De auteur is van Italiaanse afkomst en bracht 4 jaar in een Amerikaans klooster door, voordat zij in GB een carrière als socioloog begon; dit werk is een uitw. van haar proefschr. en behandelt o.a.: 'social lesbianism', lesbisch(e) bewustzijn, praktijk en feminisme; bevat enquêt…
Analyses how our culture elaborates our naturally evolved bodies by calling upon the new means contemporary thinkers have used to understand the body. He explains how we make our bodies foreign to ourselves and envisages what they may become."--Publisher.
From gender issues in Desperate Housewives, to race in Ugly Betty, gender biases in video games, and portrayals of the American family in Extreme Makeover, to analyzes of new genres like fandom and social media - no other book is so successful in engaging students in critical me…
by Pilcher, Jane, Coffey, Amanda
fromCardiff papers in qualitative research
This work draws together contributions on the theme of gender. They all call on qualitative research methods and offer a variety of perspectives on masculinity and femininity. The book also provides a sociological picture of how research on gender contributes to understanding ge…
The British Empire was never as orderly as its architects would have us believe. Across the British imperial world, rules were broken, norms and social conventions were ignored and boundaries were transgressed. This is the first historical study to probe the colonial history of …
Discusses the role of gender in social research in the field, focusing on the researcher's experience of his or her own gender and that of the respondent.
In this book a leading theorist on sex and gender discusses how hidden assumptions embedded in our cultural discourses, social institutions, and individual psyches perpetuate male power and oppress women and sexual minorities. Sandra Lipsitz Bem argues that these assumptions, wh…
Gendered Anthropology offers an examination of current debates focusing on sex and gender, race, ethnicity, politics and economics and provides insights which are still toooften lacking in mainstream anthropology. [publisher].
A straight-talking guide to helping disabled people fulfil their sexual lives, covering sexual needs, difficulties disabled people experience and communication. How professionals can support disabled people with sex is covered, and a chapter on the law is included. Essential rea…
Bright colors, enlarged fins, feather plumes, song, horns, antlers, and tusks are often highly sex dimorphic. Why have males in many animals evolved more conspicuous ornaments, signals, and weapons than females? How can such traits evolve although they may reduce male survival? …
