Gender studies, gender groups Books

Book SynopsisTrade Review"A kaleidoscopic study of the whole societal context surrounding the Montgomery crime. It expands outward from standard criminology turf... to explore the grinding economic depression of the late 1800s and the complex financial and social pressures felt by Willamette Valley farm families." * The Columbian *"In his study, Boag successfully accomplishes two tasks: he assesses the environmental pressures that may have led Montgomery to slay his parents while offering a rare and intimate portrait of ordinary people in agrarian Oregon during the Gilded Age...Boag's engaging prose, provocative ideas, and the inherent luridness of his subject matter make this work that rarest of things: an academic page-turner that should appeal to broad audiences of readers." * Pacific Historical Review *"Peter Boag's excellent Pioneering Death is, at its heart, an outstanding study of community in late nineteenth-century rural Oregon...[The] book shows that there is still much to be learned about Oregon history and that community studies are a particularly powerful way of getting at that sory." * Oregon Historical Quarterly *"Rigorous and compelling...Boag's insightful work does much to help us understand these shocking crimes and these unresolved stories that never seem to go away." * Montana: The Magazine of Western History *"Like the best microhistories, Boag's book uses the minutiae of [an 1895 triple murder] to open a window into broader currents--exploring violence, uncertainty, expectation, and despair in the rural Pacific Northwest of the time, and beyond...[T]he vivid writing and careful detail in Boag's Pioneering Death make the book suitable for an audience beyond specialists." * Pacific Northwest Quarterly (PNQ) *"A compelling story that incorporates a diverse set of analytical methods to describe an eighteen year-old's parricide and murder in the 1895 Willamette Valley...Boag recounts this event, and the circumstances leading to it, with elegant prose and engaging detail." * Reviews in American History *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kim's writing certainly made clear the difference between merely describing lesbian relationships and delighting in them." * Feminist Bookstore News *

