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Trauma Transmission and Sexual Violence - Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Post Conflict Settings (Paperback): Nena Mocnik Trauma Transmission and Sexual Violence - Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Post Conflict Settings (Paperback)
Nena Mocnik
R1,226 Discovery Miles 12 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book grapples with the potential impacts of collective trauma in war-rape survivors' families. Drawing on inter-ethnic and inter-generational participatory action research on reconciliation processes in post-conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina, the author examines the risk that female survivors of war-related sexual crimes, now-mothers, will breed hatred and further division in the post-conflict context. Showing how the historical trauma of sexual abuse among survivors affects the ideas, perceptions, behavioural patterns and understandings of the ethnic and religious 'Other' or perpetrator, the book also considers the influence of such trauma on other attitudes rarely addressed in peacebuilding programmes, such as notions of naturalised gender-based violence, cultural scripts of sexuality and support for dangerous or violent aspects of the patriarchal social order. It thus seeks to sketch proposals for a curriculum of peacebuilding that takes account of the legacy of war rape in survivors' families and the impact of trauma transmission. As such, Trauma Transmission and Sexual Violence will appeal to scholars of politics, sociology and gender studies with interests in peace and reconciliation processes and war-related sexual violence.

Sex, Feminism and Lesbian Desire in Women's Magazines (Paperback): Kate Farhall Sex, Feminism and Lesbian Desire in Women's Magazines (Paperback)
Kate Farhall
R1,233 Discovery Miles 12 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines evolving pop culture representations of sex and relationships from the 1970s onwards, to demonstrate parallels between the strength of the feminist movement and positive portrayals of women's sexuality. In charting changes in the sex and relationship content of women's magazines over time, this analysis reveals that despite surface-level changes in sexual and relationship content, the underlying paradigm of hetero-monogamy remains unchanged. Despite a seemingly more diverse, empowered and liberated sexuality for women in contemporary magazines, in reality, such feminist rhetoric masks an enduring model of sexuality, which rests on women's sexual and emotional maintenance of male partners and their own self-objectification and self-surveillance. Where substantive changes can be identified, they rise and fall in tandem with feminism. By demonstrating this empirical relationship between cultural products and feminist organising, the book validates an assumption that has rarely been tested: that a feminist social milieu improves cultural narratives about sexuality for women. Sex, Feminism and Lesbian Desire builds on ground-breaking feminist texts such as Susan Faludi's Backlash to present an empirically focused, comprehensive study interrogating changes in content over the lifetime of women's magazines. By charting the representation of sex and relationships in two women's magazines-Cosmopolitan and Cleo-since the 1970s through an analysis of over 6,500 magazine pages and 1,500 articles, this timely work interrogates-and ultimately complicates-the apparent linear progression of feminism. This book is suitable for researchers and students in women's and gender studies, queer studies, LGBT studies, media studies, cultural studies and sociology.

Gendered Responses to Male Offending in Barbados - Patriarchal Perceptions and Their Effect on Offender Treatment (Paperback):... Gendered Responses to Male Offending in Barbados - Patriarchal Perceptions and Their Effect on Offender Treatment (Paperback)
Corin Bailey
R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is generally accepted that men commit more crimes than women. The widespread acceptance of this view is based primarily on the number of convictions with most jurisdictions reporting considerably fewer incarcerated women/girls than men/boys. This manuscript argues however that decisions made by the various stakeholders that play a role in the incarceration of men are inherently gendered. These decisions are based on patriarchal perceptions and stereotypes related to the familial roles of men and women, and by extension their motivations or offending. Few studies have sought to explore the nature of these perceptions, and the effect these may have on incarceration patterns. Indeed, this form of inquiry remains absent from the research agenda of Caribbean criminologists. Using qualitative data from Barbados, this book analyses the extent to which these factors are taken into consideration not only by the police and members of the judiciary, but by examining the gendered decisions made by shop managers and proprietors in cases involving shoplifting, it seeks to analyse the extent to which these factors are taken into consideration before incidents reach the justice system. Critically, this book seeks also to juxtapose these assumptions against testimony from men incarcerated at Her Majesty's Prison. The large proportion of males in Caribbean prisons when compared to their female counterparts necessitates an investigation into the factors that may contribute to differential treatment as they move through the justice system. Using data from Barbados, the present study seeks to fill this need.

