Five
Book SynopsisNine to Five provides a lively and accessible introduction to the laws and policies regulating sex, sexuality, and gender identity in the American workplace. Contemporary cases and events reveal the breadth and persistence of sexism and gender stereotyping. Through a series of essays organized around sex discrimination, sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and pay equity, the book highlights legal rules and doctrines that privilege men over women and masculinity over femininity. In understanding the law - what it forbids, what it allows, and to what it turns a blind eye - we see why it is far too soon to declare the triumph of working women''s equality. Despite significant gains for women, gender continues to define the work experience in both predictable and surprising ways. A witty and engaging guide to the legal terrain, Nine to Five also proposes solutions to the many obstacles that remain on the path to equality.Trade Review'If you think that gender inequality is a thing of the past, guess again. In this broad-ranging book, Joanna Grossman combines her extraordinary legal expertise about sex discrimination in the workplace with a brilliant diagnostic eye for how specific workplace practices continue to maintain an unfair and unequal playing field for women. Drawing on dozens of specific cases of mistreatment of women, Grossman shows the myriad ways in which society expects women to enter the workplace at their own risk and on someone else's terms … and be grateful for it. Many chapters, written contemporaneously with the case reported on, are followed by updates showing how the law continues to evolve or, more often than not, how it remains the same. The book epitomizes the power of concrete examples to test generalizations about how far we have come toward gender equality, and how far we have left to go.' Katharine T. Bartlett, A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law'Despite a half century of laws and policies on gender equality, the United States is a significant distance from achieving it. Nine to Five is a highly insightful and lively account of what stands in the way. Joanna Grossman brings wit, eloquence and a wealth of knowledge to the persistent problems that women confront in American workplaces. Her proposed solutions redefine the agenda in our struggle for truly equal opportunity.' Deborah Rhode, Professor of Law, and Director, Center on the Legal Profession, Stanford University'Joanna L. Grossman's Nine to Five offers an insightful and wonderfully readable introduction to how the law governs sex, sexuality, and gender identity in the workplace. The book makes clear that gender continues to shape the policies and practices that Americans encounter at work. Nine to Five is a valuable resource for policymakers, students, scholars, employers, and employees.' Jill Elaine Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law SchoolTable of ContentsForeword Barbara Babcock; Preface; Part I. What Is Sex Discrimination?: 1. Sexual jealousy; 2. Too hot to be a dental hygienist?; 3. A twist on the problem of sex inequality in coaching; 4. Mixed motives; 5. Sex stereotyping and dress codes; 6. A victory for transgender employees; 7. How fast must female transit officers run?; 8. Who is protected by anti-discrimination laws?; 9. Punishing the coach who stood up for his female athletes; 10. Broader protection against workplace retaliation; 11. The Supreme Court protects retaliation victims, but still leaves gaps in the law; Part II. Sexual Harassment: 12. Workplace affairs and sexual favoritism; 13. Lolita at the office; 14. Sex talk in the writers' room; 15. Sex behind bars; 16. When the supervisor bullies only women; 17. The equal opportunity harasser; 18. Periodontal perils; 19. Punishing effeminacy; 20. Late night affairs with David Letterman; 21. Why Herman Cain has not been able to talk his way out of his exploding sexual harassment scandal; 22. Why hostile environment harassment is a 'continuing violation'; 23. When sexual extortion is successful; 24. The consequences of failing to complain about harassment; 25. Who is responsible for sudden, severe harassment?; 26. Chinks in the harassment law armor; 27. Do employer efforts prevent harassment or just prevent liability?; 28. Who's the boss?; 29. Costly mistakes; 30. Hands off the merchandise; Part III. Pregnant Women and Mothers at Work: 31. Pregnant truckers and the problem of light-duty assignments; 32. A big win for pregnant police officers; 33. Undue burden; 34. Hard labor: new pregnancy discrimination guidance from the EEOC; 35. Forceps delivery: the Supreme Court narrowly saves the pregnancy discrimination act in Young vs UPS; 36. The Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act: a time for change?; 37. The Supreme Court deals a blow to once-pregnant retirees; 38. If she don't win it's a shame; 39. Must employers who cover prescriptions cover contraception?; 40. Fertile ground for discrimination; 41. Can a woman be fired for absenteeism related to fertility treatments?; 42. Is lactation related to pregnancy?; 43. