Gender: In World Perspective (Connell Raewyn)(Paperback)

Gender: In World Perspective (Connell Raewyn)(Paperback)

How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What psychological differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And how is gender entwined in global politics and debates over trans issues? Raewyn Connell, one of the world's leading scholars in

Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science (Connell Raewyn)(Paperback)

In Southern Theory Raewyn Connell presents the case for a new 'world social science' - one that is inclusive of many voices - by arguing for a more democratic global recognition of social theory from societies outside the dominant European and North American metropole. Intellectual production of

Masculinities (Connell Raewyn W.)(Paperback / softback)

This is an exciting new edition of R.W. Connella s ground--breaking text, which has become a classic work on the nature and construction of masculine identity. Connell argues that there is not one masculinity, but many different masculinities, each associated with different positions of

Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Grusky David B.)(Paperback)

Gender and Difference in the Arts Therapies: Inscribed on the Body (Hogan Susan)(Paperback)

Gender and Difference in the Arts Therapies: Inscribed on the Body offers worldwide perspectives on gender in arts therapies practice and provides understandings of gender and arts therapies in a variety of global contexts. Bringing together leading researchers and lesser-known voices, it contains

Intersectionality and Relational Psychoanalysis: New Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Sexuality (Belkin Max)(Paperback)

Intersectionality and Relational Psychoanalysis: New Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Sexuality examines the links between race, gender, and sexuality through the dual perspectives of relational psychoanalysis and the theory of intersectionality.This anthology discusses the ways in which

Hegemonic Masculinity: Formulation, Reformulation, and Amplification (Messerschmidt James W.)(Paperback)

The concept of hegemonic masculinity, formulated by Raewyn Connell more than three decades ago, has been the driving force behind the expanding field of masculinities studies. Hegemonic Masculinity: Formulation, Reformulation, and Amplification provides the first comprehensive overview of the

Gender Violence, 2nd Edition: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (O'Toole Laura L.)(Paperback)

How gender and sexuality can be life threatening From the murder of schoolgirls in a rural Amish community to the widespread rape of women in the Sudan to sexual predators on the Internet, this volume explores the persistent, pervasive phenomenon of gendered violence in the United States and

Gender: A World History (Kent Susan Kingsley)(Paperback)

Gender exists in almost every society as a way of organizing its people. Gender is used to assign certain responsibilities, obligations, and privileges to some, and to deny them to others. In Gender: A World History, Susan Kingsley Kent tells the story of this seemingly simple but in fact quite

Homeworking Women: A Gender Justice Perspective (Delaney Annie)(Paperback)

Homework; work that is categorised as informal employment, performed in the home, mainly for subcontractors and mostly undertaken by women. The inequities and injustices inherent in homework conditions maintain women's weak bargaining position, preventing them from making any improvements to their

Gender, Countertransference and the Erotic Transference: Perspectives from Analytical Psychology and Psychoanalysis (Schaverien Joy)(Paperback)

How do gender and sexual difference influence the erotic transference?Gender, Countertransference and the Erotic Transference offers new insights into working with complex transference and countertransference phenomena. Including views from a wide spectrum of theoretical backgrounds, it makes a

No Shortcut to Change: An Unlikely Path to a More Gender Equitable World (Ellerby Kara)(Paperback)

A critical examination of the weaknesses inherent in international gender policy. 2018 Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association Gender equality has become a central aspect of global governance and development in the 21st century. States increasingly promote women in

Communicate for Change: Creating Justice in a World of Bias (Aldred Genelle)(Paperback)

How do we advocate for justice effectively in a world deeply divided by racial, gender and class inequalities? If we want to make a positive difference, we have to know how to recognise our own biases and blind spots - only then can we understand how to be part of the solution and start having

Void Moon (Connelly Michael)(Paperback / softback)

A brilliant, high-tension thriller set in the glittery, surreal world of Las Vegas, from the bestselling author of THE LINCOLN

Gods in the Global Village: The World′s Religions in Sociological Perspective (Kurtz)(Paperback)

In a world plagued by religious conflict, how can the various religious and secular traditions coexist peacefully on the planet? And, what role does sociology play in helping us understand the state of religious life in a globalizing world? In the Fourth Edition ofGods in the Global Village, author

Gender Rules: Identity and Empire in Historical Perspective (Phoenix Karen)(Paperback)

Growing directly out of the experiences of a team of historians at Washington State University who designed a new foundational course for WSU's common requirements, the Roots of Contemporary Issues series is built on the premise that students will be better at facing current and future challenges,

Bad Girls of the Arab World (Yaqub Nadia)(Paperback)

Women's transgressive behaviors and perspectives are challenging societal norms in the Arab world, giving rise to anxiety and public debate. Simultaneously, however, other Arab women are unwillingly finding themselves labeled 'bad' as authority figures attempt to redirect scrutiny from serious

Perspectives in Male Psychology: An Introduction (Barry John)(Paperback)

PERSPECTIVES IN MALE PSYCHOLOGY Discover a balanced perspective on men's psychology in this accessible new resource Male psychology is a new field within the discipline of psychology, which focuses on men and boys. Male psychology moves us towards a more scientific and balanced understanding of the

Institutionalizing Gender: Madness, the Family, and Psychiatric Power in Nineteenth-Century France (Hewitt Jessie)(Paperback)

Institutionalizing Gender analyzes the relationship between class, gender, and psychiatry in France from 1789 to 1900, an era noteworthy for the creation of the psychiatric profession, the development of a national asylum system, and the spread of bourgeois gender values.Asylum doctors in

Girl in the Window (Joelson Penny)(Paperback / softback)

See the world from another unique perspective in the thrilling new novel from the author of I Have No Secrets (a World Book Day title for

Nine Lenses on the World: the Enneagram Perspective (Wagner Jerome Peter)(Paperback)

Nine Lenses on the World: the Enneagram Perspective describes nine personality styles each with its own way of looking at and responding to the world. Our preferred paradigm informs us about what's important(what we should look for) and what might threaten our values (what we should look out for)

Introduction to Christian Worldview - Pursuing God's Perspective In A Pluralistic World (Naugle David K (Reader))(Paperback / softback)

A comprehensive study of Christian worldview and its

Ponyville Confidential: The History and Culture of My Little Pony, 1981-2016 (Connelly Sherilyn)(Paperback)

Beloved by young girls around the world, Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise has been mired in controversy since its debut in the early 1980s. Critics dismissed the cartoons as toy advertisements, and derided their embrace of femininity. The 2010 debut of the openly feminist My Little Pony:

Technology and the Environment in History (Pritchard Sara B.)(Paperback)

New perspectives on how envirotech can help us engage with the surrounding world in ways that are more sustainable for humanity--and the planet.Today's scientists, policymakers, and citizens are all confronted by numerous dilemmas at the nexus of technology and the environment. Every day seems to