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Philomena Essed - A Companion to Gender Studies - 9780631221098 - V9780631221098
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A Companion to Gender Studies

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Description for A Companion to Gender Studies Hardback. 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, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 186 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1192.

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 international panel of leading experts in the field, and is co-edited by the well-known and internationally respected David Theo Goldberg.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
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
9780631221098
SKU
V9780631221098
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Philomena 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 and the Transformation of Societies (2004). With David Theo Goldberg, she edited Race Critical Theories: Text and Context (Blackwell 2001). David Theo Goldberg is Director of the system-wide University of California Humanities Research Institute. A tremendously prolific author and editor, his most recent publications include The Threat of Race: Reflections on Racial Neoliberalism (Wiley-Blackwell 2008), The Racial State (Blackwell 2001), Racial Subjects: Writing on Race in America (1997), Multiculturalism: A Critical Reader (Blackwell 1994), Racist Culture: Philosophy and the Politics of Meaning (Blackwell 1993), and Anatomy of Racism (1990). He is also editor, with Ato Quayson, of Relocating Postcolonialism (Blackwell 2002). Audrey Kobayashi is Queen's Research Chair and Professor of Geography and Women’s Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. Her articles have appeared in The Professional Geographer, The Journal of Geography, and The Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.

Reviews for A Companion to Gender Studies
"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." (M/C Reviews, July 2009)

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