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Book SynopsisProvides and analyzes examples of poetic themes, motifs, and imagery associated with the inner chambers by increasingly aware and sophisticated women writersTrade Review"An important addition to the study of Ming-Qing women [that]…ground[s] the study of poetic images and syntax in the contexts of women’s experience as readers, writers, and historical agents." -- Wai-yee Li * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *"Xiaorong Li’s book opens up this lost world for readers. . . . This book offers an insightful peep into the inner chambers of late-imperial China. It is just as suitable for general readers as it is for those who have foundational knowledge of Chinese history and literature. . . . [A]n enjoyable introduction to Chinese women’s history." -- Queenie Kwan Yee Lo * New England Journal of History *"[A]n illuminating study of Chinese women’s poetry from the late Ming to the early Republic, focusing on the trope of the gui (“boudoir” or “inner quarters”). . . . In giving sensitive translations and insightful commentaries on this “boudoir” poetr, Xiaorong Li has demonstrated its relevance far beyond the inner quarters in documenting three centuries of women’s participation in social, political and cultural change." -- Paul S. Ropp * The China Quarterly *"The book successfully shows the manifold significance of the poetics of the gui, which fills a gap in Western scholarship on women poets in late imperial China. . . . A valuable addition to the field of gender studies and the field of traditional Chinese poetry and poetics." -- Ji Hao * Ming Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Green Window | The Boudoir in Poetic Convention 2. A New Feminine Ideal | The Case of The Anthology of Correct Beginnings 3. Convention and Intervention | The Lyrical World of Gu Zhenli 4. Inside Out | The Gui in Times of Chaos 5. The Old Boudoir and the “New Woman” | The Late Qing and Early Republican Era Conclusion Notes Glossary of Chinese Characters Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisProvides and analyzes examples of poetic themes, motifs, and imagery associated with the inner chambers by increasingly aware and sophisticated women writersTrade Review"An important addition to the study of Ming-Qing women [that]…ground[s] the study of poetic images and syntax in the contexts of women’s experience as readers, writers, and historical agents." -- Wai-yee Li * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *"Xiaorong Li’s book opens up this lost world for readers. . . . This book offers an insightful peep into the inner chambers of late-imperial China. It is just as suitable for general readers as it is for those who have foundational knowledge of Chinese history and literature. . . . [A]n enjoyable introduction to Chinese women’s history." -- Queenie Kwan Yee Lo * New England Journal of History *"[A]n illuminating study of Chinese women’s poetry from the late Ming to the early Republic, focusing on the trope of the gui (“boudoir” or “inner quarters”). . . . In giving sensitive translations and insightful commentaries on this “boudoir” poetr, Xiaorong Li has demonstrated its relevance far beyond the inner quarters in documenting three centuries of women’s participation in social, political and cultural change." -- Paul S. Ropp * The China Quarterly *"The book successfully shows the manifold significance of the poetics of the gui, which fills a gap in Western scholarship on women poets in late imperial China. . . . A valuable addition to the field of gender studies and the field of traditional Chinese poetry and poetics." -- Ji Hao * Ming Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Green Window | The Boudoir in Poetic Convention 2. A New Feminine Ideal | The Case of The Anthology of Correct Beginnings 3. Convention and Intervention | The Lyrical World of Gu Zhenli 4. Inside Out | The Gui in Times of Chaos 5. The Old Boudoir and the “New Woman” | The Late Qing and Early Republican Era Conclusion Notes Glossary of Chinese Characters Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBrings together a variety of essays demonstrating the breadth of contributions that feminist theory and gender analysis make to the study of the HolocaustTrade Review"The book's contributions come from a formidable, impressive, and multigenerational group of Holocaust scholars. With its interdisciplinarity and international perspectives, Different Horrors, Same Hell will make important contributions to Holocaust studies and, in particular, to scholarship about women and gender in that context." John K. Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College "The voices vary widely, from the mystical to the strident, from the autobiographical to the scholarly. Such diversity provides texture to the anthology and makes the reading experience layered and multifaceted. These essays break new ground in format and/or subject matter, bringing gendered analysis to new levels of nuance and insight." Dr Elizabeth Baer, author of The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post- Holocaust FictionTable of ContentsForeword by Elizabeth Minnich Introduction Myrna Goldenberg and Amy H. Shapiro Part I. History of Feminist Theory and Gender: Analysis of the Holocaust 1 What Do Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Contribute to Understanding the Holocaust? Doris L. Bergen 2 Philosophy in the Feminine and the Holocaust Witness: Hannah Arendt and Sarah Kofman 38 Dorota Glowacka 3 Simone Weil: A French-Jewish Intellectual Journey in the 1930s and 1940s Rochelle L. Millen 4 Patriarchy, Objectification, and Violence against Women in Schindler’s List and Angry Harvest Amy H. Shapiro 5 Sex-Based Violence and the Politics and Ethics of Survival Myrna Goldenberg Part II . Practice of Feminist Theory and Gender: Analysis of the Holocaust 6 From Pulp to Palimpsest: Witnessing and Re-Imagining through the Arts Björn Krondorfer in collaboration with Karen Baldner 7 The Nazi Assault on the Jewish Soul through the Murder of the Jewish Mother David Patterson 8 Wiedervereiningung Ersehend: Gender and the Holocaust Fate of the Müller and Gittler Families Suzanne Brown-Fleming 9 The Kindertransport: Gender and the Rescue of Jewish Children 1938–39 Mary J. Gallant 10 Survivor Mothers and Their Daughters: The Hidden Legacy of the Holocaust Gaby R. Glassman 11 Talking to Ruth Klüger Britta Frede-Wenger Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBrings together a variety of essays demonstrating the breadth of contributions that feminist theory and gender analysis make to the study of the HolocaustTrade Review"The book's contributions come from a formidable, impressive, and multigenerational group of Holocaust scholars. With its interdisciplinarity and international perspectives, Different Horrors, Same Hell will make important contributions to Holocaust studies and, in particular, to scholarship about women and gender in that context." John K. Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College "The voices vary widely, from the mystical to the strident, from the autobiographical to the scholarly. Such diversity provides texture to the anthology and makes the reading experience layered and multifaceted. These essays break new ground in format and/or subject matter, bringing gendered analysis to new levels of nuance and insight." Dr Elizabeth Baer, author of The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post- Holocaust FictionTable of ContentsForeword by Elizabeth Minnich Introduction Myrna Goldenberg and Amy H. Shapiro Part I. History of Feminist Theory and Gender: Analysis of the Holocaust 1 What Do Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Contribute to Understanding the Holocaust? Doris L. Bergen 2 Philosophy in the Feminine and the Holocaust Witness: Hannah Arendt and Sarah Kofman 38 Dorota Glowacka 3 Simone Weil: A French-Jewish Intellectual Journey in the 1930s and 1940s Rochelle L. Millen 4 Patriarchy, Objectification, and Violence against Women in Schindler’s List and Angry Harvest Amy H. Shapiro 5 Sex-Based Violence and the Politics and Ethics of Survival Myrna Goldenberg Part II . Practice of Feminist Theory and Gender: Analysis of the Holocaust 6 From Pulp to Palimpsest: Witnessing and Re-Imagining through the Arts Björn Krondorfer in collaboration with Karen Baldner 7 The Nazi Assault on the Jewish Soul through the Murder of the Jewish Mother David Patterson 8 Wiedervereiningung Ersehend: Gender and the Holocaust Fate of the Müller and Gittler Families Suzanne Brown-Fleming 9 The Kindertransport: Gender and the Rescue of Jewish Children 1938–39 Mary J. Gallant 10 Survivor Mothers and Their Daughters: The Hidden Legacy of the Holocaust Gaby R. Glassman 11 Talking to Ruth Klüger Britta Frede-Wenger Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisOffers the story that begins with the discovery and commercialization of the remnant of an ancient "queendom" on the Sichuan-Tibet border. This title examines the consequences of development of the queendom label for local ethnic, gender, and political identities and for state-society relations.Trade Review"In his willingness to wrestle on the page with these fraught questions of Tibetan identity politics, Jinba has not only provided a refreshing new standpoint on the politics of ethnicity and ethnic representation in the context of Tibet, he has also thrown down the gauntlet for the debate-to-come about the collision of Tibetan and Chinese nationhood." -- Tashi Rabgey * Insight Tibet *"A highly recommended reference for feminist scholars working on the intertwining of ethnicity and gender as well as policy makers and practitioners seeking to design policies that closely align with local concerns and sensitivities." -- Phan Phuong Hao * Asian Journal of Women’s Studies *"A refreshing contribution to our understanding of the complexities of gender and ethnicity along the Sino-Tibetan border regions." -- Enze Han * The China Quarterly *"This is a short and intriguing reading that artfully weaves ethnography with larger discussions of the politics of gender and ethnicity. It opens up new dimensions to study ethnic politics and state-society relations at the grassroots level in contemporary China. . . . The book thus . . . sheds significant light on the complexities of the Tibet question by drawing attention to local politics in quotidian Tibetan lives in the age of booming tourism." -- Xiaofei Kang * Signs *"[An] excellent contribution to the fields of Tibetan, Chinese, and Borderlands Studies, this book provides much needed insights into the complexity and multidimensionality of ethnicity and identity construction along the Sino-Tibetan border at a time of profound socio-economic transformation. It will also serve as an illustrative and helpful example of the many-sided and unfolding intricacies of state-society interactions throughout Tibetan areas and China in general." -- Tricia Kehoe * CHINET (Forging A Scientific Team and International Networking in the Field of Chinese Studies) *"This is one of only a handful of books and articles (in any language) since the 1990s addressing gender politics among Tibetans, and it is [one of] the first book[s] that situates gender as an important aspect of the politics of ethnicity among Tibetans in the PRC’s western frontier zone. . . . [This] book is . . . perhaps a harbinger of a new era of PRC frontier ethnography to be dominated by scholars who are citizens of China." -- Charlene Makley * Journal of Asian Studies *"The book is a must read for scholars who are interested in the sociopolitical transformation of contemporary China, especially those who specialize in studying the intersection between gender and ethnicity." -- Yuxin Ma * WAGNet: Women and Gender in Chinese Studies Network *"This is an in-depth and nuanced ethnography, exploring carefully relations between a marginalize people, the central state, and local government, unpacking with great subtlety and perception the adversarial relationship with representatives of intermediary level government and the contrastive high regard for the distant central authorities in Beijing." -- Maria Jaschok * China Review International *"With the publication of [In the Land of the Eastern Queendom and Mapping Shangrila], we see that “Sino-Tibetan Borderland Studies” has in a sense come of age as a distinct area of inquiry. . . . The Sino-Tibetan frontiers are thus of considerable interest in their own right, while bringing an important range of broad issues facing China into close focus as well." -- Matthew T. Kapstein * Pacific Affairs *"[A]n excellent example of how conceptions of the Other affect local people, and how they react to and engage in the construction of these imaginings. . . . [V]ery rich in ethnographic detail, and gives a voice to the local people. . . In the Land of the Eastern Queendom contributes to a better understanding of what it means to be a Tibetan and how that identity is negotiated." -- Sonja Laukkanen * Nan Nü *"Through his carefully researched ethnography, Jinba provides important insights into tourism and cultural heritage issues in China. . . . In the Land of the Eastern Queendom brilliantly brings to life an understudied ethnic population and some of the critical issues it is facing. It also adds much-needed complexity to discussions of ethnic minority relations with (and within) the Chinese government." -- Timothy Thurston * Modern Chinese Literature and Culture *Table of ContentsForeword by Stevan Harrell  Preface and Acknowledgments  Maps Introduction 1. Setting Foot in the Queen’s Land  2. Masculine and Feminine Internal Others in China  3. From the Valley of Beauties to the Eastern Queendom 4. The Queendom and Grassroots Politics  5. The Moluo Tourism Association: How Far to Go? Conclusion  Notes Glossary  Bibliography  Index 

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Trade Review"In this original and thought-provoking study of Choson Korea’s legal practices, Jisoo M. Kim offers a multilayered analysis of petitions submitted by women of both elite and non-elite status throughout the dynasty. . . . The Emotions of Justice will be a crucial text when teaching this period in Korean history and should attract a wide interest also from scholars of cognate disciplines." -- Anders Karlsson * Journal of Asian Studies *"[R]edefines the boundaries of law, emotions, and gender in premodern Korea by investigating historic legal documents. This thought-provoking work not only enlightens the reader with regard to the legal system during the Chosŏn era (1392–1910) but also elucidates how various legal subjects constituted their subjectivity in oral and textual space." * Acta Koreana *

