Gender Studies category: 10311 books
by María Magdalena Camou, Silvana Maubrigades, Rosemary Thorp
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This book presents evidence of the evolution of the gender inequalities in Latin America during the twentieth century, using basic indicators of human development, namely education, health and the labour market. There are very few historical studies that centre on gender as the main analytical category...
Violence and Gender in the Globalized World
The Intimate and the Extimate
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Violence and Gender in the Globalized World expands the critical picture of gender and violence in the age of globalization by introducing a variety of uncommonly discussed geo-political sites and dynamics. The volume hosts methodologically and disciplinarily diverse contributions from around the...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
This publication is part of the commitment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to document gender equality results in its operations. It presents case studies in ADB priority sectors: urban development, rural infrastructure, and education. The case studies provide an overview of gender issues, design...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
This handbook provides a comprehensive look at the study of gender and security in global politics.
The volume is based on the core argument that gender is conceptually necessary to thinking about central questions of security; analytically important for thinking about cause and effect in security;...
Gender and Forests
Climate Change, Tenure, Value Chains and Emerging Issues
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
This enlightening book brings together the work of gender and forestry specialists from various backgrounds and fields of research and action to analyse global gender conditions as related to forests. Using a variety of methods and approaches, they build on a spectrum of theoretical perspectives to...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Drawing on studies from Africa, Asia and South America, this book provides empirical evidence and conceptual explorations of the gendered dimensions of food security. It investigates how food security and gender inequity are conceptualized within interventions, assesses the impacts and outcomes of...
Gender Diversity in Indonesia
Sexuality, Islam and Queer Selves
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Indonesia provides particularly interesting examples of gender diversity. Same-sex relations, transvestism and cross-gender behaviour have long been noted amongst a wide range of Indonesian peoples. This book explores the nature of gender diversity in Indonesia, and with the world’s largest Muslim...
Rape Culture, Gender Violence, and Religion
Christian Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
This volume considers the complex relationships that exist between Christianity, rape culture, and gender violence. Each chapter explores the various roles that Christian theologies, teachings, and practices have played in shaping contemporary understandings of gender violence and in sanctioning rape-supportive...
The Drag Queen Anthology
The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Examine the cultural and political implications of male-to-female gender performance!
The Drag Queen Anthology: The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators examines the phenomena of male-to-female gender performance and the people who live it. This provocative...
by Elaine Unterhalter
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Timely and original, this book examines gender equality in schooling as an aspiration of global social justice. With nearly one billion people having little or no schooling and women and girls comprising nearly two-thirds of this total, this book analyses the historical, sociological, political and...
Gender(ed) Identities
Critical Rereadings of Gender in Children's and Young Adult Literature
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This volume brings together diverse, cross-disciplinary scholarly voices to examine gender construction in children's and young adult literature. It complements and updates the scholarship in the field by creating a rich, cohesive examination of core questions around gender and sexuality in classic...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Through personal narratives and case studies, this fully updated second edition explores the childhood and adolescent experiences of transgendered persons. Addressing the differences between male-to-female (MTF) and female-to-male (FTM) individuals and identifying the specific challenges of transgender...
Virtual Gender
Technology, Consumption and Identity Matters
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2005
As yet there has been relatively little published on women's activities in relation to new digital technologies. Virtual Gender brings together theoretical perspectives from feminist theory, the sociology of technology and gender studies with well designed empirical studies to throw new light on the...
Gender, Work, and Economy
Unpacking the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
This engaging new text uses a feminist lens to crack open the often hidden worlds of gender and work, addressing enduring questions about how structural inequalities are produced and why they persist. Making visible the social relationships that drive the global economy, the book explores how economic...