Gender and the social construction of illness
by Lorber, Judith, Moore, Lisa Jean
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This volume explores the ways in which gendered or sexual identities are manipulated through the process of translation. Twelve contributions from international scholars consider topics such as translation as a feminist practice; the construction of gender in English and German …
This volume explores the ways in which gendered or sexual identities are manipulated through the process of translation. Twelve contributions from international scholars consider topics such as translation as a feminist practice; the construction of gender in English and German …
Shannon McSheffrey studies the communities of the late medieval English heretics, the Lollards, and presents unexpected conclusions about the precise ways in which gender shaped participation within the movement. While much recent scholarship has contended that heresies offered …
The literature available for this book is very rich in certain aspects of African women's urban position; but it would have been difficult to provide much of the necessary perspective without the aid of several studies which are as yet unpublished.
The literature available for this book is very rich in certain aspects of African women's urban position; but it would have been difficult to provide much of the necessary perspective without the aid of several studies which are as yet unpublished.
"Whether initiating girls or healing cattle, bringing rain or protesting taxation, many in Africa share a vision of a world where the cultural, symbolic and cosmic categories of male and female serve, through ritual, to both reimagine and transform the world."--BOOK JACKET. "Tho…
Argues that feminism must return to the universal and reconstruct the theory and practice of human rights. This work offers discourse ethics and its post-metaphysical defence of universalism as a key to this process of reconstruction. The implications of discourse ethics and the…
"This Violent Empire traces the origins of American violence, racism, and paranoia to the founding moments of the new nation and the initial instability of Americans' national sense of self." "Fusing cultural and political analyses to create a new form of political history, Carr…
"This Violent Empire traces the origins of American violence, racism, and paranoia to the founding moments of the new nation and the initial instability of Americans' national sense of self." "Fusing cultural and political analyses to create a new form of political history, Carr…
For decades women working as nurses, librarians, and secretaries have argued that they are paid less than men in jobs requiring comparable skill and effort. By the late 1980s, the notion of "comparable worth" had become a familiar one, and comparable worth initiatives were being…
This book investigates the popularity and success of contemporary women performers in bullfighting culture, which has been framed by a discourse of 'traditionalist' masculinity. This examination of the changing situation of women in the bullfighting world is used to explore the …
