Gender studies, gender groups Books
Palgrave MacMillan Us The Drama of Masculinity and Medieval English Guild Culture
Book SynopsisThis study argues that late medieval English 'mystery plays' were about masculinity as much as Christian theology, modes of devotion, or civic self-consciousness. Performed repeatedly by generations of merchants and craftsmen, these Biblical plays produced fantasies and anxieties of middle class, urban masculinity, many of which are familiar today.Trade Review"Fitzgerald has written a lively and provocative book on a neglected topic: the relationship of late medieval biblical dramas from York and Chester to the urban guild culture that produced them. In a series of deft textual readings, she argues for guild culture's centrality to the ideology, imagery, and idiom of these plays.This book convincingly establishes how - as text and performance - the biblical plays of late medieval York and Chester simultaneously represented and negotiated conflicts and tensions generated within urban communities intensely divided by age, status, and especially gender. The Drama of Masculinity and Medieval English Guild Culture will prove rewarding reading for anyone interested in the social and cultural contexts of early English drama." - Theresa Coletti, University of Maryland "By adding sex/gender to the mix, Fitzgerald's study radically transforms our understanding of the northern mystery cycles of Chester and York.Fitzgerald demonstrates that the plays, filled with conflicting fantasies of civic masculinity, are more than passively-received exercises in lay spirituality: they instead express the simultaneously hopeful and anxious desires of English guildsmen looking for secure identities in the chaotic environment of late medieval civic oligarchy.Especially welcome is her concluding chapter on the cycles' presentation of a masculinist Christ, a much-needed complication of previous attempts to read the plays in the light of female-centered affective piety." - Robert W. Barrett, Jr., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"[This book] is a compelling intervention in contemporary drama criticism . . . it provides detailed close readings of a dazzling number of individual plays (over thirteen plays each in chapters 2 and 3) . . . The Drama of Masculinity makes an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between guild culture and late-medieval drama, challenging the conventional vision of the drama as evnidence of the power and prestige of urban guilds by emphasizing the extent to which the dramas of York and Chester embody the demands of civic government on the guildsmen." - SpeculumTable of ContentsIntroduction Men in the Household, Guild, and City The Domestic Scene: Patriarchal Fantasies and Anxieties in the Family and Guild Male Homosocial Communities and Public Life Acting Like a Man: Christ and Masculinity
£40.49
Palgrave Macmillan The Pimping of Prostitution
Book SynopsisThis book examines one of the most contested issues facing feminists, human rights activists and governments around the globe - the international sex trade. For decades, the liberal left has been conflicted as to whether pro-prostitution activists or abolitionists hold the correct view, and debates are ongoing as to who holds the key to the solutions facing the women and girls involved. Over the course of two years, Bindel conducted 250 interviews in almost 40 countries, cities and states, traveling around Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and East and South Africa. Visiting legal brothels all around the world, Bindel got to know pimps, pornographers, survivors of the sex trade, and the women being sold by men classed as ''business entrepreneurs''. Whilst meeting feminist abolitionists, pro-prostitution campaigners, police and government officials, and the men who drive the demand, Bindel uncovered the lies, mythology and criminTable of ContentsIntroduction.- Chapter 1. The Abolitionist Movement.- Chapter 2. The ‘Sex Workers’ Rights’ Movement.- Chapter 3. Sanitising the Sex Trade.- Chapter 4. Realities & Consequences of Legalisation.- Chapter 5. The Invisible Man.- Chapter 6. Human Rights and Wrongs.- Chapter 7. Aiding the Fight for Legalisation: AIDS & HIV.- Chapter 8. Fighting for Rights, or Parasites?.- Chapter 9. Sex Trade Academics.- Chapter 10. A Queer Defence of the Sex Trade.- Chapter 11. Surviving the Sex Trade.- Conclusion: The Way Forward.
£26.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Navigating Trans and Complex Gender Identities
Book SynopsisWe all encounter others whose gender identities differ from our own, whether it is in the classroom, in public, in the media or online. For many, there is anxiety about which words to use in conversation and sometimes people keep quiet so as to not offend someone whose gender identity may not be readily discernible, when in actuality, what they desire is to understand, learn, and interact. This book offers practical research-based strategies for expanding personal, social and political awareness about gender-identity privileges - helping the reader to work through fears and unpack ingrained communication patterns and language. In order to better understand the ever-evolving landscape of gender identity the authors provide historical and political background for the transgender movement and consider how issues of age, culture, race, social class, media, celebrity and religion affect transgender identities. The book includes a glossary of key terms, a foreword from leading transgender riTrade ReviewThe authors in this book take us on an extraordinarily unique journey through trans*+ and complex gender identities. Be prepared for your emotions to surface. The text reads like a great novel. * Eric D. Teman, Assistant Professor of Educational Research, University of Wyoming, USA *An excellent book that combines both theoretical and practical perspective regarding trans+ issues and lives. It gives the reader theoretical understanding, an overview of trans+ history, and how trans+ subjectivities have been represented or rather misrepresented in the Western media discourse. Furthermore, the book has a practical perspective and gives advice to educational workers and teachers of how to address these issues in their schools / classroom. I would highly recommend this book for educational workers, students, and other lay people who would want to get a practical and theoretical insight into trans+ issues * Jón Ingvar Kjaran, Associate Professor, University of Iceland, Iceland, and Senior Researcher at the United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Program, Iceland *Table of ContentsPreface, sj Miller Foreword, Jamison Green Acknowledgements 1. Transgender Generations and Technologies of Recognition, Cris Mayo 2. Working through Concerns and Fears: Tips For Communicating and Messaging about Gender Identity for Cisgender People, sj Miller 3. Critical Consumption of Transgender and Non-Binary Representations in Popular Culture and Social Media, Rhea Ashley Hoskin, Jessie Earl and Ashleigh Yule 4. Advocacy Beyond: Continuing Commitments, Personal and Social Growth, Jamison Green Afterword, Meredith Talusan Appendices Glossary of Shifting Terms Endnotes References List of Contributors Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Queer Euripides
Book SynopsisThis volume is the first attempt to reconsider the entire corpus of an ancient canonical author through the lens of queerness broadly conceived, taking as its subject Euripides, the latest of the three great Athenian tragedians. Although Euripides' plays have long been seen as a valuable source for understanding the construction of gender and sexuality in ancient Greece, scholars of Greek tragedy have only recently begun to engage with queer theory and its ongoing developments. Queer Euripides represents a vital step in exploring the productive perspectives on classical literature afforded by the critical study of orientations, identities, affects and experiences that unsettle not only prescriptive understandings of gender and sexuality, but also normative social structures and relations more broadly. Bringing together twenty-one chapters by experts in classical studies, English literature, performance and critical theory, this carefully curated collection of incisive and provoTrade ReviewReading Queer Euripides from start to finish feels like receiving an invitation to a conversation, a collective, an in-crowd, a protest, a manifesto for change ... I feel deeply grateful to the editors of Queer Euripides and to its contributors for this volume that in its reckoning with the failures of Classics is no less full to the brim with ‘weedy hope’. I am trying to imagine the landscapes that will grow from such endings. * The Classical Review *The surprise factors of these re-readings ... will constantly challenge our assumptions and force us to read the text with fresh eyes. * Journal of Classics Teaching *Full of innovative analyses of Euripides’ plays, this ground-breaking volume is the first to employ queerness as a lens for examining the entire surviving corpus of an ancient Greek playwright. In both form and content it heralds a new approach to ancient texts that should have a deep impact on the field of Classics and reach many audiences beyond it. * Naomi A. Weiss, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University, USA *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgments Queer Euripides: An Introduction (Sarah Olsen, Williams College, USA and Mario Telò, University of California, Berkeley, USA) Part I. Temporalities 1. Hippolytus: Euripides and Queer Theory at the Fin de Siècle and Now (Daniel Orrells, King’s College, London, UK) 2. Rhesus: Tragic Wilderness in Queer Time (Oliver Baldwin, University of Reading, UK) 3. Trojan Women: No Futures (Carla Freccero, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) Part II. Escape/Refusal 4. Iphigenia in Aulis: Perhaps (Not) (Ella Haselswerdt, University of California, Los Angeles, USA) 5. Helen: Queering the Barbarian (Patrice Rankine, University of Richmond, USA) 6. Children of Heracles: Queer Kinship: Profit, Vivisection, Kitsch (Ben Radcliffe, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA) 7. Suppliant Women: Adrastus’s Cute Lesbianism: Labor Irony Adhesion (Mario Telò, University of California, Berkeley, USA) Part III: Failure 8. Medea: Failure and the Queer Escape (Sarah Nooter, University of Chicago, USA) 9. Alcestis: Impossible Performance (Sean Gurd, University of Missouri, USA) 10. Ion: Into the Queer Ionisphere (Kirk Ormand, Oberlin College, USA) Part IV: Relations 11. Heracles: Homosexual Panic and Irresponsible Reading (Alastair Blanshard, University of Queensland, Australia) 12. Andromache: Catfight in Phthia (Sarah Olsen, Williams College, USA) 13. Orestes: Polymorphously Per-verse: On Queer Metrology (David Youd, University of California, Berkeley, USA) Part V. Reproduction 14. Hecuba: The Dead Child or Queer for a Day (Karen Bassi, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) 15. Phoenician Women: “Deviant” Thebans Out of Time (Rosa Andújar, Kings’ College, London, UK) 16. Electra: Parapoetics and Paraontology (Melissa Mueller, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA) Part VI: Encounters 17. Iphigenia in Tauris: Iphigenia and Artemis? Reading Queer/Performing Queer (Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Hamilton College, USA and David Bullen, Royal Holloway, UK) 18. Cyclops: A Philosopher Walks into a Satyr Play (Daniel Boyarin, University of California, Berkeley, USA) Part VII: Transitions 19. Hippolytus: Queer Crossings: Following Anne Carson (Jonathan Goldberg, Emory University, USA) 20. Aristophanes’ Women at the Thesmophoria: Reality and the Egg: An Oviparody of Euripides (L. Deihr, UC, Berkeley, USA) 21. Bacchae: “An Excessively High Price to Pay for Being Reluctant to Emerge from the Closet?” (Isabel Ruffell, University of Glasgow, UK) Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Vegetal Sex
Book SynopsisThis book introduces the reader to the exciting new field of plant philosophy and takes it in a new direction to ask: what does it mean to say that plants are sexed? Do male' and female' really mean the same when applied to humans, trees, fungi and algae? Are the zoological categories of sex really adequate for understanding the uniquely dibiontic' life cycle of plants?Vegetal Sex addresses these questions through a detailed analysis of major moments in the history of plant sex, from Aristotle to the modern day. Tracing the transformations in the analogy between animals and plants that characterize this history, it shows how the analogy still functions in contemporary botany and asks: what would a non-zoocentric, plant-centred philosophy of vegetal sex be like?By showing how philosophy and botany have been and still are inextricably entwined, Vegetal Sex allows us to think vegetal being and, perhaps, to recognize the vegetal in us all.Trade ReviewVegetal Sex demands to be read: not only as a critical history that transforms what we took for granted about the sex of plants into a problem for thought, but also as a rigorous reframing of the category of sex in general and a manifesto for a renewed plant-philosophy. * Daniel Whistler, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK *Critically examining a long botanical tradition that speaks about “male” and “female” plants, Stella Sandford’s Vegetal Sex is a lucid, rigorous philosophical analysis that asks what it would mean to stop projecting human sexuality onto plants. The irreducible specificity of vegetal sex is shown here to have the power of challenging our general understanding of sexuality, emerging from this analysis as open and ambiguous. * Antónia Szabari, Associate Professor, University of Southern California, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What is Plant Philosophy? 2. Plant Philosophy and Plant Sex: Aristotle to Albertus 3. The Joint Venture: Philosophy and Botany 4. From Analogy to Identity: The Carnival of Plant Sex 5. What are ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ in Plants? 6. Are We Family? The Mother Tree and other humans Epilogue Vegetal sexuality and us Notes Bibliography
£20.89
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Queer Politics of Pride
Book SynopsisDaniel Conway is senior lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Westminster, UK, and author of Migration, Space and Transnational Identities: The British in South Africa (2014) and Masculinities, Militarisation and the End Conscription Campaign: War Resistance in Apartheid South Africa, (2012).
