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Women's Education in Early Modern Europe - A History, 1500-1800 (Paperback): Barbara Whitehead Women's Education in Early Modern Europe - A History, 1500-1800 (Paperback)
Barbara Whitehead
R1,767 Discovery Miles 17 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book chronicles 300 years of women's education during this time. Barabara Whitehead examines this history from a feminist perspective, pointing to the subversive actions of the women of this period that led to the formation of academia as we know it.

Bodies, Boundaries and Vulnerabilities - Interrogating Social, Cultural and Political Aspects of Embodiment (Hardcover, 1st ed.... Bodies, Boundaries and Vulnerabilities - Interrogating Social, Cultural and Political Aspects of Embodiment (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Lisa Folkmarson Kall
R2,995 R1,932 Discovery Miles 19 320 Save R1,063 (35%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume explores the interrelations between bodily boundaries and vulnerabilities. It calls attention to the vulnerability of bodies as an essential aspect of having boundaries and being bound to other bodies. The volume advances an understanding of embodiment as the central aspect of subjectivity, its identity formation and its relations to others and the world. The essence of embodiment is what connects us with others and in equal measure what distinguishes us from others. The collection also addresses the centrality of the body to political and cultural activity, targeting the role and constitution of norms in the regulation of bodies, and the construction of spaces that bodies inhabit, in constructing national and cultural identities. It raises questions of how bodies and boundaries materialize in co-constitutive relation to one another; how bodies are situated and come to embody various bodies and intersections between different categories of identity and systems of value, meaning and knowledge; how the regulation and policing of bodies and the boundaries between them come to constitute bodies as being weak, strong, vulnerable or resilient and as having more or less fixed or fluid boundaries. The chapters in the volume all demonstrate how individual human bodies are formed in relation to each other as they are regulated and distinguished from one another by larger collective bodies of nature, culture, science, nation and state, as well as by other human or non-human animal bodies.

Feeling Gender - A Generational and Psychosocial Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen Feeling Gender - A Generational and Psychosocial Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen
R812 Discovery Miles 8 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores how feelings about gender have changed over three interrelated generations of women and men of different social classes during the twentieth century. The author explores the ways in which generational experiences are connected, what is continued, what triggers gradual or abrupt changes between generations - and between women and men within these generations. The book explores how new feelings of gender gradually change gender norms from within, and how they contribute to the incremental creation of new social practices. Nielsen suggests a new way of conducting psychosocial research that focuses on generational psychological patterns of gender identities and gendered subjectivities in times of change from a psychoanalytic perspective. Combining generational and longitudinal research, the book works with temporality as a theoretical as well as a methodological dimension. Theoretically it combines Raymond Williams' idea of "a structure of feeling" with the work of Eric Fromm, Hans Loewald, Nancy Chodorow and Jessica Benjamin.

Hot Tubs and Pac-Man - Gender and the Early Video Game Industry in the United States (1950s-1980s) (Hardcover): Anne Ladyem... Hot Tubs and Pac-Man - Gender and the Early Video Game Industry in the United States (1950s-1980s) (Hardcover)
Anne Ladyem McDivitt
R2,955 Discovery Miles 29 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This work looks at the gendered nature of the US video gaming industry. Although there were attempts to incorporate women into development roles and market towards them as players, the creation of video games and the industry began in a world strongly gendered male. The early 1980s saw a blip of hope that the counter-cultural industry focused on fun would begin to include women, but after the video game industry crash, this free-wheeling freedom of the industry ended along with the beginnings of the inclusion of women. Many of the threads that began in the early years continued or have parallels with the modern video game industry. The industry continues to struggle with gender relations in the workplace and with the strongly gendered male demographic that the industry perceives as its main market.

Demography of Transgender, Nonbinary and Gender Minority Populations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Amanda K. Baumle, Sonny... Demography of Transgender, Nonbinary and Gender Minority Populations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Amanda K. Baumle, Sonny Nordmarken
R3,630 Discovery Miles 36 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides the first compilation of demographic research focused on transgender, nonbinary, and gender minority populations. It discusses the measurement and conceptualization challenges that shape demographic knowledge of these populations, including how we capture gender on surveys. It examines our current knowledge of demographic characteristics and health disparities and outcomes. Overall, this research demonstrates the increasing knowledge of gender variation at the population level. At the same time, it reveals the need for better survey questions, additional data, and inquiry into a broader subset of demographic questions for these populations as there is little understanding of fundamental demographic information, including migration or spatial distribution of transgender populations, fertility and household structure, labor market outcomes, or broader patterns of morbidity and mortality. The research set forth in this book lays the groundwork for a trans demography that would produce population-level knowledge of these populations and points researchers and policymakers toward needed areas of research, conceptualization, and data collection.

Complementarity Beyond Physics - Niels Bohr's Parallels (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Arun Bala Complementarity Beyond Physics - Niels Bohr's Parallels (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Arun Bala
R3,529 Discovery Miles 35 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this study Arun Bala examines the implications that Niels Bohr's principle of complementarity holds for fields beyond physics. Bohr, one of the founding figures of modern quantum physics, argued that the principle of complementarity he proposed for understanding atomic processes has parallels in psychology, biology, and social science, as well as in Buddhist and Taoist thought. But Bohr failed to offer any explanation for why complementarity might extend beyond physics, and his claims have been widely rejected by scientists as empty speculation. Scientific scepticism has only been reinforced by the naive enthusiasm of postmodern relativists and New Age intuitionists, who seize upon Bohr's ideas to justify anti-realist and mystical positions. Arun Bala offers a detailed defence of Bohr's claim that complementarity has far-reaching implications for the biological and social sciences, as well as for comparative philosophies of science, by explaining Bohr's parallels as responses to the omnipresence of grown properties in nature.

A Critical Discourse Analysis of South Asian Women's Magazines - Undercover Beauty (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Linda... A Critical Discourse Analysis of South Asian Women's Magazines - Undercover Beauty (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Linda McLoughlin
R3,148 Discovery Miles 31 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This intriguing book applies Critical Discourse Analysis to a range of South Asian women's lifestyle magazines, exposing the disconnection between the magazines' representations of South Asian women and the lived realities of the target audience. The author challenges the notion that discourses of freedom and choice employed by women's magazines are emancipatory, demonstrating instead that the version of feminism on offer is a commodified form which accords with the commercial aims of the publications. McLoughlin demonstrates that whilst British magazines present women in the East as the exotic and culturally superior 'Other', women in India are encouraged to emulate Western women to signify their engagement with globalization and modernity. She uses data from focus groups carried out in both countries to illustrate the interpretive frameworks and multivocality of participants' attitudes, experiences and beliefs. This thought-provoking book will appeal to students and researchers of Language and Linguistics, Women's Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Media, Communications and Cultural Studies.

Italian Sexualities Uncovered, 1789-1914 (Hardcover): Valeria P. Babini, Chiara Beccalossi, Lucy Riall Italian Sexualities Uncovered, 1789-1914 (Hardcover)
Valeria P. Babini, Chiara Beccalossi, Lucy Riall
R3,066 Discovery Miles 30 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this volume explores nineteenth-century Italian sexualities from a variety of viewpoints, illuminating in particular personal and political relationships, same-sex desires, gender roles that defy societal norms, sexual behaviours of different classes and transnational encounters.

Gendered Experiences of COVID-19 in India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Irene George, Moly Kuruvilla Gendered Experiences of COVID-19 in India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Irene George, Moly Kuruvilla
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This edited volume critically reflects on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected and continues to affect women in India. Drawing on a range of qualitative and quantitative research, contributors analyze the implications of the pandemic on the informal sector, migrant women workers, women in the health care sector, women's economic engagement, the experiences of elderly women, mental health care, higher education, and more. Chapters also consider what gender-responsive policies are needed to ensure women's equal rights, representation, and participation in society during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This timely and relevant volume situates India within the larger global context of conversations around economic, social and political consequences of the pandemic upon gender inequalities This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and policy makers in the fields of Sociology, Gender Studies, and Public and Social Policy.