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act reaches advanced maternal age; 44. A victory for families, but hardly a panacea; 45. A small step in the right direction: the Family and Medical Leave Act at twenty; 46. 'Best practices' to promote work/family balance; Part IV. Female Breadwinners and the Glass Ceiling: 47. The Supreme Court slams the door on pay discrimination claims; 48. A call for congressional action to remedy pay inequality; 49. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; 50. Taking stock: is the Ledbetter Act working?; 51. The lady in red; 52. Unfinished business; 53. Will ABA's proposed solutions for gender inequity work?; 54. Equality still elusive for women in the federal workforce; 55. 'Girlie men'; 56. Playing 'too womany' and the problem of masculinity in sport; 57. Binders for women, blinders for Romney; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Performing Endurance
Book SynopsisOffers a formal account and theory of endurance as a practice in performance art and protest. Discusses influential performances by Marina Abramović, Chris Burden, Tehching Hsieh, Yoko Ono, and others, as well as 1960s lunch counter sit-ins and twenty-first-century protest camps. Essential reading in performance theory, art history, and political activism.Trade Review'Lara Shalson's Performing Endurance is an original, bold, and impeccably lucid encounter with endurance art. Shalson's writing carries a deep and abiding sympathy for what it means to endure, to survive the situation in which one finds oneself: say, in art, in life, in conflict, or in love. This book will make an urgent and compelling contribution to theatre and performance studies now, and to broader political considerations of how and with what means one may endure, together and apart, in difficult or uncertain times.' Dominic Johnson, Queen Mary, University of London'In this excellent, elegantly written, and tautly argued book, Lara Shalson offers nothing less than a profound rethinking of key works and concepts in performance art practice and theory … the distinctive contribution this book makes to performance art discourse will endure.' Heike Roms, Contemporary Theatre Review'Shalson's theorisation of endurance, and its delineation as performance structure, is taut and precise, enabling generative readings of performance events as ambivalent, discomforting and yet deeply ethical in the way that they force artists and spectators alike to negotiate interpersonal relations and politically charged power structures … her argument is elegant and far-reaching.' Roberta Mock, Times Higher Education'Performing Endurance is a valuable resource for scholars toiling to spotlight the rich and varied mechanisms at work in performance art. Shalson's study will undoubtedly serve as a springboard for researchers looking to extend discussions on crucial aesthetic investments in endurance and as a model for scholars invested in parsing the urgent affinities between performance structures and protest tactics.' Raegan Truax, Modern Drama'Through Performing Endurance, well-known works of art are returned to and seen in a rigorously new and resolutely political light … Shalson's book will sit alongside works by Peggy Phelan and Rebecca Schneider with Amelia Jones not too far away … Her writing equals publications by these thinkers in significance and rigor …' Nik Wakefield, The Drama ReviewTable of ContentsList of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Enduring objecthood; 2. Enduring protests; 3. Enduring life; 4. Enduring documents; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Transforming Gender Citizenship
