How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made?... And what is the impact of globalization on gender issues?Raewyn Connell, one of the world's leading scholars in the field, answers these questions and more. In this book she provides a readable introduction to modern gender studies, covering empirical research from all parts of the world in addition to theory and politics. As well as introducing the field, Gender provides a powerful contemporary framework for gender analysis with a distinctive global awareness. Highlighting the multi-dimensional character of gender relations, Connell shows how to link personal life with large-scale organizational structures and how gender politics changes its form in changing situations.The second edition of this influential and accessible book brings the review of research up to date and includes new discussions of gender theory in the global periphery, the legacy of colonialism, the intersection of structures, the impact of deconstructionist theory and politics, and understanding transsexual and transgender lives.Gender is engaged scholarship that moves from personal experience to global problems and offers a unique perspective on gender issues today.Visit www.raewynconnell.net

The break with the past, which has been described by others as the transition to a capitalist mode of production, I describe here as the transition from... the aegis of gender to the regime of sex.' Ivan Illich insists that we survey attitudes to male and female in both industrial society and its antecedents in order to recover a lost 'art of living'. He argues that only a truly radical scrutiny of scarcity, with special attention in this study to the sexes and society, past and present, can prevent an intensification of this grim predicament.

Gender stands as one of the great conceptual devices of the twentieth century. It has becomes such a part of the English language that it seems... indispensable and even ahistorical today. Yet until the 1950s, gender in English marked relations between words rather than people. Gender: A Genealogy of an Idea represents a critical intervention into the concept of gender. It traces gender’s historical specificity from its mid-twentieth century origins in sexology through the present and demonstrates the complex relation that the intersexed have to the concept. In doing so, this text applies a fresh approach to the study of gender as an object of knowledge and embodied experience. 

A fascinating look at how men and women approach competition—both on and off the court. Noted author and lecturer Kathleen J. DeBoer first examines... many of the non-physical differences between the sexes (their values and fears, conversation, behavior, psychological adjustment, etc.), then DeBoer helps define these and other variables as they relate to gender differences in both competitive play and competitive work environments. Finally, DeBoer offers detailed suggestions on how men and women can communicate, understand, and ultimately overcome their differences.

Winner of a 1991 Christianity Today Critics' Choice Award (1st place; contemporary issues). How are men and women different? How does being a male... or a female affect us at work? What are the roles of husband and wife in marriage and parenting? What does Christianity have to do with any of these things? Sexual identity lies at the core of the crucial questions that everyone asks of life. Yet today those questions are harder and harder to answer. Traditions about the "real man" and the "woman's place" have been challenged. Scientists debate what nature actually dictates for male and female. And theologians engage in heated controversy over what the Bible really says about female submission and male headship. In this sane yet provocative book, an informed social scientist and committed Christian thinker braves a jungle of confusion to offer unusual insight on the part genes, culture and faith play in making us the men and women we are -- and ought to become.

The Fifth Edition of Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, Commentary presents a comprehensive and thoroughly updated examination of issues concerning... gender and the law. This highly regarded casebook artfully merges theoretical and practical approaches, and includes an extensive teacher's manual with links to media and other innovative materials. Features of this classroom-tested casebook include: - Complete, up-to-date coverage of conventional women and the law issues, including employment law, affirmative action, sexual harassment, family, reproductive rights, sexuality, LGBT issues, domestic violence, rape, pornography, international women's rights, global trafficking, women's health, Title IX, and poverty and race. - In depth discussion of the complex ways in which gender permeates the law, including issues relating to property, ethics, contracts, sports, and criminal law. - A theoretical frameworks organization that enables students to grasp different conceptualizations of equality and justice, and the difference these frameworks make to the resolution of concrete legal problems. - Skillfully chosen excerpts from legal cases, statutes, and law review articles that form an ongoing dialogue within the book to stimulate thought and discussion. New to the Fifth Edition, which has been thoroughly and carefully edited: - Comprehensive updating to include a number of timely issues, ranging from same-sex marriage and gays in the military, to sexual harassment, work and family balance, appearance discrimination, women in the legal profession, rape, curtailments of the right to choose an abortion, reproductive technologies, and transgendered individuals. - New principal cases, including Gonzales v. Carhart (challenge to partial-birth abortion); State v. Alberts (application of rape shield law); Witt v. Department of the Air Force (challenge to Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy); In re Marriage Cases (California same-sex marriage case) Schroer v. Billington (recognition of Title VII claim by transsexual); Bah v. Mukasey (grant of asylum claim based on history of mandatory female circumcision); and many more. - Putting Theory into Practice problems at the end of each section. These problems keep students grounded in concrete, real-life issues and develop their ability to think critically and from different analytical perspectives. - A complete reorganization of Chapter 6, renamed Identity, that makes it more accessible and more teachable. Revamped Chapter 6 covers issues relating to gender identity, including problems of multiple, intersecting bases of discrimination such as sex discrimination combined with race, age, appearance, disability or religion discrimination; expectations associated with men and masculinity; and more.

Feminist approaches to art are extremely influential and widely studied across a variety of disciplines, including art theory, cultural and visual... studies, and philosophy. Gender and Aesthetics is an introduction to the major theories and thinkers within art and aesthetics from a philosophical perspective, carefully introducing and examining the role that gender plays in forming ideas about art. It is ideal for anyone coming to the topic for the first time. Organized thematically, the book introduces in clear language the most important topics within feminist aesthetics: Why were there so few women painters? Art, pleasure and beauty Music, literature and painting The role of gender in taste and food What is art and who is an artist? Disgust and the sublime. Each chapter discusses important topics and thinkers within art and examines the role gender plays in our understanding of them. These topics include creativity, genius and the appreciation of art, and thinkers from Plato, Kant, and Hume to Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva. Also included in the book are illustrations from Gaugin and Hogarth to Cindy Sherman and Nancy Spero to clarify and help introduce often difficult concepts. Each chapter concludes with a summary and further reading and there is an extensive annotated bibliography. Carolyn Korsmeyer's style is refreshing and accessible, making the book suitable for students of philosophy, gender studies, visual studies and art theory, as well as anyone interested in the impact of gender on theories of art.

