1st Edition

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women V1

Edited By Cheris Kramarae, Dale Spender Copyright 2004
    560 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2004. Featuring comprehensive global coverage of women's issues and concerns, from violence and sexuality to feminist theory, the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women brings the field into the new millennium. In over 900 signed A-Z entries from US and Europe, Asia, the Americas, Oceania, and the Middle East, the women who pioneered the field from its inception collaborate with the new scholars who are shaping the future of women's studies to create the new standard work for anyone who needs information on women-related subjects.

    Contents include: Abortion; Christianity: Status of Women; Domestic Labor; Eating Disorders; Education, in: Middle East and North Africa, North America, etc.; Erotica; Images of Women, in: Africa, Caribbean, Southeast Asia, etc.; Romantic Fiction; Street Harassment; Violence, in: Central and South America, East Asia, Welfare; Witches; Work: Equal Pay and Conditions

    Biography

    Cheris Kramarae, Dale Spender