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Book SynopsisAcross the globe, a growing number of social movements, such as demonstrations in support of equal civil status or reproductive freedom and against sexualized violence, show that women's and gender rights are highly contested. Against the backdrop of a long history of unequal rights implementation, the contributors to this volume deal with the questions of why and in which ways gender equality has become contested in various political contexts. Local case studies examine the relevant structural, institutional, and socio-cultural causes of the global challenges to equality. This book follows an interdisciplinary approach and unites scholars from law, linguistics, cultural studies, history, social sciences, and gender studies in diverse contexts.Table of ContentsGlobal Contestations of Gender Rights; Analytical Framing; Gendering Global Entanglements; Global Contestations of Gender Equality and Queer Rights; Gender Equality Policy in Practice in the Era of Global Contestation; Worldwide Anti-Gender Mobilization; Gendered Normativities: The Role and Rule of Law; Decolonizing Universalism?; Self, Relation and Gender Rights; Legal Equality without Justice; Family Law Exceptionalism and Contestations over Women's Rights in Mali's Family Code Reform; The Legal Contestation of Abortion Rights; Reproductive Rights as Battlefield in the New Cold War; Post-Conflict Gender Inequalities in Nigeria; Liberalism and the Construction of Gender (Non-)Normative Bodies and Queer Identities; Politicizations of Religion in Morocco and Germany; Mera Jism Meri Marzi; Global Contestations over Gender Equality in Islam; Authors.

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Book SynopsisWhat makes up a public, what governs dominant discourses, and in which ways can counterpublics be created through narrative? This edited collection brings together essays on affect and narrative theory with a focus on the topics of gender and sexuality. It explores the power of narrative in literature, film, art, performance, and mass media, the construction of subjectivities of gender and sexuality, and the role of affect in times of crisis. By combining theoretical, literary, and analytical texts, the contributors offer methodological impulses and reflect on the possibilities and limitations of affect theory in cultural studies.Table of ContentsForeword; Introduction: Affective Worldmaking: Narrative Counterpublics of Gender and Sexuality; Selected Poems; Senses of Affective Worldmaking: Affective Assemblages: Queer Worldmaking as Critically Reparative Reading; What World is Made?: Gender and Affect in Three Life Moments; Why Our Knees Kiss; Affective Worldmaking in Times of Crisis: An Interview; Affective Be/Longing: Redefining Public Spheres: Textual Encounters of Hope and Be/Longing: Science Fiction and Trans Worldmaking; Labor of Love and Other Stories: Post-Yugoslav Feminist Narratives and Artbased Practices; Damir Arsenijević in Conversation with ejla ehabović; "We need to imagine a new kind of woman": Narrating Identity in Postwar Women's Magazines in Japan, 1945-1955; Notes on the Family Separation Narrative in American Literature: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, and Lost Children Archive; Counternarratives and Community Building; Recognizing Better Selves: A Reparative Reading of Contemporary Bosnian-Herzegovinian Queer Literature; Where are the Lesbian Rom-Coms? Building Reparative Narratives Through Fan Creativity; Shaping Gender and Kinship Relationships in Recent Croatian Satirical Fiction; Quick Media Feminisms and the Affective Worldmaking of Hashtag Activism; Mediated Narratives as Companions; "Plan B"; Gender, Affect, and Politics: A Three-Part Radio Series; Contributors; Index.

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Book SynopsisDualistic thinking has been questioned by some writers associated with the material, ontological, and affective turns. Yet, these and other writers linked to the "turns" have themselves reproduced dualistic theorising. Caroline Braunmühl also shows that there are dualistic patterns in significant contributions to queer theory as well as Foucauldian diagnoses of the present. From a perspective sympathetic to the critical efforts made by poststructuralist and related theorists, she analyses works by Sara Ahmed, Karen Barad, Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Michel Foucault, and others. The book suggests specific alternatives to dualistic as well as identitarian ways of framing conceptual pairs such as matter/mind, affect/discourse and negativity/affirmation.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Matter/Mind; Ontology/Epistemology; Affect/Discourse; Normalization/Normativity; Negativity/Affirmation; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisAs social spaces are culturally diverse and digitally networked, the reality of our lives is shaped by processes of globalization and digitization. This leads to the question of whether popular cultures enable or impede (inter-)cultural exchange and global communication. To explore this, the contributors to this volume analyse representations of the intersections of gender and age/ing in cultural and media consumption, such as literature, film, music, and social media. The interconnectedness between gender and aging has been evident since the 1990s and enabled the recognition of age as a cultural category - now is the time to take this intersectional analysis further.

