Gender Studies

"an extremely welcome addition to the field of feminist research." British Journal of Educational StudiesThis is a clear and accessible exploration of feminist method, methodology and epistemology. After situating herself and her work, Gayle Letherby charts the debates concerned with the epistemolog…

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Why does masculinity seem obvious yet prove impossible to define?What has caused the erosion of men's power and will progress towards sexual equality continue?How political is the personal?This book explains why both popular and academic commentators have found it impossible to define masculinity. I…

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This lively and revealing study explores a sociologically invisible but important social relationship: girls' friendships. It uncovers often suppressed school-girl cultures, at times representing in their most condensed and dramatic form issues of intimacy, secrecy and struggle. Most women have memo…

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Women, Power and Resistance is an accessible introductory book on Women's Studies. It is divided into interdisciplinary sections covering key aspects and major debates, centering on four main areas:The Social Organization of Gender Relations The Cultural Representation of WomenGender and Social Ide…

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Masculinity is gaining increasing popular and academic interest. At one level, football hooligans, absent fathers, 'Essex man' and 'new men' are regular media presences. At the same time, masculinity is the subject of increasingly sophisicated theoretical discussion, and there are a wide range of …

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