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Queer Theory Now
Book SynopsisHannah McCann is a Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research sits within critical femininity studies, and explores femme identity, beauty culture, and queer fandom. She is the author of Queering Femininity: Sexuality, Feminism and the Politics of Presentation (Routledge, 2018).Whitney Monaghan is an Assistant Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies at Monash University, Australia. She has a background in screen, media and cultural studies and her research examines queer representation on screen. She is the author of Queer Girls, Temporality and Screen Media: Not Just a Phase' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).Trade ReviewQueer Theory Now is a thorough synthesis of thirty years of queer theory and its precursors. It should be required reading in classrooms around the world. An essential primer! * Don Romesburg, Sonoma State University, USA *Queer Theory Now is an invaluable resource for newcomers to queer theory. McCann and Monaghan define key terms with outstanding clarity. Centering the work of theorists of colour and trans theorists, the authors uncover the variegated histories that have converged on, and diverged from, queer theory. Eminently teachable. * Jean-Thomas Tremblay, New Mexico State University, USA *This is a rigorous and pedagogically designed introduction to queer theory that covers not only the field’s foundations but also more recent debates. Moreover, the inclusion of case studies, definitions of key terms and film recommendations makes complex ideas accessible for students finding their way in queer theory. – Sam McBean, Queen Mary University of London, UK * Sam McBean, Queen Mary University of London, UK *Part disciplinary history, part field assessment, part critical reference, Queer Theory Now is perhaps most importantly a primer for the queer work ahead. It will be a welcome queer pedagogy text in both undergraduate and graduate classrooms. * Matt Brim, College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA *An absolute must read! Queer Theory Now, carefully crafted by McCann and Monaghan, is an incredibly timely, necessary and rich resource. Undergraduates and post-graduate students interested in engaging with historical and contemporary debates in queer theories will find much to stimulate their thinking in this book. * Leanne Coll, Deakin University, Australia *The last real primer for queer theory was Annemarie Jagose’s Queer Theory over 20 years ago. Queer Theory Now fills that enormous gap, covering key areas such as intersectionality, the global dimensions of queerness, and the history of the field, while remaining attentive to the difficulties of defining the complex and ever-evolving perspectives on sexuality and gender. * Ross Forman, University of Warwick, UK *The most concise and comprehensive explanation of the past, present and future of queer theory available today. This book traces queer theory’s significant histories and locates its renewed relevance in contemporary times. It makes queer theory’s evolution and complexities easy to access and is a must-have for any university library. * Joanna McIntyre, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia *McCann and Monaghan have written one of the most insightful overviews of queer theory currently on the market. It is highly recommended for those seeking an accessible guide to key ideas, issues, developments, and controversies in this field. The writers deserve credit for their ample demonstration of queer theory's applicability to a range of disciplines, lives, and events. * Páraic Finnerty, University of Portsmouth *Table of Contents1. Defining Queer Theory 2.From Pathology to Pride 3.Sexuality and Feminism 4.AIDS and Acting Up 5.Outing the Closet 6.Theory Meets Identity 7.Negotiating Intersections 8.Temporality and Queer Utopias.
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Edinburgh University Press Phenomenology of Black Spirit
Book SynopsisA study of the relationship between Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit and Black Thought from Frederick Douglass to Angela Davis, which explodes the western canon of philosophy.Trade Review"Thinking about Blackness historically as a manifestation of the deliberate self-conscious efforts of Black people is not only a worthwhile project but a necessary philosophical and conceptual grounding of Black theory and thought. Phenomenology of the Black Spirit is a commendable effort towards establishing a groundwork for the study of Black Spirit as a revelation of time and civilization. ?" -Tommy J. Curry, University of Edinburgh
£18.99
Bristol University Press Understanding Trans Health
Book SynopsisAddressing urgent challenges and debates in trans health, this book interweaves patient voices with social theory and autobiography, offering an innovative look at how shifting language, patient mistrust, waiting lists and professional power shape clinical encounters, and exploring what a better future might look like for trans patients.Trade Review“This book offers sophisticated yet clear explanations of the terrain of trans health in the UK, with superb analytic purchase – made all the more impressive by its accessibility and candour.” Sociology of Health & Illness"This valuable book provides an innovative approach to trans health weaving personal narrative, sociological theories and activist perspectives. It makes a vital contribution to promoting health equality for trans people." Julie Fish, Centre for LGBTQ research, De Montfort University, Leicester."One of the most impressive trans books I've read. Pearce's research is of the utmost importance - her writing accessible, her conclusions transformational." CN Lester, author of "Trans Like Me".“An important, well-researched and original book ... a rich blend of theory and research ... A crucial new addition to the growing body of work on transgender experience.” Jack Halberstam, Columbia University, author of Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Guide to Gender Variability"This highly topical book addresses the key issues of trans people's health, identity, and social change. It offers an innovative critical perspective regarding the medical establishment and trans activism." Surya Monro, University of HuddersfieldTable of ContentsPart One: The context of care; Introduction: coming to terms with trans health; Condition or movement? A genealogy of trans discourse; Trans health in practice: conditions of care; Part Two: Navigating health services; (Re)defining trans; Trans temporalities: imagining a future in the time of anticipation; Part Three: Changing trans health; The politics of trans health: negotiating credible knowledge; Towards affirmative care.
£28.99
Bristol University Press Care Crisis and Activism
Book SynopsisWhat kinds of care are being offered or withdrawn by the welfare state? What does this mean for the caring practices and interventions of local activists? Shedding new light on austerity and neoliberal welfare reform in the UK, this vital book considers local action and activism within contexts of crisis, including the COVID-19 pandemic.Trade Review“Jupp skilfully connects micro-, meso- and macro-levels through her investigation of activists’ involvement in various forms of organising (not necessarily organisations) in a welfare state shaped by austerity. Her nuanced analysis addresses the affordances and ambivalences of community activism.” The Sociological ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: sticking plasters and cotton wool 1. Care, austerity and the politics of everyday lives 2. Citizenship and community in times of crisis 3. Journeys into and through local activism under austerity 4. Austerity politics and infrastructures of care: Children’s Centre closures and activism 5. Small stories and political change: local activism across time and space 6. Provisioning in times of crisis 7. Conclusions: a politics of everyday life?
£72.00
Edinburgh University Press A Deleuzian Critique of Queer Thought
Book SynopsisOffers a forceful encounter between Deleuze's work and contemporary queer thought to provide both critical and practical means to re-evaluate and rework key concepts and methods, especially sexuality.
£76.50
MD - Duke University Press Unsettling Queer Anthropology
Book SynopsisThis field-defining volume of queer anthropology foregrounds both the brilliance of anthropological approaches to queer and trans life and the ways queer critique can reorient and transform anthropology. Consisting of fourteen original essays by both distinguished and new voices, Unsettling Queer Anthropology advances a vision of queer anthropology grounded in decolonial, abolitionist, Black feminist, transnational, postcolonial, Indigenous, and queer of color approaches. Critically assessing both anthropology’s queer innovations and its colonialist legacies, contributors highlight decades of work in queer anthropology; challenge the boundaries of anthropology’s traditional methodologies, forms, and objects of study; and forge a critical, queer of color, decolonizing queer anthropology that unsettles anthropology’s normative epistemologies. At a moment of revitalized calls to reckon with the white supremacist and settler colonial logics that continue to shape a
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New York University Press Bi
Book SynopsisWhat bisexual youth can tell us about today's gender and sexual identities Despite the increasing visibility of LGBTQ people in American culture, our understanding of bisexuality remains superficial, at best. Yet, five times as many people identify as bisexual than as gay or lesbian, and as much as 25 percent of the population is estimated to be bisexual. In Bi, noted scholar of youth sexuality, Ritch Savin-Williams, brings bisexuality to centerstage at a moment when Gen Z and millennial youth and young adults are increasingly rejecting traditional labels altogether. Drawing on interviews with bisexual youth from a range of racial, ethnic, and social class groups, he reveals to us how bisexuals define their own sexual orientation and experiencesin their own words. Savin-Williams shows how and why people might identify as bisexual as a result of their biology or upbringing; as a bridge or transition to something else; as a consequence of their curiosity; or for a Trade ReviewPlenty of people still doubt that bisexuality really exists, and others assume that bisexuals are closeted gays, curious heterosexuals, or maladjusted people who can’t decide what they want. No one can hold on to these outmoded stereotypes after reading Ritch C. Savin-Williams’ powerful book. By letting the voices of so many diverse individuals speak their own truths, in all of their individuality and complexity, he provides one of the clearest and most compelling portraits available of the phenomenon of plural attractions. Savin-Williams brings us right inside their experiences, and allows us to share his empathy, his curiosity, his admiration for their strength and courage, and his celebration of their dazzling diversity. -- Lisa M. Diamond, author of Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and DesireBi is the book that we have all been waiting for. It reveals the inside story of the thoughts and feelings of Generation Z with respect to their identities, sexualities, genders, and relationships. Ritch Savin-Williams explains in the lucid and passionate language of adolescents and young adults why they want to disrupt the binaries of their parents' generation and create their own ways of understanding themselves and each other. I learned a tremendous amount about adolescence and about humans, especially how they and we are driven by our desires to be seen, heard, taken seriously, and loved. Bi will change how you think and feel. Read it! -- Niobe Way, author of Deep Secrets: Boys' Friendships and the Crisis of ConnectionRitch C. Savin-Williams shows all of the ways bisexuality has been misunderstood. Through the stories and voices of people who themselves experience their sexuality in this way, he shows that bisexuality is real, measurable, and valuable to understand. -- Mary Robertson, author of Growing Up Queer: Kids and the Remaking of LGBTQ IdentitySavin-Williams offers a necessary, nuanced, and accessible book that foregrounds contemporary uses and understandings of sex, gender, and sexuality … an essential book for activists, practitioners, and scholars of youth and sexuality. * Choice *
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New York University Press Normporn
Book SynopsisAn irreverent look at the love-hate relationship between queer viewers and mainstream family TV shows like Gilmore Girls and This Is Us After personal loss, political upheaval, and the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us craved a return to business as usual, the mundane, the middlebrow. We turned to TV to find these things. For nearly forty years, network television has produced a constant stream of cry-along sentimental-realist dramedies designed to appeal to liberal, heterosexual, white America. But what makes us keep watching, even though these TV series inevitably fail to reflect who we are?Revisiting soothing network dramedies like Parenthood, Gilmore Girls, This Is Us, and their late-80s precursor, thirtysomething, Normporn mines the nuanced pleasures and attraction-repulsion queer viewers experience watching liberal family-centric shows. Karen Tongson reflects on how queer cultural observerTrade ReviewThe analysis presents bracing assessments of network TV touchstones, and Tongson’s wit is a treat. Thought-provoking and full of fresh insights, this entertains and enlightens. * Publishers Weekly *What begins as a searing cultural critique of the prevalence of sentimental, whitewashed television shows—This is Us, Parenthood, etc.—unfurls brilliantly into a soul-stirring reflection on personal and cultural grief and the palliative effects of plainness. Tongson exquisitely captures what it means for queer people in particular to find solace in the quotidian. * Electric Literature *Emotionally cathartic. The critic’s wrestling with the compromises that the pleasures of mass culture inevitably demand is heartfelt. In a word, it’s normal. * Arts Fuse *A personal and heartfelt ode to the problematic pleasures of normalcy. Insightful, relatable, and funny, Tongson is a master at twirling the personal around the political, giving us a layered, brainy investigation into this sneaky cultural manipulation. * Michelle Tea, author of Valencia *Normporn is a funny, bracing and unrelentingly smart journey through the pop culture of the last twenty years to explain the confused, damaged state of American identity. Karen Tongson takes a look at everything from WandaVision to True Blood to parse out the conflicting ideas of what America is and should be. It’s that rarest of books, a searingly intellectual cultural analysis that’s fun and dishy enough for the beach. * Guy Branum, author of My Life As A Goddess *