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Book SynopsisThe succession decision of male and female successors of family businesses â a detailed look

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Book SynopsisThe emergence of global knowledge societies is recently questioning the meaning and relevance of local knowledge in the context of Southern countries. Women have proved to be the central actors in the multiple channels of local-global networking, using these new social ties for the negotiation of old and new elements of knowledge, scientific knowledge and development discourses. The inherent politicisation of knowledge and the direct objective of transforming societal institutions are not only signs of resistance against global hegemony, but serve for a new definition and for a defence of local culture and of local knowledge.

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Book SynopsisWe are on the eve of the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, that were promised and pledged in the year 2000 by 189 nations of the world. It was envisaged to overcome extreme poverty and multiple deprivations existing in the society. With barely less than three years left to reach 2015, it would be interesting to study if there is a growing equality of opportunity between people and among nations. This is an issue that now dominates every discourse on development debate in the third millennium. The pace of development has been accompanied by rising disparities within nations and between nations. The most significant of these being gender disparity. Despite a relentless struggle to equalize opportunities between women and men, the issue remains an unfinished agenda and eludes the much desired change. This book could not have come at a more appropriate time. This publication consisting of contributions across Central Asia and South Asia adds to the slender collection of literature in understanding the present challenges and concerns that grip these regions in achieving the millennium development goals by 2015. It highlights sharp gender inequalities and the barriers to social and economic development that grip the region. This book will be a great source of information in helping scholars and researchers and also will contribute significantly in framing policy recommendations by the concerned countries.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Book SynopsisGender and Welfare State Regimes focuses on the interrelationships between aspects of the welfare state and labour market policies in structuring and transforming gender relations across a broad spectrum of countries. The book examines the construction of gender in various government welfare policies and illustrates how the specific qualities of the welfare state reinforce or counteract gender inequalities. The book argues that policy variation across the countries surveyed can be attributed to a variety of factors, including differing strategies and demands of the women''s movements, the organisational strength of labour movements and industrial relations frameworks, the constellation of parties supporting equality measure, traditional values and state structures. Series Gender and Politics edited by Professor Karen Beckwith at the Department of Political Science, College of Wooster and Professor Joni Lovenduski, Department of Politics, University of Southampton.Table of ContentsPART I. GENDER INEQUALITY AND WELFARE STATE REGIMES ; PART II. THE GENDERED IMPACT OF POLICIES ACROSS WELFARE STATES ; PART III. GENDER REGIMES AND WELFARE STATE REGIMES

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Gender in Organizations is a comprehensive analysis of thinking and research on gender in organizations with original contributions from key international scholars in the field.Trade ReviewWhat this Handbook offers is a broad range of theoretical approaches and future directions for the study of gender and organizations, drawn from different disciplines. * Tessa Wright, Work, Employment and Society *Table of ContentsPART I. THEORIZING GENDER AND ORGANIZATIONS ; PART II. GENDER IN LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ; PART III. GENDER AND CAREERS ; PART IV. MASCULINITIES IN ORGANIZATIONS