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, global attention has focused on how women in communities of Muslims are revitalizing Islam by linking interpretation of religious ideas to the protection of rights and freedoms. Humanizing the Sacred demonstrates how Sunni women activists in Malaysia are fracturing institutionalized Islamic authority by generating new understandings of rights and redefining the moral obligations of their community. Based on ethnographic research of Sisters in Islam (SIS), a nongovernmental organization of professional women promoting justice and equality, Basarudin examines SIS members' involvement in the production and transmission of Islamic knowledge to reformulate legal codes and reconceptualize gender discourses. By weaving together women's lived realities, feminist interpretations of Islamic texts, and Malaysian cultural politics, this book illuminates how a localized struggle of claiming rights takes shape within a transnational landscape. It provides a vital understanding of hoTrade Review"A diverse range of insightful analyses supported by feminist ideas, interviews, and histories. The book provides a solid critique of patriarchal discourses dominating Muslim identity politics in Malaysia." -- Çağdaş Dedeoğlu * Religion and Gender *"Humanizing the Sacred is a welcome addition to the study of women’s movements and Islamic feminism. . . .This book is therefore a timely and important read. Its accessible language makes it suitable not just for undergraduate and postgraduate students alike, but also readers who are interested in understanding issues of feminism, rights and equality in Islam, especially in Malaysia." * Contemporary Southeast Asia *"Basarudin's book is a significant contribution to understanding the distinct dynamics of Muslim feminism in Southeast Asia, the region with the largest Muslim community in the world. It is also an important work in a line of scholarship that is dedicated to deconstructing the orientalist binary of the ‘secular’ and the ‘religious’, especially in their gendered forms in the context of post 9/11 politics." * The Muslim World *"Humanizing the Sacred is a valuable contribution to the literature on Malaysian civil society, feminism, and Islam; on women’s activism within Muslim communities globally; and on the ongoing dialectic between scripture and culture in any religious community, but especially within Islam. The book will be of interest to anthropologists, scholars of religion (particularly Islam), and both area specialists and those focused on women’s/gender studies or feminism. . . . The book is sure to inspire both thoughtful reflection and lively debate, in Malaysia and elsewhere." * Islamic Law and Society *"Azza Basarudin tells the story of [Sisters in Islam] in this finely detailed feminist ethnography. . . . This comprehensive study of SIS will certainly be of interest to scholars of Southeast Asia and anyone interested in Muslim women’s movements." * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Malay Names, Honorific Titles, and Terminology List of Abbreviations Introduction | Faith, Self, and Community 1. Islam, the State, and Gender | The Malaysian Experiment 2. The Politics of the Sacred | Returning to the Fundamentals of Islam 3. In the Path of the Faithful | Activism for Social and Legal Reforms 4. Who Speaks for Islam? | Religious Authority and Contested Justice 5. Negotiating Lives, Crafting Selves | Narratives of Belonging 6. The Local in the Transnational | Gender Justice and Feminist Solidarities Conclusion Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, global attention has focused on how women in communities of Muslims are revitalizing Islam by linking interpretation of religious ideas to the protection of rights and freedoms. Humanizing the Sacred demonstrates how Sunni women activists in Malaysia are fracturing institutionalized Islamic authority by generating new understandings of rights and redefining the moral obligations of their community. Based on ethnographic research of Sisters in Islam (SIS), a nongovernmental organization of professional women promoting justice and equality, Basarudin examines SIS members' involvement in the production and transmission of Islamic knowledge to reformulate legal codes and reconceptualize gender discourses. By weaving together women's lived realities, feminist interpretations of Islamic texts, and Malaysian cultural politics, this book illuminates how a localized struggle of claiming rights takes shape within a transnational landscape. It provides a vital understanding of hoTrade Review"A diverse range of insightful analyses supported by feminist ideas, interviews, and histories. The book provides a solid critique of patriarchal discourses dominating Muslim identity politics in Malaysia." -- Çağdaş Dedeoğlu * Religion and Gender *"Humanizing the Sacred is a welcome addition to the study of women’s movements and Islamic feminism. . . .This book is therefore a timely and important read. Its accessible language makes it suitable not just for undergraduate and postgraduate students alike, but also readers who are interested in understanding issues of feminism, rights and equality in Islam, especially in Malaysia." * Contemporary Southeast Asia *"Basarudin's book is a significant contribution to understanding the distinct dynamics of Muslim feminism in Southeast Asia, the region with the largest Muslim community in the world. It is also an important work in a line of scholarship that is dedicated to deconstructing the orientalist binary of the ‘secular’ and the ‘religious’, especially in their gendered forms in the context of post 9/11 politics." * The Muslim World *"Humanizing the Sacred is a valuable contribution to the literature on Malaysian civil society, feminism, and Islam; on women’s activism within Muslim communities globally; and on the ongoing dialectic between scripture and culture in any religious community, but especially within Islam. The book will be of interest to anthropologists, scholars of religion (particularly Islam), and both area specialists and those focused on women’s/gender studies or feminism. . . . The book is sure to inspire both thoughtful reflection and lively debate, in Malaysia and elsewhere." * Islamic Law and Society *"Azza Basarudin tells the story of [Sisters in Islam] in this finely detailed feminist ethnography. . . . This comprehensive study of SIS will certainly be of interest to scholars of Southeast Asia and anyone interested in Muslim women’s movements." * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Malay Names, Honorific Titles, and Terminology List of Abbreviations Introduction | Faith, Self, and Community 1. Islam, the State, and Gender | The Malaysian Experiment 2. The Politics of the Sacred | Returning to the Fundamentals of Islam 3. In the Path of the Faithful | Activism for Social and Legal Reforms 4. Who Speaks for Islam? | Religious Authority and Contested Justice 5. Negotiating Lives, Crafting Selves | Narratives of Belonging 6. The Local in the Transnational | Gender Justice and Feminist Solidarities Conclusion Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisHeroines of the Qing introduces an array of Chinese women from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who were powerful, active subjects of their own lives and who wrote themselves as the heroines of their exemplary stories. Traditionally, exemplary women (lienu)heroic martyrs, chaste widows, and faithful maidens, for examplewere written into official dynastic histories for their unrelenting adherence to female virtue by Confucian family standards. However, despite the rich writing traditions about these women, their lives were often distorted by moral and cultural agendas. Binbin Yang, drawing on interdisciplinary sources, shows how they were able to cross boundaries that were typically closed to womenboundaries not only of gender, but also of knowledge, economic power, political engagement, and ritual and cultural authority. Yang closely examines the rhetorical strategies these exemplary women exploited for self-representation in various writing genres and highlights their skillful Trade Review"This study is not only of interest to students of traditional Chinese women’s literature. It ranges over fields as widely apart as print culture, art history, social history and medical history. In each of these fields it shows a far more assertive participation of women than is commonly assumed. . . . Equally relevant to the students of Republican history as to the students of Qing history. The book is very well written and throughout a pleasure to read." -- Wilt L. Idema * Nan Nu: Men, Women, & Gender in China *"Through women’s own writings, Yang greatly expands our picture of gentry women’s roles in Qing society. She shows how women used their writings, not just to seek literary immortality through publication, but to empower themselves and to reform and renew their society. . . . Binbin Yang has made a most valuable contribution to our understanding of late Qing social, literary and political history." * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) - Modern *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note to Readers Introduction 1. Breaking the Silence: Cases of Outspoken Exemplary Women 2. Visualizing Exemplarity: Women’s Portraits and Paintings for Self-Representation 3. Staging Family Drama: Genealogical Writing as Ritual Authority 4. Enacting Guardians of Family Health: From Exemplary Wife to Reformer Conclusion Chinese Character Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The anthropological perspective on Chinese family life adopted by the contributors to this volume reveals a great deal of interesting variation—across the urban-rural divide; according to region, class, and sexual orientation; and even just by personality and circumstance." -- Andrew J. Nathan * Foreign Affairs *"Provides a multifaceted and knowledgeable picture of present day families in the People’s Republic of China. . . . The book contributes to a deeper understanding of the ongoing transformation in China with changes of social norms, social relations and familial behavior modifying the traditional concept of patriarchy." -- Jutta Hebel * New Books Asia *"Taken together these papers succeed laudably in conveying the nexus of intersecting issues that complicate the contemporary scene in China with respect to gender and generational hierarchies and exchanges, filial piety, changing economic circumstances, the demands of familial duty, and so forth. In sum, the volume contributes importantly to understanding social circumstances in contemporary China." -- P. Steven Sangren * China Review International *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transcription Introduction / Stevan Harrell and Gonçalo Santos Part One | Rural Reconfigurations 1. Dutiful Help: Masking Rural Women’s Economic Contributions / Melissa J. Brown 000 2. From Care Providers to Financial Burdens: The Changing Role of Sons and Reproductive Choice in Rural Northeast China / Lihong Shi 3. Higher Education, Gender, and Elder Support in Rural Northwest China / Helena Obendiek 4. Multiple Mothering and Labor Migration in Rural South China / Gonçalo Santos Part Two | Class, Gender, and Patriarchy in Urban Society 5. Urbanization and the Transformation of Kinship Practice in Shandong / Andrew B. Kipnis 6. Being the Right Woman for “Mr. Right”: Marriage and Household Politics in Present-Day Nanjing / Roberta Zavoretti 7. Emergent Conjugal Love, Mutual Affection, and Female Marital Power / William Jankowiak and Xuan Li 8. Under Pressure: Lesbian-Gay Contract Marriages and Their Patriarchal Bargains / Elisabeth L. Engebretsen 9. Patriarchal Investments: Expectations of Male Authority and Support in a Poor Beijing Neighborhood / Harriet Evans Part Three | New Technologies, New Institutions 10. Taking Patriarchy Out of Postpartum Recovery? / Suzanne Gottschang 11. Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Sperm Donation, and Biological Kinship: A Recent Chinese Media Debate / Kerstin Klein 12. Recalibrating Filial Piety: Realigning the State, Family, and Market Interests in China / Hong Zhang Glossary References List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bhatia, a feminist reproductive justice activist and scholar (SUNY Albany), does not shy away from the difficult issues facing those determined to provide a full range of reproductive options to women of all ethnicities and economic levels. Her account is nuanced, engrossing, and accessible to students and professionals alike. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisEach successive wave of revolution to hit modern Chinapolitical, cultural, and economichas radically reshaped Chinese society. Whereas patriarchy defined the familial social structure for thousands of years, changing realities in the last hundred years have altered and even reversed long-held expectations. Transforming Patriarchy explores the private and public dimensions of these changes in present-day China. Patriarchy is not dead, but it is no longer the default arrangement for Chinese families: Daughters-in-law openly berate their fathers-in-law. Companies sell filial-piety insurance. Many couples live together before marriage, and in some parts of rural China, almost all brides are pregnant.Drawing on a multitude of sources and perspectives, this volume turns to the intimate territory of the family to challenge prevailing scholarly assumptions about gender and generational hierarchies in Chinese society. Case studies examine factors such as social class, geograTrade Review"The anthropological perspective on Chinese family life adopted by the contributors to this volume reveals a great deal of interesting variation—across the urban-rural divide; according to region, class, and sexual orientation; and even just by personality and circumstance." -- Andrew J. Nathan * Foreign Affairs *"Provides a multifaceted and knowledgeable picture of present day families in the People’s Republic of China. . . . The book contributes to a deeper understanding of the ongoing transformation in China with changes of social norms, social relations and familial behavior modifying the traditional concept of patriarchy." -- Jutta Hebel * New Books Asia *"Taken together these papers succeed laudably in conveying the nexus of intersecting issues that complicate the contemporary scene in China with respect to gender and generational hierarchies and exchanges, filial piety, changing economic circumstances, the demands of familial duty, and so forth. In sum, the volume contributes importantly to understanding social circumstances in contemporary China." -- P. Steven Sangren * China Review International *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transcription Introduction / Stevan Harrell and Gonçalo Santos Part One | Rural Reconfigurations 1. Dutiful Help: Masking Rural Women’s Economic Contributions / Melissa J. Brown 000 2. From Care Providers to Financial Burdens: The Changing Role of Sons and Reproductive Choice in Rural Northeast China / Lihong Shi 3. Higher Education, Gender, and Elder Support in Rural Northwest China / Helena Obendiek 4. Multiple Mothering and Labor Migration in Rural South China / Gonçalo Santos Part Two | Class, Gender, and Patriarchy in Urban Society 5. Urbanization and the Transformation of Kinship Practice in Shandong / Andrew B. Kipnis 6. Being the Right Woman for “Mr. Right”: Marriage and Household Politics in Present-Day Nanjing / Roberta Zavoretti 7. Emergent Conjugal Love, Mutual Affection, and Female Marital Power / William Jankowiak and Xuan Li 8. Under Pressure: Lesbian-Gay Contract Marriages and Their Patriarchal Bargains / Elisabeth L. Engebretsen 9. Patriarchal Investments: Expectations of Male Authority and Support in a Poor Beijing Neighborhood / Harriet Evans Part Three | New Technologies, New Institutions 10. Taking Patriarchy Out of Postpartum Recovery? / Suzanne Gottschang 11. Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Sperm Donation, and Biological Kinship: A Recent Chinese Media Debate / Kerstin Klein 12. Recalibrating Filial Piety: Realigning the State, Family, and Market Interests in China / Hong Zhang Glossary References List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis text explores the relationship between dancing bodies and sexual identity on the concert stage, in nightclubs, in film, in the courts and on the streets and tracks the intersections of dance and human sexuality in the twentieth century as the definition of each has shifted and expanded.Trade ReviewThis break-through volume opens a long overdue discussion of dance and sexuality. - Joan L. Erdman, Columbia College ""Dancing Desires brings together some of the most influential minds in dance cultural studies. This important book will find an enthusiastic readership among scholars and students of dance studies, performance studies, cultural studies, American studies, and queer studies."" - David Roman, University of Southern California

