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Gender and Race Matter: Global Perspectives on Being a Woman
Shaminder Takhar (Ed.)
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Description for Gender and Race Matter: Global Perspectives on Being a Woman
Hardback. This innovative collection puts forward how women are able to challenge oppression through circumventing rules, roles, obligations and prejudice through a powerful agency. Chapters cover the experiences of women in different global settings related to education, political activism, corporeal violence, identity, sexuality, and poverty. Series Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
The drive for gender equality is not a recent phenomenon with the UN cited as occupying a central role for legislative change globally. Gender inequality persists in most countries and although it appears that we have a long way to go, this collection contributes to a feminist scholarship that highlights a destabilising of established patterns of behaviour and gender relations. It acknowledges the multiplicity of discrimination but locates women at the centre of a dialogue and presents key interventions in gender and race matters. For the contributors, gender serves as an analytical framework and covers the experiences of women in ... Read more
The drive for gender equality is not a recent phenomenon with the UN cited as occupying a central role for legislative change globally. Gender inequality persists in most countries and although it appears that we have a long way to go, this collection contributes to a feminist scholarship that highlights a destabilising of established patterns of behaviour and gender relations. It acknowledges the multiplicity of discrimination but locates women at the centre of a dialogue and presents key interventions in gender and race matters. For the contributors, gender serves as an analytical framework and covers the experiences of women in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Advances in Gender Research
Condition
New
Weight
657 g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786350381
SKU
V9781786350381
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Ref
99-50
About Shaminder Takhar (Ed.)
Edited by Shaminder Takhar, School of Law and Social Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK
Reviews for Gender and Race Matter: Global Perspectives on Being a Woman
Social scientists in a wide range of disciplines contribute to feminist scholarship that highlights a destabilizing of established patterns of behavior and gender relations. They cover women's rights, activism, education, and empowerment; sexuality and gender security: India and Africa; women's bodies, nation, and performance; and having a voice: literature and poetry. Among specific topics are the women's movement and neo-liberalism ... Read more