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Writing romantic climate change
Anya Heise-von der Lippe draws on intersectional feminist and ecocritical approaches to highlight gender as a complicating category in Romantic engagements with these topics.
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Gender in focus
This book deals with the interplay between identities, codes, stereotypes and politics governing the various constructions and deconstructions of gender in several Western and non-Western societies (Germany, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Cameroon, Indonesia, Vietnam, and others). Readers are invited to...
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Narrativity and violence
Based on several case studies, this book explores typical problems in the study of violence through survivors' narratives, and possible ways of dealing with them.
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Gender in agrarian transitions
This book advances contemporary debates on the evolution of patriarchal institutions in agrarian transitions and the struggles for women's liberation today. It focuses on the complexities of agrarian transitions in the Global South and the crisis of socia
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Gender and diversity studies
Against the backdrop of current European developments, from economic deregulation and a shrinking welfare state to the dissolution and reinforcement of borders, this book examines the development of gender and diversity studies in different European regions and beyond.
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Sibling action
Stefani Engelstein argues that the sibling paradigm shaped the modern subject, life sciences, human sciences, and collective identities such as race, religion, and gender. Integrating close readings with panoramic intellectual history, Sibling Action presents a compelling new understanding of sys...
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Gender and age/aging in popular culture
This volume is an analyses representations of the intersections of gender and age/ing in cultural and media consumption, such as literature, film, music, and social media.
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De souza lima et al. (eds.), feminisms in movement
The contributors bring together a wide variety of perspectives, ranging from Black and decolonial feminist voices, LGBTQI/queer perspectives to ecofeminist approaches and indigenous women's mobilizations to inspire future feminist practices and inform social and cohabitation projects.
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Coming out, coming home
The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. A mother will question how she's raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience discrimination. From the child's perspective, gay and lesbian youth fear their families will reject them and th...
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Marx's others
This book revives Marx in order to understand race and gender as part of the capitalist totality, and to strike more fundamentally at the heart of contemporary capitalism.
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Spaces of care – confronting colonial afterlives in european ethnographic museums
The essays in this book discuss how museums are at the center of multiple world-wide crises.
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Sexual orientation and psychodynamic psychotherapy
This book bridges psychoanalytic thought and sexual science. It brings sexuality back to the center of psychoanalysis and shows how important it is for students of human sexuality to understand motives that are often irrational and unconscious. The authors present a new perspective about male and...
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Gender equality in context
Taking Switzerland as a case study, this book critically reflects on the state of gender equality in different policy areas such as education, family, and labor. Articles reveal how gender policies and cultural contexts interact with social practices of gender (in)equality.
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De silva, negotiating the borders of the gender regime
Adrian de Silva traces how sexology, the law, federal politics, and the trans movement interacted to generate or challenge concepts of trans(sexuality) from the mid-1960s to 2014 in Germany. The interdisciplinary study draws upon and contributes to debates in (trans)gender and queer studies, soci...
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Mixed feelings in france
Ewelina Pepiak analyses how gender and ethnicity are represented in seven contemporary French comedies.
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Whose body?
Judith Jarvis Thomson’s “A Defense of Abortion” is a cornerstone of modern moral philosophy, widely taught, fiercely debated, and endlessly cited.
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The portable kristeva
As a linguist, Julia Kristeva has pioneered a revolutionary theory of the sign in its relation to social and political emancipation; as a practicing psychoanalyst, she has produced work on the nature of the human subject and sexuality, and on the "new maladies" of today's neurotic. The Portable K...
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Games and bereavement
How can videogames portray love and loss? Games and Bereavement answers this question by looking at five videogames and carrying out a participatory design study with grievers. Sabine Harrer highlights possible connections between grief and videogames, arguing that game design may help make diffi...
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Masculinity studies and feminist theory
Why is there so much talk of a "crisis" of masculinity? How have ideas of manhood been transformed by feminism? Does feminism hold the key to the development of more egalitarian forms of masculinity? Masculinity Studies and Feminist Theory addresses central questions about the analysis and constr...
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A history of virility
How has the meaning of manhood changed over time? A History of Virility proposes a series of answers to this question by describing a trajectory that begins with ancient conceptions of male domination and privilege and examining how it persisted, with significant alterations, for centuries. While...
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Chopsticks only work in pairs
The ideal of "gender equality" seems forever elusive, always tantalizingly over the horizon. Shanshan Du suggests that by shifting our attention away from the various utopian ideals embedded in mainstream feminism, we may be surprised to learn that gender-egalitarian societies do exist. Based on ...
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Transgender 101
Written by a social worker, popular educator, and member of the transgender community, this well-rounded resource combines an accessible portrait of transgenderism with a rich history of transgender life and its unique experiences of discrimination. Chapters introduce transgenderism and its psych...
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Homes of the homeless
This book examines the image of home as experienced and expressed by the men and women who are affected by the crisis of homelessness and live in specialized institutions. Inga B. Kuźma focuses on describing and interpreting the stories of people from homeless centers who speak about the ups and ...
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Queer formalism: the return
Queer Formalism: The Return is a new kind of queer art writing that considers love and regret in their many forms.
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Motherhood in patriarchy
„Motherhood in Patriarchy“ pioneers the argument that the current Western understanding of motherhood is a patriarchal one based on a long historical tradition of subjection and institutionalization. The book makes an important contribution to women’s studies on reproduction, feminist theory, mot...