The Tale of Bluebeard in German Literature - From the Eighteenth Century to the Present (Hardcover, New): Mererid Puw Davies The Tale of Bluebeard in German Literature - From the Eighteenth Century to the Present (Hardcover, New)
Mererid Puw Davies
R5,811 Discovery Miles 58 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'Bluebeard', in which women are slaughtered and hidden in a horrible chamber by a monstrous husband, is hair-raising; yet its happy ending gives it a utopian force. Davies's book focuses on literature in German from the eighteenth century to the 1990s, and is the first full-length study of the history of Bluebeard published in any language.

Romantic Relationships in a Time of 'Cold Intimacies' (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Julia Carter, Lorena Arocha Romantic Relationships in a Time of 'Cold Intimacies' (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Julia Carter, Lorena Arocha
R2,894 Discovery Miles 28 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book addresses the nature of intimacy and relationships in a time of what Eva Illouz characterizes as 'cold intimacies'. The contributors to this collection highlight the ambivalence and tensions contained in 'intimacy' by uncovering a nuanced and complex dynamic, in which interpersonal relations and the public sphere are mutually constituted. A range of topics areexplored, including the new conditions of 'choice', the abundance of partners, class and emotional competence, rational decision-making and the specific forms of 'love pain' which can emerge from cooled intimacy. The chapters also shed light on the limits of this theoretical contribution, highlighting the importance of parenting, violence, poverty, and other material constraints that continue to limit and frame individuals' romantic choices. Overall this volume presents an interpretation of intimacy that is not just 'cold' but includes practices, desires and feelings that are safe and dangerous, that bring solace or erupt in violence, that lead to salvation or condemnation, and where virtual encounters and increased internal and crossborder mobility have altered the relationship between intimacy and (physical/emotional) distance. Romantic Relationships in a Time of 'Cold Intimacies' will be of interest to scholars and students across a range of disciplines, including sociology, social work, social policy and demography, as well as practitioners and policy-makers with an interest in couple relationships.

Sex Differences in the Central Nervous System (Hardcover): Rebecca M. Shansky Sex Differences in the Central Nervous System (Hardcover)
Rebecca M. Shansky
R2,886 Discovery Miles 28 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sex Differences in the Central Nervous System offers a comprehensive examination of the current state of sex differences research, from both the basic science and clinical research perspectives. Given the current NIH directive that funded preclinical research must consider both females and males, this topic is of interest to an increasing percentage of the neuroscience research population. The volume serves as an invaluable resource, offering coverage of a wide range of topics: sex differences in cognition, learning, and memory, sex hormone signaling mechanisms, neuroimmune interactions, epigenetics, social behavior, neurologic disease, psychological disorders, and stress. Discussions of research in both animal models and human patient populations are included.

Sexual Orientation Equality in Schools - Teacher Advocacy and Action Research (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Matthew Holt Sexual Orientation Equality in Schools - Teacher Advocacy and Action Research (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Matthew Holt
R2,628 Discovery Miles 26 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores how to help teachers become better advocates for sexual orientation equality in secondary schools. Examining this issue through the lens of qualitative emancipatory action research, a group of Australian teachers embarked on a journey of teacher advocacy. Critical theory has long highlighted teachers as key players in either challenging dominant social narratives, or else perpetuating oppressive systems of power through traditional forms of education. Despite this important role, the life stories of teachers, which contributed to the development of their beliefs and behaviours about sexual orientation are rarely considered in the development of anti-discriminatory policy, designing the curriculum and most importantly, in teacher training. This book suggests and frames a model for advocacy, whereby teachers engage with their personal beliefs about sexual orientation, with their role as a teacher, and commit to advocacy through action by promoting student safety, challenging heteronormative narratives and role modelling compassionate behaviours in their school environments.

Italian Motherhood on Screen (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Giovanna Faleschini Lerner, Maria Elena D'amelio Italian Motherhood on Screen (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Giovanna Faleschini Lerner, Maria Elena D'amelio
R3,214 Discovery Miles 32 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is the first scholarly analysis that considers the specificity of situated experiences of the maternal from a variety of theoretical perspectives. From "Fertility Day" to "Family Day," the concept of motherhood has been at the center of the public debate in contemporary Italy, partly in response to the perceived crisis of the family, the economic crisis, and the crisis of national identity, provoked by the forces of globalization and migration, secularization, and the instability of labor markets. Through essays by an international cohort of established and emerging scholars, this volume aims to read these shifts in cinematic terms. How does Italian cinema represent, negotiate, and elaborate changing definitions of motherhood in narrative, formal, and stylistic terms? The essays in this volume focus on the figures of working mothers, women who opt for a child-free adulthood, single mothers, ambivalent mothers, lost mothers, or imperfect mothers, who populate contemporary screen narratives.