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New York University Press Trans Medicine
Book Synopsis**Finalist, PROSE Award in Clinical Medicine**A rich examination of the history of trans medicine and current day practice Surfacing in the mid-twentieth century, yet shrouded in social stigma, transgender medicine is now a rapidly growing medical field. In Trans Medicine, stef shuster makes an important intervention in how we understand the development of this field and how it is being used to treat gender identity today. Drawing on interviews with medical providers as well as ethnographic and archival research, shuster examines how health professionals approach patients who seek gender-affirming care. From genital reconstructions to hormone injections, the practice of trans medicine charts new medical ground, compelling medical professionals to plan treatments without widescale clinical trials to back them up. Relying on cultural norms and gut instincts to inform their treatment plans, shuster shows how medical providers' lack of clinical experience and scientific research underminesTrade ReviewTrans Medicine is a brilliant study of how the context of scientific uncertainty shapes the ways medical professionals work with trans people. While appreciating the dilemmas facing doctors, shuster holds them accountable for upholding normative understandings of gender essentialism. This beautifully rendered story of medical improvisation and the search for professional credibility will be of great interest to readers of transgender studies, medical sociology, and the sociology of knowledge. -- Arlene Stein, author of Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of IdentityTrans Medicine is original, empirically rich, and beautifully written. shuster masterfully integrates a wide range of data with a nuanced theoretical story of power, control, and medical regulation. This is truly an urgently needed study that is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of gender, sexuality, bodies and embodiment, and healthcare. -- Georgiann Davis, author of Contesting Intersex: The Dubious DiagnosisA powerful examination of the history and present of medical providers seeking to 'treat gender.' Demonstrating how uncertainty unsettles the relationship between expertise, evidence, and clinical decision-making, Trans Medicine illuminates the path to a more inclusive, gender-affirming health care system. -- Rene Almeling, author of GUYnecology: The Missing Science of Men's Reproductive Healthshuster...expertly documents how the medical field as often failed trans patients...[Trans Medicine] successfully makes the case that trans medicine should be part of the medical training of all physicians…This well-researched book is eminently readable and, in fact, quite a page-turner. It is an essential story, one that is not yet complete, as shuster acknowledges. A must-read. * Library Journal *Trans Medicine is remarkable for the way in which shuster captures health care providers speaking and acting with exceptional candor about what they think and feel about working with trans populations. -- Danya Lagos - University of California, Berkeley * American Journal of Sociology *Overall, shuster’s book is an engaging exploration of the histories of trans medicine with an emphasis on health care administration and politics…Trans Medicine holds immense value for medical school and continuing education programs and would promote fruitful dialog about inclusive, accountable, and just health care practices. * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *Sociologist Stef M. Shuster’s Trans Medicine is a unique monograph that combines historical analysis with ethnography. * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *
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Stanford University Press Unknown Past: Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star
Book SynopsisA biography of the "Cinderella" of Egyptian cinema—the veneration and rumors that surrounded an unparalleled career, and the gendered questions that unsettled Egyptian society. Layla Murad (1918-1995) was once the highest-paid star in Egypt, and her movies were among the top-grossing in the box office. She starred in 28 films, nearly all now classics in Arab musical cinema. In 1955 she was forced to stop acting—and struggled for decades for a comeback. Today, even decades after her death, public interest in her life continues, and new generations of Egyptians still love her work. Unknown Past recounts Murad's extraordinary life—and the rapid political and sociocultural changes she witnessed. Hanan Hammad writes a story centered on Layla Murad's persona and legacy, and broadly framed around a gendered history of twentieth-century Egypt. Murad was a Jew who converted to Islam in the shadow of the first Arab-Israeli war. Her career blossomed under the Egyptian monarchy and later gave a singing voice to the Free Officers and the 1952 Revolution. The definitive end of her cinematic career came under Nasser on the eve of the 1956 Suez War. Egyptians have long told their national story through interpretations of Murad's life, intertwining the individual and Egyptian state and society to better understand Egyptian identity. As Unknown Past recounts, there's no life better than Murad's to reflect the tumultuous changes experienced over the dramatic decades of the mid-twentieth century.Trade Review"A fascinating and fun read, Unknown Past carefully documents Layla's story, fills voids, and makes important interventions into debates on her life and legacy. Just as Layla's life was bigger than the screen, this book goes beyond the history of cinema to illuminate questions about religion, society, gender, and politics."—Beth Baron, The Graduate Center and City College, City University of New York, author of The Orphan Scandal"Bringing together biography and history, Unknown Past examines transformations in midcentury Egypt through the life of the hugely popular Layla Murad. Unraveling rumors and debunking myths, Hanan Hammad draws attention to the social pressures Murad faced as a working woman, as a Jew, as a wife, and as a mother."—Deborah Starr, Cornell University, author of Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema"Unknown Past is meticulously researched and vividly written. Hanan Hammad unpacks, in a careful, clear-headed, and brave manner, all the myths surrounding Egypt's beloved star Layla Murad, from her career's entanglement in the Arab-Israel conflict to her premature retirement. An essential read."—Ted Swedenburg, University of Arkansas, editor of Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Popular Culture"Unknown Past: Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt is a descriptively compelling and detailed account of the life and work of a culturally, artistically, and politically influential Egyptian woman through modern Egypt's complicated and perilous times. A consummate work of impeccable scholarship, no Egyptian Cinema or 20th Century Egyptian Biography collection would be complete or comprehensive without the inclusion of a copy of Unknown Past." -Julie Summers, Reviewer's Bookwatch"This is the kind of book any aspiring scholar should want to write at least once during their career: Hammad both lucidly engages relevant academic literature and tells a fascinating story for nonspecialist readers new to one of the dizzying number of disciplines into which she intervenes."—Abe Silberstein, Cineaste"[Unknown Past is] a story not only about religion and ethnicity in the Arab world, but also one about how being female can amplify the effects of being a minority in a society that is not as 'modern' as it prides itself on being."—Lauren Hakimi, The Forward"This engaging text sheds new light on old questions and provides greater depth to this Golden Age star.... Ultimately, readers see Murad as a complex, multidimensional individual—acelebrity, wife, lover, mother, and businesswoman. Recommended."—M. L. Russell, CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction: Why Layla Murad? 1. The Schoolgirl: Making Layla Murad 2. The Country Girl: Branding Layla Murad 3. Adam and Eve: Interfaith Family, Fame, and Gossip 4. The Blow of Fate: The Politics of Boycotting Israel 5. The Unknown Lover: Layla Murad and the Free Officer 6. The Starling of the Valley: Remembering Layla Murad Conclusion: Can an Egyptian Be a Single Mother and a Jew?
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Stanford University Press Dreams of the Overworked: Living, Working, and
Book SynopsisA riveting look at the real reasons Americans feel inadequate in the face of their dreams, and a call to celebrate how we support one another in the service of family and work in our daily life. Jay's days are filled with back-to-back meetings, but he always leaves work in time to pick his daughter up from swimming at 7pm, knowing he'll be back on his laptop later that night. Linda thinks wistfully of the treadmill in her garage as she finishes folding the laundry that's been in the dryer for the last week. Rebecca sits with one child in front of a packet of math homework, while three others clamor for her attention. In Dreams of the Overworked, Christine M. Beckman and Melissa Mazmanian offer vivid sketches of daily life for nine families, capturing what it means to live, work, and parent in a world of impossible expectations, now amplified unlike ever before by smart devices. We are invited into homes and offices, where we recognize the crushing pressure of unraveling plans, and the healing warmth of being together. Moreover, we witness the constant planning that goes into a "good" day, often with the aid of phones and apps. Yet, as technologies empower us to do more, they also promise limitless availability and connection. Checking email on the weekend, monitoring screen time, and counting steps are all part of the daily routine. The stories in this book challenge the seductive myth of the phone-clad individual, by showing that beneath the plastic veneer of technology is a complex, hidden system of support—our dreams being scaffolded by retired in-laws, friendly neighbors, spouses, and paid help. This book makes a compelling case for celebrating the structures that allow us to strive for our dreams, by supporting public policies and community organizations, challenging workplace norms, reimagining family, and valuing the joy of human connection.Trade Review"This marvelous book captures the contemporary experience of nine families, allowing them to speak for themselves about their dreams and how they cope with everyday life. Uniquely, it celebrates the fact that it is the dense web of social connections or scaffolding that enables family life to thrive in the digital age."—Judy Wajcman, London School of Economics"What makes this book unique is its tough love message. Left to its own devices, technology makes us more likely to buy into myths of our perfectibility. The way out begins with our deep understanding of our vulnerability. From there, these savvy and humanistic researchers can help you design a customized plan for individuals and organizations. But it's going to be a plan, not a gimmick."—Sherry Turkle, author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other"Christine Beckman and Melissa Mazmanian embarked on an ambitious project to understand how technology shapes our lives and wound up producing an intimate and urgent portrait of American families stretched to the breaking point. An important work, Dreams of the Overworked busts some potent myths and makes a compelling argument for large-scale changes necessary in public policy and our overworked workplace cultures to allow American families time to breathe, and thrive at work and at home."—Brigid Schulte, author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One Has the Time, director, The Better Life Lab at New America"Work-life balance might be a myth, but the evidence that better rhythm is possible is very real. In this thoughtful, readable book, two experts share what they've learned about how to prioritize work, family, health, and relationships without making yourself insane."—Adam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take"Beckman and Mazmanian show the stakes in everyday life as we pursue perfection. Whether being the best parent and worker or having a perfect body, we try achieving the unattainable by working hard and efficiently to do more and do it better. Dreams of the Overworked explores the internal work that fills our days—and our minds—as we navigate life, simultaneously alone and in a crowd."—Chuck Darrah, San Jose State University"Beckman and Mazmanian capture timeless and essential truths about blending parenting and employment. Their study of nine upper-middle-class families exposes the independent 'choice' narrative as an idealized fiction and reveals the power of interdependencies in well-run organizations and in loving families. This is a book about cooperation and dependence—dependence on both earning an income and being an involved parent; dependence on our children for their cooperation in the shared endeavor; dependence on our partners, extended family, and friends for their engagement and care; dependence on caregivers who, as Beckman and Mazmanian explain, provide the scaffolding that makes each unique work-family blend possible."