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Book SynopsisIn 1999, Rabbi Steven Greenberg became the first Orthodox rabbi to declare his homosexuality. This book is the result of his ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. Using traditional rabbinic resources, he goes beyond the question of whether homosexuality is biblically acceptable, to ask how such relationships can be sacred.Trade Review[Greenberg] effectively portrays the plight of closeted and openly gay Orthodox Jews who struggle daily with their sexual desires and with the knowledge that the Torah and the rabbis forbid homosexuality. - Publishers Weekly ""As useful for Christians as it is for Jews.... I heartily recommend this book to Christians who wish to take their Hebrew scriptures seriously and who are willing to examine their own responses to this raging debate."" - the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire

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Book SynopsisOffers a pointed examination of the loss of speech, exile from community, and memory throughout the literary corpus of the Roman poet Ovid. Bartolo Natoli provides a unique cross-reading of Metamorphoses, Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto, poems written after Ovid's exile from Rome in 8CE.Trade ReviewA significant and distinctive contribution to Ovidian scholarship, tackling the issues of voice and silence in a comparative reading of Ovid's varied works." - Gianpiero Rosati, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa"Natoli's monograph reminds us to read Ovid's exile poetry with fresh appreciation for its literary complexity and learned allusiveness, and in that Ovid enthusiasts may be pleased." - Classical JournalTable of Contents Acknowledgments 1 Speech and Speech Loss in Ancient Rome: A Working Schema 2 Speech Loss in the Metamorphoses 3 Speech Loss in the Exile Literature 4 Speech Loss and Memory in the Exile Literature Notes Works Cited Appendix A: Instances of Speech Loss in the Metamorphoses Appendix B: Uses of mutus in Latin Literature Index Locorum

