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A Companion to Gender Studies
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Description for A Companion to Gender Studies
Paperback. A Companion to Gender Studies 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. Editor(s): Essed, Philomena; Goldberg, David Theo; Kobayashi, Audrey. Series: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 177 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1046.
A Companion to Gender Studies 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.
- Presents a unified and comprehensive vision of gender studies, and its new directions, injecting a much-needed infusion of new ideas into the field;
- 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;
- Features original contributions from an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405188081
SKU
V9781405188081
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Ref
99-15
About Essed
Philomena Essed 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 Everyday Racism: Reports from Women of Two Cultures (1990) while her other books include Understanding Everyday Racism (1991); Diversity: Gender, Color and Culture (1996), and Refugees ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Gender Studies
"This ambitious volume is an essential sourcebook in Gender Studies at all levels and the point de départ 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.” H.G.A. Hughes, Reference Reviews "After twenty years of discussions ... Read more