Book SynopsisGender quotas are a controversial policy measure. However, over the past twenty years they have been widely adopted around the world and especially in Europe. They are now used in politics, corporate boards, state and local public administration and even in civil society organizations. This book explores this unprecedented phenomenon, providing a unique comparative perspective on gender quotas'' adoption across thirteen European countries. It also studies resistance to gender quotas by political parties and supreme courts. Providing up-to-date comprehensive data on gender quotas regulations, Transforming Gender Citizenship proposes a typology of countries, from those which have embraced gender quotas as a new way to promote gender equality in all spheres of social life, to those who have consistently refused gender quotas as a tool for gender equality. Reflecting on divergences and commonalities across Europe, the authors analyze how gender quotas may transform dominant conception of Table of ContentsIntroduction: completing the unfinished task? Gender quotas and the ongoing struggle for women's empowerment in Europe Éléonore Lépinard and Ruth Rubio Marín; Part I. Gender Quotas as Transformative Equality Remedies: 1. Gender quotas in Belgium: consolidating the citizenship model while challenging the conception of gender equality Petra Meier; 2. The French parity reform: the never-ending quest for a new gender equality principle Eléonore Lépinard; 3. The role of gender quotas in establishing the Slovene citizenship model: from gender blind to gender sensitive Milica Antić Gaber and Irena Selišnik; 4. Gender quotas in Spain: broad coverage, uneven treatment Tània Verge and Emanuela Lombardo; Part II. Gender Quotas as Symbolic Equality Remedies: 5. The protracted struggle for gender quotas in Greek politics: constitutional reform and feminist mobilization in the EU context Dia Anagnostou; 6. Eppur si muove: the tortuous adoption and implementation of gender quotas in conservative Italy Alessia Donà; 7. From electoral to corporate board quotas: the case of Portugal Ana Espírito-Santo; 8. Gender quotas and women's solidarity as a challenge to the gender regime in Poland Anna Śledzińska-Simon; Part III. Gender Quotas as Corrective Equality Remedies: 9. Quota contagion in Germany: diffusion, derailment, and the quest for parity democracy Sabine Lang; 10. The Austrian paradox: the challenges to transform a conservative gender regime Nora Gresch and Birgit Sauer; Part IV. Gender Quotas as Accessory Equality Measures: 11. The 'natural' prolongation of the Norwegian gender equality policy institution Mari Teigen; 12. Gender equality without legislated quotas in Sweden Lenita Freidenvall; 13. Gender equality without gender quotas: dilemmas in the Danish approach to gender equality and citizenship Lise Rolandsen Agustín, Birte Siim and Anette Borchorst; Conclusion. Assessing the transformative potential of gender quotas for gender equality and democratic citizenship Éléonore Lépinard and Ruth Rubio Marín.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies
Book SynopsisThis Companion provides a guide to queer inquiry in literary and cultural studies. The essays represent new and emerging areas, including transgender studies, indigenous studies, disability studies, queer of color critique, performance studies, and studies of digital culture. Rather than being organized around a set of literary texts defined by a particular theme, literary movement, or demographic, this volume foregrounds a queer critical approach that moves across a wide array of literary traditions, genres, historical periods, national contexts, and media. This book traces the intellectual and political emergence of queer studies, addresses relevant critical debates in the field, provides an overview of queer approaches to genres, and explains how queer approaches have transformed understandings of key concepts in multiple fields.Trade Review'The collection is both an invaluable and authoritative resource for scholars and an excellent teaching tool for use in the classroom.' A. J. Ramirez, ChoiceTable of ContentsPart I. Genealogies; 1. Genealogies of Queer Theory Kadji Amin; 2. Queer Writing, Queer Politics: Working Across Difference Keguro Macharia; Part II. Confluences; 3. Convergence, Dissymmetry, Duplicities: Enactments of Queer of Color Critique Chandan Reddy; 4. Transgender Studies, or How to Do Things With Trans* Cáel Keegan; 5. Queer Indigenous Studies, or Thirza Cuthand's Indigequeer Film June Scudeler; 6. Queer Disability Studies Alison Kafer; 7. Queer Ecologies Nicole Seymour; Part III. Representation; 8. Queer Poetics: Deviant swerves, in three Ren (Rachel) Ellis Neyra; 9. Queer Narrative Anne Mulhall; 10. Trace a Vanishing: or, Queer Performance Study Nadia Ellis; 11. Queer and Trans Studies in Pop Culture: Transgender Tripping Points in the Carceral State Erica Rand; 12. Queer Digital Cultures Kate O'Riordan; Part IV. Key Words; 13. Queer Diasporic Crossings and the Persistence of Desire in The Book of Salt Martin Joseph Ponce; 14. Diaspora, Displacement, and Belonging: The Politics of Family and the Future of Queer Kinship Richard T. Rodríguez; 15. Queer Critical Regionalism J. Samaine Lockwood.