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Book SynopsisSeries Blurb Oxford Readings in Feminism provide accessible, one-volume guides to the very best in contemporary feminist thinking, assessing its impact and importance in key areas of study. Collected together by scholars of outstanding reputation in their field, the articles chosen represent the most important work on feminist issues, and concise, lively introductions to each volume crystallize the main line of debate in the field. The categories of public and private have been at the centre of feminist theory for the past three decades. Focusing on the gendered relations of sexuality and the body, family life and democratic citizenship, feminists have redirected public debate on questions of privacy and publicity. They have challenged leading theories of the public sphere, adding immeasurably to the historical and cross-cultural understanding of public and private life, from the rise of liberal and democratic institutions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to today''s media-sTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors ; Introduction ; I. THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE DISTINCTION IN FEMINIST THEORY ; 1. Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture? ; 2. Context Is All: Feminism and Theories of Citizenship ; 3. Models of Public Space: Hannah Arendt, the Liberal Tradition and Jurgen Habermas ; 4. Toward an Agonistic Feminism: Hannah Arendt and the Politics of Identity ; II. GENDER IN THE MODERN LIBERAL PUBLIC SPHERE ; 5. The Public and the Private Sphere: A Feminist Reconsideration ; 6. Regarding Some 'Old Husbands' Tales': Public and Private in Feminist History ; 7. Gender and Public Access: Women's Politics in Nineteenth-Century America ; 8. The Inviolable Woman: Feminist Conceptions of Citizenship in Australia ; 9. The Patriarchal Welfare State ; III. GENDERED SITES IN THE LATE MODERN PUBLIC SPHERE ; 10. Live Sex Acts (Parental Advisory: Explicit Material) ; 11. Interview with Barbara Kruger ; 12. Sex, Lies, and the Public Sphere: Reflections on the Confirmation of Clarence Thomas ; 13. On Being the Object of Property ; 14. All Hyped Up and No Place to Go ; 15. Celebrity Material: Materialist Feminism and the Culture of Celebrity ; 16. Hillary's Husband Re-Elected!: The Clinton Marriage of Politics and Power ; IV. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IDENTITY: QUESTIONS FOR A FEMINIST PUBLIC SPHERE ; 17. Impartiality and the Civic Public: Some Implications of Feminist Critiques of Moral and Political Theory ; 18. Wounded Attachments: Late Modern Oppositional Formations ; 19. Dealing with Difference: A Politics of Ideas or a Politics of Presence? ; Index

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Book SynopsisThis affordable, compact edition, designed specially for use in university courses, consists of two of the most celebrated essays from Toril Moi''s highly-acclaimed What Is a Woman?What is a woman? Does it make sense to think of a woman as the combination of sex and gender? Is ''I am a woman'' the same kind of declaration as ''I am a man''? What does it mean to speak ''as a woman''? In these essays Moi rethinks the contribution of Simone de Beauvoir to feminist theory, and shows that The Second Sex, properly read, offers inspiring solutions to urgent contemporary problems. By suggesting that we think of the body as a situation, the first essay offers a serious challenge to dominant poststructuralist theories of sex and gender. The second essay investigates the place of the personal in theory. What is the status of references to personal experiences, or to one''s person (one''s race, sex, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality) in theoretical debates? Both essays provide, in vivid and compelTrade ReviewIn these two essays Moi goes beyond her previous writings and shows the reader in great detail how Beauvoir can help us get past the stagnation that has come to characterize feminist theory. They provide, in vivid and compelling detail, a "third way" for feminism. * Nancy Bauer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University *Each of the two chapters offers a very well-constructed argument that clarifies an important issue in contemporary feminism. Toril Moi has a very high public profile, and the quality of these essays shows her reputation is based on substance. * Emily R. Grosholz, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University *These two essays have the stature of classics, as theoretical contributions to feminist theory and women's studies more generally. The brilliance of these essays, and why they remain so inspirational, is that they offer not only a critique of the philosophical situation of women, but also offer a philosophical path forward out of that situation. * Carla A. Hesse, Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley *These essays have been very important in shaping my own thinking on a wide variety of subjects. Most importantly, they establish Simone de Beauvoir as a voice who engages the central questions of gender, culture, and society with which we wrestle today. * Linda K. Kerber, May Brodbeck Professor in the Liberal Arts and Professor of History, University of Iowa *These essays remain very timely and original interventions in two major problem areas of feminist theory, first the "sex/gender" debate and second the place of the "personal" in philosophical and theoretical thinking. Moi's work is important in its own right and her voice and theoretical positions entirely original; at the same time, because her writing is so rigorous and lucidly analytical, these interventions are immensely useful for students trying to find their way through feminist theory. * Diana Knight, Professor of French, University of Nottingham *Moi's two essays constitute major, original interventions into key debates in feminist theory. They are also accessibly and clearly written. * Sonia Kruks, Robert S. Danforth Professor of Politics, Oberlin College *Toril Moi's work is of central importance to the history of feminist theory and feminist literary criticism, and her thoughtful engagement with Simone de Beauvoir has been cited by scholars as the most important work on that founding feminist author to date. * Robyn Wiegman, Margaret Taylor Smith Director of Women's Studies, Duke University *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. What Is a Woman? Sex, Gender, and the Body in Feminist Theory ; 2. 'I Am a Woman': The Personal and the Philosophical