—Kathleen L. McGinn, Harvard Business School"This wonderfully intriguing book vividly portrays the lives of nine California-based professional families with young children at home as they try to meet the competing demands of work, parenting, and being fit and healthy. By observing and participating in the home life of these families over extended periods of time, Beckman and Mazmanian reveal how invisible and undervalued support from extended family members, friends, neighbors, and communities is the scaffolding that makes survival and success possible; and they show how smartphones and other personal devices, which are supposed to help, may actually increase the stress of overwork. The example-rich writing is delightful and the informative endnotes fully cover a wide range of literature. By making vivid the everyday details of family work necessary to deal with the competing demands created by the myths of the ideal worker, perfect parent, and ultimate body, this book is eye-opening and a must-read for all."—Lotte Bailyn, author of Breaking the Mold: Redesigning Work for Productive and Satisfying Lives"In their excellent new book, Beckman and Mazmanian explore the Herculean task today's families face as they strive to live up to the unrealistic expectation of doing everything perfectly while also being bombarded by 'helpful technologies.' Their in-depth look at different family configurations frames the challenges—but, more importantly, potential solutions—that today's unique families need to understand in order to thrive in these changing times."—Brad Harrington, Executive Director, Boston College Center for Work & Family"We cannot see what we cannot name. Beckman and Mazmanian cover the familiar terrain of work-family pressures by following real families and telling their stories. In the process, they make much that is invisible visible, naming and defining different kinds of work and introducing the important new concept of scaffolding. They allow us to see society not as individuals making choices and decisions, but as webs of vital but under-appreciated and under-nourished relationships. I learned a great deal from this book; it's an easy read with a lot to say."—Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America"How might the myths of the ideal worker, perfect parent/caregiver, and ultimate body play out as we live and work longer? Are there new myths that also need to be explored for overwork as we age and care for others over the life course? Beckman and Mazmanian have started us strongly on the path to answer such deep questions that remain in our struggles to thrive in our lives on and off the job."—Ellen Ernst Kossek, Administrative Science Quarterly"Dreams of the Overworked is a text that succeeds in rendering the textures and feelings of the everyday struggles of middle- to upper-class American working parents... a beautiful piece of ethnography."—Anne Antoni, Organization StudiesTable of Contents1. Introducing the Dream(s) 2. Aspiring to Be the Ideal Worker 3. Playing the Perfect Parent 4. Working Toward the Ultimate Body 5. The Promise of Technology 6. Creating a Spiral of Expectations 7. Invisible Work Is Real Work 8. Scaffolding Dreams 9. Building Tomorrow's Scaffolding Epilogue: Steps Forward
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SAGE Publications Inc Gender, Sexuality, and Intimacy: A Contexts
Book SynopsisThis new anthology from SAGE brings together over 90 recent readings on gender, sexuality, and intimate relationships from Contexts, the award-winning magazine published by the American Sociological Association. Each contributor is a contemporary sociologist writing in the clear, concise, and jargon-free style that has made Contexts the "public face" of sociology. Jodi O’Brien and Arlene Stein, former Contexts Editors, have chosen pieces that are timely, thought-provoking, and especially suitable for classroom use; written introductions that frame each of the books three main sections; and provided questions for discussion.Table of ContentsPreface/Acknowledgments SECTION I. GENDER Introduction: Where Is Gender? Focus Point: Learning to Parent Transgender Children - Nicole Bedera Locating Gender 1 Boys vs. Girls - Debra Rigney 2 The Hearts of Boys - Niobe Way, C.J. Pascoe, Mark McCormack, Amy Schalet, and Freeden Oeur 3 Jeremy Lin’s Model Minority Problem - Maxwell Leung 4 Transitioning Out Loud and Online - Arlene Stein In Brief: Fashioning Flawlessness - Kelly Kato 5 A 21st Century Gender Revolution - Sangyoub Park 6 The Feminization of American Immigration - Donna R. Gabaccia In Brief: Fashion Victims - Aghil Daghagheleh Scripting Gender: Media and Culture 7 Celebrity Drug Scandals, Media Double Standards - Rebecca Tiger In Brief: Orange Is Mostly the Same Gender - Adriana Brodyn 8 Selling Feminism, Consuming Femininity - Amanda M. Gengler 9 Beauty Beyond a Size 16 - Amanda M. Czerniawski 10 Enduring Dilemmas of Female Celebrity - Karen Sternheimer 11 #CallMeCaitlyn and Contemporary Trans* Visibility - D’Lane Compton and Tristan Bridges 12 Dancing the Body Beautiful - Julia A. Ericksen 13 Discrimination and Dress Codes in Urban Nightlife - Reuben A. Buford May Scripting Gender: Sport 14 Tiger Girls on the Soccer Field - Hilary Levey Friedman In Brief: Babes in Bikeland - Bjorn Christianson 15 Ritual Violence in a Two-Car Garage - Scott Melzer 16 The Sanctity of Sunday Football: Why Men Love Sports - Douglas Hartmann 17 Playing but Losing: Women’s Sports After Title IX - Cheryl Cooky and Nicole M. LaVoi 18 Muslim Female Athletes and the Hijab - Geoff Harkness and Samira Islam Violence and Transgression 19 Ruling out Rape - Lisa Wade, Brian Sweeney, Amelia Seraphia Derr, Michael A. Messner, and Carol Burke 20 Walking Like a Man? - Kristen Barber and Kelsy Kretschmer 21 Carrying Guns, Contesting Gender - Jennifer Dawn Carlson 22 Stealing a Bag of Potato Chips and Other Crimes of Resistance - Victor M. Rios In Brief: When Victims Blame the Victim - Nicole Bedera 23 Changing Men in South Africa: Interview With Dean Peacock - Shari L. Dworkin In Brief: Suicide′s Gender Divide - Lucia Lykke Gendered Institutions 24 The Not-so-Pink Ivory Tower - Ann Mullen 25 What Gender Is Science? - Maria Charles 26 Women of God - Orit Avishai 27 Bathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics - Kristen Schilt and Laurel Westbrook 28 Suffering in an Age of Personal Responsibility - Susan Sered In Brief: Egalitarian Preferences, Gendered Realities - Lucia Lykke 29 A Feminist’s Work Is Never Done: Interview With Joan Acker - Jennifer L. Pierce 30 Got Power? - Christine Williams In Brief: Women: Agents of Change - Moriah Willow SECTION II. SEXUALITY Introduction: Navigating Sexuality Focus Point: Slut-Shaming Romance Writers - Nicole Bedera Navigating Sexuality 31 Mixed Messages About Teen Sex - Stefanie Mollborn 32 Sex, Love, and Autonomy in the Teenage Sleepover - Amy Schalet In Brief: Online Dating Choices, Constrained - Joanna Pepin 33 Is Hooking Up Bad for Young Women? - Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Laura Hamilton, and Paula England 34 Straight Girls Kissing - Leila J. Rupp and Verta Taylor In Brief: Abstinence and Masculinity - Nicole Bedera 35 Hooking Up and Dating Are Two Sides of a Coin - Traci Luff, Kristi Hoffman, and Marit Berntson 36 Sexuality Has No Expiration Date - Linda J. Waite Sexual Knowledge 37 Can’t Ask, Can’t Tell: How Institutional Review Boards Keep Sex in the Closet - Janice M. Irvine In Brief: Limits to Same-Sex Acceptance - Lucia Lykke 38 Learning From Drag Queens - Verta Taylor and Leila J. Rupp 39 The Sex Lives of Sex Researchers - Janice M. Irvine 40 Being Straight in a Post-Closeted Culture - James Joseph Dean 41 U.S. Attitudes Toward Lesbian and Gay People Are Better Than Ever - Tina Fetner 42 Sexual Orientation Versus Behavior—Different for Men and Women? - Eliza Brown and Paula England Mapping Sexual Commerce and Politics 43 Sex Entrepreneurs in the New China - Travis S.K. Kong 44 Transnational Gender Vertigo - Kimberly Kay Hoang 45 Pride and Prejudice and Professionalism - Catherine Connell 46 Lesbian Geographies - Amin Ghaziani 47 There Goes the Gayborhood? - Amin Ghaziani In Brief: Did Baby Boomers Opt out or Lean in? - Virginia Little SECTION III. INTIMACY Introduction: Mapping Intimacy Focus Point: An Unexpected Box of Love Research - Michelle Janning Locating Intimacy 48 Loving Across Racial Divides - Amy Steinbugler 49 We Are Family - Katie L. Acosta 50 Unmarried With Children - Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas 51 Good Grief: Bouncing Back from a Spouse’s Death in Later Life - Deborah Carr In Brief: Gender and Status Matching - Angela O′Brien 52 Measuring Same-Sex Relationships - Nancy Bates and Theresa J. Demaio In Brief: Online Friends Affect Relationship Status - Joanna Pepin Marriage 53 The Changing Landscape of Love and Marriage - Kathleen E. Hull, Ann Meier, and Timothy Ortyl 54 Marriage Goes to School - Orit Avishai, Melanie Heath, and Jennifer Randles In Brief: Marriage Blurring Racial Boundaries - Lucia Lykke 55 Marrying Across Class Lines - Jessi Streib 56 For Better—and—for Worse - Verta Taylor, Leila J. Rupp, and Suzanna Danuta Walters 57 Korean Multiculturalism and the Marriage Squeeze - Sangyoub Park 58 A Silent Revolution in the Korean Family - Sangyoub Park Reproduction 59 India’s Reproductive Assembly Line - Sharmila Rudrappa 60 "Children" Having Children - Stefanie Mollborn 61 The Single Mother by Choice Myth - Sarah R. Hayford and Karen Benjamin Guzzo 62 Reproducing the Nation - Özlem Altiok In Brief: Birth Control, Religion, and the Social Construction of Whiteness - Nicole Bedera 63 What Happened to the "war on women"? - Deana A. Rohlinger In Brief: Race and Contraception - Melissa Brown 64 The Poetry of Politics: Interview With Katha Pollitt - Carole Joffe Family Portraits 65 The Joy of Cooking? - Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott, and Joslyn Brenton 66 Eating Military Base Stew - Grace M. Cho 67 The Superstrong Black Mother - Sinikka Elliott and Megan Reid In Brief: Neoliberal Mothering - Melissa Brown 68 Families Facing Untenable Choices - Lisa Dodson and Wendy Luttrell 69 Mothering While Disabled - Angela Frederick 70 Stay-at-Home Fatherhood - Nazneen Kane In Brief: Father Schools and Promise Keepers - Nicole Bedera 71 Picturing the Self: My Mother’s Family Photo Albums - Robert Zussman About the Editors
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Gender and Political Theory: Feminist Reckonings
Book SynopsisWestern political theory typically incorporates certain assumptions about sex and gender as natural, unvarying and “pre-political.” This book critically examines these assumptions and shows how recent scholarship undermines the illusion that bodies exist outside politics and beyond the reach of the state. Leading political theorist Mary Hawkesworth’s cutting-edge intersectional account demonstrates how popular conceptions of human nature, public and private, citizenship, liberty, the state, and injustice relegate women, people of color, sexual minorities, and gender-variant people to inferior status despite constitutional guarantees of equality before the law. Hawkesworth argues that traditional political theory has contributed to the perpetuation of pernicious forms of injustice by masking the state’s role in the creation of subordinated and stigmatized subjects. The book draws insights from critical race, feminist, postcolonial, queer, and trans* theory to give a compelling, original, and highly readable introduction to historical and contemporary debates on gender and political theory for students.Trade Review“Gender and Political Theory: Feminist Reckonings issues a lucid, learned, and insistently political challenge to canonical accounts of state power and the politics of embodiment. Mary Hawkesworth models a form of feminist argument in which all bodies matter.”Lawrie Balfour, University of Virginia “Identifying Western political traditions as saturated with problematic presumptions about sex, gender and sexuality, the author invites us to step back from familiar ideas and see where feminist, queer, postcolonial and trans interventions can take us in rethinking our political ideas about bodies.”Kathy Ferguson, University of Hawaii"[T]he book is an important resource for feminists who take seriously questions of difference. It is especially well suited to introductory political theory courses because it brings together a helpful survey of feminist critiques of what has become the canon of political theory, and an overview of how critical race, postcolonial, queer, and trans theories can intervene in canonical modes of thinking."Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist PhilosophyTable of Contents1. Sexed Bodies: Provocations 2. Conceptualizing Gender 3. Theorizing Embodiment 4. Refiguring the Public and the Private 5. Analyzing the State and the Nation 6. Reconceptualizing Injustice Bibliography
£47.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd In a Human Voice
Book SynopsisCarol Gilligan's landmark book In a Different Voice – the "little book that started a revolution" – brought women's voices to the fore in work on the self and moral development, enabling women to be heard in their own right, and with their own integrity, for the first time. Forty years later, Gilligan returns to the subject matter of her classic book, re-examining its central arguments and concerns from the vantage point of the present. Thanks to the work that she and others have done in recent decades, it is now possible to clarify and articulate what couldn't quite be seen or said at the time of the original publication: that the "different voice" (of care ethics), although initially heard as a "feminine" voice, is in fact a human voice; that the voice it differs from is a patriarchal voice (bound to gender binaries and hierarchies); and that where patriarchy is in force or enforced, the human voice is a voice of resistance, and care ethics is an ethics of liberation. While gender is central to the story Gilligan tells, this is not a story about gender: it is a human story. With this clarification, it becomes evident why In a Different Voice continues to resonate strongly with people's experience and, perhaps more crucially, why the different voice is a voice for the 21st century.Trade ReviewA TLS Book of the Year 2023 "essential reading for our time"—Times Literary Supplement "Having helped the modern world to hear female voices, Carol Gilligan now takes the next step of helping us to hear a voice that is truly unified and human."—Gloria Steinem "Equipped with a psychologist's queries and a novelist’s sensibilities, Gilligan invites her readers to accompany her on a revelatory journey. She shows us that, far from being distinctively feminine, 'relational capacities such as empathy and emotional intelligence' are actually universal human potentials, waiting to be set free from patriarchal matrices. A beautiful experience."—Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding "It is rare for anyone with a public platform to revisit old work and openly admit they were wrong. It is rarer still in academia where the tendency... is for a 'selection bias': to publish evidence that backs up a pre-proposed thesis. But given what Gilligan came up against in the early days of her career, she cannot see herself working any other way."—The New StatesmanTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Women’s Voices and Women’s SilencesChapter 2: Why Nobody Talks about the Abortion DecisionsChapter 3: Enter EveChapter 4: Moral InjuryChapter 5: In a Different Voice: Act IIEpilogue: The Ethic of Care
