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Book Synopsis

A Companion to Gender Studies presents a unified and comprehensive vision of its field, and its new directions. It is designed to demonstrate in action the rich interplay between gender and other markers of social position and (dis)privilege, such as race, class, ethnicity, and nationality.

  • Presents a unified and comprehensive vision of gender studies, and its new directions, injecting a much-needed infusion of new ideas into the field;
  • Organized thematically and written in a lucid and lively fashion, each chapter gives insightful consideration to the differing views on its topic, and also clarifies each contributor''s own position;
  • Features original contributions from an international panel of leading experts in the field, and is co-edited by the well-known and internationally respected David Theo Goldberg.


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"This ambitious volume is an essential sourcebook in Gender Studies at all levels and the point de départ for future research. It transcends the boundaries of a quite remarkable range of traditional disciplines, highlighting the gender issues within each, directly and accessibly. Fascinating and illuminating! Recommended to all academic libraries.” H.G.A. Hughes, Reference Reviews

"After twenty years of discussions on the importance of combining poststructuralist anti-foundationalism with intellectual, political and ethical accountability, here is a volume that actually practices what it preaches. This is a very important and necessary collection that conveys a flair for theoretical complexity in a direct and accessible way. It succeeds in addressing gender issues within an impressive range of disciplines and a broad span of interdisciplinary areas. It drives home time and again the notion that gender today should function as a verb that connects multiple differences and not as an essential entity. Compulsory reading for us all." Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University


"This Companion is a landmark text in establishing dialogues of critical race theory, postcolonialism, and globalization with studies on gender." Jeff Hearn, Swedish School of Economics and University of Huddersfield



Table of Contents

List of Contributors viii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: A Curriculum Vitae for Gender Studies 1
Philomena Essed, David Theo Goldberg, Audrey Kobayashi

Part I Interdisciplinarity

1 Women’s Studies 29
Mary Maynard

2 Area Studies 40
Ella Shohat

3 Postcolonial Scholarship 51
Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan

4 Queer Studies 62
Judith Halberstam

Part II Re-positionings

5 Epistemologies 73
Laura Hyun Yi Kang

6 Genetic Sex 87
Amâde M’charek

7 Lived Body versus Gender 102
Iris Marion Young

8 Masculinity 114
Toby Miller

9 Heterosexuality 132
Lorraine Nencel

Part III Jurisdictions

10 Nation 145
Lois A. West

11 Law 160
Katherine Franke

12 Policy 181
Carol Lee Bacchi

13 Domestic Violence 192
Madelaine Adelman

14 Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing 202
Jennifer Hyndman

15 Crime 212
Tony Jefferson

Part IV Nonconformity

16 Science and Technology 241
Sandra Harding

17 Prostitution and Sex Work Studies 255
Kamala Kempadoo

18 Global Social Movements 266
Nitza Berkovitch and Sara Helman

19 Arab Women: Beyond Politics 279
Ratiba Hadj-Moussa

Part V Mobility

20 Development under Globalization 293
Enakshi Dua

21 Migration and Refugees 307
Cecilia Menjívar

22 Class and Globalization 319
Abigail B. Bakan

23 Unions: Resistance and Mobilization 329
Linda Briskin

24 Corporate Masculinity 342
Agneta H. Fischer and Annelies E. M. van Vianen

Part VI Familiality

25 Family and Culture in Africa 357
Ifi Amadiume

26 The Caribbean Family? 370
D. Alissa Trotz

27 Family and Household in Latin America 381
Nina Laurie

28 Family in Europe 392
Joanna Regulska

Part VII Physicality

29 Reproduction 405
Laura Shanner

30 Disability 415
Anita Silvers

31 Health 428
Lesley Doyal

32 Sport 437
Martha Saavedra

Part VIII Spatiality

33 Environment and Sustainable Development 457
Irene Dankelman

34 Space and Cultural Meanings 467
Tovi Fenster

35 Architecture and Planning 475
Mona Domosh

36 Museums 484
Ellen Fernandez-Sacco

Part IX Reflectivity

37 Ethics 497
Vikki Bell

38 Religion 509
Pamela Dickey Young

39 Discourse 519
Ruth Wodak

40 The Violence of Gender 530
Mieke Bal

Index 544

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 24/02/2009
      ISBN13: 9781405188081, 978-1405188081
      ISBN10: 1405188081
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A Companion to Gender Studies presents a unified and comprehensive vision of its field, and its new directions. It is designed to demonstrate in action the rich interplay between gender and other markers of social position and (dis)privilege, such as race, class, ethnicity, and nationality.