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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, a more formalized and forceful shift has emerged in the legislative realm when it comes to gender and sexual justice in Africa. This rigorous, timely volume brings together leading and rising scholars across disciplines to evaluate these ideological struggles and reconsider the modern history of human rights on the continent.Trade ReviewThe excellent studies assembled here show that gender relations and sexuality pose unforeseen challenges to both the theory and the practice of human rights. The range of answers given in this volume will help students, scholars, and activists find their way through a morass of contemporary debates." - Harri Englund, University of Cambridge"Grounded in the finest of anthropological traditions and enhanced by an exceptionally insightful introduction and epilogue, these essays both challenge and enrich existing theory. They powerfully demonstrate how international legal codes shape - and are reshaped by - the most intimate of human affairs." - Caroline Bledsoe, Northwestern University"An important and original work. As a platform, human rights operates as both practice and discourse to shape subjectivity and conduct. This compelling collection demonstrates how this formula unleashes possibilities for political agency while at the same time foreclosing others." - Benjamin N. Lawrance, University of Arizona "As a collection, Legislating Gender and Sexuality in Africa shows that arguments over human rights are ultimately debates about who can be visible and who is worthy of the state's protection." - Alice J. Kang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Book SynopsisUses the prism of the Congolese danseuse to examine the politics of control and the ways in which notions of visibility, virtue, and socio-economic opportunity are interlinked in the urban African context.Trade Review“A highly original and compelling work of ethnography. The role of urban women in the production of popular culture often tends to be overlooked and undervalued, and Braun’s study of female concert dancers in Kinshasa, the beating heart of much of the musical world in Congo, the African continent, and beyond, makes a substantial contribution to fill in this lacuna. Through a refreshing lens of dance as reflective of social form, her lively prose offers innovative insights on the importance of female agency in refashioning gendered boundaries within the context of one of Africa’s most iconic urban settings.”—Filip De Boeck, coauthor of Suturing the City: Living Together in Congo’s Urban Worlds“Braun’s study comes as a unique and innovative contribution to our understanding of Kinshasa as a kinetic cityscape that dizzies itself in its perpetual gyrations and metamorphoses. By locating women dancers at the center of Kinshasa’s vortex-like ambiance, Braun’s fine-grained narrative does more than just render these performers visible and agentive; it disrupts and shakes up staid notions of gender configurations, femininity, and the economy of the affect.”—Ch. Didier Gondola, author of Tropical Cowboys: Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa“A brilliant study of the dynamics of gender, labor, and respectability. Drawing on deep fieldwork, Lesley Braun poignantly shows how the dilemmas that professional female dancers face—of being highly visible and yet respectable—offer a lens through which to analyze the double binds that characterize women’s lives more broadly. Essential reading for anyone interested in gender, performance, and contemporary social change.”—Jennifer Cole, University of ChicagoTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Women and Dance in Congo’s Modern History Chapter 2 Overlapping Tempos Chapter 3 Dance Formations Chapter 4 From Containment to Entrapment Chapter 5 Working through Encadrement Coda Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBy connecting gendered and sexualized citizenship to developments in Russian popular culture, Julie Cassiday argues that heteronormativity and homophobia became a kind of politicized style under Putin’s leadership.Trade Review“A brilliant, entertaining work of scholarship that sheds light on some of the most important phenomena in contemporary Russian politics and mass culture. Using style as her central concept, Cassiday brings together many seemingly disparate examples from mass media, pop culture, and politics in a way that is truly enlightening.”—Eliot Borenstein, New York University “Well conceived, researched, and executed, Russian Style makes an invaluable contribution to the field and to broader discussions of gender, sexuality, and the body in contemporary popular culture. Bringing to the forefront questions of citizenship and national identity, Cassiday thinks through the changes (political, ideological, sexual) that have taken place over the past two decades in Putin’s Russia. ”—Lilya Kaganovsky, UCLATable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Chapter 1. A Genealogy of Post-Soviet Pop Performativity Chapter 2. The Soviet Legacy of Traumatized Bodies Chapter 3. Travesti and the Post-Soviet Drag Queen Chapter 4. Queer Performativity in Putin’s Russia Chapter 5. Post-Soviet Post-Feminism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhen the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, its primary target was the outright exclusion of women from particular jobs. Over time, the Actâs scope of protection has expanded to prevent not only discrimination based on sex but also discrimination based on expression of gender identity. Kimberly Yuracko uses specific court decisions to identify the varied principles that underlie this expansion. Filling a significant gap in law literature, this timely book clarifies an issue of increasing concern to scholars interested in gender issues and the law.Trade Review“Excellent for collections on the law, gender politics, and civil rights.”—Choice * Choice *

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Book Synopsis“[American Hookup] conveys exceptionally well the perverse callousness of hookup culture.”— The New York Times

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Gender Prehistory offers a broad overview of the field that has evolved over the last few decades into an exploration of the gender dimension in behavior throughout our ancient past.Trade Review“In short, as this volume shows us, there is no doubt that the gender perspective has been the strongest theoretical and methodological stimulus for the study of prehistory during the last decades. Adopting such a perspective provides a much more complex panorama of prehistoric societies than that which has been described to date. Such a panorama is, in turn, infinitely more stimulating.” (European Journal of Archaeology, 1 March 2014) “Part 2's strength is its global breadth, with most contributors offering a synthesized and regionally bounded historiography of gender studies. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 July 2013) Table of ContentsList of Illustrations x List of Tables xiii Notes on Contributors xiv Acknowledgments xxii Introduction: Gender Prehistory – The Story So Far 1 Diane Bolger Part I Thematic Perspectives in Gender Prehistory 21 Section 1 Current Themes and Debates 21 1 Engendering Human Evolution 23 Adrienne Zihlman 2 Gender, Complexity, and Power in Prehistory 45 Scott R. Hutson, Bryan K. Hanks, and K. Anne Pyburn 3 Archaeology of Embodied Subjectivities 68 Teresa Dujnic Bulger and Rosemary A. Joyce 4 Queer Prehistory: Bodies, Performativity, and Matter 86 Benjamin Alberti 5 The Future of Gender in Prehistoric Archaeology 108 Margaret W. Conkey Section 2 Gender and Prehistoric Material Culture 121 6 Gender and Prehistoric Rock Art 122 Kelley Hays-Gilpin 7 Gender and Lithic Studies in Prehistoric Archaeology 142 Nyree Finlay 8 Gender, Labor, and Pottery Production in Prehistory 161 Diane Bolger 9 Gender and Textile Production in Prehistory 180 Cathy Lynne Costin Section 3 Gendered Bodies and Identities in Prehistory 203 10 Personhood in Prehistory: A Feminist Archaeology in Ten Persons 204 Yvonne Marshall 11 Bioarchaeological Approaches to the Gendered Body 226 Joanna Sofaer 12 Figurines, Corporeality, and the Origins of the Gendered Body 244 Douglass W. Bailey 13 Goddesses in Prehistory 265 Lucy Goodison and Christine Morris Part II Regional Perspectives in Gender Prehistory 289 Section 4 Gender Prehistory in Africa and Asia 289 14 Gender in North African Prehistory 291 Barbara E. Barich 15 Gender in the Prehistory of Sub-Saharan Africa 313 Lyn Wadley 16 Gender and Archaeology in Coastal East Asia 333 Sarah Milledge Nelson 17 Gender Archaeology in East Asia and Eurasia 351 Katheryn M. Linduff and Karen S. Rubinson 18 Gender in Southwest Asian Prehistory 372 Diane Bolger and Rita P. Wright Section 5 Gender in European Prehistory 395 19 The History of Gender Archaeology in Northern Europe 396 Marie Louise Stig Sørensen 20 Gender in Eastern European Prehistory 413 John Chapman and Nona Palincaº 21 Gender and Feminism in the Prehistoric Archaeology of Southwest Europe 438 Margarita Díaz-Andreu and Sandra Montón-Subías 22 Gender in British Prehistory 458 Benjamin Edwards and Rachel Pope 23 Gender in Central Mediterranean Prehistory 480 Ruth Whitehouse 24 Gender in Greek and Aegean Prehistory 502 Louise Hitchcock and Marianna Nikolaidou Section 6 Gender Prehistory in the Americas and the South Pacific 526 25 Gender in the Prehistory of the Eastern United States 527 Cheryl Claassen 26 The Archaeology of Gender in Western North America 544 Alice Beck Kehoe 27 The Archaeology of Gender in Mesoamerica: Moving Beyond Gender Complementarity 564 Elizabeth M. Brumfiel 28 Gender in South American Prehistory 585 Melissa A. Vogel and Robyn E. Cutright 29 Gender and Archaeology in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the South Pacific 608 Cherrie De Leiuen Index 628