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Manchester University Press Borders of Desire: Gender and Sexuality at the
Book SynopsisBorders of desire takes a novel approach to the study of borders: rather than seeing them only as obstacles to the fulfillment of human desires, this collection focuses on how borders can also be productive of desire. Based on long-term ethnographic engagement with sites along the eastern borders of Europe, particularly in the Baltics and the Balkans, the studies in this volume illuminate how gendered and sexualized desires are generated by the existence of borders and how they are imagined. As the chapters show, borders can create new desires expressed as aspirations, resentments, and actions including physical movements across borders for pleasure or work, or collective enactments of political ideals or resistance. The collection also shows how the persistent east/west symbolic border continues to act as a source of these desires in European political and social life.Trade Review"Within a literature and dominant political discourse that overwhelmingly continue to view borders as obstacles, this book regards borders as performative: it asks what borders ‘do’, rather than what they ‘are’. By asking how borders produce—rather than only thwart—desires, the authors look afresh at the many ways gender and sexuality are at issue in border crossing. Considering desire, they return attention to the agency, humanity and imagination of border crossers and offer a glimpse into the complexity of their dreams, their decision-making and their experiences." Jane Cowan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of Sussex -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Gender, sexuality, and desire at the eastern borders of Europe – Elissa Helms and Tuija Pulkkinen 1 Crossing the lines on Lesvos: Navigating overlapping borders in the Aegean – Sarah Green 2 Transgressing realities: Desire and the border in the southern Balkans – Rozita Dimova 3 How do borders produce ethno-sexualisation and lived senses of sexuality? Insights from lives of Latvian women in Guernsey – Aija Lulle 4 Moving desire: Multiple lives and desires in border-crossing prostitution – May-Len Skilbrei 5 Sex, love, and a better future: Gendered desire in the narratives of women from post-socialist countries in Italy and Finland – Anastasia Diatlova and Lena Näre 6 The hero and the ‘whore’: Croatia’s sexualized and gendered (self-)ascriptions and its desire for European belonging – Michaela Schäuble 7 Desires for past and future in border crossings on the Finnish-Russian border – Olga Davidova-Minguet and Pirjo Pöllänen 8 Desire to resist: EU border-making and anti-LGBT mobilization in Serbia – Katja Kahlina and Dušica Ristivojevic?
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Sage Publications Ltd Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Education
Book SynopsisGender stereotypes are prevalent in education, as is all spheres of society. Gender stereotypes squash talent, limit educational experiences and achievement and corrode aspirations - which in turn can limit professional opportunities and prospects. This book supports you to recognise and challenge gender stereotypes in educational settings and in your own practice. It iincules practical guidance and strategies.Table of ContentsIntroduction Gender and Gender Stereotype formation Transgender non-binary gender Constructing self: gender, social background and ethnicity in developing educational identities Subject choice, career decisions and the economics of gender stereotyping Early years and play Mathematics education The history curriculum in primary and secondary schools Technology Dyslexia Sexism, sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools Advocating good practice with parents, colleagues and school leaders Empowering Women from the bottom to the top; parents, community and partnership. What next?
£31.25
Bristol University Press Social Research Matters: A Life in Family
Book SynopsisFrom the vantage point of forty years in social research and the study of families, Julia Brannen offers an invaluable account of how research is conducted and ‘matters’ at particular times. This fascinating work covers key developments in the field that remain of vital concern to society and demonstrates how social research is an art as well as a science – a process that involves craft and creativity.Table of ContentsBeginnings and biography The research environment Mothers and the labour market Inside the household A generational lens on families and fathers Children and young people in families Families through the lens of food Life stories: Biographical and narrative analysis In conclusion
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Bristol University Press Masculinities, Gender and International Relations
Book SynopsisGender is widely recognized as an important and useful lens for the study of International Relations. However, there are few books that specifically investigate masculinity/ies in relation to world politics. Taking a feminist-inspired understanding of gender as its starting point, the book: • explains that gender is both an asymmetrical binary and a hierarchy; • shows how masculinization works via ‘nested hierarchies’ of domination and subordination; • explores the imbrication of masculinities with the nation-state and great-power politics; • develops an understanding of the arms trade with commercial processes of militarization. Written in an accessible style, with suggestions for further reading, this book is an invaluable resource for students and teachers applying ‘the gender lens’ to global politics.Table of Contents1. Wasn’t It Always Just About Men Anyway? 2. Sovereign States, Warring States, Queer States 3. Arms and the Men 4. Gender at Work! ‘Get Pissed and Buy Guns’ 5. Looking Back/Pushing Ahead
£23.74
Bristol University Press Wronged and Dangerous: Viral Masculinity and the
Book SynopsisRecent years have seen the rapid spread of far-right movements across the globe. Far beyond Donald Trump, these movements are reshaping the physical world in ways that pose danger to everyone, regardless of their politics. But how is this happening, and why with such speed? The shocking answer turns out to be aggrieved manhood gone viral, disguised as right-wing populism. Taking a fresh approach to global politics, Wronged and Dangerous refocuses divisions towards shared human interests. If you care about our common future, discover new ways to engage with the challenges of our time.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Gender as an Acquired Taste 1. Reality in Hard and Soft 2. Strongmen versus Sober Women 3. From Binary to Biodiversity 4. Of Masks and Men 5. Gender as a Matter of Life and Death Part 2: The Feel of New Populisms 6. This Is Populism 7. Crash Course 8. New Populism 9. Anger, Downrising 10. The Problem with Anger Management Part 3: Probable Cause 11. Class and Culture, of Course 12. Aggrieved Masculinity as Animation 13. Perish the Thought of Gender 14. Identity Politics for the Universal Human 15. Not Another Masculinity Crisis Part 4: Virality and Virility 16. Culture Wars Can Kill 17. Dear Manosphere 18. Metaphor Matters: Poison or Pandemic? 19. Identity Politics 2.0 20. We the Sleepwalkers
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Bristol University Press Boundaries of Queerness
Book SynopsisThis book explores how race, sexuality and gender are employed in political projects of belonging, whilst examining the implications for individual identity formation, in the context of Sweden.
£77.39
John Murray Press Childhood Unlimited: Parenting Beyond the Gender
Book Synopsis- In 2013, Disney released its most egalitarian film to date - but 59% of all the lines in Frozen are spoken by male characters.- 57% of children's books published annually have central male characters; just 31% have central female characters.Raising your child beyond the limitations placed on them by gender is, let's face it, an uphill battle. If you don't know where to start, or how to start, you will find inspiration, insight and plenty of practical strategies in Childhood Unlimited. From navigating the gendered constructs that dominate children's films, television and media generally, to choosing appropriate and stimulating toys beyond the binary divide, this accessible and relatable book will make the whole process much less daunting.Based on interviews with, and research by, some of the best thought-leaders from the fields of psychology, neuroscience and education, the insights in this book will not only open the eyes of any parent or caregiver, they will inspire you to help your child to look at the world in a critical, creative and empowered way. Free from the restraints of the stereotypes that surround gender, your child has the opportunity to reach their true potential - and this is the book that you need to launch them on that journey.Trade ReviewIf every carer, parent, and teacher read this book and truly applied its principles in educating children, we can end gender discrimination within a generation. * Farida D., author of THE LIST OF SHIT THAT MADE ME A FEMINIST *Raising your child free from gender stereotypes seems to be almost impossible, even in 2022! But for those of us who would like give our kids permission to play outside the limits of pink and blue, this ambitious book offers valuable insight. Virginia has combined personal experience and practical advice with academic research and expert interviews to explore the topic from a fresh perspective. * Aileen Barrett, @tindertranslators *At last! A thoughtful, thought-provoking and hugely practical guide for those wishing to fight against gender bombardment, to challenge gender stereotypes, to arm the world [especially the next generation] against the stifling power of age-old beliefs about sex and gender. Not just invaluable how-to and what-next guides, but inspiring discussions about why it matters - for girls, for boys, for trans kids. A wonderful balance between accessible summaries of current research and genuinely useful tips on what to do about it all. * Professor Gina Rippon, author of 'The Gendered Brain' *If you've ever questioned gender reveal parties or the 'pink or blue' divide, Childhood Unlimited is the book you'll want to share with all of your children's friends, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers. Virginia shares critical concepts about the impact of gender stereotypes upon our children's future aspirations and goals (a serious topic, certainly) in a conversational and friendly tone. If you care about gender equality for the next generation, pull up a chair as Virginia takes you on a journey filled with practical tips plus a few laughs. * Catherine Bailey, Founder, 'Think or Blue' *Childhood Unlimited is an essential read for anyone involved in bringing up children. Virginia Mendez takes us systematically through the ubiquity of gender stereotyping across every aspect of children's lives, illustrating how it shapes different paths in life, according to gender. In each chapter, Virginia draws on her own experiences as a parent, modelling self-reflection before bringing in evidence and expert voices. Virginia exhorts us to join her in changing the world and - crucially - highlights small practical steps everyone can take to get started on this mission. -- Caren Gestetner, Chief Executive and Co-founder, Lifting Limits
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Ebury Publishing The Other Olympians
Book SynopsisIn December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women's sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio programs across the world carried the news; both became global celebrities. A few decades later, they were all but forgotten. And in the wake of their transitions, what could have been a push toward equality became instead, through a confluence of bureaucracy, war, and sheer happenstance, the exact opposite: the now all-too-familiar panic around trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming athletes.In The Other Olympians, Michael Waters uncovers, for the first time, the gripping true stories of Koubek, Weston, and other pioneering trans and intersex athletes from their era. With dogged research and cinematic flair, Waters also tracks how International Olympic Committee members ignored Nazi Ge
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Basic Books Sexing the Body (Revised): Gender Politics and
Book SynopsisIs sexual identity biologically determined or a product of social convention? In this brilliant and provocative classic, the distinguished feminist scholar Anne Fausto-Sterling argues that even the most fundamental knowledge about sex and gender is shaped by the culture in which scientific knowledge is produced. Drawing on illuminating real-life cases and a probing analysis of centuries of scientific research, Fausto-Sterling demonstrates how scientists have historically politicized the body. In lively and impassioned prose, she breaks down three key dualisms -- sex/gender, nature/nurture, and real/constructed -- and asserts that intersex and other non-binary individuals should not be forced to fit flawed societal definitions of normality.Now with a new preface and final chapter considering the many scientific and political developments of the last two decades, Sexing the Body is an indispensable and revolutionary look at how biology, society, and history together determine sexual difference.