Motherhood in the Context of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation - Studies on Nigerian and Romanian Women (Hardcover, 1st... Motherhood in the Context of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation - Studies on Nigerian and Romanian Women (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Rafaela Pascoal
R3,374 Discovery Miles 33 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book discusses motherhood of Nigerian and Romanian women in Italy and Romania, who are human trafficking victims for sexual purposes. It provides a broad gender approach to emerge on the phenomenon of human trafficking with an analytic perspective of all the social, cultural, legal and economic components that play an important role during all phases of motherhood. The book compares the motherhood of these two nationalities within a context of an illegal/legal status in the European territory. It reflects on the used terms of vulnerability, sexual exploitation, victim, resistance and resilience. This book enlightens scholars and students with a broad perspective on this complex phenomenon, understanding the intersectionality of the victims' features and its relation with the several push and pull factors that lead a human trafficking victim into vulnerability, resistance and resilience.

The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Rachel Woodward, Claire Duncanson The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Rachel Woodward, Claire Duncanson
R10,449 Discovery Miles 104 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military provides a comprehensive overview of the multiple ways in which gender and militaries connect. International and multi-disciplinary in scope, this edited volume provides authoritative accounts of the many intersections through which militaries issues and military forces are shaped by gender. The chapters provide detailed accounts of key issues, informed by examples from original research in a wealth of different national contexts. This Handbook includes coverage of conceptual approaches to the study of gender and militaries, gender and the organisation of state military forces, gender as it pertains to military forces in action, transitions and transgressions within militaries, gender and non-state military forces, and gender in representations of military personnel and practices. With contributions from a range of both established and early career scholars, The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military is an essential guide to current debates on gender and contemporary military issues.

Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Zita Eva Rohr,... Queenship, Gender, and Reputation in the Medieval and Early Modern West, 1060-1600 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Zita Eva Rohr, Lisa Benz
R4,196 Discovery Miles 41 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This edited collection opens new ways to look at queenship in areas and countries not usually studied and reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary work and geographic range of the field. This book is a forerunner in queenship and re-invents the reputations of the women and some of the men. The contributors answers questions about the nature of queenship, reputation of queens, and gender roles in the medieval and early modern west. The essays question the viability of propaganda, gossip, and rumor that still characterizes some queens in modern histories. The wide geographic range covered by the contributors moves queenship studies beyond France and England to understudied places such as Sweden and Hungary. Even the essays on more familiar countries explores areas not usually studied, such as the role of Edward II's stepmother, Margaret of France in Gaveston's downfall. The chapters clearly have a common thread and the editors' summary and description of the collection is valuable in assisting the reader. The collection is divided into two sections "Biography, Gossip, and History" and "Politics, Ambition, and Scandal." The editors and contributors, including Zita Eva Rohr and Elena Woodacre, are scholars at the top of their field and several and engage and debate with recent scholarship. This collection will appeal internationally to literary scholars and gender studies scholars as well historians interested in the countries included in the collection.

The Dance of Deception - Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women's Lives (Paperback, 1st HarperPerennial ed): Harriet Gold... The Dance of Deception - Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women's Lives (Paperback, 1st HarperPerennial ed)
Harriet Gold Horlerner
R437 R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When The Dance of Deception was published, Lerner discovered that women were not eager to identify with the subject. "Well, I don't do deception" was a common resonse.

We all "do deception", often with the intention to protect ourselves and the relationships we depend on. The Dance of Deception unravels the ways (and whys) that women show the false and hide the real -- even to our own selves. We see how relationships are affected by lying and faking, by silence and pretending and by brave -- but misguided -- efforts to tell the truth.

Truth-telling is at the heart of what is most central in women's lives. It is at the foundation of authenticity and creativity, intimacy and joy. Yet in the name of "honesty", we can bludgeon each other. We can approach a difficult issue with such a poor sense of timing and tact that we can actually shut down the lines of communication rather than widening the path of truth-telling.

