Social Science : Gender Studies

This is a history of Britain from the eartly modern period to the present focusing on gender in society. Several areas are explored and a chronological frame......

This book explains theory and research in an accessible but thorough manner and critically evaluates the effect that psychology has made to the study of gend......

"Caring" extends and challenges recent debates over feminist ethics by taking issue with accounts of the ethics of care which try to pin down the "principles......

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people face the same family issues as their heterosexual counterparts, but that is only the beginning of their strugg......

In 1992, the voters of Colorado passed a ballot initiative amending the state constitution to prevent the state or any local government from adopting any law......

Mixed feelings about motherhood-uncertainty over having a child, fears of pregnancy and childbirth, or negative thoughts about one's own children-are not jus......

The papers collected here are a product of the second conference on Ireland's Great Hunger held at Quinnipiac University in 2005. This volume, focused on the......

This book discusses women who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the various endeavors through which they have fulfilled their lives and contribut......

This book examines the paradoxical nature of colonialism and its horrific impact on the psyche of the colonized. It probes Frantz Fanon's theories concerning......

The first volume to examine the contributions of women who brought the forces of American progressivism and Jewish nationalism to formal and informal Jewish ......

In this provocative reinterpretation of the human experience, noted historian Robert S. McElvaine bridges the gap between evolutionary biology and history to......

On one level, poverty exacerbates gender disparities. Inequalities between girls and boys in access to schooling or adequate health care are more acute among......

A groundbreaking collection of essays that mutually engage Jewish and feminist philosophy. Publisher: Indiana University Press Illustration: N Language: ENG......

Interrogates the language of body politics in the context of neo-colonialist domination Author: Thomas, Greg Publisher: Indiana University Press Illustratio......

Highlights postcommunist opportunities for renegotiating gender roles in Central and Eastern Europe Publisher: Indiana University Press Illustration: N Lang......

The first generation of Russian modernists experienced a profound sense of anxiety. What made them unique was their utopian prescription for overcoming the i......

The Bohemian Body examines the modernist forces within nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe that helped shape both Czech nationalism and artistic interac......

"Working Girls" investigates the thematic concerns of contemporary Hollywood cinema, and its ambivalent articulation of women as both active, and defined by ......

Unravels the stereotypical images of gender and space, presenting a series of new explorations into both 'lived' and 'imagined' spaces and experiences. Publ......

The Book of Hiding offers a fluent and erudite analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender, ethnicity and social ambig......