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics brings to political science an accessible and comprehensive overview of the key contributions of gender scholars to the study of politics, and it shows how these contributions produce a richer understanding of polities and societies.Trade ReviewThe editors of Oxford University Presss Handbook of Gender and Politics have provided the field with an essential research and teaching gem. The tome is global, timely, thoughtful, theoretical, and thorough. We should tip our sun bonnets, hijabs, hats, helmets, and veils to these editors for the hard work aforethought, careful and sensitive planning for and accomplishment of an inclusive wisdom which went into this stellar Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics. * Asian Women *This text, from the first, takes an academically rigorous, socially aware and culturally enlightened approach to a rather ambiguous title, and in so doing, makes a significant contribution to the rapidly developing field, of not just political science as a discipline, but to every discipline, and, outside of academia, every person, to whom the issues discussed are relevant and therefore life affecting. * London School of Economics EUROPP blog *Table of ContentsTable of Contents ; About the Contributors ; Introduction ; Gender and Politics: A Gendered World and Gendered Discipline ; Georgina Waylen, Karen Celis, Johanna Kantola, and Laurel Weldon ; Part I Gender and Politics: Concepts and Methods ; Section Introduction ; Chapter 1: Sex, sexuality and gender ; Mary Hawkesworth ; Chapter 2: Intersectionality ; Patricia Hill Collins and Valerie Chepp ; Chapter 3: Feminisms ; Rita Dhamoon ; Chapter 4: Politics, power, domination and oppression ; Moya Lloyd ; Chapter 5: Methods and Methodologies ; Brooke Ackerly and Jacqui True ; Part II Body Politics ; Section Introduction ; Chapter 6: The Body and Politics ; Diana Coole ; Chapter 7: Heteronormativity and Sexuality ; Amy Lind ; Chapter 8: Reproductive Rights ; Veronique Mottier ; Chapter 9: Gender Violence ; R. Amy Elman ; Part III Gendered Political Economy: Production and Reproduction ; Section Introduction ; Chapter 10: Gender and (International) Political Economy ; Shirin M. Rai ; Chapter 11: Households, Families and Social Reproduction ; Shahra Razavi ; Chapter 12: Gender, Care and Welfare ; Diane Sainsbury ; Chapter 13: Gender, Work and the Sexual Division of Labor ; Lucy Ferguson ; Part IV: Civil Society ; Section Introduction ; Chapter 14: Sex, Gender and Civil Society ; Dara Z. Strolovitch ; Erica Townsend-Bell ; Chapter 15: Organizing Around Gender Identities ; Kelsy Kretschmer ; David S. Meyer ; Chapter 16: The Comparative Study of Women's Movements ; Karen Beckwith ; Chapter 17: Feminist Organizing: What's Old, What's New? History, Trend and Issues ; Christina Ewig and Myra Marx Ferree ; Chapter 18: Local-Global- Local: Women's global organizing ; Jutta Joachim ; Part V: Participation and Representation ; Section Introduction ; Chapter 19: Political Representation ; Sarah Childs and Joni Lovenduski ; Chapter 20: Political Systems and Gender ; Aili Mari Tripp ; Chapter 21: Party Politics ; Miki Caul Kittilson ; Chapter 22: Electoral Institutions ; Mona Lena Krook and Leslie Schwindt-Bayer ; Chapter 23: Judicial Politics and the Courts ; Rachel Chicowski ; Part VI: The State, Governance, and Policymaking ; Section Introduction ; Chapter 24: The State and Governance ; Louise Chappell ; Chapter 25: Gender, Institutions and Multilevel Governance ; Kate Bedford ; Chapter 26: Women's Policy Agencies and State Feminism ; Dorothy E. McBride and Amy G. Mazur ; Chapter 27: Policy making ; Emanuela Lombardo, Petra Meier and Mieke Verloo ; Chapter 28: Policy Outputs ; Merike Blofield and Liesl Haas ; Part VII: Nation, Citizenship and Identity ; Section Introduction ; Chapter 29: Equality and Universalism ; Judith Squires ; Chapter 30: Citizenship ; Birte Siim ; Chapter 31: Multiculturalism and Identity ; Baukje Prins and Sawitri Saharso ; Chapter 32: Gender, Nations and Nationalism ; Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert ; Chapter 33: Security, Violence and War ; Lene Hansen ; Index