      • Presents a unified and comprehensive vision of gender studies, and its new directions, injecting a much-needed infusion of new ideas into the field;
      • Organized thematically and written in a lucid and lively fashion, each chapter gives insightful consideration to the differing views on its topic, and also clarifies each contributor''s own position;
      • Features original contributions from an international panel of leading experts in the field, and is co-edited by the well-known and internationally respected David Theo Goldberg.


      Trade Review
      "This ambitious volume is an essential sourcebook in Gender Studies at all levels and the point de départ for future research. It transcends the boundaries of a quite remarkable range of traditional disciplines, highlighting the gender issues within each, directly and accessibly. Fascinating and illuminating! Recommended to all academic libraries.” H.G.A. Hughes, Reference Reviews

      "After twenty years of discussions on the importance of combining poststructuralist anti-foundationalism with intellectual, political and ethical accountability, here is a volume that actually practices what it preaches. This is a very important and necessary collection that conveys a flair for theoretical complexity in a direct and accessible way. It succeeds in addressing gender issues within an impressive range of disciplines and a broad span of interdisciplinary areas. It drives home time and again the notion that gender today should function as a verb that connects multiple differences and not as an essential entity. Compulsory reading for us all." Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University


      "This Companion is a landmark text in establishing dialogues of critical race theory, postcolonialism, and globalization with studies on gender." Jeff Hearn, Swedish School of Economics and University of Huddersfield



      Table of Contents

      List of Contributors viii

      Acknowledgments xi

      Introduction: A Curriculum Vitae for Gender Studies 1
      Philomena Essed, David Theo Goldberg, Audrey Kobayashi

      Part I Interdisciplinarity

      1 Women’s Studies 29
      Mary Maynard

      2 Area Studies 40
      Ella Shohat

      3 Postcolonial Scholarship 51
      Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan

      4 Queer Studies 62
      Judith Halberstam

      Part II Re-positionings

      5 Epistemologies 73
      Laura Hyun Yi Kang

      6 Genetic Sex 87
      Amâde M’charek

      7 Lived Body versus Gender 102
      Iris Marion Young

      8 Masculinity 114
      Toby Miller

      9 Heterosexuality 132
      Lorraine Nencel

      Part III Jurisdictions

      10 Nation 145
      Lois A. West

      11 Law 160
      Katherine Franke

      12 Policy 181
      Carol Lee Bacchi

      13 Domestic Violence 192
      Madelaine Adelman

      14 Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing 202
      Jennifer Hyndman

      15 Crime 212
      Tony Jefferson

      Part IV Nonconformity

      16 Science and Technology 241
      Sandra Harding

      17 Prostitution and Sex Work Studies 255
      Kamala Kempadoo

      18 Global Social Movements 266
      Nitza Berkovitch and Sara Helman

      19 Arab Women: Beyond Politics 279
      Ratiba Hadj-Moussa

      Part V Mobility

      20 Development under Globalization 293
      Enakshi Dua

      21 Migration and Refugees 307
      Cecilia Menjívar

      22 Class and Globalization 319
      Abigail B. Bakan

      23 Unions: Resistance and Mobilization 329
      Linda Briskin

      24 Corporate Masculinity 342
      Agneta H. Fischer and Annelies E. M. van Vianen

      Part VI Familiality

      25 Family and Culture in Africa 357
      Ifi Amadiume

      26 The Caribbean Family? 370
      D. Alissa Trotz

      27 Family and Household in Latin America 381
      Nina Laurie

      28 Family in Europe 392
      Joanna Regulska

      Part VII Physicality

      29 Reproduction 405
      Laura Shanner

      30 Disability 415
      Anita Silvers

      31 Health 428
      Lesley Doyal

      32 Sport 437
      Martha Saavedra

      Part VIII Spatiality

      33 Environment and Sustainable Development 457
      Irene Dankelman

      34 Space and Cultural Meanings 467
      Tovi Fenster

      35 Architecture and Planning 475
      Mona Domosh

      36 Museums 484
      Ellen Fernandez-Sacco

      Part IX Reflectivity

      37 Ethics 497
      Vikki Bell

      38 Religion 509
      Pamela Dickey Young

      39 Discourse 519
      Ruth Wodak

      40 The Violence of Gender 530
      Mieke Bal

      Index 544

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