Being Young, Male and Saudi - Identity and Politics in a Globalized Kingdom (Paperback): Mark C Thompson Being Young, Male and Saudi - Identity and Politics in a Globalized Kingdom (Paperback)
Mark C Thompson
R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Although the position of Saudi women within society draws media attention throughout the world, young Saudi men remain part of a silent mass, their thoughts and views rarely heard outside of the Kingdom. Based on primary research across Saudi Arabia with young men from a diverse range of backgrounds, Mark C. Thompson allows for this distinct group of voices to be heard, revealing their opinions and attitudes towards the societal and economic transformations affecting their lives within a gender-segregated society and examining the challenges and dilemmas facing young Saudi men in the twenty-first century. From ideas and beliefs about, identity, education, employment, marriage prospects and gender segregation, as well as political participation and exclusion, this study in turn invites us to reconsider the future of Saudi Arabia as a globalized kingdom.

Redeemed Bible Study Guide - Turning Brokenness into Something Beautiful (Paperback): R.T. Phillips, Tim Phillips Redeemed Bible Study Guide - Turning Brokenness into Something Beautiful (Paperback)
R.T. Phillips, Tim Phillips
R238 Discovery Miles 2 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

God does not intend for us to fight our battles alone. Our battles do not disqualify us from his grace-no matter what they are. The two CORE for Men studies-Redeemed and Transformed-each feature five raw and real video stories (DVD/video streaming sold separately) of men who have fought with feelings of isolation and disqualification. Through these personal stories of brokenness and redemption, you and your group will be encouraged to step out of shame and into your own God-shaped stories. Sessions and Contributors include: Called (Mariano Rivera, pitcher for New York Yankees) Redemption (Kyle Oxford, tattoo artist) Sons (Tommy Green, lead singer for the metal/hardcore band Sleeping Giant) Restoration (Robert Irving III, music director for Miles Davis) Purpose (Tom Paterson, master strategic thinker) Brought to you by the men behind the organization Promise Keepers, the passion behind the CORE for Men studies is to create spaces where men have permission to be real-where men discover they are not alone with the kind of doubts and fears they face everyday. CORE is a biblical expression of solidarity that will lead you back to a God who's in the business of turning brokenness into forgiveness and pain into a new and fulfilling purpose. Designed for use with the Redeemed: Turning Brokenness into Something Beautiful Video Study available on DVD or streaming video, sold separately.

The 5-Minute Bible Study Journal for Men (Paperback): David Sanford (Deceased) The 5-Minute Bible Study Journal for Men (Paperback)
David Sanford (Deceased)
R392 R325 Discovery Miles 3 250 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Dynamics of Marginalized Youth - Not in Education, Employment, or Training Around the World (Hardcover): Mark Levels,... The Dynamics of Marginalized Youth - Not in Education, Employment, or Training Around the World (Hardcover)
Mark Levels, Christian Brzinsky-Fay, Craig Holmes, Janine Jongbloed, Hirofumi Taki
R3,917 Discovery Miles 39 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book studies young people who are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET); a prime concern among policymakers. Moving past common interpretations of NEETs as a homogeneous group, it asks why some youth become NEET, whereas other do not. The authors analyse diverse school-to-work patterns of young NEETs in five typical countries and investigate the role of individual characteristics, countries' institutions and policies, and their complex interplay. Readers will come to understand youth marginalization as a process that may occur during the transition from school, vocational college, or university to work. By studying longitudinal analyses of processes and transitions, readers will gain the crucial insight that NEETs are not equally vulnerable, and that most NEETs will find their way back to the labour market. However, they will also see that in all countries, a group of long-term NEETs exists. These exceptionally vulnerable young people are sidelined from society and the labour market. The country cases and cross-national studies illustrate that policies intended to help long-term NEETs to find their way in society are very limited. The book provides useful theoretical and empirical insights for scholars interested in the school-to-work transition and marginalized youth. It also provides helpful insights in vulnerability to policymakers who aim to combat youth marginalization. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Masculinity Goes to School (Paperback): Rob Gilbert, Pam Gilbert Masculinity Goes to School (Paperback)
Rob Gilbert, Pam Gilbert
R1,130 Discovery Miles 11 300 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Originally published in 1998. This book offers a balanced overview of the issues surrounding boys and education. It looks beyond the often hysterical debate in the popular media to analyse what is happening with boys in the school system and how this can be understood. The authors argue that popular constructions of masculinity affect boys in all parts of their lives: in families, peer groups and work cultures - at home, at school, at work and at leisure. Offering insight into key issues such as literacy, sport, bad behaviour, sexuality, race and ethnicity, and popular culture, this book also looks at programs and approaches to working with boys which have been successful.

