Angela Keane addresses the work of five women writers of the 1790s and its problematic relationship with the canon of …
This concise introduction provides an overview of the state of research on women's history in the early modern period. It …
A Room of One's Own is a very clear example of how creative thinkers connect and present things in novel …
Julie Cigman uses a vast range of personal vignettes to explain best practice when encouraging boys to write. The theory …
In just a few decades, sport has undergone a radical gender transformation. However, Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner suggest …
Explores women's place in sport and exercise from a socioculture perspective.
Popular marriage counselor and seminar leader John Gray provides a unique, practical and proven way for men and women to …
This is the little book that started a revolution. First published almost twenty years ago, it made women's voices heard, …
These new essays by leading scholars explore nineteenth-century women's writing across a spectrum of genres. The book's focus is on …
Whether or not we like to admit it, pop culture is a lens through which we alternately view and shape …
This book offers a liberatory conception of individual freedom that uniquely responds to the problems of social oppression and demands …
Dressing rooms, introduced into English domestic architecture during the seventeenth century provided elite women with imprecedented private space at home …
As women moved into the formal labor force in large numbers over the last forty years, care work - traditionally …
Breaking Out, one of the classics of feminist sociology, was published by Routledge Kegan Paul in 1983 and hailed as …
Writing from a feminist perspective, the author examines what is it about the "Little House Series" that accounts for its …
When we imagine the activities of Asian American women in the mid-twentieth century, our first thoughts are not of skiing, …
In this collection, one of the world’s leading scholars in the field of masculinity studies explores the historical construction of …
This book shows how East Asian masculinities are being formed and transformed as Asia is increasingly globalized. The gender roles …
When medicalization—the characterization of human traits in terms of disease and ailment—first appeared as a concept in the 1970s, most …
Drawing on collective work in fourteen countries over four years, this book reviews the state of knowledge and critical research …
How men communicate with each other on stage when no women are present--and what it tells us about power and …
The past two centuries have witnessed tremendous upheavals in every aspect of Chinese culture and society. At the level of …
Men's domination of the public domain is obvious, yet this is often ignored in social and political analyses. This text …
This Reader provides an international mixture of the best classic foundational pieces and recent key works that investigate masculinity from …
Why do men behave the way they do? The "science" of gender studies is less than 25 years old and …
This collection considers themes of Christology, patriarchy, violence, colonialism, family structures, and sexual practices as it explores the construction and …
Winner of the 2007 Ruth Benedict Award! A unique collection of writings by both academic and activist scholars on women’s …
