{"product_id":"a-companion-to-gender-studies-isbn-9780631221098","title":"A Companion to Gender Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Gender Studies\u003c\/i\u003e presents a unified and comprehensive vision of its field, and its new directions. It is designed to demonstrate in action the rich interplay between gender and other markers of social position and (dis)privilege, such as race, class, ethnicity, and nationality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a unified and comprehensive vision of gender studies, and its new directions, injecting a much-needed infusion of new ideas into the field;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganized thematically and written in a lucid and lively fashion, each chapter gives insightful consideration to the differing views on its topic, and also clarifies each contributor's own position;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures original contributions from an international panel of leading experts in the field, and is co-edited by the well-known and internationally respected David Theo Goldberg.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Contributors viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Curriculum Vitae for Gender Studies 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilomena Essed, David Theo Goldberg, Audrey Kobayashi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Interdisciplinarity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Women’s Studies 29\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Maynard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Area Studies 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElla Shohat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Postcolonial Scholarship 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eInderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Queer Studies 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Halberstam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Re-positionings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Epistemologies 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Hyun Yi Kang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Genetic Sex 87\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmâde M’charek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Lived Body versus Gender 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIris Marion Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Masculinity 114\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eToby Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Heterosexuality 132\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLorraine Nencel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Jurisdictions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Nation 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLois A. West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Law 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatherine Franke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Policy 181\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol Lee Bacchi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Domestic Violence 192\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMadelaine Adelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing 202\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Hyndman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Crime 212\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTony Jefferson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Nonconformity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Science and Technology 241\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSandra Harding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Prostitution and Sex Work Studies 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKamala Kempadoo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Global Social Movements 266\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNitza Berkovitch and Sara Helman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Arab Women: Beyond Politics 279\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRatiba Hadj-Moussa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Mobility\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Development under Globalization 293\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEnakshi Dua\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Migration and Refugees 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCecilia Menjívar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Class and Globalization 319\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbigail B. Bakan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Unions: Resistance and Mobilization 329\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda Briskin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Corporate Masculinity 342\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAgneta H. Fischer and Annelies E. M. van Vianen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Familiality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Family and Culture in Africa 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIfi Amadiume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Caribbean Family? 370\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eD. Alissa Trotz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Family and Household in Latin America 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNina Laurie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Family in Europe 392\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoanna Regulska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Physicality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Reproduction 405\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Shanner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Disability 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnita Silvers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Health 428\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLesley Doyal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Sport 437\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartha Saavedra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Spatiality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Environment and Sustainable Development 457\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrene Dankelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Space and Cultural Meanings 467\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTovi Fenster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Architecture and Planning 475\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMona Domosh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Museums 484\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEllen Fernandez-Sacco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX Reflectivity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Ethics 497\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVikki Bell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Religion 509\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePamela Dickey Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Discourse 519\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Wodak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 The Violence of Gender 530\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMieke Bal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 544\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The goal here—to provide a guide and companion for students, researchers, and readers interested in gender studies—is strongly achieved. To gender enthusiasts: grab a copy, open to any page, and see what new idea you come across.\" (\u003ci\u003eM\/C Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, July 2009) \u003cb\u003ePhilomena Essed\u003c\/b\u003e isProfessor of Critical Race, Gender and Leadership Studies, PhD in Leadership and Change Program, Antioch University, USA, and Affiliated Researcher, Graduate Gender Program, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEveryday Racism: Reports from Women of Two Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) while her other books include \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Everyday Racism\u003c\/i\u003e (1991); \u003ci\u003eDiversity: Gender, Color and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and \u003ci\u003eRefugees and the Transformation of Societies\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). With David Theo Goldberg, she edited \u003ci\u003eRace Critical Theories: Text and Context\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 2001).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Theo Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the system-wide University of California Humanities Research Institute. A tremendously prolific author and editor, his most recent publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Threat of Race: Reflections on Racial Neoliberalism\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell 2008), \u003ci\u003eThe Racial State\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 2001), \u003ci\u003eRacial Subjects: Writing on Race in America\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eMulticulturalism: A Critical Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 1994), \u003ci\u003eRacist Culture: Philosophy and the Politics of Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 1993), and \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of Racism\u003c\/i\u003e (1990). He is also editor, with Ato Quayson, of \u003ci\u003eRelocating Postcolonialism\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 2002).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudrey Kobayashi\u003c\/b\u003e is Queen's Research Chair and Professor of Geography and Women’s Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. Her articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Professional Geographer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Journal of Women and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Gender Studies\u003c\/i\u003e presents a unified and comprehensive vision of its field, and its new directions. It demonstrates in action the rich interplay between gender and other markers of social position and (dis)privilege, such as race, class, ethnicity, and nationality. The contributions are heterogeneous, ranging from essay statements, even provocations, to state-of-the-art overviews. Leading experts in the field cover all the significant ideas of concern to Gender Studies, including the engagements and entanglements with Women's Studies and Masculinity Studies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essays benefit from the fruits of decades of earlier work by feminist and race critical scholars to understand, analyze, and challenge the distinct ways in which life is gendered. Organized thematically and written in a lucid and lively fashion, each chapter gives insightful consideration to the differing views on its topic, and also clarifies each contributor's own position. This is a Companion for readers, teachers, and students across the world. Students of feminist and gender theory – as well as scientists, social scientists, humanists, theorists, and cultural analysts of these subjects – will find this an enriching and exciting volume of original scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This ambitious volume is an essential sourcebook in Gender Studies at all levels and the \u003ci\u003epoint de départ\u003c\/i\u003e for future research. It transcends the boundaries of a quite remarkable range of traditional disciplines, highlighting the gender issues within each, directly and accessibly. Fascinating and illuminating! Recommended to all academic libraries.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eH.G.A. Hughes, Reference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"After twenty years of discussions on the importance of combining poststructuralist anti-foundationalism with intellectual, political and ethical accountability, here is a volume that actually practices what it preaches. This is a very important and necessary collection that conveys a flair for theoretical complexity in a direct and accessible way. It succeeds in addressing gender issues within an impressive range of disciplines and a broad span of interdisciplinary areas. It drives home time and again the notion that gender today should function as a verb that connects multiple differences and not as an essential entity. Compulsory reading for us all.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosi Braidotti, Utrecht University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This Companion is a landmark text in establishing dialogues of critical race theory, postcolonialism, and globalization with studies on gender.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff Hearn, Swedish School of Economics and University of Huddersfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988607353061,"sku":"NP9780631221098","price":256.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631221098.jpg?v=1761780951","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-gender-studies-isbn-9780631221098","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}