£23.78
Taylor & Francis Inc Male Intergenerational Intimacy: Historical,
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book presents new historical, legal, sociological, psychological, and cross-disciplinary research on male intergenerational intimacy. Experts thoroughly document and further the discussion about this area of research through historical and ethnological examples from different times and places, and aim to clarify how controversies about the subject have evolved in modern Western society. The editors of Male Intergenerational Intimacy have solicited original research and literature reviews which do not digress into emotional arguments for or against intergenerational intimacy but instead aim to establish the basics for a research-based scholarship.The contributors address the implications of intergenerational intimacy on a variety of levels--from friendship and companionship through sexual dimensions--and further analyze personal accounts to illustrate how individuals involved in intergenerational intimacy understand themselves and how they construct their concepts of intimacy and sexual identity. Contributors also deal with intergenerational intimacy behaviors that require counseling, treatment, and psychotherapeutic interventions from a positive approach. Finally, separate chapters deal with criminology issues and penal codes as they relate to the subject area.Table of ContentsContents Foreword: The Debate on Pedophilia Man-Boy Relationships: Different Concepts for a Diversity of Phenomena Pederasty Among Primitives: Institutionalized Initiation and Cultic Prostitution The Thera Inscriptions--Ritual or Slander? The Historic Origins Statues Concerning Sexual Activities Involving Children and Adolescents Man-Boy Friendships on Trial: On the Shift in the Discourse on Boy Love in the Early Twentieth Century Boys in Art. The Artist and His Model: Ferdinand and Hector Hodler. A New Approach Ephebophilia and the Creation of a Spiritual Myth in the Works of Ralph-Nicholas Chubb “The Main Thing Is Being Wanted”: Some Case Studies on Adult Sexual Experiences With Children Boy-Lovers and Their Influence on Boys: Distorted Research and Anecdotal Observations Man-Boy Lovers: Assessment, Counseling, and Psychotherapy A Model for Group Counseling With Male Pedophiles Tolerance at Arm’s Length: The Dutch Experience Understanding Childhood Sexualities Man/Boy Love and the American Gay Movement The Study of Intergenerational Intimacy in North America: Beyond Politics and Pedophilia Objectivity and Ideology: Criticism of Theo Sandfort’s Research on Man-Boy Sexual Relations Response to Bauserman Response to the Bauserman Critique
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Berghahn Books, Incorporated Gender and Germanness: Cultural Productions of
Book Synopsis Cultural Studies have been preoccupied with questions of national identity and cultural representations. At the same time, feminist studies have insisted upon the entanglement of gender with issues of nation, class, and ethnicity. Developments in the wake of German unification demand a reassessment of the nexus of gender, Germanness and nationhood. The contributors to this volume pursue these strands of the cultural debate in German history, literature, visual arts, and language over a period of three hundred years in sections devoted to History and the Canon, Visual Culture, Germany and Her "Others," and Language and Power. Contributors: L. Adelson, A. Taylor Allen, K. Bauer, R. Berman, B. Byg, M. Denman, E. Frederiksen, S. Friedrichsmeyer, E. Kaufmann, L. Koepnick, B. Kosta, S. Lefko, A. M.O'Sickey, B. Mennel, H. M. Müller, B. Peterson, L. Pusch, D. Sweet, H. Watt, S. Zantop.Trade Review "This fascinating and informative collection of twenty-two mostly original essays showcases feminist German Studies at its finest ... Decentering Germany in our own scholarly work will help us to further challenge the settled definitions of gender and Germanness which this volume so splendidly details." · Women in German Table of Contents Introduction: Looking for Germania PART I: EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURY Chapter 1. The Beautiful, the Ugly, and the German: Race, Gender and Nationality in Eighteenth-Century Anthropological Discourse Susanne Zantop Chapter 2. Sophie La Roche as a German Patriot Helga S. Watt Chapter 3. Romantic Nationalism: Achim von Arnim’s Gypsy Princess Isabella Sara Friedrichsmeyer Chapter 4. How to Think about Germany: Nationality, Gender, and Obsession in Heine’s “Night Thoughts” Russell A. Berman Chapter 5. The Fatherland’s Kiss of Death: Gender and Germany in Nineteenth-Century Historical Fiction Brent O. Peterson PART II: RETHINKING HISTORY AND CANONS Chapter 6. The Challenge of “Missing Contents” for Canon Formation in German Studies Elke Frederiksen Chapter 7. Feminism and Motherhood in Germany and in International Perspective 1800-1914 Ann Taylor Allen Chapter 8. “Truly Womanly” and “Truly German”: Women’s Rights and National Identity in Die Frau Stefana Lefko Chapter 9. The Ladies’ Auxiliary of German Literature: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers and the Quest for a National Literary History Patricia Herminghouse PART III: VISUAL CULTURE Chapter 10. En-Gendering Mass Culture: The Case of Zarah Leander Lutz P. Koepnick Chapter 11. Nazism as Femme Fatale: Recuperations of Cinematic Masculinity in Postwar Berlin Barton Byg Chapter 12. Visualizing the Nation: Madonnas and Mourning Mothers in Postwar Germany Mariatte C. Denman Chapter 13. Framing the Unheimlich: Heimatfilm and Bambi Ingeborg Majer O’Sickey Chapter 14. Rape, Nation, and Remembering History: Helke Sander’s Liberators Take Liberties Barbara Kosta PART IV: GERMANY AND HER “OTHERS” Chapter 15. “Germany is Full of Germans Now”: Germanness in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Our Sister Killjoy and Chantal Ackerman’s Meetings with Anna Barbara Mennel Chapter 16. Bodies for Germany, Bodies for Socialism: The German Democratic Republic Devises a Gay (Male) Body Denis Sweet Chapter 17. Patterns of Consciousness and Cycles of Self-Destruction: Nation, Ethnicity, and Gender in Herta Müller’s Prose Karin Bauer Chapter 18. Germania Displaced? Reflections on the Discourses of Female Asylum Seekers and Ethnic Germans Magda Mueller Chapter 19. GERMANIA – Just a Male Construction? Gender, Germanness, and Feminism in East German Women Writers Eva Kaufmann Chapter 20. The Price of Feminism: Of Women and Turks Leslie Adelson PART V: FATHERLAND AND MOTHER TONGUE Chapter 21. Language is Publicity for Men – but enough is enough! Luise Pusch Chapter 22. The New Duden: Out of Date Already? Luise Pusch Contributors Index
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PublicAffairs,U.S. Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls,
Book SynopsisFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize A Slate Best Book of 2011 A Discover Magazine Best Book of 2011 Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have twenty-four million more men than women. The prognosis for China's neighbours is no less bleak: Asia now has 163 million females "missing" from its population. Gender imbalance reaches far beyond Asia, affecting Georgia, Eastern Europe, and cities in the U.S. where there are significant immigrant populations. The world, therefore, is becoming increasingly male, and this mismatch is likely to create profound social upheaval. Historically, eras in which there have been an excess of men have produced periods of violent conflict and instability. Mara Hvistendahl has written a stunning, impeccably-researched book that does not flinch from examining not only the consequences of the misbegotten policies of sex selection but Western complicity with them.Trade ReviewKirkus Review, April 15, 2011 "A hard-hitting, eye-opening study that not only paints a dire future of a world without girls but traces the West's role in propagating sex selection... Hvistendahl's important, even-handed expose considers all sides of the argument and deserves careful attention and study." Anne-Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University "Unnatural Selection is an important book and a fascinating read. Mara Hvistendahl is a delightful writer: witty, engaging, and acute. But the tale she tells is deeply disturbing. Asia alone is missing 160 million women and girls, a number equal to the entire female population of the United States. According to Hvistendahl, the culprit is less deeply rooted cultural gender bias than rising wealth, elite attitudes, and Western influence and technology. Development, at least for the coming decades, will produce not only fewer children overall, but also many fewer girls. The result is a future for many parts of the world, from India to China, Azerbaijan to Albania, where brides are much more likely to be bought, women are much more likely to be trafficked, and men are much more likely to be frustrated. For the present, women who are pro-choice must confront the stark reality that the availability of ultrasound and ready abortion are sharply reducing the number of women in the world." Stephen J. Dubner, author of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics "Hvistendahl has a keen sense of detail, and her book is filled with lively encounters with the doctors, academics and bachelors who, she argues, all play a part in the changing demographics worldwide. Her research only gains in importance as these imbalanced generations, where men outnumber women by as much." Globe and Mail, July 1, 2011 "Brave, well researched and imminently controversial... From the distant vista of the West, where we don't really consider what it would mean to have an only son who can never find a mate, the unbalanced sex ratio in Asia may seem like relatively small news. This remarkable book goes a long way to bringing the pain and the urgency of the issue home. Mara Hvistendahl is not just entering an important conversation, she's starting one." the dogged self-destruction of a braggadocio crippled by the conviction of his own superiority." Washington Post, July 3, 2011 "Massively well-documented... [Hvistendahl] has written a disturbing, engrossing book." Evening Standard (UK), July 21, 2011 "A well-researched account of how a preference for boys has made sex selective abortion commonplace in Asia and parts of Eastern Europe... Hvistendahl makes a persuasive case for the West being complicit in the spread of sex-selective abortion." "Yes, it's a rigorous exploration of the world's 'missing women,' but it's more than that too: an extraordinarily vivid look at the implications of the problem. Hvistendahl writes beautifully, with an eye for detail but also the big picture. She has a fierce intelligence but, more important, a fierce intellectual independence; she writes with a hard edge but no venom -- rather, a cool and hard passion." Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide "A fascinating and thoroughly researched book on a most important subject. The staggering population imbalances described by Hvistendahl should be of concern to all." Judy Norsigian, Executive Director, Our Bodies Ourselves "A critically important story of demographic surprises and skewed sex ratios, trafficked wives and mail-order brides. Thanks to the devaluation of females and misused technologies, sex selection has reached staggering dimensions in recent decades. Hvistendahl's call to action is the most well-documented and compelling yet." The Wall Street Journal, June, 18, 2011 "Ms. Hvistendahl is a first-rate reporter and has filled Unnatural Selection with gripping details... There is so much to recommend." Bloomberg, June 19, 2011 "Provocative, wide-ranging... A thoughtful, smartly researched overview of medical developments, policymaking and cultural trends that combined to upset the global sex ratio." The Daily Beast, Eleanor Clift, June 22, 2011 "[Hvistendahl] approaches these sensitive subjects without an ideological ax to grind, whether pro-life or pro-population control, documenting how sex selection has taken hold thanks to technology, lower birth rates, and deep-seated cultural biases that require a boy to carry on a family's lineage." New York Times, Ross Douthat, June 26, 2011 "Unnatural Selection reads like a great historical detective story, and it's written with the sense of moral urgency that usually accompanies the revelation of some kind of enormous crime." Marcy Darnovsky "Ms. Blog", June 7, 2011 "An important contribution, disturbing but gripping, and challenging to all of us, perhaps especially to U.S. advocates of reproductive justice. It provides both a deep understanding of the staggering dimensions and consequences of sex selection, and an urgent prod to confront it." The Daily Brief, June 12, 2011
