Gender studies : a multidisciplinary approach / Kath Woodward (Emeritus Professor of Sociology, The Open University, UK) and Sophie Woodward (Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodward, Kath, author.

Woodward, Sophie, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Multidisciplinary movements in research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This book explores the interrelationship between gender and multidisciplinarity, and the different ways in which gender informs the work of diverse subject areas. Using facet methodology, chapters examine disciplines in conversation with each other to produce new ideas and ways of thinking about contemporary theories and politics of gender. The book moves through five core aspects of gender: routine everyday practices, critiquing power and politics, gendered histories and herstories, bodies and embodiment, and laws which operate at meta and micro levels. Chapters draw on a wide range of examples from the climate crisis and medical science to social sciences and culture, engaging with the varied meanings of gender and questioning dominant assumptions. The authors argue that focusing on multidisciplinarity allows us to consider how disciplines have become gendered in terms of who participates in the discipline and analyse implicitly gendered assumptions about what counts as knowledge or even as data. Written in an engaging and accessible style, this book is an invigorating read for gender studies scholars from undergraduate to post-graduate level, particularly those focusing on interdisciplinarity in the field. With an exploration of gender across a vast array of disciplines, it is also of interest to scholars across sociology, anthropology, philosophy, politics, media studies, psychology and economics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introducing multidisciplinarity and facet methodology approaches to gender

2. Gender and everyday

3. Power and politics

4. Histories, herstories

5. Bodies, flesh, embodiment

6. Rules, laws and regulations

7. Reflections and future directions for multidisciplinary gender studies

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781800373952 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.