This book is a follow-up to Arber and Ginn's award winning Connecting Gender and Ageing (1995). It contains original chapters from eminent writers on... gender and ageing, addressing newly emergent areas within gender and ageing, including gender identity and masculinity in later life. Early work on gender and ageing was dominated by a focus on older women. The present collection breaks with this tradition by emphasizing changing gender roles and relationships, gender identity and an examination of masculinities in midlife and later life. A key theme running through the book is the need to reconceptualize partnership status, in order to understand the implications for women and men of widowhood, divorce and new forms of relationships, such as Living Apart Together (LAT-relationships). Another is the influence of socio-economic circumstances on how ageing is experienced and transitions are negotiated. The book illustrates new ways of thinking about old age and indicates policy implications, especially concerning the nature of service provision for older people. It will change the ways in which social scientists conceptualize later life. Written with undergraduate students and researchers in mind, Gender and Ageing: Changing Roles and Relationships will be an invaluable text for those studying social gerontology, sociology of later life, gender studies, health and community care and social policy.

Studies of gender and American political life most often focus only on women. This book fills the gap by examining and comparing the roles and behavior... of both men and women in political decision-making, public policy, and political institutions. Now updated and expanded, the book presents a full complement of empirical studies of real and imagined gender gaps. New to this edition are chapters on the media, legislative behavior, foreign policy, and the future of the gender dimension in American politics. The book is structured to parallel the typical course on the American political system.

A major accomplishment of synthesis and distillation! Is the difference in men's and women's behavior the result of the human species' long... evolutionary struggle for survival, or is it due to society's child-rearing practices and cultural mythologies? Is the exclusion of women from the highest positions of power and authority a universal trait of human societies, or does women's access to such positions depend on how a society is organized? Gender and Anthropology focuses on the central questions that have concerned anthropologists interested in the nature and determinants of gender roles and gender inequality. This concise treatment clearly traces how anthropologists have used different theoretical orientations to examine such questions and how these approaches have changed over time in relation to changing social and political conditions. Ranging from work in the nineteenth century to contemporary anthropological studies, this work analyzes evolutionary, psychological, materialist, Foucauldian, structuralist, sociolinguistic, and reflexive approaches to understanding gender behavior and gender stratification. Gender and Anthropology explores how anthropological data from around the world are crucial for questioning unproven but widely held assumptions about men and women in contemporary societies. A major accomplishment--a succinct presentation that unfolds our culture's view of women!

Gender and Archaeology is the first volume to critically review the development of this now key topic internationally, across a range of periods and... material culture. ^l Roberta Gilchrist explores the significance of the feminist epistemologies. She shows the unique perspective that gender archaeology can bring to bear on issues such as division of labour and the life course. She examines issues of sexuality, and the embodiment of sexual identity. A substantial case study of gender space and metaphor in the medieval English castle is used to draw together and illustrate these issues.

Encompassing European art, architecture and design from the 16th century to the present day, this volume uses case studies to examine the role of gender... difference in the production, consumption and interpretation of works of art.

Although climate change affects everybody it is not gender neutral. It has significant social impacts and magnifies existing inequalities such as the... disparity between women and men in their vulnerability and ability to cope with this global phenomenon. This new textbook, edited by one of the authors of the seminal Women and the Environment in the Third World: Alliance for the Future (1988) which first exposed the links between environmental degradation and unequal impacts on women, provides a comprehensive introduction to gender aspects of climate change. Over 35 authors have contributed to the book. It starts with a short history of the thinking and practice around gender and sustainable development over the past decades. Next it provides a theoretical framework for analyzing climate change manifestations and policies from the perspective of gender and human security. Drawing on new research, the actual and potential effects of climate change on gender equality and women's vulnerabilities are examined, both in rural and urban contexts. This is illustrated with a rich range of case studies from all over the world and valuable lessons are drawn from these real experiences. Too often women are primarily seen as victims of climate change, and their positive roles as agents of change and contributors to livelihood strategies are neglected. The book disputes this characterization and provides many examples of how women around the world organize and build resilience and adapt to climate change and the role they are playing in climate change mitigation. The final section looks at how far gender mainstreaming in climate mitigation and adaptation has advanced, the policy frameworks in place and how we can move from policy to effective action. Accompanied by a wide range of references and key resources, this book provides students and professionals with an essential, comprehensive introduction to the gender aspects of climate change.

The first edition of this book was a pioneering work in the newly emerging field of liberation psychology, which is now making its mark in many areas... related to psychology and social justice. This revised and updated edition retains the argument and structure of the original edition, charting a journey from the personal to the political. The book draws on foundation writers in feminism and postcolonialism such as Frantz Fanon, Jean Baker Miller and Ignacio Martin Baro, on research and experience in the Irish context, and on the latest international developments in liberation psychology, feminist psychology, critical and community psychology. It provides a structural analysis of oppression that recognizes diversity and globalization and that can be readily adapted to diverse contexts. Exploring psychological aspects of oppression in detail, it then sets out practices for liberation at the personal, interpersonal and political levels.