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Cambridge University Press Creating Equality at Home
Book SynopsisCreating Equality at Home tells the fascinating stories of 25 couples around the world whose everyday decisions about sharing the housework and childcare - from who cooks the food, washes the dishes, and helps with homework, to who cuts back on paid work - all add up to a gender revolution. From North and South America to Europe, Asia, and Australia, these couples tell a story of similarity despite vast cultural differences. By rejecting the prescription that men''s identities are determined by paid work and women''s by motherhood, the couples show that men can put family first and are as capable of nurturing as women, and that women can pursue careers as seriously as their husbands do - bringing profound rewards for men, women, marriage, and children. Working couples with children will discover that equality is possible and exists right now.Trade Review'Fascinating real-life examples of how couples around the world are creating equality in family work, demonstrating that individual choices and decisions can thwart social norms and structural forces and that gender equality exists "right now in unlikely places'.' The Bookseller'This is an impressive work; both for its scope of research and its optimism that equality at a household level is possible. The stories provide much-needed nuance to the lives of couples who 'undo gender' and how women, men, and children benefit from equal sharing.' Gary Barker, President and CEO, Promundo, USA, and co-author of State of the World's Fathers'It is the most compelling and inspirational book about involved fathering to appear in decades. Not only are the couples' stories illuminated with sensitivity to cultural and political differences, but personal struggles and inter-generational tensions are expertly discussed. This is the best book on family labor-sharing.' Scott Coltrane, sociologist, Provost Emeritus, University of Oregon, and author of Gender and Families'The authors successfully solve the puzzle of how couples can resist the dominant gender norms surrounding them. This fascinating book demonstrates that, beyond cultural and institutional differences, fathers benefit from equality as much as mothers when they contribute in tandem with their partner to shape a new and fairer world.' Jeanne Fagnani, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Paris-Sorbonne, France, and co-author of Fathers and MothersWe have been given an exceptionally comprehensive account of how heterosexual couples throughout the globe endeavor to create domestic equality. The stories demonstrate how, under the right social conditions, partners can overcome barriers to forge equal relationships. This is an indispensable guide for dismantling the outdated norms and structures that support gender inequality.' Kathleen Gerson, Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Science, New York UniversityThis is a fascinating book, providing riveting stories that show how couples around the world become resisters and “undo gender.” Other books explain inequality, while this important book explains equality and how it can be accomplished. Couples attempting to reconcile work and family, seasoned activists and scholars, graduates and undergraduates should read it.' Naomi Gerstel, Distinguished University Professor, University of Massachusetts, and co-author of Unequal Time'This book is a perfect blend of scholarly analysis and compelling personal stories of couples who have bucked gender norms to create equality in their homes. From 22 countries across the globe, these men and women provide road maps for undoing gender and make a powerful case for the tremendous rewards that follow from embracing equality.' Ronnie Janoff-Bulman, Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, and author of Shattered Assumptions'This is the collection I have been waiting for. The editors bring together a brilliant group of scholars from around the world to share stories of equal-sharing couples in 22 countries. They provide a wonderful journey through 60/60 parenting in Israel, dismantling housewifization in Indonesia, flying towards equality in Honduras, and more.' Gayle Kaufman, Nancy and Erwin Maddrey Professor of Sociology, Davidson College, and author of Superdads'This creative book analyses the sharing process established by couples from different cultures. Based on international comparisons, it highlights the benefits of egalitarian couples who fairly split domestic tasks. It is a truly amazing book for mapping out a household's journey towards gender equality!' Hélène Périvier, economist, Director of the Programme de Recherche et D'Enseignement de Savoirs sur le Genre (PRESAGE), and co-author of Le Deuxième ge de L'émancipation'This innovative book demonstrates, using interviews from 22 countries, how couples undo gender by describing a typical day in their lives. I would recommend the book for every family (and to academics researching families) to become happy in their own way.' Andrea Pető, Professor, Central European University, Hungary, and co-editor of Gendered Wars, Gendered Memories'While gender inequality at home seems intractable, this study shows that equal sharing is possible and a common methodology across cases reveals the conditions under which it happens. With vivid qualitative data and an engaging writing, this book is a superb teaching resource as well as a must-have for researchers.' Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology, Boston College, and author of After the Gig'Here is a book with a mission. Its goal is to inject some optimism into debates that focus on the persistence of 'traditional' gender roles in housework and childcare. It's an uplifting account and an informative read.' Jacqueline Scott, Emerita Professor of Empirical Sociology, University of Cambridge'For anyone interested in relationships or gender, this unique compilation of case studies on gender resisters is a must read. The authors show what gender resisters share, regardless of nationality, and convincingly demonstrate how equality is achieved as well as the benefits it affords for both women and men.' Janice M. Steil, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Adelphi University, and author of Marital Equality'Creating Equality at Home explores 25 cases around the world that are exceptions to that trend, assessing the experiences and strategies of couples in 22 countries for creating equity at home.' S. K. Gallagher, ChoiceTable of ContentsSetting the Stage: 1. Introduction Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; 2. Past and current research Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; Consciously Creating Equality: 3. Israel Ruth A. Gaunt; 4. Honduras Erin Murphy-Graham; 5. Montenegro Milena Račeta Stojanović; 6. Switzerland Julia C. Nentwich, Stefanie Schälin and Wiebke Tennhoff; 7. Sweden Linda Haas and Leslie Stanley Stevens; Violating Social Norms: 8. Indonesia Siti Kusujiarti; 9. Croatia Lynette Šikić-Mićanović; 10. Bhutan Dolma Choden Roder and Tashi Choden; 11. Hungary Judit Takaìcs; 12. USA: California Alicia Maìrquez; Prioritizing Family: 13. USA: New England Francine M. Deutsch; 14. Brazil Maria Auxiliadora Dessen and Claìudio V. Torres; 15. Australia Judy Rose and Janeen Baxter; 16. Singapore Karen Mui-Teng Quek and Carmen Knudson-Martin; Drawing on Lessons from Families of Origin: 17. Austria Sabine Buchebner-Ferstl and Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve; 18. Turkey Cagla Diner; 19. Czech Republic Hana Mařikova; 20. People's Republic of China Yifei Shen (translated by Jiayi Qian); 21. Slovenia Živa Humer and Metka Kuhar; Using Government Policies: 22. Iceland Ingoìlfur V. Giìslason; 23. Germany Anna Dechant, Harald Rost and Florian Schulz; 24. United Kingdom Oriel Sullivan; 25. Portugal Karin Wall, Vanessa Cunha and Sofia Marinho; What We Have Learned: 26. Undoing gender: different cultures, similar stories Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; 27. Conclusion: the paths to equality Francine M. Deutsch, Ruth A. Gaunt and Madison E. Richards; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Creating Equality at Home
Book SynopsisCreating Equality at Home tells the fascinating stories of 25 couples around the world whose everyday decisions about sharing the housework and childcare - from who cooks the food, washes the dishes, and helps with homework, to who cuts back on paid work - all add up to a gender revolution. From North and South America to Europe, Asia, and Australia, these couples tell a story of similarity despite vast cultural differences. By rejecting the prescription that men''s identities are determined by paid work and women''s by motherhood, the couples show that men can put family first and are as capable of nurturing as women, and that women can pursue careers as seriously as their husbands do - bringing profound rewards for men, women, marriage, and children. Working couples with children will discover that equality is possible and exists right now.Trade Review'Fascinating real-life examples of how couples around the world are creating equality in family work, demonstrating that individual choices and decisions can thwart social norms and structural forces and that gender equality exists "right now in unlikely places'.' The Bookseller'This is an impressive work; both for its scope of research and its optimism that equality at a household level is possible. The stories provide much-needed nuance to the lives of couples who 'undo gender' and how women, men, and children benefit from equal sharing.' Gary Barker, President and CEO, Promundo, USA, and co-author of State of the World's Fathers'It is the most compelling and inspirational book about involved fathering to appear in decades. Not only are the couples' stories illuminated with sensitivity to cultural and political differences, but personal struggles and inter-generational tensions are expertly discussed. This is the best book on family labor-sharing.' Scott Coltrane, sociologist, Provost Emeritus, University of Oregon, and author of Gender and Families'The authors successfully solve the puzzle of how couples can resist the dominant gender norms surrounding them. This fascinating book demonstrates that, beyond cultural and institutional differences, fathers benefit from equality as much as mothers when they contribute in tandem with their partner to shape a new and fairer world.' Jeanne Fagnani, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Paris-Sorbonne, France, and co-author of Fathers and MothersWe have been given an exceptionally comprehensive account of how