Sometimes Lerner's advice takes a surprising turn -- for example, when she asks us to engage in a bold act of pretending in order to discover something "more real"; or when she tells us not to parachute down on our family to bring up a "hot issue" without laying the necessary groundwork first.

Whether the subject is affairs, family secrets, sexual faking or the challenge of "being oneself", Lerner helps us to discover, speak and live our own truths.

Trans Women and HIV - Social Psychological Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Rusi Jaspal Trans Women and HIV - Social Psychological Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Rusi Jaspal
R1,767 Discovery Miles 17 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the social psychological aspects of trans women's experiences of living with HIV in the UK. Drawing on theories from social psychology, the author provides a fine-grained analysis of the EXTRA Study - one of the first in-depth empirical studies of trans women's experiences of living with HIV in the UK. Trans Women and HIV: Social Psychological Perspectives examines issues of identity, threat and coping among trans women - a key population in the HIV epidemic - and presents a model for describing and predicting health outcomes in this population. Underpinned by the Health Adversity Risk Model, this book examines the role of psychological constructs, such as identity, risk and stigma, in behaviour and psychological wellbeing. This informative and thought-provoking text is an invaluable resource for scholars, clinicians and students working in the fields of HIV and trans health.

Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India - Macro Demographics versus Local Dynamics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Sharada... Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India - Macro Demographics versus Local Dynamics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Sharada Srinivasan, Shuzhuo Li
R2,886 R1,923 Discovery Miles 19 230 Save R963 (33%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume documents how families, communities and some groups (single men, young 'scarce' women, parents) adapt and adjust to recent demographic shifts in China and India. It discusses how demographic change interacts with other processes of change, including changes with respect to economic development and globalization, gender, class, caste, families, migration and work. The chapters offer micro-level analyses contextualized in larger processes of change and push further existing understandings of the consequences of the demographic imbalance between men and women in China and/or India, particularly from a gender perspective. As such this book will be of interest to scholars and students in population studies, sociology, international development, gender studies, and Asian studies.

Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers - Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Janice North,... Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers - Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Janice North, Karl C. Alvestad, Elena Woodacre
R4,256 Discovery Miles 42 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Pop culture portrayals of medieval and early modern monarchs are rife with tension between authenticity and modern mores, producing anachronisms such as a feminist Queen Isabel (in RTVE's Isabel) and a lesbian Queen Christina (in The Girl King). This book examines these anachronisms as a dialogue between premodern and postmodern ideas about gender and sexuality, raising questions of intertemporality, the interpretation of history, and the dangers of presentism. Covering a range of famous and lesser-known European monarchs on screen, from Elizabeth I to Muhammad XII of Granada, this book addresses how the lives of powerful women and men have been mythologized in order to appeal to today's audiences. The contributors interrogate exactly what is at stake in these portrayals; namely, our understanding of premodern rulers, the gender and sexual ideologies they navigated, and those that we navigate today.

International Encyclopedia of Sexuality - Volume 4 (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Raymond J Noonan International Encyclopedia of Sexuality - Volume 4 (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Raymond J Noonan; Robert T. Francoeur
R6,861 Discovery Miles 68 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume is an essential supplement to the most ambitious and comprehensive cross-cultural sex survey ever undertaken, in any language or any part of the world. The four volumes of The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality now summarize the sexual behavior patterns of 50 countries.Written by 60 leading sexologists and experts in the respective countries and cultures, each lengthy entry of Volume 4 explores areas such as heterosexual relationships, children, adolescents, adults, gender-conflicted persons, unconventional sexual patterns, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, sexual dysfunctions, and therapies. It also includes discussions of sexual issues for older persons as well as physically and mentally challenged individuals. The new countries covered include: Austria, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Portugal, Turkey, and Vietnam. As noted, the work also presents significant updates, by some 20 specialists, of the countries covered in Volumes 1 through 3--originally published in 1997--which take readers into the new millennium.This eagerly awaited Volume 4 to The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality makes this entire set an even more indispensable reference work for sexologists, psychotherapists, anthropologists, and anyone involved in cross-cultural studies.>

