Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kang, Miliann, author.

Lessard, Donovan, author.

Heston, Laura, author.

Nordmarken, Sonny, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Textbooks.

Social sciences.

Gender and Sexuality Studies--Textbooks.

Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Economics--Textbooks.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Amherst, Massachusetts UMass Amherst [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and analytical frameworks used in the interdisciplinary Women, Gender, Sexualities field. It unpacks the social construction of knowledge and categories of difference, processes and structures of power and inequality, with a focus on gendered labor in the global economy, and the historical development of feminist social movements. The book emphasizes feminist sociological approaches to analyzing structures of power, drawing heavily from empirical feminist research.

Contents:

Unit I: An Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies: Grounding Theoretical Frameworks and Concepts

Critical Introduction to the Field

Theorizing Lived Experiences

Identity Terms

Conceptualizing Structures of Power

Social Constructionism

Intersectionality

References: Unit I

Unit II: Challenging Binary Systems and Constructions of Difference

Introduction: Binary Systems

The Sex/Gender/Sexuality System

Gender and Sex - Transgender and Intersex

Sexualities

Masculinities

Race

Class

Alternatives to Binary Systems

References: Unit II

Unit III: Institutions, Culture, and Structures

Introduction: Institutions, Cultures, and Structures

The Family

Media

Medicine, Health, and Reproductive Justice

The State, Law, and the Prison System

Intersecting Institutions Case Study: The Struggle to End Gendered Violence and Violence Against Women

References: Unit III

Unit IV: Gender and Work in the Global Economy

Introduction: Gender and Work in the Global Economy

Gender and Work in the US

Gender and the US Welfare State

Transnational Production and Globalization

Racialized, Gendered, and Sexualized Labor in the Global Economy

References: Unit IV

Unit V: Historical and Contemporary Feminist Social Movements

Introduction: Feminist Movements

19th Century Feminist Movements

Early to Late 20th Century Feminist Movements

Third Wave and Queer Feminist Movements

References: Unit V

Notes:

Description based on print resource

OCLC:

1151060865

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access