Gender studies, gender groups

Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture

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The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture covers major theoretical issues as well as critical empirical shifts in gender and agriculture. Gender relations in agriculture are shifting in most regions of the world with changes in the structure of agriculture, the organizati…

Chapter Editors' Introduction

by Chronaki, Despina, Scarcelli, Cosimo Marco, De Vuyst, Sara, Villanueva Baselga, Sergio

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This edited collection brings together original empirical and theoretical insights into the complex set of relations which exist between age, gender, sexualities and the media in Europe. This book investigates how engagements with media reflect people's constructions and underst…

Gender and Sexuality in the European Media: Exploring Different Contexts Through Conceptualis…

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This edited collection brings together original empirical and theoretical insights into the complex set of relations which exist between age, gender, sexualities and the media in Europe. This book investigates how engagements with media reflect people's constructions and underst…

Handbook on the international political economy of gender

fromHandbooks of research on international political economy

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This Handbook brings together leading interdisciplinary scholarship on the gendered nature of the international political economy. Spanning a wide range of theoretical traditions and empirical foci, it explores the multifaceted ways in which gender relations constitute and are s…

The Geschlecht complex: addressing untranslatable aspects of gender, genr…

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"The notion of Geschlecht - denoting gender, genre, kinship, and more - exemplifies the most pertinent questions of the transnational and transdisciplinary structures of contemporary humanities. What happens in the transference from one language, tradition, or form to another? C…

Beside You in Time

by Freeman, Elizabeth

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In Beside You in Time Elizabeth Freeman expands biopolitical and queer theory by outlining a temporal view of the long nineteenth century. Drawing on Foucauldian notions of discipline as a regime that yoked the human body to time, Freeman shows how time became a social and senso…

Trans voices: becoming who you are

by Henry, Declan

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Personal, first-hand accounts from transgender and non-binary individuals and the diverse experiences and challenges they face before, during and after transition. This comprehensive introduction to trans issues details the social, physical and emotional struggles involved in be…

La mamma: interrogating a national stereotype

fromItalian and Italian American studies

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The idea of the "mamma italiana" is one of the most widespread and recognizable stereotypes in perceptions of Italian national character both within and beyond Italy.

Gender and nation building in the Middle East: the political economy of health from Mandate Pale…

by Young, Elise G.

fromLibrary of modern Middle East studies

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"The decisive consequences of the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 had ramifications over the entire Ottoman Empire - and the Ottoman territory of Palestine was no exception. "Late Ottoman Palestine" examines the impact of Young Turk policies and reforms on local societies and admi…

Feminism and the politics of childhood: friends or foes?

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Feminism and the Politics of Childhood offers an innovative and critical exploration of perceived commonalities and conflicts between women and children and, more broadly, between various forms of feminism and the politics of childhood. This unique collection of 18 chapters brin…

Sexagon: Muslims, France and the sexualization of national…

by Mack, Mehammed Amadeus

fromModern language initiative

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In contemporary France, particularly in the banlieues of Paris, the figure of the young, virile, hypermasculine Muslim looms large. So large, in fact, it often supersedes liberal secular society's understanding of gender and sexuality altogether. Engaging the nexus of race, gend…

Gender Scripts in Medicine and Narrative

by Block, Marcelline, Laflen, Angela

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Gender is an exciting area of current research in the medical humanities, and by combining the study of medical narratives with theories of gender and sexuality, the essays in Gender Scripts in Medicine and Narrative illustrate the power of gender stereotypes to shape the way me…

Debates in Transgender, Queer, and Feminist Theory: Contested Sites

by Elliot, Patricia

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Transgender studies is a heterogeneous site of debate that is marked by tensions, border wars, and rifts both within the field and among feminist and queer theorists. Intersecting the domains of women's studies, sexuality, gender and transgender studies, Debates in Transgender, …

The politics of being a woman: feminism, media and 21st century popular culture

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"What does it mean to be a woman in the 21st century? The feminist movement has a long and rich history, but is its time now passed? This edited collection is driven by the question, why is feminism viewed by some (we would add a majority) as outdated, no longer necessary and ha…

Unequal ageing in Europe: women's independence and pensions

by Betti, Gianni, Bettio, Francesca, Georgiadis, Thomas

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While much is known about the situation in the labour market in the form of gender pay and earnings gaps, rather little is understood about their sequel in old age the gender pension gap. Entering the world of pensions may well signal a step backwards as far as women's independe…

Everyday friendships

by Blatterer, Harry

fromPalgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life

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Everyday Friendship conceptualises the lived experience of intimacy in a world in which the terms and conditions of love and friendship are increasingly unclear. Drawing on writing on friendship, love, and intimacy by such thinkers as Simmel and Kracauer, Elias, Goffman, Luhmann…