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The New Press Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian
Book SynopsisWinner, Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ AnthologyWinner, Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, Publishing Triangle AwardsA Ms. magazine, Refinery29, and Lambda Literary Most Anticipated Read of 2021A groundbreaking collection tracing the history of intellectual thought by Black Lesbian writers, in the tradition of The New Press's perennial seller Words of FireAfrican American lesbian writers and theorists have made extraordinary contributions to feminist theory, activism, and writing. Mouths of Rain, the companion anthology to Beverly Guy-Sheftall's classic Words of Fire, traces the long history of intellectual thought produced by Black Lesbian writers, spanning the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century. Using “Black Lesbian” as a capacious signifier, Mouths of Rain includes writing by Black women who have shared intimate and loving relationships with other women, as well as Black women who see bonding as mutual, Black women who have self-identified as lesbian, Black women who have written about Black Lesbians, and Black women who theorize about and see the word lesbian as a political descriptor that disrupts and critiques capitalism, heterosexism, and heteropatriarchy. Taking its title from a poem by Audre Lorde, Mouths of Rain addresses pervasive issues such as misogynoir and anti-blackness while also attending to love, romance, “coming out,” and the erotic. Contributors include:Barbara SmithBeverly SmithBettina LoveDionne BrandCheryl ClarkeCathy J. CohenAngelina Weld GrimkeAlexis Pauline GumbsAudre LordeDawn Lundy MartinPauli MurrayMichelle ParkersonMecca Jamilah SullivanAlice WalkerJewelle GomezTrade ReviewPraise for Mouths of Rain:Featured in Elle's Essential Pride Reading List“It’s no secret that Black lesbian thought leaders have played a pivotal role as activists in shaping feminist theory. In this powerful anthology, Briona Simone Jones shines a light on the words of many of those trailblazers, including Barbara Smith, Audre Lorde, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, among many notable others.”—Refinery29"Mouths of Rain compiles the work of Black lesbian writers and thinkers primarily across the 20th and 21st centuries; the result is enlightening and deeply communal.”—The Atlantic“This outstanding collection honors the legacy and contributions made by Black lesbian writers throughout the last two centuries.”—Ms. magazine“Told through a collection of essays by Black women including Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, Jewel Gomez and Beverly Smith, Mouths of Rain explores the long history of intellectual thought and stories by Black lesbian writers spanning from the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century.”—The Root“In Mouths of Rain, Dr. Briona Simone Jones masterfully curates an anthology of Black women loving Black women. . . . This collection is a balm that shows readers that Black feminism benefits us all.”—Elle“Wide-ranging, celebratory. . . . Jones’s inspiring and prodigious anthology is striking.”—Publishers Weekly“It’s time people listen to Black lesbians and utilize that knowledge into action to improve lives. This book is a gateway into that action. An essential component to any social science shelf, this is transformative, vital reading.”—Library Journal (starred review)“Briona Simone Jones's anthology Mouths of Rain is an audacious, unapologetic, transgressive collection of Black ‘queer' writing across genre, time, identity, age, and political leanings. This sister/companion to Words of Fire, published thirty years ago, makes visible—again—our passionate and unwavering commitments to the eradication of all oppressions. It bears witness to the necessity and power of the field of Black Lesbian Studies and is a love offering to us all.” —Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women's Studies at Spelman College and editor of Words of Fire: An Anthology of African American Feminist Thought
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University of Massachusetts Press Maria Baldwin's Worlds: A Story of Black New
Book SynopsisMaria Baldwin (1856--1922) held a special place in the racially divided society of her time, as a highly respected educator at a largely white New England school and an activist who carried on the radical spirit of the Boston area's internationally renowned abolitionists from a generation earlier.African American sociologist Adelaide Cromwell called Baldwin "the lone symbol of Negro progress in education in the greater Boston area" during her lifetime. Baldwin used her respectable position to fight alongside more radical activists like William Monroe Trotter for full citizenship for fellow members of the black community. And, in her professional and personal life, she negotiated and challenged dominant white ideas about black womanhood. In Maria Baldwin's Worlds, Kathleen Weiler reveals both Baldwin's victories and what fellow activist W. E. B. Du Bois called her "quiet courage" in everyday life, in the context of the wider black freedom struggle in New England.
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WW Norton & Co What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She
Book SynopsisLike trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns spark debate, prompting new policies about what pronouns to use. More than a by-product of the culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are, however, nothing new. Pioneering linguist Dennis Baron puts them in historical context, noting that Shakespeare used singular they, women invoked the generic use of he to assert the right to vote (while those opposed to women’s rights asserted that he did not include she) and people have been coining new gender pronouns for centuries. An essential work in understanding how 21st century culture has evolved, What’s Your Pronoun? chronicles the story of the role pronouns have played—and continue to play—in establishing both our rights and our identities.Trade Review"Dennis Baron’s What’s Your Pronoun? is a delightful account of the search for what Baron, a professor of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois, calls ‘the missing word’: a third person singular, gender-neutral pronoun." -- Amia Srinivasan - London Review of Books"Dennis Baron has spent years researching the quest for a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun in English. Lively, accessible and full of fascinating details, What’s Your Pronoun? will appeal to anyone with an interest in linguistic and cultural history." -- Deborah Cameron, Worcester College, University of Oxford"Into the breach comes a useful corrective in the form of Dennis Baron's well-timed new book, "What's Your Pronoun?"" -- The Economist"In this learned and entertaining book, Dennis Baron provides vital historical context to today's impassioned debates over gender-neutral and non-binary pronouns... Baron knows what he's talking about and provides a much-needed dose of scholarship leavened with good sense in the language wars. The book is timely, for pronouns are suddenly politically sexy." -- The Times"A scrupulous and absorbing survey. Its great virtue is to show that these issues are nothing new… This scholarly assiduousness, though, also makes him the ideal pilot through these contentious political-linguistic waters. If you want to know why more people are asking ‘what’s your pronoun?’ then you (singular or plural) should read this book." -- Joe Moran - The New York Times Book Review"His [Dennis Baron's] new book, What's Your Pronoun? Beyond He and She is a meticulous, consummate dissection of the pronoun wars..." -- Attitude
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Bloomsbury Publishing USA The Apology
Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologuesa powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonementnow in paperback, timed to its theatrical opening in New York.A triumph of artistry and empathy. Naomi KleinA crucial step forward . . . This is an urgently needed book right now. Jane FondaCourageous, transformative, and yes--healing. Anne LamottLike millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father, Eve has struggled her whole life from this betrayal, longing for an honest reckoning from a man who is long dead. After years of work as an anti-violence activist, she decided she would wait no longer; an apology could be imagined, by her, for her, to her. The Apology, written by Eve from her father''s point of view in the words she longed to hear, attempts to transform the abuse she suffered with unflinching truthfulness, compassion, and an expansive vision for the future. Through The Apology Eve has set out to provide a new way for herself and a possible road for others, so that survivors of abuse may finally envision how to be free. She grapples with questions she has sought answers to since she first realized the impact of her father's abuse on her life: How do we offer a doorway rather than a locked cell? How do we move from humiliation to revelation, from curtailing behavior to changing it, from condemning perpetrators to calling them to reckoning? What will it take for abusers to genuinely apologize?Remarkable and original, The Apology is an acutely transformational look at how, from the wounds of sexual abuse, we can begin to re-emerge and heal. It is revolutionary, asking everything of each of us: courage, honesty, and forgiveness.
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Worth Publishers Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics, and How
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Haymarket Books Gender Inequality in Latin America: The Case of
Book SynopsisThis volume critically examines gender inequality, its origins, and its social and economic implications in Latin America, with a particular focus on Ecuador. For that purpose, Pablo Quiñonez and Claudia Maldonado-Erazo bring together a collection of articles that provide insights from different disciplines, including political economy, history, development studies, political science, microeconomics, and macroeconomics. In Ecuador, as in Latin America as a whole, women dedicate more time than men to unpaid activities while being discriminated against in multiple areas, including labor markets, politics, and access to high-ranking positions. These problems are even more acutely experienced by women from rural areas and ethnic minorities. This essential inquiry aims to better understand how and why. Contributors include: Rafael Alvarado, María Anchundia Places, Esteban Arévalo, Diana Cabrera Montecé, Edwin Espinoza Piguave, Gabriela Gallardo, Danny Granda, Claudia Maldonado-Erazo, Wendy Mora, Diana Morán Chiquito, Sayonara Morejón, Carlos Moreno-Hurtado, María Moreno Zea, Ana Oña Macías, Pablo Ponce, Pablo Quiñonez, Valeria Recalde, Josefina Rosales, Ximena Songor-Jaramillo, and Daniel Zea.
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Faithlife Corporation What the Song of Solomon Says about Sexuality,
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Brandeis University Press Glikl – Memoirs 1691–1719
Book Synopsis“My dear children, I write this for you in case your dear children or grandchildren come to you one of these days, knowing nothing of their family. For this reason I have set this down for you here in brief, so that you might know what kind of people you come from.” These words from the memoirs Glikl bas Leib wrote in Yiddish between 1691 and 1719 shed light on the life of a devout and worldly woman. Writing initially to seek solace in the long nights of her widowhood, Glikl continued to record the joys and tribulations of her family and community in an account unique for its impressive literary talents and strong invocation of self. Through intensely personal recollections, Glikl weaves stories and traditional tales that express her thoughts and beliefs. While influenced by popular Yiddish moral literature, Glikl’s frequent use of first person and the significance she assigns her own life experience set the work apart. Informed by fidelity to the original Yiddish text, this authoritative new translation is fully annotated to explicate Glikl’s life and times, offering readers a rich context for appreciating this classic work.