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Book SynopsisList of Tables List of Figures and Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Why Study Mass Media Portrayals of Men and Male Identity? How Feminism Shapes Academic and Media Discourse on Men and Male Identity The New Focus (or Lack of Focus) on Men and Masculinity The Role and Effects of Mass Media in Modern Societies Men in the Media - A Review 1980-2001 Men in the Media Today - A Contemporary Study The Ongoing International Media Debate on Men Personal, Social and Political Implications Appendices References IndexTable of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures and Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Why Study Mass Media Portrayals of Men and Male Identity? How Feminism Shapes Academic and Media Discourse on Men and Male Identity The New Focus (or Lack of Focus) on Men and Masculinity The Role and Effects of Mass Media in Modern Societies Men in the Media - A Review 1980-2001 Men in the Media Today - A Contemporary Study The Ongoing International Media Debate on Men Personal, Social and Political Implications Appendices References Index

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Book SynopsisMany voices clamor to be heard in debates about whether shamans cure, and whether shamanic spirituality is worth continuing or recovering in the twenty-first century. This book provides newinsights into the fascinating resurgence of shamanism through an exploration of the politicalrepression of religion and its transcendenceTrade Review"Balzer, one of the first western-trained scholars to undertake ethnographic fieldwork in Siberia, is uniquely positioned to write this book. Here she argues that far from fading away, shamanism is being revitalized in Central and Far Eastern Russia following the dissolution of the former Soviet Union. One of the many strengths of this volume is the elegant way she positions her analysis in both Russian and Euro-American anthropological theories." - Julie Cruikshank, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, University of British Columbia"A remarkably sensitive collection of essays spanning three decades of research. The breadth and depth of shamanic practice from across the north Asian landscape comes into vivid focus." - Bruce Grant, Associate Professor of Anthropology, New York UniversityTable of ContentsSpirits Under Siege Doctors or Deceivers? Sacred Genders Poetics of Sacred Language Through Time and Space Flights of the Sacred: Birds, Trees and Open Body-Mindedness Two Urban Shamans: Unmasking Leadership Social Medicine? Religious Movements in Siberia Sustainable Faith? Multiple generations of healing and spirituality Sacred Trust: Doing Fieldwork in Siberia

