{"product_id":"women-and-inequality-in-the-21st-century-9781138239784","title":"Women and Inequality in the 21st Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent books have drawn attention to an unfinished gender revolution and the reversal of gender progress. However, this literature primarily focuses on gender inequality in the family and its effect on women's career and family choices. While an important topic, these works? ?are critiqued for being particularly attentive to the concerns of middle-class, heterosexual, White women and ignoring or erasing the issues and experiences of the vast majority of women throughout the United States (and other countries). ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen and Inequality in the 21st Century \u003c\/i\u003eis an edited collection that addresses this dearth in the current literature. This book examines the continued inequities navigated by women occupying marginalized social positions within a nexus of power relations. It addresses the experiences of immigrant women of color, aging women, normative gender constraints faced by lesbian and gender non-conforming individuals assigned the female gender at birth, religious constr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen and Inequality in the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e draws from the best traditions of feminist scholar-activism, while reorienting focus toward topics and groups that to-date have received less attention in the scholarship on gender inequality than is warranted, and indeed necessary. With chapters spanning a unique range of formats — from interviews with prominent gender scholars, to novel empirical studies and self-reflexive narratives — the text is at once accessible, theoretically nuanced, and highly engaging. Slatton and Brailey have generated an innovative volume from an incredible diversity of scholars addressing the many margins and complex positionalities that constitute contemporary womanhood today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Mueller\u003c\/b\u003e, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of the Intergroup Relations Program, Skidmore College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Inequality and the Complex Positionalities of 21st Century Women \u003cb\u003ePart I. An Unrealized Democracy \u003c\/b\u003e1. Beauty and the Beast of Inequality: A Historical Synopsis of Women’s Images as Barriers in American Labor, Politics and Entertainment 2. Proper Defectum Sexus: Male Privilege over a Woman’s Body 3. Democracy, Power, and Work \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Negotiating Inequitable Terrain \u003c\/b\u003e4. Unfiltered: Male Strangers’ Sexist Behavior Towards Women 5. I am American! Taiwanese Immigrant Women Battling Everyday Racism 6. Queer Faces, Unsafe Spaces: Everyday Discrimination Experiences of Lesbian and Gender Non-Conforming Women 7. But I'm the Lucky One: A Narrative 8. Actors of Discourse: Gender Performativity in Women’s Leadership 9. The Cultural Negotiations of Gender through Religion among Algerian Kabyle \u003cb\u003ePart 3. Psychosocial Effects of Inequality\u003c\/b\u003e 10. Hair Stress: Physical and Mental Health Correlates of African American Women’s Hair Care Practices 11. Gender, Arthritis and Feelings of Sexual Obligation in Older Women 12. I’m a Survivor’: Reconsidering Identity, Stigma, and Institutions for Domestic Violence \u003cb\u003ePart 4. Key Debates in Women’s Inequality \u003c\/b\u003e13. Is there Liberation for the Single, Saved, and Sexually Repressed 14. Sex Work: Free and Equal? 15. Reclaiming Women’s Rights to Freedom of Religion: An Assessment of the Political and Legal Complexities Affecting the Domestication of CEDAW and the AU Women’s Protocol in Nigeria \u003cb\u003ePart 5. Pushing Back: Resistance and Activism\u003c\/b\u003e 16. I’m Going to Get What I Want: Black Women’s Sexual Agency as a Form of Resistance 17. Raise Your Banner High! Mounting a Take Back the Night Event: Civic Engagement and Feminist Practice on a University Campus 18. Insisting on Intersectionality in the Vagina Monologues\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577814323543,"sku":"9781138239784","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-and-inequality-in-the-21st-century-9781138239784","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}