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Book SynopsisFeaturing extensive revisions and updates, the Second Edition of The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research presents an introductory overview of gender theory and research, and continues to offer a unique and compelling approach to one of the most important topics in the field of sociology. Features extensive revisions and updates, and incorporates recent cross-national research on gender Expands and develops frameworks introduced in first edition Treats gender as a multilevel system operating at the individual, interactional, and institutional levels Stresses conceptual and theoretical issues in the sociology of gender Offers an accessible yet intellectually sophisticated approach to current gender theory and research Includes pedagogical features designed to encourage critical thinking and debate Table of Contents1 Introduction to the Sociology of Gender 1 Chapter Objectives 1 Introduction 2 Sociological Vantage Points 3 A Brief History of the Sociological Study of Gender 5 Defining Gender 8 Three Frameworks for Understanding Gender 16 Gender Matters 18 Who is to Blame? Understanding Gender Inequality 19 Chapter Summary 20 Further Reading 21 Key Terms 21 Critical Thinking Questions 21 Part I: Conceptual Approaches 23 2 The Gendered Person 25 Chapter Objectives 25 Sex Differences in Traits, Abilities, or Behavioral Dispositions 27 The Origins of Sex Differences 31 Environmental Explanations of Sex Differences: Becoming Gendered 36 Sex Differences and Social Policy: The Case of Mathematics Aptitude 50 Sex Differences and Gender Inequality 54 Chapter Summary 56 Further Reading 57 Key Terms 57 Critical Thinking Questions 58 3 Gender in Interaction and Institutions 59 Chapter Objectives 59 Interactionist Views of Gender 60 Gendered Organizations/Gendered Institutions 86 Toward a Multilayered Conception of Gender 92 Chapter Summary 92 Further Reading 93 Key Terms 93 Critical Thinking Questions 94 Part II: Gender in Context 95 4 Work and Family as Gendered Institutions 97 Chapter Objectives 97 The Division of Labor 98 Work, Family, and Gender in the Industrial Age 100 A Half-Century of Gender Change: Work, Education, and Gender Egalitarian Beliefs 105 Changes in Gender, Family, and Caregiving 112 Gender, Work, and Family: The Roles of Social Policy and the State 122 Gender, Work, and Family in the Twenty-First Century: Looking Ahead 126 Chapter Summary 130 Further Reading 132 Key Terms 132 Critical Thinking Questions 132 5 Gender, Childhood, and Family Life 135 Chapter Objectives 135 Parents’ Preferences for Children’s Sex 136 “Is it a Boy or a Girl?”: Gender Construction in Families 137 Childhood and the Importance of Same-Gender Peers 154 Gender Socialization in Childhood Reconsidered 158 The Household Division of Labor and the Family 159 Explaining Women’s and Men’s Involvement in Household Work and Childcare 165 Lesbian and Gay Families Rewriting Family Life 174 Marriage, Families, and Their Consequences for Women and Men 175 Chapter Summary 185 Further Reading 187 Key Terms 187 Critical Thinking Questions 188 6 Gendered Jobs and Gendered Workers 189 Chapter Objectives 189 Sex Segregation and the Division of Labor in Paid Work 190 Explaining Sex Segregation 198 Gender Typing of Jobs, Hierarchies, and Workplace Expectations 203 The Gender Pay Gap 213 Explaining the Gender Pay Gap 217 Chapter Summary 220 Further Reading 221 Key Terms 222 Critical Thinking Questions 222 Part III: Epilogue 223 7 Deconstructing Gender Differences and Inequalities 225 Chapter Objectives 225 Gender Distinctions and Gender Inequalities 227 The Reproduction of Gender Inequality 229 Challenging Gender Inequality 236 Making Gender Matter Less 240 Chapter Summary 241 Further Reading 242 Key Terms 242 Critical Thinking Questions 243 References 245 Index 265

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Book SynopsisSignificantly expanded and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Language, Gender and Sexuality brings together a team of the leading specialists in the field to create a comprehensive overview of key historical themes and issues, along with methodologies and cutting-edge research topics.Trade Review“The second edition should certainly enhance the handbook’s reputation as an invaluable teaching and learning resource.” (.Journal of Sociolinguistics, 22 July 2015) Table of ContentsList of Figures xi List of Tables xiii Notes on Contributors xv Acknowledgments xxi Introduction: Language, Gender, and Sexuality 1Susan Ehrlich and Miriam Meyerhoff Part I Theory and History 21 1 The Feminist Foundations of Language, Gender, and Sexuality Research 23Mary Bucholtz 2 Theorizing Gender in Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology: Toward Effective Interventions in Gender Inequity 48Bonnie McElhinny 3 Language and Desire 68Don Kulick Part II Methods 85 4 Variation and Gender 87Miriam Meyerhoff 5 Sociophonetics, Gender, and Sexuality 103Robert J. Podesva and Sakiko Kajino 6 Ethnographic Methods for Language and Gender Research 123Niko Besnier and Susan U. Philips 7 Conversation Analysis in Language and Gender Studies 141Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger 8 Gender and Categorial Systematics 161Elizabeth Stokoe and Frederick Attenborough 9 Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Relevance for Current Gender and Language Research 180Michelle M. Lazar Part III Identities 201 10 Language and Sexual Identities 203Robin Queen 11 Exceptional Speakers: Contested and Problematized Gender Identities 220Kira Hall 12 Language and Masculinity 240Bethan Benwell 13 Queering Masculinities 260Tommaso M. Milani Part IV Ideologies 279 14 Gender and Language Ideologies 281Deborah Cameron 15 The Power of Gender Ideologies In Discourse 297Susan U. Philips 16 Meaning-Making and Ideologies of Gender and Sexuality 316Sally McConnell-Ginet 17 A Marked Man: The Contexts of Gender and Ethnicity 335Sara Trechter Part V Global and Cross-Cultural Perspectives 353 18 Language and Gender Research in Poland: An Overview 355Agnieszka Kie³kiewicz-Janowiak and Joanna Pawelczyk 19 Historical Discourse Approach to Japanese Women’s Language: Ideology, Indexicality, and Metalanguage 378Momoko Nakamura 20 Language and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa 396Enam Al-Wer 21 Language and Gender Research in Brazil: An Overview 412Ana Cristina Ostermann and Luiz Paulo Moita-Lopes Part VI Domains and Institutions 431 22 Language and Gender in the Workplace 433Janet Holmes 23 Language, Gender, and Sexual Violence: Legal Perspectives 452Susan Ehrlich 24 Language and Gender in Educational Contexts 471Julia Menard-Warwick, Miki Mori, and Serena Williams 25 Gender and Family Interaction 491Deborah Tannen 26 Language and Gender in Peer Interactions among Children and Youth 509Marjorie Harness Goodwin and Amy Kyratzis 27 Language and Gender in Adolescence 529Penelope Eckert Part VII Engagement and Application 547 28 Gender, Endangered Languages, and Revitalization 549Barbra A. Meek 29 Gender and (A)nonymity in Computer-Mediated Communication 567Susan C. Herring and Sharon Stoerger 30 “One Man in Two is a Woman”: Linguistic Approaches to Gender in Literary Texts 587Anna Livia 31 Language, Gender, and Popular Culture 604Mary Talbot 32 The Public View of Language and Gender: Still Wrong After All These Years 625Alice F. Freed Index 647