Male Supremacism in the United States - From Patriarchal Traditionalism to Misogynist Incels and the Alt-Right (Hardcover):... Male Supremacism in the United States - From Patriarchal Traditionalism to Misogynist Incels and the Alt-Right (Hardcover)
Emily K. Carian, Alex DiBranco, Chelsea Ebin
R4,056 Discovery Miles 40 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First comprehensive treatment of recently emerging anti-feminist, sexist and misogynistic movements Examines their ideologies and activities, as well as their links to the established far right Sheds new light on violently misogynistic online communities that have inspired 'Incel' terrorism against women

Male Supremacism in the United States - From Patriarchal Traditionalism to Misogynist Incels and the Alt-Right (Paperback):... Male Supremacism in the United States - From Patriarchal Traditionalism to Misogynist Incels and the Alt-Right (Paperback)
Emily K. Carian, Alex DiBranco, Chelsea Ebin
R1,177 Discovery Miles 11 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First comprehensive treatment of recently emerging anti-feminist, sexist and misogynistic movements Examines their ideologies and activities, as well as their links to the established far right Sheds new light on violently misogynistic online communities that have inspired 'Incel' terrorism against women

Gender, Sexuality and Identities of the Borderlands - Queering the Margins (Paperback): Suzanne Clisby Gender, Sexuality and Identities of the Borderlands - Queering the Margins (Paperback)
Suzanne Clisby
R1,238 Discovery Miles 12 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing on border thinking, postcolonial and transnational feminisms, and queer theory, Gender, Sexuality and Identities of the Borderlands brings an intersectional feminist and queer lens to understandings of borderlands, liminality, and lives lived at the margins of socio-cultural and sexual normativities. Bringing together new and contemporary interdisciplinary research from across diverse global contexts, this collection explores the lived experiences of what Gloria Anzaldua might have called 'threshold people', people who live among and in-between different worlds. While it is often challenging, difficult, and even dangerous, inhabiting marginal spaces, living at the borders of socio-cultural, religious, sexual, ethnic, or gendered norms can create possibilities for developing unique ways of seeing and understanding the worlds within which we live. This collection casts a spotlight on the margins, those 'queer spaces' in literary, cinematic, and cultural borderlands; postcolonial and transnational feminist perspectives on movement and migration; and critical analyses of liminal lives within and between socio-cultural borders. Each chapter within this unique book brings a critical insight into diverse global human experiences in the 21st Century.

Linguistic Dimensions of Sexual Normativity - Corpus-Based Evidence (Hardcover): Heiko Motschenbacher Linguistic Dimensions of Sexual Normativity - Corpus-Based Evidence (Hardcover)
Heiko Motschenbacher
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book advances the theorization of normativity as a key concept in language and sexuality studies, bringing together some of the author's previous work with new material for a comprehensive exploration of the influence of normativity on the relationship between language and sexuality. The first section of the book outlines fundamental areas of inquiry in language and sexuality studies today, with a focus on queer linguistic inquiry, and elucidates the book's theoretical frameworks around normativity. Chapters in the section reflect on the ways in which normativity shapes sexuality-related language, how language is employed to convey sexual normativities and queer linguistic challenges for the use of research methods in the discipline through a discussion of their implementation in corpus linguistics. The second part of the book builds on these theoretical foundations by featuring seven case studies that illustrate a diverse range of methods and language data, with a concluding chapter considering the implications of their findings for furthering theoretical debates and future research on normativity in language and sexuality studies. This volume will be of interest to scholars in language and sexuality, language and gender, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, applied linguistics and corpus linguistics.

The Male Dancer - Bodies, Spectacle, Sexualities (Hardcover): Ramsay Burt The Male Dancer - Bodies, Spectacle, Sexualities (Hardcover)
Ramsay Burt
R4,066 Discovery Miles 40 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This revised third edition of The Male Dancer updates and enlarges a seminal book that has established itself as the definitive study of the performance of masculinities in twentieth century modernist and contemporary choreography. In this authoritative and lively study, Ramsay Burt presents close readings of dance works from key moments of social and political change in the norms around gender and sexuality. The book's argument that prejudices against male dancers are rooted in our ideas about the male body and behaviour has been extended to take into account recent interdisciplinary discussions about whiteness, intersectionality, disability studies, and female masculinities. As well as analysing works by canonical figures like Nijinsky, Graham, Cunningham, and Bausch, it also examines the work of lesser-known figures like Michio Ito and Eleo Pomare, as well as choreographers who have recently emerged internationally like Germaine Acogny and Trajal Harrell. The Male Dancer has proven to be essential reading for anyone interested in dance and the cultural representation of gender. By reflecting on the latest studies in theory, performance, and practice, Burt has thoroughly updated this important book to include dance works from the last ten years and has renewed its timeliness for the 2020s.

