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A Companion to Gender Studies
Contributor(s): Essed, Philomena (Editor), Goldberg, David Theo (Editor), Kobayashi, Audrey (Editor)
ISBN: 0631221093     ISBN-13: 9780631221098
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $244.10  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2004
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Annotation: "A Companion to Gender Studies" presents a unified and comprehensive vision of its field, and its new directions. It demonstrates in action the rich interplay between gender and other markers of social position and (dis)privilege, such as race, class, ethnicity, and nationality. The contributions are heterogeneous, ranging from essay statements, even provocations, to state-of-the-art overviews. Leading experts in the field cover all the significant ideas of concern to Gender Studies, including the engagements and entanglements with Women's Studies and Masculinity Studies.


The essays benefit from the fruits of decades of earlier work by feminist and race critical scholars to understand, analyze, and challenge the distinct ways in which life is gendered. 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. This is a Companion for readers, teachers, and students across the world. Students of feminist and gender theory - as well as scientists, social scientists, humanists, theorists, and cultural analysts of these subjects - will find this an enriching and exciting volume of original scholarship.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
- Social Science | Men's Studies
Dewey: 305.307
LCCN: 2004006865
Series: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies
Physical Information: 1.91" H x 7" W x 9.84" (2.59 lbs) 576 pages
 
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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.