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Book SynopsisGender and Child Welfare in Society considers the ways in which raising questions about gender can help researchers and practitioners better understand family relationships and issues in children's development.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii 1 Gender and Child Welfare in Society: Introduction to Some Key Concepts 1 Jonathan Scourfield 2 Exploring the Relationship between Gender and Child Health: A Comparative Analysis of High and Low Economic Resource Countries 27 Lorraine Green and Julie Taylor 3 Gender, Child Maltreatment and Young People’s Offending 61 Carol-Ann Hooper 4 Gender and Schooling 95 Shereen Benjamin 5 Are Abused Women ‘Neglectful’ Mothers? A Critical Reflection Based on Women’s Experiences 121 Simon Lapierre vii 6 The Clock Starts Now: Feminism, Mothering and Attachment Theory in Child Protection Practice 149 Julia Krane, Linda Davies, Rosemary Carlton and Meghan Mulcahy 7 Engaging Fathers – Promoting Gender Equality? 173 Brid Featherstone 8 Working with Violent Male Carers (Fathers and Stepfathers) 195 Mark Rivett 9 The Family Group Conference in Child Welfare: A View from New Zealand 223 Margaret McKenzie 10 Gender in Residential Childcare 247 Mark Smith 11 Therapeutic Options in Child Protection and Gendered Practices 273 Trish Walsh Index 301

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Book SynopsisFrom childhood onward, men appear to be at risk. Infant males are more likely to undergo complications during labor and delivery and to have more birth defects. Boys often manifest behavioral difficulties and learning disabilities in elementary school.Table of ContentsTREATMENT MODALITIES. The Trauma of Oedipus: Toward a New Psychoanalytic Psychotherapyfor Men (W. Pollack). Desperately Seeking Language: Understanding, Assessing, andTreating Normative Male Alexithymia (R. Levant). Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Men (T. Mooney). Group Therapy for Traditional Men (G. Brooks). Reluctant Men in Couples Therapy: Corralling the Marlboro Man (J.Shay & C. Maltas). Men in the Family: A Family System's Approach to Treating Men (R.Lazur). ENDURING PROBLEMS, NEW SOLUTIONS. Mourning, Melancholia, and Masculinity: Recognizing and TreatingDepression in Men (W. Pollack). Men's Shame and Trauma in Therapy (S. Krugman). Gender Role Stress and Male Erectile Disorder (L. Morris). Confronting AND Treating Empathic Disconnection in Violent Men (D.Lisak). BROADENING THE SPECTRUM. Treating Anger in African American Men (A. Franklin). Being Gay and Being Male: Psychotherapy with Gay and Bisexual Men(S. Schwartzberg & L. Rosenberg). When Women Treat Men: Female Therapists/Male Patients (M.Potash). Index.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on original research, Kristin A. Goss examines how women's civic place has changed over the span of more than 120 years, how public policy has driven these changes, and why these changes matter for women and American democracy.

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Book SynopsisExplores the arguments for and against coeducation, as presented in newspaper and magazine articles, cartoons, student-authored school newsletters, and roundtable discussions published in the Japanese press, as these reforms were being implemented in the post-World War II era.

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Book SynopsisGay nightlife as sociopolitical performance

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Book SynopsisFocuses on drag and transgender performance and activism in Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Arguing for its political potential, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes explores the social and cultural disruptions caused by Latin American and Latinx ‘locas’ and the various forms of violence that queer individuals in Puerto Rico and the US are subjected to.

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Book SynopsisRevisits twentieth-century ethnographic studies of deviance, arguing that ethnographies that focus on marginal subcultures - ranging from Los Angeles hoboes to men who have sex with other men in St Louis bathrooms, to taxi dancers in Chicago, to elderly Jews in Venice, California - produce new ways of thinking about social difference more broadly.Trade Review“The book makes a compelling argument, tells a fascinating and multilayered story, and is beautifully written. The diverse subjects of the ethnographies will be of interest to specialists in a wide range of fields, including urban studies, the history and sociology of medicine, queer studies, sexuality studies, youth studies, and African American studies.” —Andrea Friedman, Washington University in St. LouisTable of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Making Up Hobos: Nels Anderson and Other Tramp Tales Chapter 3: The Taxi-Dance Hall: Paul Cressey’s Ambivalence Chapter 4: Zora’s Florida: Ethnographic Explorations of Zora Neale Hurston Chapter 5: Asylum Stories Chapter 6: Tearoom Trade: Tales of Public Sex Chapter 7: District for Deviants: Sherri Cavan’s Hippies of the Haight Chapter 8: Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisHighlights the dynamism of twenty-first-century opera performance practice with regard to sexual violence, establishes methods to evaluate representations of sexual violence on the opera stage, and reframes the primary responsibility of opera critics and creators as being not to opera composers and librettists but to the public.Trade ReviewRape at the Opera: Staging Sexual Violence makes a substantial contribution to the body of updated, ethical criticism about opera narratives and productions. Given the intensified conversations around sexual violence in contemporary culture in general, Cormier’s critical assessment is a timely call for reflection on the responsibilities of staging opera today." - Kristi Brown-Montesano, Herb Albert School of Music, UCLA"Rape at the Opera is a compelling piece of scholarship with clear and engaging writing. Cormier's ethics of care—when it comes to staging—extends to an ethics of care for her reader as well. She presents nuanced analyses of the risks and benefits to staging sexual violence, providing a thoroughly interdisciplinary approach to opera." - Monica Hershberger, SUNY GenescoTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Staging Rape Myths in Don Giovanni 2. Salomeas Victim 3. Die EntfÜhrung aus dem Serail and the Limits of Critique 4: Rape in/as Warfare: The Perils of Allegory Conclusion Appendix: Don Giovanni Productions

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Book SynopsisExplores current controversies and significant concerns in feminist theater and performanceTrade Review. . . continues Dolan's material feminist attack on censorship, cultural feminism, anti-theory sentiment, and realism. Dolan's intellectual thrust is so powerful, her language so precise, deliberate, and ravenous, that the very reading resembles a sexual act." —Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review"Writing in a clear and cogent style, Dolan examines current issues centering on representation, sexuality, social relations, pornography, and gender. Believing in the potential of certain performance strategies to provoke American culture to both critique and reimagine itself, she encourages 'actors and dramaturgs and critics to be multilingual in theatre studies as well as in the cultural sense.' Providing a model for such an approach, Dolan eloquently demonstrates the significance of psychoanalytic theory, a materialist approach, and deconstruction as tools-of-the-trade for her overarching feminist concerns. The collection is avowedly autobiographical, and it is Dolan's personal insights coupled with her willingness to critique her own work that give these essays much of their power and strength. . . . Dolan's writing is unabashedly exuberant." —The Drama Review"Jill Dolan's Presence and Desire is at once a chronicle of the struggles and debates that have taken place in American feminist theatre studies since the mid-1980s, a theoretical work addressing issues of representation, and a work of theatre pedagogy. Above all else, it is a portrait of a lively mind confronting, from a lesbian feminist perspective, a series of thorny issues in the theory and practice of theatre. . . . [A] rich and consistently engaging text." —Theatre Journal"This is a book that is not only immensely 'readable' but essential reading for those people who wish to gain a greater understanding of the growth of culture—and its contradictions—in twentieth-century Europe."—Theatre History Studies". . . an invaluable collection of provocative essays which explore the potential for performance strategies and theatrical representation to interrogate normative constructs of sexuality and gender. Provoking a reimagination of social relations, and claiming presence and recognition for women's bodies and desires, she embarks on a subject with interdisciplinary significance. . . . Dolan examines various aspects of the construction of gender and sexuality within theatrical performance and audience reception. Her close reading of several performance texts and her astute chronicle of historical changes within feminist thought make this book indispensable for theatre studies, women's studies, cultural studies, and lesbian studies, as well as for women who are actively involved in feminist performance. Dolan's acute elucidation of the potential political effectiveness of making alternative sexualities and scenarios of desire visible makes Presence and Desire: Essays on Gender, Sexuality, Performance most highly recommendable." —Women's Studies

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Book SynopsisBarbara Burrell presents a comprehensive comparative examination of men's and women’s candidacies for the US House of Representatives in elections from 1994 through 2012. Analysing extensive data sets on all major party candidates for 10 elections Burrell finds little evidence of categorical discrimination against women candidates.

