Alison Jaggar
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Body Studies
Carolyn Williams
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Contemporary Societies
Deleuzian Interpretations
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Feminism
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Gender and Culture
Gender Equality
Gender Glossary
Gender key concepts
Gender Studies
heteronormativity
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International Monetary Fund
intersectionality
Introduction to Gender
LGBT
LGBT Politics
Mary Evans
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Primary Motivational System
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Social Reproduction
Sociology of Gender
Transnational Feminism
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Product details
- ISBN 9780415669610
- Weight: 710g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 31 Oct 2012
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This invaluable volume provides an overview of 37 terms, theories and concepts frequently used in gender studies which those studying the subject can find difficult to grasp. Each entry provides a critical definition of the concept, examining the background to the idea, its usage and the major figures associated with the term. Taking a truly interdisciplinary and global view of gender studies, concepts covered include:
- Agency
- Diaspora
- Heteronormativity
- Subjectivity
- Performativity
- Class
- Feminist Politics
- Body
- Gender identity
- Reflexivity.
With cross referencing and further reading provided throughout the text, Gender: The Key Concepts unweaves the relationships between different aspects of the field defined as gender studies, and is essential for all those studying gender in interdisciplinary contexts as undergraduates, postgraduates and beyond.
Mary Evans is a Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics, based at the Gender Institute. She has written studies of feminist theory, Jane Austen and Simone de Beauvoir and is currently working on issues related to the continuation of gender inequality.
Carolyn Williams has worked in international development and feminism since 1981. She holds a PhD from the Gender Institute, London School of Economics, where she works as a guest teacher, and is currently researching changing forms of intimacy in the context of migration and multiculturalism.
