Gender and Political Theory: Feminist Reckonings (Hawkesworth Mary)(Pevná vazba)

Gender and Political Theory: Feminist Reckonings (Hawkesworth Mary)(Pevná vazba)

Western political theory typically incorporates certain assumptions about sex and gender as natural, unvarying and 'pre-political.' This book critically examines these assumptions and shows how recent scholarship undermines the illusion that bodies exist outside politics and beyond the reach of the

Gender Reckonings: New Social Theory and Research (Messerschmidt James W.)(Paperback)

Vivid narratives, fresh insights, and new theories on where gender theory and research stand today Since scholars began interrogating the meaning of gender and sexuality in society, this field has become essential to the study of sociology. Gender Reckonings aims to map new directions for

Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman (Ruti Mari)(Paperback)

In Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman, Mari Ruti traces the development of feminist film theory from its foundational concepts such as the male gaze, female spectatorship, and the masquerade of femininity to 21st-century analyses of neoliberal capitalism, consumerism, postfeminism, and the

War and Political Theory (Orend Brian)(Pevná vazba)

A Feminist Theory of Refusal (Honig Bonnie)(Pevná vazba)

An acclaimed political theorist offers a fresh, interdisciplinary analysis of the politics of refusal, highlighting the promise of a feminist politics that does not simply withdraw from the status quo but also transforms it. The Bacchae, Euripides's fifth-century tragedy, famously depicts the wine

Gender in the Political Science Classroom (Levintova Ekaterina M.)(Pevná vazba)

Gender in the Political Science Classroom looks at the roles gender plays in teaching and learning in the traditionally male-dominated field of political science. The contributors to this collection bring a new perspective to investigations of gender issues in the political behavior literature and

Guerrilla Theory: Political Concepts, Critical Digital Humanities (Applegate Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

Guerrilla Theory examines the political, ontological, and technological underpinnings of the guerrilla in the digital humanities (DH). The figure of the guerrilla appears in digital humanities' recent history as an agent of tactical reformation. It refers to a broad swath of disciplinary desires:

Researching Gender(Pevná vazba)

Researching Gender is an authoritative four-volume reference collection in the field of feminist methodologies. International and interdisciplinary in scope, the collection draws on perspectives across the social sciences and humanities. The full range of feminist political, ethical and

Political Political Theory: Essays on Institutions (Waldron Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

Political institutions are the main subject of political theory--or they ought to be. Making the case with his trademark forcefulness and intellectual aplomb, Jeremy Waldron argues in favor of reorienting the theory of politics toward the institutions and institutional principles of modern

Gender Theory in Troubled Times (Lennon Kathleen)(Paperback)

Theorizing gender is more urgent and highly political than ever before. These are times, in many countries, of increased visibility of women in public life and high-profile campaigns against sexual violence and harassment. Challenges to fixed, traditional gender norms have paved the way for the

Intersections Between Feminist and Queer Theory (Richardson D.)(Paperback)

Queer ideas have unsettled other forms of exploring gender and sexuality in particular feminism and feminists have been significant critics. This book explores the debates between feminist and queer theorizing to seek out interconnections and identify new directions in thinking about sexuality and

Criminal Law, Cases and Materials (Lee Cynthia)(Pevná vazba)

Provides the reader with both critical race and critical feminist theory perspectives on criminal law while following a traditional format. All of the usual subject areas are covered, but the book is unique in highlighting the cultural context of substantive criminal

Seven Faces of Women's Sport (Reid Irene A.)(Pevná vazba)

Media and political figures often assert that progress towards achieving gender parity has advanced. However, circumstances around recent major sports events such as the Women's Football World Cup and Olympic Games suggest otherwise. From controversy around facilities to miniscule commercial

Abolitionist Socialist Feminism: Radicalizing the Next Revolution (Eisenstein Zillah)(Pevná vazba)

A personal and political manifesto vying for an antiracist socialist feminist movement of movementsThe world is burning, flooding, and politically exploding, to the point where it's become clear that neoliberal feminism--the kind that aims to elect The First Woman President--will never be enough

Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements (Carruthers Charlene)(Pevná vazba)

A manifesto from one of America's most influential activists which disrupts political, economic, and social norms by reimagining the Black Radical Tradition. Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian Revolution, the US civil rights movement, and LGBTQ

Feminism Art Theory: An Anthology 1968 - 2014 (Robinson Hilary)(Paperback)

Charting over 45 years of feminist debate on the significance of gender in the making and understanding of art, the long-anticipated new edition of Feminism-Art-Theory has been extensively updated and reworked. Completely revised, retaining only one-third of the texts of the earlier edition, with

Performing Political Theory: Pedagogy in Modern Political Theory (Uhr John)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the performative role of influential thinkers in the history of modern Western political thought. The case studies examine influential political philosophers who saw their writing role 'performatively', as an exercise in pedagogy designed to generate a new type of political

The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty (Bratton Benjamin H.)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive political and design theory of planetary-scale computation proposing that The Stack--an accidental megastructure--is both a technological apparatus and a model for a new geopolitical architecture.What has planetary-scale computation done to our geopolitical realities? It takes

Sarai Mari: Speak Easy (Mari Sarai)(Pevná vazba)

Japan-born, New York-based fashion photographer Sarai Mari has always been interested in the gender roles men and women play within society. This volume celebrates all notions of gender and

Feminist War Games?: Mechanisms of War, Feminist Values, and Interventional Games (Saklofske Jon)(Pevná vazba)

Feminist War Games? explores the critical intersections and collisions between feminist values and perceptions of war, by asking whether feminist values can be asserted as interventional approaches to the design, play, and analysis of games that focus on armed conflict and economies of violence

Reforming Civil Procedure: The Hardest Path (Saulles Dominic de)(Pevná vazba)

Drawing on political, social and economic theory, Reforming Civil Procedure focuses on the English civil justice system by looking at its history and its processes. The book considers the objectives of civil procedure and how it operates for and against particular societal groups, and what ideas

Theorizing Modern Society as a Dynamic Process (Hazelrigg Lawrence)(Pevná vazba)

Emphasis is placed in Continental European social theory, and on the importance of political analyses to theorizing modern societies. This title focuses on dynamic processes that gave way to illuminate structural features of modern social

Assembling Unity: Indigenous Politics, Gender, and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (Nickel Sarah A.)(Pevná vazba)

Established narratives portray Indigenous unity as emerging solely in response to the political agenda of the settler state. But unity has long shaped the modern Indigenous political movement. With Indigenous perspectives in the foreground, Assembling Unity explores the relationship between global

Islamizing Intimacies: Youth, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Indonesia (Smith-Hefner Nancy J.)(Pevná vazba)

One of the great transformations presently sweeping the Muslim world involves not just political and economic change but the reshaping of young Muslims' styles of romance, courtship, and marriage. Nancy J. Smith-Hefner takes up the personal lives and sexual attitudes of educated Muslim Javanese