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Book SynopsisWhile medical identification and treatment of gender dysphoria have existed for decades, the development of transgender as a ""collective political identity"" is a recent construct. The Remarkable Rise of Transgender Rights explains the growth of the transgender rights movement despite its marginalized status.Trade ReviewThe Remarkable Rise of Transgender Rights not only is the first comprehensive treatment of the success of the trans rights movement, but also serves as a blue print for any other ‘essentially contested rights' movement. If I may make a bold prediction, this will become the model by which other rights treatment books are structured and judged."" - Charles Anthony Smith, University of California, Irvine""The authors have done an excellent job in tackling a complicated and compelling set of issues with humanity, eloquence, and rigor. This book will be of interest to faculty, to students, and to members of the larger LGBTQ community, including activists. Highly recommended!"" - Craig Rimmerman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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Book SynopsisHighlights the dynamism of twenty-first-century opera performance practice with regard to sexual violence, establishes methods to evaluate representations of sexual violence on the opera stage, and reframes the primary responsibility of opera critics and creators as being not to opera composers and librettists but to the public.Trade ReviewRape at the Opera: Staging Sexual Violence makes a substantial contribution to the body of updated, ethical criticism about opera narratives and productions. Given the intensified conversations around sexual violence in contemporary culture in general, Cormier’s critical assessment is a timely call for reflection on the responsibilities of staging opera today." - Kristi Brown-Montesano, Herb Albert School of Music, UCLA"Rape at the Opera is a compelling piece of scholarship with clear and engaging writing. Cormier's ethics of care—when it comes to staging—extends to an ethics of care for her reader as well. She presents nuanced analyses of the risks and benefits to staging sexual violence, providing a thoroughly interdisciplinary approach to opera." - Monica Hershberger, SUNY GenescoTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Staging Rape Myths in Don Giovanni 2. Salomeas Victim 3. Die EntfÜhrung aus dem Serail and the Limits of Critique 4: Rape in/as Warfare: The Perils of Allegory Conclusion Appendix: Don Giovanni Productions

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Davidson-Schmich contributes valuable new insight on the effects of opportunity structures, motivations, and environmental contexts.”—Elisabeth Prügl, The Graduate Institute, Geneva""The book is no less than a breakthrough in the empirical study of gender politics.”—Gideon Rahat, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Book SynopsisWhy do Japanese women enjoy a high sense of well-being in a context of high inequality? Beyond the Gender Gap in Japan brings together researchers from across the social sciences to investigate this question.

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Book SynopsisH.D.’s friends and lovers were a veritable Who’s Who of modernism. Hollenberg gives us a glimpse into H.D.’s relationships with them. With rich detail, this biography follows H.D. from her early years in America with her family to her later years in England during both world wars to Switzerland, which would eventually become her home base.Table of Contents Prologue Part One: Early Years and First Loves (1886-1913) Chapter 1: Bethlehem Years, 1886-1895 Chapter 2: The Years in Upper Darby, PA, 1896-1909 Chapter 3: The Frances Gregg Period, 1910-1913 Part Two: Imagism, World War One, and Personal Loss, 1913-1918 Chapter 4: H.D., Imagism, the Onset of War and a Still Birth, 1913-1915 Chapter 5: Changing Partners in the “War Tornado,” 1916-1918 Part Three: New Family and New Forms of Art, 1918-1931 Chapter 6: The “Mysteries of Vision” and the Healing Power of Art, 1918-1920 Chapter 7: Travels and a New Menage, 1920-1923 Chapter 8: More Prose, a New Lover, and an Introduction to Avant-Garde Film, 1924-1927 Chapter 9: More Film, Endings and Beginnings, 1928-1931 Part Four: Psychoanalysis and Renewal, 1932-1939 Chapter 10: Travels and Analysis with Freud, 1932-1934 Chapter 11: Gradual Regenerations and the Onset of War, 1935-1939 Part Five: London, World War Two and its Aftermath, 1939-1954 Chapter 12: World War Two and the War Trilogy, 1939-1945 Chapter 13: Breakdown, Switzerland, and Prose Fiction, 1946-1950 Chapter 14: Becoming a Grandmother and the Creation of Helen in Egypt, 1951-1954 Part Six: A New Love before Facing Death, 1955-1961 Chapter 15: Heydt, An Accident, Occult Research, and More Poetry, 1955-1958 Chapter 16: More Poetry, Recognition, and a Fatal Illness, 1959-1961 Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisScholars have only recently discovered that the human body itself has a history. This title features eight articles that support, supplement, and explore the significance of these insights.Table of ContentsIntroduction THOMAS LAQUEUR Orgasm, Generation, and the Politics of Reproductive Biology LONDA SCHIEBINGER Skeletons in the Closet: The First Illustrations of the Female Skeleton in Eighteenth-Century Anatomy CATHERINE GALLAGHER The Body Versus the Social Body in the Works of Thomas Malthus and Henry Mayhew D. A. MILLER Cage aux folles: Sensation and Gender in Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White MARY POOVEY "Scenes of an Indelicate Character": The Medical "Treatment" of Victorian Women LAURA ENGELSTEIN Morality and the Wooden Spoon: Russian Doctors View Syphilis, Social Class, and Sexual Behavior, 1890-1905 ALAIN CORBIN Commercial Sexuality in NineteenthCentury France: A System of Images and Regulations CHRISTINE BUCI-GLUCKSMANN Catastrophic Utopia: The Feminine as Allegory of the Modern List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisOffers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history.Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Military Expeditions, Protest, Lament, and Scandal 2. Attic Mythology: Barren Goddesses, Male Wombs, and the Cult of Rape 3. The Phallus and the Box: The World Seen in the Shapes of Human Genitals 4. Bearing Children, Watching the House 5. Brides of Death, in More Ways Than One 6. The Athenian Prostitute: A Good Buy in the Agora 7. The Whore with the Golden Heart, the Happy Hooker, and other Fictions 8. Two Kinds of Women: The Splitting of the Female Psyche 9. The Sex Appeal of Female Toil 10. Easier to Live with Than a Wife: The Concubine 11. The Boy Beautiful: Replacing a Woman or Replacing a Son? 12. Learning to Be a Man, Learning to Be a Woman 13. Sex Among the Barbarians 14. Classical Tragedy: Weaving Men's Dream of Sexual Strife 15. Sex Antagonism and Women's Rituals 16. Love, Not War: Protest in the Arts and on the Streets Epilogue Notes Bibliography Supplementary Bibliography Sources of Illustrations Index Appendix

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays by anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Their studies in cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Paperback Edition Editor's Preface 1 Gilbert H. Herdt Ritualized Homosexual Behavior in the Male Cults of Melanesia, 1862-1983: An Introduction 2 Michael R. Allen Homosexuality, Male Power, and Political Organization in North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis 3 J. Van Baal The Dialectics of Sex in Marind-anim Culture 4 Gilbert H. Herdt Semen Transactions in Sambia Culture 5 Kenneth E. Read The Nama Cult Recalled 6 Eric Schwimmer Male Couples in New Guinea 7 Laurent Serpenti The Ritual Meaning of Homosexuality and Pedophilia among the Kimam-Papuans of South Irian Jaya 8 Arve S0rum Growth and Decay: Bedamini Notions of Sexuality 9 Shirley Lindenbaum Variations on a Sociosexual Theme in Melanesia Bibliography Contributors Index Maps 1 New Guinea and adjacent islands 2 Vanuatu (New Hebrides) 3 Southwest New Guinea (lrian Jaya) Map of Melanesia frontispiece

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