This book discusses the history of the Barbie doll and at the cultural reappropriations of Barbie by artists, collectors and especially lesbians and gay men.
"Ambitious in its scope and interdisciplinary in its purview. . . . Without doubt future researchers will want to refer to Hanna's study, not simply for its rich bibliographical sources but also for suggestions as to how to proceed with their own work. Dance, Sex, and Gender wil…
Introduction -- Project gender : identity/ies in flux -- The body in question : less than the sum of our parts -- Sexymedia : the pornographication of popular culture or just a bit of slap and tickle? -- Women in/and news : the invisible and the profane -- Gender@internet -- End…
"Transgendered people face myriad forms of prejudice in their everyday lives, not only from social conservatives, but even from many leftists, psychiatrists, feminists, and lesbians and gays. In Transpeople, Christopher Shelley provides an in-depth study of the repudiation and i…
Transcending both academic disciplines and traditional categories of analysis, this collection illustrates the ways genders and sexualities could be constructed, subverted and transformed.
Die Soziale Arbeit ist stets darum bemüht, ihre berufliche Identität im Kampf um Anerkennung und gesellschaftliche Legitimation eindeutig festzulegen. Ihre Suche nach dem Prototyp gelungener und effektiver sozialer Dienstleistung verschleiert dabei nicht selten die Komplexität d…
An exploration of the creation of adult masculine identities in the 14th-15th centuries, this volume takes a close look at the roles of men through the lens of three distinct institutions: the university, the aristocratic household & court, & the craft workshop.
Die zeitgenössischen feministischen Debatten über die Bedeutungen der Geschlechtsidentität rufen immer wieder ein gewisses Gefühl des Unbehagens hevor, so als ob die Unbestimmtheit dieses Begriffs im Scheitern des Feminismus kulminieren könnte. Möglicherweise muß aber dieses Unb…