Gender Books

New and Published Books

1. Motherhood and Maternal Subjectivity

   Transformations of Self and Other in the Maternal Experience

   Edited by Maura Sheehy

   This collection, drawn from twelve years of the influential journal Studies in Gender and Sexuality, offers a groundbreaking advance in thinking and theorizing about what happens to women when they become mothers. It explores how women are changed and shaped by interaction with their children and...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran

   Interior Revolutions of the Modern Era

   By Pamela Karimi

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Examining Iran’s recent history through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran demonstrates that a significant component of the modernization process in Iran advanced beyond political and public spheres. On the cusp of Iran’s entry into...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Women's Studies: The Basics

   By Bonnie G. Smith

   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
4. The Transgender Studies Reader 1&2 BUNDLE

   Edited by Susan Stryker, Aren Z. Aizura

   Over the past twenty years, transgender studies has emerged as a dynamic field of interdisciplinary scholarship. First collected in Routledge's own The Transgender Studies Reader in 2006, the field has moved on, rapidly expanding in many directions. The Transgender Studies Reader 2 gathers these...

   Published December 31st 2012 by Routledge
5. Gender and Power in Contemporary Spirituality

   Ethnographic Approaches

   Edited by Anna Fedele, Kim Knibbe

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   This book explores the entanglements of gender and power in spiritual practices and analyzes strategies used by spiritual practitioners to attain what to social scientists might seem an impossible goal: creating spiritual communities without creating gendered hierarchies. What strategies do...

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
6. Women in Movement (Routledge Revivals)

   Feminism and Social Action

   By Sheila Rowbotham

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1992, this book is an historical introduction to a wide range of women’s movements from the late eighteenth-century to the date of its publication. It describes economic, social and political ideas which have inspired women to organize, not only in Europe and North America, but...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
7. Homoeroticism in Imperial China

   A Sourcebook

   Edited by Mark Stevenson, Cuncun Wu

   Bringing together over sixty pre-modern Chinese primary sources on same-sex desire in English translation, Homoeroticism in Imperial China is an important addition to the growing field of the comparative history of sexuality and provides a window onto the continuous cultural relevance of same-sex...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Women of Pliny's Letters

   By Jo-Ann Shelton

   Series: Women of the Ancient World

   Pliny's letters offer a significant source of information about the lives of Roman women (predominantly, though not exclusively, upper-class women) during the late first and early second centuries CE. In the 368 letters included in his ten published books of epistles, Pliny mentions over 30 women...

   Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Gender: The Key Concepts

   Edited by Mary Evans, Carolyn Williams

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   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...

   Published October 30th 2012 by Routledge
10. Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies

    Edited by Claire Renzetti, Susan Miller, Angela Gover

    Series: Routledge International Handbooks

    Criminological research has historically been based on the study of men, boys and crime. As a result, the criminal justice system’s development of policies, programs, and treatment regimes was based on the male offender. It was not until the 1970s that some criminologists began to draw attention to...

    Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge