Gender Studies Books
You are currently browsing 1–10 of 897 new and published books in the subject of Gender Studies — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.
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You are currently browsing 1–10 of 897 new and published books in the subject of Gender Studies — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.
For books that are not yet published; please browse forthcoming books.
Series: The Basics
Women’s Studies: The Basics is an accessible introduction into the ever expanding and increasingly relevant field of studies focused on women. Tracing the history of the discipline from its origins, this text sets out the main agendas of women’s studies and feminism, exploring the global...
Published January 29th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
This book examines the complex relationship between class and gender dynamics among tea ceremony (chado) practitioners in Japan. Focusing on practitioners in a provincial city, Akita, the book surveys the rigid, hierarchical chado system at grass roots level. Making critical use of Bourdieu’s idea...
Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Terrorism and the Law
In the name of fighting terrorism, countries have been invaded; wars have been waged; people have been detained, rendered and tortured; and campaigns for "hearts and minds" have been unleashed. Human rights analyses of the counter-terrorism measures implemented in the aftermath of 11 September 2001...
Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
Amidst the unevenness and unpredictability of change in the Asia-Pacific region, women's lives are being transformed. This volume takes up the challenge of exploring the ways in which women are active players, collaborators, participants, leaders and resistors in the politics of change in the...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History
In the first half of the nineteenth century the main employments open to young women in Britain were in teaching, dressmaking, textile manufacture and domestic service. After 1850, however, young women began to enter previously all-male areas like medicine, pharmacy, librarianship, the civil...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books
Investigates how women, religion and culture have interacted in the context of 19th and 20th century Iran, covering topics as seemingly diverse as the social and cultural history of Persian cuisine, the work and attitudes of 19th century Christian missionaries, the impact of growing female literacy...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
In view of the increasing number of Third World countries considering the establishment of women's colleges to meet the demand for the higher education of women, presenting a case study of two key women's colleges in the Philippines. Within the context of global, national and local changes since...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
Series: African Studies
This study analyzes the complexity and flexibility of gender relations in Igbo society, with emphasis on such major cultural zones as the Anioma, the Ngwa, the Onitsha, the Nsukka, and the Aro....
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture
This work examines the dramatic changes in America women's comedy performance in the years 1955-1995.The study focuses on the standup of Phyllis Diller and Roseanne andon the character comedy of Lily Tomlin. As the historical arc of women's comedy unfolds, it outlines a change from the traditional...
Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
This book identifies, traces, and interrogates contemporary American culture's fascination with forensic science. It looks to the many different sites, genres, and media where the forensic has become a cultural commonplace. It turns firstly to the most visible spaces where forensic science has...
Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge