Melanie - Gender Studies 1

In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird die mediale Fremddarstellung weiblicher Führungskräfte analysiert und mit der Selbstbeschreibung von Top-Managerinnen verglichen. Wie stellen Nachrichten- und Wirtsch……続きを見る

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Until recently, higher education in the UK has largely failed to recognise gender-based violence (GBV) on campus, but following the UK ……続きを見る

A poignant account of everyday polygamy and what its regulation reveals about who is viewed as an "Other" In the past thirty years, polygamy has become a flashpoint of conflict as Western government……続きを見る

A Taste of Honey (1961) is a landmark in British cinema history. In this book, Melanie Williams explores the many, extraordinary ways in which it was trailblazing. It is the only film of the British……続きを見る

Gender Equity: Global Policies and Perspectives on Advancing Social Justice provides an in-depth analysis of global perspectives on advancing public and social gender policy. Shedding new light on i……続きを見る

As lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex identities increasingly secure legal recognition across the globe, these formal equality gains are contradicted by the continued presence of viole……続きを見る

In this collection, continental and diasporan African women interrogate the concept “sacred text” and analyze ways oral and written religious “texts” intersect with violence against African-descende……続きを見る

Feminism and Popular Culture maps the fraught and often unpredictable relationship between popular culture, feminism and postfeminism. From the shadowy city spaces of Mad Men and Homeland to the dys……続きを見る

Women across the globe are being dramatically affected by war as currently waged by the USA. But there has been little public space for dialogue about the complex relationship between feminism, wome……続きを見る

This book traces the uneven history of queer media visibility through crucial turning points including the Hollywood Production Code era, the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, the so-called explosion of gay……続きを見る

Con el objetivo de pormenorizar las especificidades de la represión femenina de posguerra, se detalla como se aplicó la Ley de Responsabilidades Políticas sobre las mujeres valencianas. Así mismo, a……続きを見る

Recently, childfree people have been foregrounded in mainstream media. More than seven percent of Western women choose to remain childfree and this figure is increasing. Being childfree challenges t……続きを見る

Reports from war zones often note the obscene victimization of women, who are frequently raped, tortured, beaten, and pressed into sexual servitude. Yet this reign of terror against women not only o……続きを見る

Ce que des experts en ont dit : L’équipe de chercheurs-pédagogues qui signe cet ouvrage collectif réussit sa visée ambitieuse : créer un lieu commun entre la recherche et la pratique psycho-sociale ……続きを見る

Wieso verdienen Frauen weniger Geld als Männer? Was hindert ihren Aufstieg in Führungspositionen? Das vorliegende Buch trägt die sozialpsychologische Fachliteratur über den Einfluss des Geschlechts ……続きを見る

This interdisciplinary collection of essays highlights the relevance of Buddhist doctrine and practice to issues of globalization. From various philosophical, religious, historical, and political pe……続きを見る

This book examines how and why mothers with disabled children became activists. Leading campaigns to close institutions and secure human rights, these women learned to mother as activists, strugglin……続きを見る

In a review of "The Return of the King" published in the Observer in 1955, Edwin Muir criticizes that "all the characters are boys masquerading as adult heroes [...] and will never come to puberty [……続きを見る

In the past, Western women inhabited a conceptual space divorced from the world of business. Historians have consequently tended to overlook the experiences of women entrepreneurs. Who were these wo……続きを見る