Gender Studies category: 10311 books
The Intermediate Sex
A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2018
“Anyone who realizes what Love is, the dedication of the heart, so profound, so absorbing, so mysterious, so imperative, and always just in the noblest natures so strong, cannot fail to see how difficult, how tragic even, must often be the fate of those whose deepest feelings are destined from the...
New Philosophies of Sex and Love
Thinking Through Desire
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Our amorous and erotic experiences do not simply bring us pleasure; they shape our very identities, our ways of relating to ourselves, each other and our shared world. This volume challenges some of our most prevalent assumptions relating to identity, the body, monogamy, libido, sexual identity, seduction,...
Authentic Leadership
An Engaged Discussion of LGBTQ Work as Culturally Relevant
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
This book provides new insights about the roles in which LGBTQ individuals contribute in society and various organizations. The literature is divided into two sections. Section one includes three chapters from higher education administrators, faculty and community activists. The chapters share personal...
by United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Violence against women is a pandemic, one that transcends the bounds of geography, race, culture, class and religion. It touches virtually every community, in virtually every corner of the globe. Too often sanctified by custom and reinforced by institutions, it thrives on widespread impunity for perpetrators...
Political Belief in France, 1927-1945
Gender, Empire, and Fascism in the Croix de Feu and Parti Social Francais
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
In the inter war era, the rise of the largest political movement in modern French history, the powerful Croix de Feu (1927–1936), and its successor, the Parti Social Français, or PSF (1936–1945), led to a sharp rightward turn in France’s political culture. Political Belief in France, 1927–1945...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
Examining the global experiences, challenges and achievements of Muslim women participating in physical activities and sport, this important new study makes a profound contribution to our understanding of both contemporary Islam and the complexity and diversity of women’s lives in the modern world.
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Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Physical cultural studies (PCS) is a dynamic and rapidly developing field of study. This handbook offers the first definitive account of the state of the art in PCS, showcasing the latest research and methodological approaches. It examines the boundaries, preoccupations, theories and politics of PCS,...
Dames in the Driver's Seat
Rereading Film Noir
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009
With its focus on dangerous, determined femmes fatales, hardboiled detectives, and crimes that almost-but-never-quite succeed, film noir has long been popular with moviegoers and film critics alike. Film noir was a staple of classical Hollywood filmmaking during the years 1941-1958 and has enjoyed a...
Queering Sexualities in Turkey
Gay Men, Male Prostitutes and the City
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Despite its some of its more liberal and democratic characteristics – when compared to many other countries in the Middle East – the more conservative elements within Turkish politics and society have made gains over the past decades. As a result, like many others in the region, Turkish society...
Red Nails, Black Skates
Gender, Cash, and Pleasure on and off the Ice
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
In her forties, Erica Rand bought a pair of figure skates to vary her workout routine. Within a few years, the college professor was immersed in adult figure skating. Here, in short, incisive essays, she describes the pleasures to be found in the rink, as well as the exclusionary practices that make...
Blue Studios
Poetry and Its Cultural Work
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Feminist issues in avant garde poetry.
In her now-classic The Pink Guitar, Rachel Blau DuPlessis examined a number of modern and contemporary poets and artists to explore the possibility of finding a language that would question deeply held assumptions about gender. In the 12 essays...
New Sporting Femininities
Embodied Politics in Postfeminist Times
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2018
This edited collection critically explores new and emerging models of female athleticism in an era characterised as postfeminist. It approaches postfeminism through a critical lens to investigate new forms of politics being practised by women in physical activity, sport and online spaces at the intersections...
Junctures in Women's Leadership
Social Movements
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
From Eleanor Roosevelt to feminist icon Gloria Steinem to HIV/AIDS activist Dazon Dixon Diallo, women have assumed leadership roles in struggles for social justice. How did these remarkable women ascend to positions of influence? And once in power, what...
Understanding Global Sexualities
New Frontiers
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Over the course of the past thirty years, there has been an explosion of work on sexuality, both conceptually and methodologically. From a relatively limited, specialist field, the study of sexuality has expanded across a wide range of social sciences. Yet as the field has grown, it has become apparent...