heterosexual couples throughout the globe endeavor to create domestic equality. The stories demonstrate how, under the right social conditions, partners can overcome barriers to forge equal relationships. This is an indispensable guide for dismantling the outdated norms and structures that support gender inequality.' Kathleen Gerson, Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Science, New York UniversityThis is a fascinating book, providing riveting stories that show how couples around the world become resisters and “undo gender.” Other books explain inequality, while this important book explains equality and how it can be accomplished. Couples attempting to reconcile work and family, seasoned activists and scholars, graduates and undergraduates should read it.' Naomi Gerstel, Distinguished University Professor, University of Massachusetts, and co-author of Unequal Time'This book is a perfect blend of scholarly analysis and compelling personal stories of couples who have bucked gender norms to create equality in their homes. From 22 countries across the globe, these men and women provide road maps for undoing gender and make a powerful case for the tremendous rewards that follow from embracing equality.' Ronnie Janoff-Bulman, Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, and author of Shattered Assumptions'This is the collection I have been waiting for. The editors bring together a brilliant group of scholars from around the world to share stories of equal-sharing couples in 22 countries. They provide a wonderful journey through 60/60 parenting in Israel, dismantling housewifization in Indonesia, flying towards equality in Honduras, and more.' Gayle Kaufman, Nancy and Erwin Maddrey Professor of Sociology, Davidson College, and author of Superdads'This creative book analyses the sharing process established by couples from different cultures. Based on international comparisons, it highlights the benefits of egalitarian couples who fairly split domestic tasks. It is a truly amazing book for mapping out a household's journey towards gender equality!' Hélène Périvier, economist, Director of the Programme de Recherche et D'Enseignement de Savoirs sur le Genre (PRESAGE), and co-author of Le Deuxième ge de L'émancipation'This innovative book demonstrates, using interviews from 22 countries, how couples undo gender by describing a typical day in their lives. I would recommend the book for every family (and to academics researching families) to become happy in their own way.' Andrea Pető, Professor, Central European University, Hungary, and co-editor of Gendered Wars, Gendered Memories'While gender inequality at home seems intractable, this study shows that equal sharing is possible and a common methodology across cases reveals the conditions under which it happens. With vivid qualitative data and an engaging writing, this book is a superb teaching resource as well as a must-have for researchers.' Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology, Boston College, and author of After the Gig'Here is a book with a mission. Its goal is to inject some optimism into debates that focus on the persistence of 'traditional' gender roles in housework and childcare. It's an uplifting account and an informative read.' Jacqueline Scott, Emerita Professor of Empirical Sociology, University of Cambridge'For anyone interested in relationships or gender, this unique compilation of case studies on gender resisters is a must read. The authors show what gender resisters share, regardless of nationality, and convincingly demonstrate how equality is achieved as well as the benefits it affords for both women and men.' Janice M. Steil, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Adelphi University, and author of Marital Equality'Creating Equality at Home explores 25 cases around the world that are exceptions to that trend, assessing the experiences and strategies of couples in 22 countries for creating equity at home.' S. K. Gallagher, ChoiceTable of ContentsSetting the Stage: 1. Introduction Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; 2. Past and current research Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; Consciously Creating Equality: 3. Israel Ruth A. Gaunt; 4. Honduras Erin Murphy-Graham; 5. Montenegro Milena Račeta Stojanović; 6. Switzerland Julia C. Nentwich, Stefanie Schälin and Wiebke Tennhoff; 7. Sweden Linda Haas and Leslie Stanley Stevens; Violating Social Norms: 8. Indonesia Siti Kusujiarti; 9. Croatia Lynette Šikić-Mićanović; 10. Bhutan Dolma Choden Roder and Tashi Choden; 11. Hungary Judit Takaìcs; 12. USA: California Alicia Maìrquez; Prioritizing Family: 13. USA: New England Francine M. Deutsch; 14. Brazil Maria Auxiliadora Dessen and Claìudio V. Torres; 15. Australia Judy Rose and Janeen Baxter; 16. Singapore Karen Mui-Teng Quek and Carmen Knudson-Martin; Drawing on Lessons from Families of Origin: 17. Austria Sabine Buchebner-Ferstl and Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve; 18. Turkey Cagla Diner; 19. Czech Republic Hana Mařikova; 20. People's Republic of China Yifei Shen (translated by Jiayi Qian); 21. Slovenia Živa Humer and Metka Kuhar; Using Government Policies: 22. Iceland Ingoìlfur V. Giìslason; 23. Germany Anna Dechant, Harald Rost and Florian Schulz; 24. United Kingdom Oriel Sullivan; 25. Portugal Karin Wall, Vanessa Cunha and Sofia Marinho; What We Have Learned: 26. Undoing gender: different cultures, similar stories Francine M. Deutsch and Ruth A. Gaunt; 27. Conclusion: the paths to equality Francine M. Deutsch, Ruth A. Gaunt and Madison E. Richards; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Vernacular Rights Cultures