Disability and Masculinities - Corporeality, Pedagogy and the Critique of Otherness (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Cassandra... Disability and Masculinities - Corporeality, Pedagogy and the Critique of Otherness (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Cassandra Loeser, Vicki Crowley, Barbara Pini
R3,572 Discovery Miles 35 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years, attending to diversity in the cultivation of embodied identity has been given additional impetus as a result of intersectionality theory. Despite this, a key gap remains in terms of knowledge about masculinity and disability. This book addresses this lacuna through ten empirical chapters organised through the inter-related themes of corporeality, pedagogy and the critique of otherness. Each of the chapters positions the subject of masculinity and disability as a site of cultural pedagogy by affirming different ways of knowing of masculinity beyond dominant ideologies that normalise a particular masculine body and relegate disabled masculinities to the position of abnormal 'Other'. Part One focuses on pedagogy. Through the materialities of 'medicalized colonialism', imprimaturs of 'relational genealogies', 'compounding differences' and an analytical exposition of some of the neo-colonial conditions of the Global South within spatially-considered places of the Global North, Chapter 1 examines the denial of human rights to the Indigenous Anishinaabe community of Shoal Lake 40 in Canada. Chapter 1 theorises masculine corporeality in terms that take seriously First Nations', national and transnational body politics seriously. Chapter 2 examines the ways that movement and affect serve as a form of pedagogy for boys with autism spectrum in schools. Part Two's focus on corporeality includes an examination of the nexus of disability and diagnosis in the context of transgender men's experiences of mental health, and a discussion of the ways that intersex individuals who identify as men and have experienced 'genital normalising surgery' actively negotiate pluralised masculinities. The focus on media in Part Three encompasses a study of the mis-interpellation of the disabled male subject in Australian male literature, research on the discursive strategies utilised in media representations of disabled veterans in Turkey, and an analysis of the political implications of depictions of masculinity, disability and sexualities in a variety television program. Part Four's theme of self-stylisation takes up the questions of men's reconstructions of masculinity in light of Lyme Disease, the potential pleasures of heterosexuality for young men with a hearing disability in the realm of Australian-Rules Football, and the diverse ways that disabled men negotiate patriarchal masculinity in intimate relationships.

Honour and Violence - Gender, Power and Law in Southern Pakistan (Hardcover): Nafisa Shah Honour and Violence - Gender, Power and Law in Southern Pakistan (Hardcover)
Nafisa Shah
R3,023 Discovery Miles 30 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The practice of karo kari allows family, especially fathers, brothers and sons, to take the lives of their daughters, sisters and mothers if they are accused of adultery. This volume examines the central position of karo kari in the social, political and juridical structures in Upper Sindh, Pakistan. Drawing connections between local contests over marriage and resources, Nafisa Shah unearths deep historical processes and power relations. In particular, she explores how the state justice system and informal mediations inform each other in state responses to karo kari, and how modern law is implicated in this seemingly ancient cultural practice.

Reflections on Anger - Women and Men in a Changing Society (Hardcover, New): Christa Reiser Reflections on Anger - Women and Men in a Changing Society (Hardcover, New)
Christa Reiser
R2,202 Discovery Miles 22 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides insight into the emotion of anger from a theoretical and empirical standpoint and from the viewpoint of fifty ordinary women and men who share their experiences, beliefs, and perceptions of anger in their own and others' lives. The author's main goal is to explore the extent and sources of anger that women and men feel toward members of the other sex and their perceptions of what angers other men and women. Respondents' general experiences with the emotion of anger are also investigated. Experiences and beliefs about various aspects of gender-based anger are put in the context of respondents' beliefs about recent gender role changes as well as their perceptions of ways to improve relationships between women and men.

Analysis of interviews reveals complicated patterns of convergence and divergence based on gender. Women and men share perceptions in reference to some aspects of anger and some anger-related experiences. However, a significant gender gap exists in other areas. This book makes clear the need for better understanding and management of anger in our lives as well as the need to structure relations between men and women so that new ideals of equality and understanding can be realized in a context of shared responsibilities, respect, and lack of anxiety about what it means to be a man or a woman.

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