Gender Studies - Soc Sci Products

Edited by David Lawson, Adam Dubin

Access to justice is a fundamental right guaranteed under a wide body of international, regional and domestic laws. In Africa, women make up much of Africa’s poorest and most marginalized population, and as such are often prevented from enforcing rights or seeking other recourse. This book brings…

Hardback – 2019-09-08 
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Routledge Studies in Development Economics

By Imran Awan, Irene Zempi

In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in anti-Muslim attacks. What is driving the proliferation of these hate crimes? Why are Muslims being demonised? Building on current research and drawing upon real-life examples and case studies, this book provides an accessible introduction to…

Paperback – 2019-09-01 
Routledge

By Gonul Donmez-Colin

This volume compares the cinemas of Iran and Turkey in terms of the presence and absence of women on both sides of the camera. From a critical point of view, it provides detailed readings of works by both male and female film-makers, emphasising issues facing women's film-making. Presenting an…

Hardback – 2019-09-01 
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Middle East Film and Media

By Andrea Waling

Spanning the disciplines of sociology, history, media and cultural studies and popular culture, this book offers a historical exploration of Australian masculine tropes and an examination contemporary representations of masculinity in the media. With attention to a range of thematic issues,…

Hardback – 2019-08-31 
Routledge
Routledge Research in Gender and Society

Edited by Sanchita Saxena

This book argues that larger flaws in the global supply chain must first be addressed to change the way business is conducted to prevent factory owners from taking deadly risks to meet clients’ demands in the garment industry in Bangladesh. Using the 2013 Rana-Plaza disaster as a departure point,…

Hardback – 2019-08-13 
Routledge
Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

Edited by Anthony Elliott

In this comprehensive, accessible Handbook, acclaimed social theorist Anthony Elliott brings together internationally distinguished and emergent scholars in the social sciences and humanities to review the major theoretical traditions, trends and trajectories in the hugely popular field of identity…

Hardback – 2019-07-22 
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Routledge International Handbooks

Edited by Leezah Hertzmann, Juliet Newbigin

Sexuality and Gender Now uses a psychoanalytic approach to arrive at a more informed view of the experience and relationships of those whose sexuality and gender may not align with the heterosexual ‘norm’. This book confronts the heteronormative bias dominant in psychoanalysis, using a combination…

Paperback – 2019-07-19 
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Tavistock Clinic Series

Edited by LISA M DETORA, Stephanie Mathilde Hilger

In recent years, the transitioning body has become the subject of increasing scholarly, medical, and political interest. This interdisciplinary collection seeks to enable productive dialogue about bodily transformation and its many potential meanings and possibilities. Recent high-profile sex…

Hardback – 2019-07-17 
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Edited by Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Vibeke Wang, Rainbow Murray

Illustrated by in-depth empirical research from six country studies, Gendered Electoral Financing: Money, Power and Representation in Comparative Perspective is the first cross-regional examination of the nexus between money, gender and political recruitment across the world. Money is assumingly…

Paperback – 2019-07-17 
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Gender and Comparative Politics

By Peggy McIntosh

From one of the world’s leading voices on white privilege and anti-racism work comes this collection of essays on complexities of privilege and power. Each of the four sections illustrates Peggy McIntosh’s practice of combining personal and systemic understandings to focus on power in unusual ways.…

Paperback – 2019-07-16 
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Edited by Susan Pickard, Jude Robinson

The current (post-feminist) gender order comprises a highly complex co-existence of old and new norms and expectations, freedom and constraints, within a neo-liberal social order underpinned by individualism and involving a shift in gender performance by men and women. Health, illness and disease…

Hardback – 2019-07-15 
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Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

By Yulia Maleta

This book addresses hegemonic ruling class masculinity and emphasized femininity within renewables organisational governance, and critiques Anglo-Celtic male privilege, as a barrier to women’s leadership participation. Primarily using the Australian socio-political context, the author considers the…

Hardback – 2019-07-11 
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Interdisciplinary Research in Gender