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Penguin Random House Australia Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny
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Joyce Jenje Makwenda Collection Archive Demystifying Taboos and Sex: The Mother of All
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers The Trans Partner Handbook: A Guide for When Your
Book SynopsisIndividuals who transition from one gender to another are often in some degree of a relationship, and over 55% of these relationships endure through the transition process.While more resources are emerging for trans people themselves, there is very little information available for their partners. Through first-hand accounts and vignettes of successful partnerships, this book presents detailed descriptions of everything involved in the transition process, with specific guidance for those supporting a partner in transition. Topics include disclosure, mental health, coming out, loss and grief, sex and sexuality and the legal, medical and social practicalities of transitioning. In this essential guide, people whose partners are across the transgender spectrum speak out on their own experiences with personal advice and support for others.Trade ReviewThe Trans Partner Handbook provides a wealth of information and ideas, to become more fluent with the terminology and lingo used when discussing trans matters. When you transition, everyone around you does too. It's a time of adjustment for all. This book is absolutely jam-packed full of information on the topic of being trans, particularly for those at the start of their transition. -- Fox Fisher, Trans activist and author of Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?The Trans Partner Handbook is just that - a step-by-step guide for how to approach a partner transitioning. Jo Green addresses this topic with sincerity, honesty, and openness, weaving together their experiences with those of other partners of trans people to paint a picture of the breadth of challenges and joys a partner's transition can bring. -- Laura Erickson-Schroth, author of Trans Bodies, Trans SelvesThe essential topics in this handbook offer critical information that trans partners can use throughout their partner's transition. -- D.M. Maynard, Author and EducatorTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface. PART ONE: The Partner Experience. 1. Introduction. 2. Finding Out Your Partner is Trans. 3. Gender Dysphoria. 4. Coming Out. 5. Sexuality. 6. A Partner's Gender Identity. 7. Sex. 8. Mental Health, Counselling and Therapy. 9. Loss and Grieving. 10. Children, Fertility and Adoption. PART TWO: Transition. 11. Social Transition. 12. Medical Transitioning. 13. Legal Transition. 14. About the Author. 15. Glossary. 16. Resources. 17. References. 18. Index of Contributions.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Gender Diversity and Non-Binary Inclusion in the
Book SynopsisHelping to create inclusive work environments for non-binary people, this book builds knowledge of non-binary identities and provides practical solutions to many of the basic workplace problems this group face. Working with and including non-binary people in the workplace is beneficial for both employer and employee, as it attracts and retains younger and non-binary workers by helping promote an inclusive brand, as well as satisfying equality obligations.Based on novel research of non-binary inclusion within businesses, it provides a basic overview of non-binary people, a business case for inclusion, a brief description of how non-binary people fit into current equality laws and likely future developments in the area. An ideal introduction for companies wishing to embrace all genders in the workplace.Trade ReviewThis book offers unique and much needed insight into non binary issues. In a world where non binary people and their issues are widely misunderstood and misrepresented, this book is an essential part of our fight for social and legal recognition. It offers vital insight into specific topics and will be useful for just about anyone - from allies, to non binary people, to employers. A much needed book that will be a great tool in paving the way forward. -- Fox Fisher, Artist, film-maker & campaignerA comprehensive book that will give anyone seeking to understand and include people with non-binary identities a thorough grounding in the key issues and relevant, practical advice on implementation. -- Simon Croft, Gendered IntelligenceTable of Contents1. Non-binary inclusion; 2. An introduction to non-binary people; 3. Key issues; 4. UK law background; 5. Why include non-binary people; 6. Practical steps for inclusion; 7. Closing remarks; Glossary; Appendix; References
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Rainbow Village: A Story to Help Children
Book SynopsisIn a land faraway, there is a village where nobody likes to mix with anyone who is different from them. Until an unexpected visitor comes along, and shows the villagers how much stronger they are when they all come together...This vibrantly illustrated story helps children aged 3+ celebrate diversity and be kind to others. In the face of adversity, a stranger helps creatures of different shapes, colours and habits to unite, and transform their village into a harmonious rainbow. At the back is a support section for adults, written by Diversity Role Models, to help children talk about and understand the story.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?
Book Synopsis'A lovely, sensitive, much-needed book that helps all children ask the big questions about identity and gender.' - Juno Dawson, author of This Book is GayTiny loves costumes! Tiny likes to dress up as an animal, or a doctor, or a butterfly. Tiny also prefers not to tell other children whether they are a boy or a girl. Tiny's friends don't mind, but when Tiny starts a new school their new friends can't help asking one question:"Tiny, are you a boy or are you a girl?"This brightly illustrated book will open a dialogue with children aged 3+ about gender diversity in a fun and creative way. Featuring a gender neutral protagonist, the book imparts an important message about identity and being who you want to be. Tiny's story will assist parents, family and teachers in giving children the space to express themselves fully, explore different identities and have fun at the same time.Trade ReviewWhen a child selects a book and sees someone like themselves within its pages, they know they are not alone. It is a seemingly small gesture, to us grownups, that enables a child to feel safe and secure. This breezy and beautifully illustrated book describes gender in playful, innocent terms, allowing children the space to discover themselves and to explore their surroundings joyfully. A must for any library. -- Juno Roche, writer and campaignerA lovely, sensitive, much-needed book that helps all children ask the big questions about identity and gender. -- Juno Dawson, author of 'This Book is Gay'Books on gender identity for young children are still very few and far between. Children who do not identify as boys or girls will find Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl? immensely reassuring. It will be extremely valuable too in schools, in families, and in other settings - for helping young children understand gender diversity and question gender stereotypes. At the end there are a number of useful discussion starters, for example 'Does it matter if Tiny is a boy or a girl?' and 'What would you ask Tiny if you met them?', followed by information about organisations that provide support on gender identity issues. A sensitive and important book, written by campaigners for transgender rights. -- Anne Harding * The School Librarian, School Library Association *The real value for children and parents in this book stems from its simplicity, it puts the story across in a grounded manner and invites open discussion. The authors, Fox Fisher and Sarah Savage have collaborated to produce what I feel is an amazing book. -- Sophie Smallman * Being Sophie blog *The creators introduce a serious theme in an accessible and fun way. Questions at the back of the book can prompt productive discussion about many aspects of gender. I recommend this for personal and classroom libraries. -- Raise Them RighteousThe interesting thing about this picture book is that we never discover which gender Tiny is and that it isn't important to the story.A good story about a difficult subject to address in schools. -- Savage, Sarah and Fisher, Fox * healthyBooks *
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition from
Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 'Honest, raw, moving' CHRISTINE BURNS 'Radical vulnerability at its finest' OWL FISHER'Highly recommended' SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW OF BOOKSThis is the deeply personal and witty account of growing up as the kid who never fitted in. Transgender blogger Mia Violet reflects on her life and how at 26 she came to finally realise she was 'trans enough' to be transgender, after years of knowing she was different but without the language to understand why. From bullying, heartache and a botched coming out attempt, through to counselling, Gender Identity Clinics and acceptance, Mia confronts the ins and outs of transitioning, using her charged personal narrative to explore the inaccuracies of trans representation and confront what the media has gotten wrong. Deeply affecting, and narrated with warmth and honesty, this is an essential read for anyone who has had to fight to be themselves.Trade ReviewHonest, raw, moving: this intimate blow by blow account of a young trans woman's odyssey to personal acceptance and authenticity really ought to be compulsory reading for anyone who ever thought in ignorance that a change of gender was a whimsical adventure. -- Christine Burns MBE, author and transgender activistAn honest, quirky and personal story that gives valuable insight into the life of trans people. In the midst of storm of misinformation of trans people, this book serves as one of many that tell the stories of trans people from an authentic and an engaging perspective. Radical vulnerability at its finest. -- Owl Fisher, writer and co-director of My GenderationTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Expectations. 2. Puberty, Part One. 3. Disbelief. 4. Denial. 5. Bargaining. 6. Acceptance (Kind Of...). 7. Acceptance (But For Real This Time). 8. Coming Out. 9. Growing Pains. 10. Home. 11. Work. 12. Puberty, part Two. 13. Homecoming. 14. Reflection. 15. Changes. Conclusion.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers To My Trans Sisters
Book SynopsisLambda Literary Award Finalist - LGBTQ Anthology2019 Over the Rainbow Recommended Book ListDedicated to trans women everywhere, this inspirational collection of letters written by successful trans women shares the lessons they learnt on their journeys to womanhood, celebrating their achievements and empowering the next generation to become who they truly are.Written by politicians, scientists, models, athletes, authors, actors, and activists from around the world, these letters capture the diversity of the trans experience and offer advice from make-up and dating through to fighting dysphoria and transphobia.By turns honest and heartfelt, funny and furious or beautiful and brave, these letters send a clear message of hope to their sisters: each of these women have gone through the struggles of transition and emerged the other side as accomplished, confident women; and if we made it sister, so can you!Trade ReviewA must-read collection of letters from truly inspirational women. Packed with essential advice, stories of overcoming adversity, and uplifting messages of hope for anyone starting transition. This wonderful book shows that our community really is like a family, and most importantly: we've all got your back, sis. -- Sarah O'Connell, host of The Sarah O'Connell Show on YoutubeOverflowing with hard-won wisdom and compassionate insight, Charlie Craggs' To My Trans Sisters is a love letter to our community from the women who understand, better than anyone, what our world is like. An invaluable resource for any trans person - and those that love us. -- Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of She's Not There and Long Black VeilThis inspiring collection of letters is essential reading for anyone thinking about transitioning and feels alone, or who wants to understand the diverse experiences trans women have. The messages of hope, humour and triumph over adversity make this book a powerful tool, regardless of where the reader is on the gender spectrum. -- Sarah Savage, co-founder of the Trans Pride Brighton charity and author of Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?This invigorating anthology, written by trans women for trans women, is a welcome departure from the established genre of texts about trans individuals that seek to explain their lives and experiences for a presumed audience of primarily cisgendered individuals. Editor Craggs, a trans activist and founder of Nail Transphobia, assembles over 70 letters written by trans women, sharing the advice they wish they had been given earlier in life. Rather than documenting the psychological or physiological steps of self-discovery and transition, these letters discuss transness as embedded in fully individual lives. 'Don't get lost in the transition!' writes Kate Stone, founder of Novalia, a groundbreaking printing company. Fashion designer Gogo Graham's advice is more sobering: alluding to the threat of violence many trans people face, she writes, 'Find shoes in which you feel able to run.' Contributors are predominantly from the United States and Britain, though a scattering of letters, such as entries by Audrey Mbugua, a transgender activists based in Kenya, and Miss SaHHara, a singer-songwriter from Thailand, provide global context. The impressive professional and activist credentials of the letter writers, who include the creator of the transgender pride flag and the first transgender officer to serve openly in the U.K. military, might leave the reader wishing for a few unexceptional voices. Yet these women's success stories help counteract media narratives of tragedy without glossing over the pervasive discrimination and violence trans women, particularly trans women of color, face daily. While this book is written for a trans audience, cis readers will find value in reading a work not written primarily for them. (Nov.) -- Publishers WeeklyA touching and inspiring anthology of letters edited by Craggs (founder of Nail Transphobia),this offering collects missives of advice for transgender women. Brief biographies precede each letter, allowing readers to get a sense of the background of the writer. Letters come in different formats: traditional letters, letters to the writer's self, poetry, single sentences, and more. Craggs gathers an astonishingly diverse cadre of contributors, who offer both practical and emotional advice. A full range of emotions are represented in the raw, allowing for celebration, anger, and beyond. The work is appropriate for reading straight through or for picking up at different points, delivering the experience of transgender women, nonbinary individuals, and more. Cisgender readers will get a sincere look into the lives of many trans individuals and glean excellent guidance for embarking on any personal journey, while trans readers will find a range of strengthening reflections. VERDICT A triumph in topics of gender and women's studies, this anthology is unlike anything available today and is a must-have for those seeking to understand the trans community on a myriad of levels. -- Library Journal, Starred ReviewTable of ContentsN/A
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