Book Series
Perspectives on Gender
New & Published Titles:
Laboring On
Birth in Transition in the United States
Facing the polar forces of an epidemic of Cesarean sections and epidurals and home-like labor rooms, American birth is in transition. Caught between the most…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94663-6 (Routledge)
Disposable Women and Other Myths of Global Capitalism
Everyday, around the world, women who work in the Third World factories of global firms face the idea that they are disposable. Melissa W. Wright…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95145-6 (Routledge)
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Fixing Families
Parents, Power, and the Child Welfare System
In Fixing Families, Jennifer Reich takes us inside Child Protective Services for an in-depth look at the entire organization. Following families from the beginning of… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94727-5 (Routledge)
The Social Economy of Single Motherhood
Raising Children in Rural America
Margaret Nelson investigates the lives of single, working-class mothers in this compelling and timely book. Through personal interviews, she uncovers the different challenges that mothers… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94778-7 (Routledge)
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Rape Work
Victims, Gender, and Emotions in Organization and Community Context
Despite the proliferation of rape crisis centers and other improvements in the treatment of rape victims over the past 20 years, many victims still find… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-92775-8 (Routledge)
Regulating Sex
The Politics of Intimacy and Identity
Regulating Sex is an anthology that presents debates over the role of the state in constructing and controlling erotic practice, intimacy, and identity. The purpose… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94869-2 (Routledge)
Stepping Out of Line
Becoming and Being a Feminist
What does it mean to be a feminist today? Why do some women become feminists and others do not? At a time when 'feminist' is…
read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-93033-8 (Routledge)
Home-Grown Hate
Gender and Organized Racism
The top names in the field come together in this collection with original essays that explore the link between gender and racism in a variety… read more2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94415-1 (Routledge)
Maid in the USA
10th Anniversary Edition
This is a classic work in the fields of Women's Studies and Sociology. On its 10th Anniversary, it is still a vital and moving study… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-93541-8 (Routledge)
Complex Inequality
Gender, Class and Race in the New Economy
The American economy is in good shape: profits are soaring, employment is expanding, and technological advances abound. Yet inequality between genders and among races still… read more2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-92904-2 (Routledge)
Series Details:
Forthcoming Titles:
Equity Without Equality
By Lynn Prince Cooke
To be published July 1st 2009
Global Gender Research: Transnational Perspectives
Edited by Christine Bose, Minjeong Kim
To be published January 26th 2009
Negotiating the Global: Women's Movements in Brazil and the Transnational Feminist Public
By Millie Thayer
To be published January 15th 2009