Homosexuality - A Subjective and Objective Investigation (Hardcover): Charles Berg Homosexuality - A Subjective and Objective Investigation (Hardcover)
Charles Berg
R3,945 Discovery Miles 39 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in Britain in 1958, the original blurb read: 'To those whose sex life is based on heterosexual relationships, the homosexual is a grotesque, shadowy creature - a person spoken of with scorn. If you are not one of us, it is impossible to realise our feelings when this occurs. It is incredible to us that a well-educated girl could make the following remark: "What do they look like? I wonder if I've ever seen one?"' These words - written by a lesbian and taken from one of the personal histories of homosexual men and women which open this book - might be taken as its theme. In our statistically minded age, we are apt to forget that behind the word homosexual there is always a person. Widespread misconceptions about homosexuality are particularly startling when one considers the disturbing prevalence. The purpose of this book is to bring into public light, the knowledge of the manifestations of the problem, so that they may be openly examined. The book is divided into two parts: Part One presents a collection of revealing autobiographies, diaries, letters and intimate observations in which the homosexuals speak for themselves. Part Two offers an examination of the cause and cure of homosexuality by important figures from all major schools of thought. It includes contributions by Sigmund Freud, C. G. Jung, George W. Henry, Magnus Hirschfield, Wilhelm Stekel and Sandor Ferenczi. In editing this volume, Dr Berg has bridged a significant gap in the scientific approach to sexual behaviour. By bringing to life the feelings, fears, attitudes and anxieties of the human being behind the statistics of homosexual incidence, as well as the causes, it should become indispensable to the movement for intelligent sex education. This book is a re-issue originally published in 1958. The language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication.

Fear, Punishment Anxiety and the Wolfenden Report (Hardcover): Charles Berg Fear, Punishment Anxiety and the Wolfenden Report (Hardcover)
Charles Berg
R2,730 Discovery Miles 27 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1959, the blurb read: 'Dr Berg has made a comprehensive survey of the Wolfenden Report in regard to homosexuality and illustrated his comments with extracts from case material. He points out that whereas public opinion has so far lagged behind the Committee's main recommendation, scientifically far from being an advance the report may be considered lamentably reactionary. He says; "Perhaps this report is a good lesson in the futility of trying to unravel and assess psychological phenomena without first removing the obstacles to understanding their meaning". The author deals with the subject in his usual forthright, witty and persuasive style, which is easily enjoyed by psychiatrist and layman alike, and the book should be welcomed by all who seek to understand this controversial topic. Later chapters include a discussion of the wider implications of punishment and a new theory of the fundamental nature of Anxiety and Fear.' Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context. This book is a re-issue originally published in 1959. The language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication.

The Social Science of Same-Sex Marriage - LGBT People and Their Relationships in the Era of Marriage Equality (Hardcover):... The Social Science of Same-Sex Marriage - LGBT People and Their Relationships in the Era of Marriage Equality (Hardcover)
Aaron Hoy
R3,930 Discovery Miles 39 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Showcasing research from across the social sciences, this edited volume seeks to provide readers with an empirically grounded sense of how many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people marry in the US and Canada, what their marriages look like, and how LGBT people themselves are impacted by marriage and marriage equality. Prior to marriage equality, lawmakers and activists across the political spectrum debated whether same-sex couples should have the legal right to marry, and likewise, academic research to date has focused mostly on the politics of same-sex marriage. However, this edited volume focuses on LGBT people themselves and their intimate relationships in the era of marriage equality. Including both quantitative and qualitative social science research, it features 14 primary chapters that examine a diverse set of topics, including demographic patterns in same-sex marriage and cohabitation, marital aspirations and motivations among LGBT people, arrangements and dynamics within same-sex relationships, and the legal benefits and informal privileges associated with marriage. The edited volume will be of interest to scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, child and family studies, communications, social work, and economics, while also offering valuable information for laypeople generally interested in families and/or LGBT studies.

