The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change (McRobbie Angela)(Paperback)

The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change (McRobbie Angela)(Paperback)

Congratulations to Dr. McRobbie! This book has been named to the list of books for the 2009 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA).These essays show Angela McRobbie reflecting on a range of issues which have political consequence for women, particularly

In the Aftermath of Gezi: From Social Movement to Social Change? (Hemer Oscar)(Paperback)

Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: Case Studies of Creative Social Change (Jenkins Henry)(Paperback)

How popular culture is engaged by activists to effect emancipatory political change One cannot change the world unless one can imagine what a better world might look like. Civic imagination is the capacity to conceptualize alternatives to current cultural, social, political, or economic conditions;

Gender and Popular Culture (Milestone Katie)(Paperback)

This fully updated second edition of Gender and Popular Culture examines the role of popular culture in the construction of gendered identities in contemporary society. It draws on a wide range of cultural forms - including popular music, social media, television and magazines - to illustrate how

The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader (Jones Amelia)(Paperback)

Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized over the past forty years. Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this second edition of The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader assembles a wide array of writings

Politics in a Glass Case: Feminism, Exhibition Cultures and Curatorial Transgressions (Dimitrakaki Angela)(Paperback)

What happens to art when feminism grips the curatorial imagination? How do sexual politics become realised as exhibits? Is the struggle against gender discrimination compatible with the aspirations of museums led by market values? Beginning with the feminist critique of the art exhibition in the

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Butler Judith)(Paperback)

One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler's Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning

Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California (Hurtado Albert L.)(Paperback)

This book reveals how powerful undercurrents of sex, gender, and culture helped shape the history of the American frontier from the 1760s to the 1850s. Looking at California under three flags--those of Spain, Mexico, and the United States--Hurtado resurrects daily life in the missions, at mining

Works of Heart: Building Village Through the Arts (Elizabeth Lynne)(Paperback)

Citizen artists revitalize place, celebrate culture, and inspire social change This full-color celebration of communities engaged in creative cultural expression profiles nine exemplary grassroots arts projects depicting an intersection of creativity with love of place. Stories range from children

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture (Wallach Jennifer Jensen)(Paperback)

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits, and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures, conquests and cuisines have helped form America's identity, and have helped define what it means to be

Gender and the Media (Gill Rosalind)(Paperback)

How have advertisers responded to feminism?What should we make of the popularity of 'lad mags'?Is news a gendered product?Are men's bodies -- as much as women's -- now objectified in the media?Do shows like Oprah or Jerry Springer redraw the boundary between public and private?Is chick lit

The Culture of Design (Julier Guy)(Paperback)

What is the social impact of design? How do culture and economics shape the objects and spaces we take for granted? How do design objects, designers, producers and consumers interrelate to create experience? How do new networks of communication and technology change the design process? Thoroughly

Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture (Suzack Cheryl)(Paperback)

Can the specific concerns of Indigenous women be addressed by mainstream feminism? Indigenous Women and Feminism proposes that a dynamic new line of inquiry - Indigenous feminism - is necessary to truly engage with the crucial issues of cultural identity, nationalism, and decolonization particular

Patriarchy of the Wage: Notes on Marx, Gender, and Feminism (Federici Silvia)(Paperback)

In Patriarchy of the Wage, Silvia Federici, best-selling author and the most important Marxist feminist of our time, asks why Marx and the Marxist tradition were so crucial in their denunciation of capitalism's exploitation of human labor and blind to women's work and struggle on the terrain of

Culture, Health and Illness (Helman Cecil G.)(Paperback)

Culture, Health and Illness is the leading international textbook on the role of cultural and social factors in health, illness, and medical care. Since first published in 1984, it has been used in over 40 countries within universities, medical schools and nursing colleges. This new edition meets

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

Gender Trauma: Healing Cultural, Social, and Historical Gendered Trauma (Iantaffi Alex)(Paperback)

Exploring how the essentialism of the gender binary impacts on clients of all genders, this ground-breaking book examines how historical, social and culturally gendered trauma emerges in clinical settings. Weaving together systemic ideas, autoethnography, narrative therapy and somatic experiencing,

Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry (Scott Suzanne)(Paperback)

Reveals the systematic marginalization of women within pop culture fan communities When Ghostbusters returned to the screen in 2016, some male fans of the original film boycotted the all-female adaptation of the cult classic, turning to Twitter to express their disapproval and making it clear that

Discriminating Sex: White Leisure and the Making of the American Oriental (Sueyoshi Amy)(Paperback)

Freewheeling sexuality and gender experimentation defined the social and moral landscape of 1890s San Francisco. Middle class whites crafting titillating narratives on topics such as high divorce rates, mannish women, and extramarital sex centered Chinese and Japanese immigrants in particular. Amy

Women and Work: Feminism, Labour, and Social Reproduction (Ferguson Susan)(Paperback)

'A masterful analysis of three centuries of feminist deliberations on work, carefully tracing how the fault lines of social-reproduction theory emerged.'--Historical Materialism Feminism is once again on the political agenda. Across the world women are taking to the streets to protest unfair

The Handbook of Behavior Change (Hagger Martin S.)(Paperback)

Social problems in many domains including health, education, social relationships, and the workplace have their origins in human behavior. The documented links between behavior and social problems has compelled governments and organizations to explore ways to effectively intervene to promote

Bread and Roses: Gender and Class Under Capitalism (D'Atri Andrea)(Paperback)

Is it possible to develop a radical socialist feminism that fights for the emancipation of women and of all humankind? This book is a journey through the history of feminism. Using the concrete struggles of women, the Marxist feminist Andrea D'Atri traces the history of the women's and workers'

Women, Culture & Politics (Davis Angela Y.)(Paperback)

A collection of speeches and writings by political activist Angela Davis which address the political and social changes of the past decade as they are concerned with the struggle for racial, sexual, and economic

Egypt - Culture Smart!, Volume 47: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture (Zayan Jailan)(Paperback)

This revised and updated edition of Culture Smart! Egypt reveals a country in the throes of change. The largely secular revolution that started in Cairo's Tahrir Square in January 2011 became the flagship of the Arab Spring revolts. The uprising resulted in a political effervescence, with new