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Book SynopsisThe author draws on lesser known archival materials, including Marx's notebooks on women and patriarchy and technology to offer a new interpretation of Marx's concept of alienation as this concept develops in his later works.Trade Review'In this excellent book Wendling advances this debate very substantially by setting Marx's discussion of alienation in the context of the 19th-century (and later) attitude to the development of machinery...in my opinion anyone who writes at any length about alienation in Marx must address her work seriously and in depth.' - Mark Cowling, Studies in Marxism 'This is a scholarly and well argued treatment of some fundamental and central issues of Marxist theory which will be of great interest to readers in a wide range of disciplines. It presents what will be, to most readers, original and thought- provoking ideas and arguments in a lively and stimulating way' - Sean Sayers, University of Kent, UK 'Professor Wendling's project is an important one, and it is developed very well, in very interesting ways, and it will attract anyone who is interested in Marx's philosophy, philosophy of technology, and/or the critique of capitalism. Wendling demonstrates very well the ambivalence toward the human being and the human subject in Marx's work, and indeed she fills out this problem in ways that are remarkable, fascinating, and provocative' - Bill Martin, DePaul University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Karl Marx's Concept of Alienation Machines and the Transformation of Work Machines in the Communist Future Machines in the Capitalist Reality Alienation Beyond Marx Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisKatherine Mansfield had a career-long engagement with the literary marketplace from the age of eighteen. This book examines how she developed as a writer within a range of book and periodical publishing contexts, reconsidering her writing's enactment of a commercially viable modern aesthetic in her experimentation with the short story form.Trade Review'This important new study on Katherine Mansfield, although of interest to the widely-read Mansfield scholar, will also have broad appeal to the non-specialist, offering an excellent introduction aided by its chronological ordering to Mansfield's life and short story output.' - Gerri Kimber, Associate Lecturer, Open University, UK 'An important contribution to modernist periodical studies and Mansfield studies, this book breaks new ground in its comprehensive analysis of Mansfield's career as a professional writer' - Lee Garver, Modernism/Modernity '..an engaging book for both modernist studies and the deservedly growing field of Mansfield studies it offers new material and fresh thematic lenses through which to challenge and refine critical trajectories within this dynamic field' -Alice Staveley, The Review of English Studies '...a fine, sensible and sensitive book that, like its subject, will be essential reading for scholars of modernism but also an engaging account for general readers' - Angela Smith, Journal of New Zealand Literature '...an important contribution not only to Mansfield studies but also to modernist studies more generally' - Carey Snyder, Journal of Modern Periodical Studies '...shrewd in documenting Mansfield's involvement with and contributions to periodicals' - Aaron Jaffe, The Year's Work in English Studies '...a fine example of how a single-author study can put the expanded accessibility of modernist periodicals and little magazines to good use' - Alissa G. Karl, Katherine Mansfield StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: 'Principles as light as my purse' 'Too sharply modelled': Mansfield and the New Age 1910-1911 'An editorial dogfight': Murry, Rhythm and the Blue Review 1912-1913 'A sort of authority': from Signature to the Hogarth Press 1915-1918 'A writer first': Je ne parle pas français, the Athenaeum, and Bliss 1919-1920 'At the mercy of the public': the London Mercury, the Sphere and The Garden Party 1921-1922 Afterword: 'Boiling Katherine's Bones' Notes Appendix: Major periodical publications (1910-1922) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisForeword by Professor Keith Soothill Relating Rape and Murder Biological/Historical Sexual Violence Discourse Feminism and Sexual Violence Discourse Jack the Ripper Narrative News Report Narratives Police Narratives Rape and Murder Related Appendix ReferencesTrade Review'Jane Monckton-Smith's investigation into inferred relationships between rape and murder is thorough and insightful, evincing the ways in which police investigations are informed by, and impact on, media narratives about violence.' The British Journal of Criminology 'This examination into the transparent fusion of rape and murder (into one act of sexualised fatal violence) is an essential addition to contemporary literary and statistical analysis of violence against women' - Jennifer Chiotti, Journal of Sexual Aggression 'In sum, this is a complex and extremely interesting, indeed timely book given the popularity of serial killer narratives and the systematic ways in which such narratives distract public concern from the regrettable '"normality" of violence in heterosexual relationships' - Laura Hengehold, Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsForeword by Professor Keith Soothill Relating Rape and Murder Biological/Historical Sexual Violence Discourse Feminism and Sexual Violence Discourse Jack the Ripper Narrative News Report Narratives Police Narratives Rape and Murder Related Appendix References

