{"product_id":"companion-to-womens-and-gender-studies-isbn-9781119315087","title":"Companion to Women's and Gender Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies, featuring original contributions from leading experts from around the world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Women's and Gender Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive resource for students and scholars alike, exploring the central concepts, theories, themes, debates, and events in this dynamic field. Contributions from leading scholars and researchers cover a wide range of topics while providing diverse international, postcolonial, intersectional, and interdisciplinary insights. In-depth yet accessible chapters discuss the social construction and reproduction of gender and inequalities in various cultural, social-economic, and political contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThematically-organized chapters explore the development of Women's and Gender Studies as an academic discipline, changes in the field, research directions, and significant scholarship in specific, interrelated disciplines such as science, health, psychology, and economics. Original essays offer fresh perspectives on the mechanisms by which gender intersects with other systems of power and privilege, the relation of androcentric approaches to science and gender bias in research, how feminist activists use media to challenge misrepresentations and inequalities, disparity between men and women in the labor market, how social movements continue to change Women's and Gender Studies, and more. Filling a significant gap in contemporary literature in the field, this volume:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a broad interdisciplinary and international range of essays\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages with both individual and collective approaches to agency and resistance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses topics of intense current interest and debate such as transgender movements, gender-based violence, and gender discrimination policy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an overview of shifts in naming, theoretical approaches, and central topics in contemporary Women's and Gender Studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCompanion to Women's and Gender Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal text for instructors teaching courses in gender, sexuality, and feminist studies, or related disciplines such as psychology, history, education, political science, sociology, and cultural studies, as well as practitioners and policy makers working on issues related to gender and sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Changing Field of Women’s and Gender Studies 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy A. Naples\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Diversity of Academic Fields and Institutional Formations 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Women’s Studies 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClara Montague and Ashwini Tambe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Gender Studies 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam J. Scarborough and Barbara J. Risman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Masculinities Studies 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelanie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Trans Studies 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCristina Khan and Kolbe Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Science, Health, and Psychology 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Science, Technology, and Gender 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara P. Díaz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Gender Bias in Research 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeg Upchurch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Reproductive Practices, Society, and the State 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Kuxhausen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Gender and Disability Studies 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda M. Blum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Gender and Psychology 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThekla Morgenroth and Avelie Stuart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Culture 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Gender Ideology, Socialization, and Culture 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePamela Bettis, Paula Groves Price, Courtney P. Benjamin and Eun‐Jeong Han\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Gender and Religion 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaryn D. Riswold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Gender and Media 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAudrey S. Gadzekpo and Marquita S. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Women, Gender, and Popular Culture 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew J. Young and Dustin Kidd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Gender‐Based Violence and Rape Culture 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian N. Sweeney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Politics, Economics, and The Environment 303\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Gender and Occupational Segregation 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYan Ling Anne Wong and Maria Charles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Gender Discrimination Policy 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonna Bobbitt‐Zeher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Global Care Chains 347\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosalba Todaro and Irma Arriagada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Gender and Environmental Studies 365\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Buchanan, Phoebe Godfrey and Emily Kaufman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Social Movements 385\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Gender and Collective Action 387\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer E. Cossyleon and Kyle R. Woolley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Women’s Movements 409\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlmudena Cabezas González and Marisa Revilla‐Blanco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Right‐Wing Women’s Movements 427\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniela Mansbach and Alisa Von Hagel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Men’s Movements 447\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCliff Leek and Markus Gerke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Transgender Movements 463\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalvador Vidal‐Ortiz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 481\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy A. Naples\u003c\/b\u003e is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Connecticut. Her publications include over fifty book chapters and journal articles in numerous interdisciplinary and sociological journals. To highlight a few of her works, Nancy Naples is Editor-in-Chief of the five-volume \u003ci\u003eWiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and she is author of \u003ci\u003eFeminism and Method: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, and Activist Research\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and \u003ci\u003eGrassroots Warriors: Community Work, Activist Mothering and the War on Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e (1998).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Women's and Gender Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive resource for students and scholars alike, exploring the central concepts, theories, themes, debates, and events in this dynamic field. Contributions from leading scholars and researchers cover a wide range of topics while providing diverse international, postcolonial, intersectional, and interdisciplinary insights. In-depth yet accessible chapters discuss the social construction and reproduction of gender and inequalities in various cultural, social-economic, and political contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThematically-organized chapters explore the development of Women's and Gender Studies as an academic discipline, changes in the field, research directions, and significant scholarship in specific, interrelated disciplines such as science, health, psychology, and economics. 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