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The concept of gender continues to be a central issue in literary and cultural studies, with a significance that crosses disciplinary boundaries and provokes lively debate. The book offers an introduction to 'gender' and its implications, including: an overview of the critical language and concepts surrounding gender from their historical inception to contemporary debates discussions of the major theorists in the field updated and extended coverage of lesbian and queer theory a new glossary of terms essential to an understanding of the debate on gender in contemporary theory.
Embodied Resistance engages the rich and complex range of society's contemporary "body outlaws"--people from many social locations who violate norms about the private, the repellent, or the forbidden. By balancing accessibly written original ethnographic research with personal narratives, Embodied Resistance provides a window into the everyday lives of those who defy or violate socially constructed body rules and conventions.
he book examines the basic underpinnings of everyday interaction: from how we think, to who we see ourselves and others to be, to how we interact with others. Each of these processes is based on both social psychology and gender (as differentiated from sex), as well as our racial backgrounds, ethnic heritages, socioeconomic circumstances, sexualities, and national histories.
This collection highlights the fluidity of masculinity in American popular culture at the turn of the new millennium and beyond by examining possibilities for male identity formation. Each chapter mines American popular culture--theatre, film, literature, music, advertising, internet content, television, photography, and current events--to pose questions about the process of gender creation and the contestation of masculinities as constantly changing political forms.
Offers (some full-text) coverage of journals and trade publications from 1972-current. Includes information on the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences including (but not limited to) ethics, public welfare, urban studies.
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Academic Search Premier covers the expansive academic disciplines offered in colleges and universities. It provides comprehensive content, including PDF backfiles and searchable cited references.
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Communication and mass media studies peer-reviewed journals and trade publications from 1945-current; some full-text; constructs bibliography in APA citation style.
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History-related books, periodicals, documents, videos, biographies, photos, and maps; some full-text from 1917-current.
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Coverage: 1917-Current
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Full-text peer-reviewed journal articles in the field of psychology; constructs bibliography in APA citation style.
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Indexes journals, books and dissertations of the international literature in sociology.
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1952-Current
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Our largest collection of eBooks. You have full access to the entire contents of all of the eBooks in this collection, which cover many different topics.
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