Branding Masculinity - Tracing the Cultural Foundations of Brand Meaning (Paperback): Elizabeth Hirschman Branding Masculinity - Tracing the Cultural Foundations of Brand Meaning (Paperback)
Elizabeth Hirschman
R631 Discovery Miles 6 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Branding Masculinity examines two ideologies of masculinity - one typifying rural agricultural areas and the other found in urban, business settings. Comparisons are made between these two current forms of masculinity and both similarities and differences are identified. Six product categories compose the Constellation of Masculinity for both groups. Hirschman selects a masculine prototype brand from each category and presents a detailed analysis of the images, language and marketing actions used to create the brand's masculinity over time. Using her method, marketers for other brands will be equipped to enhance the masculine status of their brands, as well. Branding Masculinity proposes that masculine brands are made, not born. Masculinity is an enduring cultural ideal which can be attached to a variety of products and brands by the appropriate use of symbols, icons and images. Scholars from various disciplines within the fields of branding, marketing, public relations and corporate identity will see this book as vital in continuing the academic discourse in the field. It will serve as a respected reference resource for researchers, academics, students and policy makers, alike.

Italian Youth in International Context - Belonging, Constraints and Opportunities (Paperback): Valentina Cuzzocrea, Barbara... Italian Youth in International Context - Belonging, Constraints and Opportunities (Paperback)
Valentina Cuzzocrea, Barbara Giovanna Bello, Yuri Kazepov
R1,241 Discovery Miles 12 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Italy is not a country for young people. Why? This book provides a unique and in-depth collection of empirical and theoretical material providing multiple answers to this question whilst investigating the living conditions of young people in Italy today. By bringing together a variety of approaches and methods, the authors of this collection analyze Italian youth through the lenses of three dimensions: 'Activism, participation and citizenship', 'Work, Employment and Careers' and 'Moves, Transitions and Representations'. These dimensions are the analytical building blocks for challenging stereotypes and unveiling misinterpretations and taken-for-granted assumptions that portray young people in Italy as selfish, 'choosy', and unwilling to make sacrifices, commit and manage an independent life. These prejudices often underplay the role of constraints they are facing in the transition to adulthood. Studying Italian youth, therefore, not only allows us to capture their peculiar characteristics but also to reflect more broadly on the conceptual toolbox we need in order to understand contemporary youth more generally. By doing so, the volume aims to contribute to international discussion on the youth condition in Europe.

Identity, Belonging, and Community in Men's Roller Derby (Paperback): Dawn Fletcher Identity, Belonging, and Community in Men's Roller Derby (Paperback)
Dawn Fletcher
R1,227 Discovery Miles 12 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Modern roller derby has been theorised as a gendered leisure context, offering women opportunities for empowerment and growth, and enabling them to carve a space for themselves in sport. No longer a women-only sport, roller derby is now played by all genders and has been heralded as a model of inclusivity within sport. Identity, Belonging, and Community in Men's Roller Derby offers an insight into how men's roller derby culture is created and maintained, how members forge an identity for themselves and their team, and how they create feelings of belonging and inclusivity. Through in-depth ethnographic study of a specific, localised roller derby community, this book examines how practices of skills capital intersect with different configurations of masculinity in a continual struggle between traditional and inclusive models of sport. An interrogation of the ways a DIY sport can be seen to be achieved, experienced, and understood in everyday practice, this book will appeal to scholars of men, masculinities, and sport. Additionally, the methodological discussions will be of value to ethnographers and researchers who have had to deal with a disruptive presence.

Black and Sexy - A Framework of Racialized Sexuality (Paperback): Tracie Gilbert Black and Sexy - A Framework of Racialized Sexuality (Paperback)
Tracie Gilbert
R939 Discovery Miles 9 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Introduces a comprehensive sexological model through which Black sexuality can be understood and navigated in the contemporary era. * Offers a sex positive perspective, addressing sensual pleasure, mental excitation, and positive emotion. * Demystifies and clarifies some of the sexual experiences of African Americans, increasing the reader's understanding and ensuring clinicians are well-informed when treating clients. * Will be the first title to be published in on the topic of black sexuality for over a decade, with the potential to be a truly leading book in the field.

Black and Sexy - A Framework of Racialized Sexuality (Hardcover): Tracie Gilbert Black and Sexy - A Framework of Racialized Sexuality (Hardcover)
Tracie Gilbert
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Introduces a comprehensive sexological model through which Black sexuality can be understood and navigated in the contemporary era. * Offers a sex positive perspective, addressing sensual pleasure, mental excitation, and positive emotion. * Demystifies and clarifies some of the sexual experiences of African Americans, increasing the reader's understanding and ensuring clinicians are well-informed when treating clients. * Will be the first title to be published in on the topic of black sexuality for over a decade, with the potential to be a truly leading book in the field.