Book SynopsisVernacular Rights Cultures offers a bold challenge to the dominant epistemologies and political practices of global human rights. It argues that decolonising global human rights calls for a serious epistemic accounting of the historically and politically specific encounters with human rights, and of the forms of world-making that underpin the stakes and struggles for rights and human rights around the globe. Through combining ethnographic investigations with political theory and philosophy, it goes beyond critiquing the Eurocentrism of global human rights, in order to document and examine the different political imaginaries, critical conceptual vocabularies, and gendered political struggles for rights and justice that animate subaltern mobilisations in ''most of the world''. Vernacular Rights Cultures demonstrates that these subaltern struggles call into being different and radical ideas of justice, politics and citizenship, and open up different possibilities and futures for human rights.Trade Review'Vernacular Rights Cultures: The Politics of Origins, Human Rights and Gendered Struggles for Justice should be essential reading for all political and feminist theorists working on the concept of human rights. In this profoundly original book, Madhok offers us a way through and beyond choices between 'west' and 'non-west' in human rights theory. She shows us that the choice between universalism and particularism in rights theory is mistaken, and that rights are always produced and put to work as part of political struggles in a vernacular which is neither fixed nor self-contained. She uses the tools of feminist historical ontology and ethnography to demonstrate how epistemic agency and authority in the conception of rights is constructed, reconstructed and mobilised within the political imaginaries of haq by women living multiple axes of oppression.' Kimberly Hutchings, author of Time and World politics: Thinking the Present'This remarkably original and sophisticated exploration of vernacular rights cultures shifts the epistemic centre of global human rights scholarship. Through the innovative methodological device of feminist historical ontology, and her ethnographic study of the idea of haq, Sumi Madhok offers an alternative conceptual apparatus to register the epistemic presence of subaltern groups in the Global South, and to understand how gendered subjects of rights come into being in the vernacular. Madhok's book is a stellar contribution to the decolonization of the political theory of human rights as well as to the field of global intellectual history.' Niraja Gopal Jayal, author of Citizenship and its Discontents: An Indian History'Madhok's book marks a powerful intervention in existing mainstream as well as critical scholarship on human rights and gender justice. It makes visible the ontological and epistemic violence inflicted by dominant human rights on subaltern groups. By foregrounding conceptual innovations from the standpoint of subaltern struggles and within a vernacular rights culture, this book opens space for a productive engagement with rights. In relating different stories about human rights and modes of subject formation through a shift in standpoint, Madhok offers a radical reorientation and revisioning of human rights scholarship grounded in alternative political imaginaries. Vernacular Rights Cultures is a work that 'most of the world' has been waiting for!' Ratna Kapur, author of Gender, Alterity and Human Rights: Freedom in a Fishbowl'How do you decolonize human rights? You begin by paying attention to how people pursue rights in most of the world. Seemingly obvious, what this book does is urge us not to see subaltern rights struggles as merely talking back to the centre. If we examine the deployment of rights by tenant farmers in Pakistan, Indigenous peoples in India, desert dwellers in Rajasthan, we can find those moments when an epistemic shift takes place and suddenly we see peeping through the human rights frames we know so well an alternate universe where food security is possible, forests are preserved, and people demand not equality but a future. Through her deeply attentive scholarship Madhok offers us the best gift of all: critique with the possibility of transformation.' Sherene H. Razack, author of Dying from Improvement: Inquests and Inquiries into Indigenous Deaths in CustodyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; 1. An Introduction: Vernacular Rights Cultures in South Asia and Decolonizing Human Rights; 2. Human Rights, Political Agency, and Refusing the Politics of Origins; 3. Assembling a Feminist Historical Ontology of Haq in South Asia; 4. The Political Imaginaries of Haq: 'Citizenship' and 'Truth'; 5. Resisting Developmentalism and the Military: Haq as a Cosmological Idea and an Islamic Ideal; 6. Conceptual Diversity, Feminist Historical Ontology and a Critical Reflexive Politics of Location: A Conclusion; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.
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