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Pleasure and efficacy
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in CriticismA leading trans scholar and activist explores cultural representations of gender transition in the modern periodIn Pleasure and Efficacy, Grace Lavery investigates gender transition as it has been experienced and represented in the m...
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Doing cultural history
Doing Cultural History collects papers spanning the twelfth to the twenty-first centuries on topics including narrative structures in legal texts, masculinity and violence, and Scottish medieval history as well as religious theme parks and the perception of sorcery and false saintliness in early ...
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Narrating social work through autoethnography
Autoethnography is an innovative approach to inquiry located in the interstices between science and literature. Blending researcher and subject roles, autoethnographers use analytical strategies to explore the social and cultural contexts of meaningful life experiences and their implications for ...
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Equality governance via policy analysis?
Arn T. Sauer examines the instruments of gendered policy analysis and the conditions under which they are being used by the Canadian federal government and the European Commission. He shows that the success of equality governance depends upon whether knowledge about gendered policy and administra...
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Nonbinary
In this groundbreaking book, thirty authors highlight how our experiences are shaped by a deeply entrenched gender binary. Nuanced storytellers break away from mainstream portrayals of gender diversity, cutting across lines of age, race, ethnicity, ability, class, religion, family, and relationsh...
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Gender, race & canadian law
Gender, Race & Canadian Law explores feminist and critical race approaches to Canadian law. The collection, which is suitable for undergraduate courses, begins with a basic overview of Canadian law and an introduction to critical concepts including “the official version of law,” race and raci...
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The politics of gender in early american theater
This collection explores the role of gender in the formation of American theatrical culture in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It features essays on well-known early American dramatists such as Susanna Rowson or Judith Sargent Murray, but also sheds light on anonymous authors ...
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Queer and feminist relationships in contemporary fiction
This book analyzes friendly, amorous, sexual, political and artistic contacts within and around contemporary fictions of Romance cultures.
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Foucault's futures
Penelope Deutscher reconsiders the role of procreation in Foucault’s thought, especially its proximity to risk, mortality, and death. Foucault’s Futures brings together his work on sexuality and biopolitics to provide new insights into the conflicted political status of reproductive conduct and w...
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Critical literacies and gender studies
Chapters highlight the importance of integrating critical literacies into educational curricula, combating misinformation, and fostering an inclusive digital environment. Topics include European research on digital citizenship and gender equality, the regulation of social platforms, and mediated ...
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Interdisciplinary perspectives on the legacy of lara croft
As the franchise celebrates its 30th anniversary, this academic collection delves into Tomb Raider’s legacy from interdisciplinary perspectives, examining gender representation, fan culture, and broader cultural influence.
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The politicization of gender
This monograph examines how far-right political parties in Europe instrumentalize gender to shape voter mobilization and reinforce exclusionary national identities, with comparative case studies of Italy and the Netherlands highlighting strategies targeting women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and migrants.
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Dietary diversity for sustainable development
Grounded in empirical research from rural Tanzania, Dietary Diversity for Sustainable Development delves into the crucial intersection of food systems, culture, gender, and nutrition, highlighting actionable strategies for improving nutritional outcomes among women of reproductive age.
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Future feminisms
Future Feminisms is an interdisciplinary exploration of the contemporary experiences of women within the private, public, and online spheres. Chapters explore women’s experiences of insecurity, instability and change, migration, and diaspora as experienced in both physical and digital communicati...
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Why who cleans counts
Every household has to perform housework, and researchers know a lot about what predicts who does which chores, drawing frequently from theoretical explanations that highlight the importance of power dynamics. This book moves beyond the existing scholarship by using quantitative, nationally repre...
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Criminal justice responses to maternal filicide
Milne provides a comprehensive analysis of conviction outcomes through court transcripts of 14 criminal cases in England and Wales during 2010 to 2019. Drawing on feminist theories of responsibilisation and 'gendered harm', she critically reflects on the gendered nature of criminal justice's resp...
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The politicization of mumsnet
The Politicization of Mumsnet investigates the growing politicization of this parenting discussion forum and its use by politicians to influence middle-class women in the UK.
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The incel rebellion
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Drawing on ethnographic research and interviews,this book provides an insight into the development of the manosphere, and the extent to which the influence and philosophy of...
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Radical interactionism and critiques of contemporary culture
Norman K. Denzin has gathered a team of leading experts to explore and showcase a variety of topics in the field of symbolic interaction.Some of the topics explored include extending dramaturgical and grounded theory, and new empirical and theoretical inquiries into fashion, journalism, stigma, p...
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Young women’s carceral geographies
Interrogating conceptual ideas around power, punishment and abandonment with specific reference to the experience of young women, this book examines the particular challenges that young women face within the criminal justice system, and traces their journeys in, out and beyond confinement.
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Gendered domestic violence and abuse in popular culture
As binge-watching and streaming lead to increasing amounts of content and screen time, understanding how domestic violence and abuse is portrayed in popular culture and its impact on DVA in our society is more important than ever. This collection demonstrates how networked communication is influe...
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Advances in women’s empowerment
What progress has been made to achieve SDG5? Bridging the academic and policymaking spaces, this edited collection offers a critical insight and evaluation of the public policies targeted at improving the condition of women living in developing countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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Country queers
Part photo book, part memoir, part oral history project, this volume paints a vivid portrait of queer and trans experiences in rural areas and small towns across the US. In 2013, Rae Garringer embarked on the Country Queers oral history project with a borrowed audio recorder, a flip phone, and a...
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