Race and Masculinity in Gay Men's Pornography - Deconstructing the Big Black Beast (Hardcover): Desmond Francis Goss Race and Masculinity in Gay Men's Pornography - Deconstructing the Big Black Beast (Hardcover)
Desmond Francis Goss
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book unpacks the character of pornographic representations of queer Black masculinity and how these representations vary between corporate and noncorporate producers. The author argues that representations of Black men in gay porn rely on stereotypes of Black masculinity to arouse consumers, especially those which characterize Black men as "missing links" or focus excessively on their "dark phalluses." Moreover, these depictions consistently separate gay Black and white men's sexuality into bifurcated discursive spaces, thereby essentializing sexual aspects of racial identity. Lastly, though such depictions are less prevalent in user-submitted videos, overall, both user-submitted and corporate content reify stereotypes about Black masculinity. This book is written for researchers, lecturers, and graduate courses in the social sciences and humanities, including Sociology, Social Psychology, Sexuality, African American Studies, Women and Gender Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Culture and Art Studies, Porn Studies, Social Media Studies, and Public Health.

Reproductive Politics in the United States (Hardcover): Kimala Price Reproductive Politics in the United States (Hardcover)
Kimala Price
R4,063 Discovery Miles 40 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

-A lively accessible entry into the complex and controversial debates around reproductive rights -Not only focusses on the right not to reproduce but also the rights to reproduce, to parent the children that one has in safe and healthy environments, to determine the conditions of childbirth, to create families, and to engage in adult consensual sexual activities and relationships - Takes an activist standpoint to answer the question 'why do feminists care about reproduction?'

Lesbians, Women & Society (Hardcover): E. M. Ettorre Lesbians, Women & Society (Hardcover)
E. M. Ettorre
R3,036 Discovery Miles 30 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1980, Lesbians, Women and Society presents an analysis of lesbianism as a phenomenon that developed from a 'personal problem' or 'individual deviance' to a social movement with political ambitions. Social lesbianism, an important concept introduced in the text, refers to the emergence of a public expression of lesbianism and is a stage in the process of establishing a lesbian group identity. It thrusts the issue into the public eye, and lends vitality to society's awareness. Two groups of 'social lesbians' are visible: those fearful of change who cling to traditional and social views, 'sick but not sorry'; and those who wish to challenge such traditional views in favour of a more public approach, 'sorry, but we're not sick.' But regardless of their relationships to the dominant sexual ideology, as a group, 'social lesbians' threaten the structure of power in society. This critical analysis thus challenges many people's views of lesbianism, and points out to the uninformed observer the complexities which are involved in the contemporary lesbian experience. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, gender studies, feminist theory, and sexuality studies.

Paradoxes of Neoliberalism - Sex, Gender and Possibilities for Justice (Hardcover): Elizabeth Bernstein, Janet R. Jakobsen Paradoxes of Neoliberalism - Sex, Gender and Possibilities for Justice (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Bernstein, Janet R. Jakobsen
R4,061 Discovery Miles 40 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the rise of far-right regimes to the tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent years have brought global upheaval as well as the sedimentation of longstanding social inequalities. Analyzing the complexities of the current political moment in different geographic regions, this book addresses the paradoxical persistence of neoliberal policies and practices, in order to ground the pursuit of a more just world. Engaging theories of decoloniality, racial capitalism, queer materialism, and social reproduction, this book demonstrates the centrality of sexual politics to neoliberalism, including both social relations and statecraft. Drawing on ethnographic case studies, the authors show that gender and sexuality may be the site for policies like those pertaining to sex trafficking, which bundle together economics and changes to the structure of the state. In other instances, sexual politics are crucial components of policies on issues ranging from the growth of financial services to migration. Tracing the role of sexual politics across different localities and through different political domains, this book delineates the paradoxical assemblage that makes up contemporary neoliberal hegemony. In addition to exploring contemporary social relations of neoliberal governance, exploitation, domination, and exclusion, the authors also consider gender and sexuality as forces that have shaped myriad forms of community-based activism and resistance, including local efforts to pursue new forms of social change. By tracing neoliberal paradoxes across global sites, the book delineates the multiple dimensions of economic and cultural restructuring that have characterized neoliberal regimes and emergent activist responses to them. This innovative analysis of the relationship between gender justice and political economy will appeal to: interdisciplinary scholars in social and cultural studies; legal and political theorists; and the wide range of readers who are concerned with contemporary questions of social justice.

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