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Book SynopsisExamines violence against women in contemporary American plays by female dramatists.Trade Review"Performing Gender Violence is a precious addition to the scholarly literature of the representation of violence on stage as it opens up new perspectives on the discrimination women still experience today in the United States. Fascinating in terms of content, Ozieblo and Hernando-Real's collection can also be defined as a good read since the articles are informed by the stylistic enthusiasm of the authors which adds to the quality of the book." - Journal of Contemporary Drama in English "In an astute reconfiguration of scholarly conventions, this book, authored by female scholars, is a cross between an edited collection (as the cover suggests) and a co-authored volume . . . All in all, Performing Gender Violence: Plays by Contemporary American Women Dramatists is a thoroughly researched book, which eloquently blends theoretical considerations with close-reading analyses of specific plays. By combining examinations of canonical and recent works, the authors contribute to enlarging our knowledge of the astonishing wealth of contemporary American drama. Therefore, this book will not only be useful to feminists: it will become an invaluable research tool for any serious scholar wishing to study new developments in contemporary US theatre." European Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; N.Hernando-Real & B.Ozieblo Violence against Women: Forms and Responses; M.Fernández-Morales , I.Pineda-Hernández , M.López-Rodríguez & B.Ozieblo Violence against Women in U.S. Theater; N.Hernando-Real & B.Ozieblo My Home, My Battleground: The Deconstruction of the American Family; N.Hernando-Real The Role of Female Bonding on the Stage of Violence; M.Narbona-Carrión A Stalker, a Serial Killer, and the Women Who Survived Them: Psychological Abuse as a Form of Gender Violence; M.L.Rodríguez The New Breast Cancer (Im)patient: Female Revolt against Biomedical Violence in US Drama; M.Fernández-Morales Survival Strategies in Recent Plays by African American Women Playwrights; I.Pineda-Hernández Documenting War: Theatrical Interventions by Emily Mann and Heather Raffo; I.Saal The Victim and the Audience's Pleasure: an Exploration of Carson Kreitzer's Self Defense and Stefanie Zadravec's Honey Brown Eyes; B.Ozieblo

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Book SynopsisIntroduction: The Problem of the Family in Foucault's Work; R.Duschinsky  & L.Rocha PART I: EXPOSITIONS Foucault and the Family: Deepening the Account of History of Sexuality Volume 1; R.Lenoir  & R.Duschinsky Foucault's Familial Scenes: Kangaroos, Crystals, Continence and Oracles; V.Bell Foucault, the Modern Mother, and Maternal Power: Notes Toward a Genealogy of the Mother; K.Logan Foucault, the Family, and the Cold Monster of Neoliberalism; G.Harkins PART II: EVALUATIONS Jacques Donzelot's The Policing of Families (1977) in Context; J.M.Pestaña (Translated from Spanish by Judith Glueck) Gender, Reproductive Politics, and the Liberal State: Beyond Foucault; V.Mottier Foucault, the Family, and History: 'Imaginary Landscape and Real Social Structure'; D.Thom 'Présentation', Le Désordre des familles: Lettres de cachet des Archives de la Bastille (1982); A.Farge  & M.Foucault (Translated from French by Leon Antonio Rocha and Thibaud Harrois) 'That Dazzling, Momentary Wake' of the lettre de cachet: The Problem of Experience in Foucault's Practice of History; L.Rocha Afterword: Foucault's Family Resemblances; T.CarverTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Problem of the Family in Foucault's Work; R.Duschinsky & L.Rocha PART I: EXPOSITIONS Foucault and the Family: Deepening the Account of History of Sexuality Volume 1; R.Lenoir & R.Duschinsky Foucault's Familial Scenes: Kangaroos, Crystals, Continence and Oracles; V.Bell Foucault, the Modern Mother, and Maternal Power: Notes Toward a Genealogy of the Mother; K.Logan Foucault, the Family, and the Cold Monster of Neoliberalism; G.Harkins PART II: EVALUATIONS Jacques Donzelot's The Policing of Families (1977) in Context; J.M.Pestaña (Translated from Spanish by Judith Glueck) Gender, Reproductive Politics, and the Liberal State: Beyond Foucault; V.Mottier Foucault, the Family, and History: 'Imaginary Landscape and Real Social Structure'; D.Thom 'Présentation', Le Désordre des familles: Lettres de cachet des Archives de la Bastille (1982); A.Farge & M.Foucault (Translated from French by Leon Antonio Rocha and Thibaud Harrois) 'That Dazzling, Momentary Wake' of the lettre de cachet: The Problem of Experience in Foucault's Practice of History; L.Rocha Afterword: Foucault's Family Resemblances; T.Carver

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Book SynopsisThe first book that draws together the main current methodological approaches to the study of language and gender. Approaches include Sociolinguistics, Conversation analysis, Corpus linguistics, Critical discourse analysis, Feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis, Discursive psychology and Queer theory. Trade Review'Gender and Language Research Methodologies provides researchers with a rare and detailed look into the specialized application of research methods to questions of language and gender.' - Discourse& SocietyTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors Current Research Methodologies in Gender and Language Study: Key Issues; J.Sunderland& L.Litosseliti PART 1: SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND ETHNOGRAPHY Sociolinguistic and Ethnographic Approaches to Language and Gender; J.Swann& J.Maybin Reconstructing the Sex Dichotomy in Language and Gender Research: Some Advantages of Using Correlational Sociolinguistics; A.K.Hultgren Negotiating Methodologies: Making Language and Gender Relevant in the Professional Workplace; L.Mullany Gender, Ethnicity and Religion in Spontaneous Talk and Ethnographic-Style Interviews: Balancing Perspectives of Researcher and Researched; P.Pichler PART 2: CORPUS LINGUISTICS 'Eligible' Bachelors and 'Frustrated' Spinsters: Corpus Linguistics, Gender and Language; P.Baker Perpetuating Difference? Corpus Linguistics and the Gendering of Reported Dialogue; K.Harrington The English Vocabulary of Girls and Boys: Similarities or Differences? Evidence From a Quantitative Study; R.Jiménez Catalán& J.Ojeda AlbaPART 3: CONVERSATION ANALYSIS Conversation Analysis: Technical Matters for Gender Research; C.Kitzinger Categories, Actions and Sequences: Formulating Gender in Talk-In-Interaction; E.Stokoe PART 4: DISCURSIVE PSYCHOLOGY Discursive Psychology and the Study of Gender: A Contested Space; N.Edley& M.Wetherell Discursive 'Embodied' Identities of 'Half' Girls in Japan: A Multiperspective Approach; L.Kamada PART 5: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Controversial Issues in Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis; R.Wodak CEOs and 'Working Gals': The Textual Representation and Cognitive Conceptualisation of Businesswomen in Different Discourse Communities; V.Koller Harnessing a Critical Discourse Analysis of Gender in Television Fiction; K.Kosetzi PART 6: FEMINIST POST-STRUCTURALIST DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Feminist Post-Structuralist Discourse Analysis - A New Theoretical and Methodological Approach?; J.Baxter Interwoven and Competing Gendered Discourses in a Preschool EFL Lesson; H.Castañeda-Peña PART 7: QUEER THEORY The Contributions of Queer Theory to Gender and Language Research; H.Sauntson Queering Gay Men's English; W.Leap References Index

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Book SynopsisThis text aims to help students understand America's history of miscegenation and the role the "one-drop rule" has played in it. The author examines challenges to the one-drop rule, including the multiracial identity movement and the census classification of racial groups.Trade Review“This is a very well-written book that communicates complex ideas with clarity and interest. It is rare, in my experience, for an academic book written by a social scientist to be as interesting and exciting as a piece of fiction. This book is hard to put down because Davis’s story of how the United States as a nation came to define who is black reads like a mystery novel in which every historical event provides one more clue to the final murder of a people.”—Aida Hurtado American Journal of Sociology“Davis has given us a brilliant and informative history of the fateful policy commonly called the rule of hypodescent (the ‘one-drop’ rule) and the impact it has had psychologically, socially, economically, and politically on African-American history. Davis’s book is the most recent in the series of works written on this topic, but is by far the most thorough and insightful.”—G. Reginald Daniel Contemporary Sociology“This is an eye-opening appraisal of an issue often taken for granted in America.”—Publishers Weekly

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