Readers of Global Gender Research will learn to compare and
contrast feminist concerns globally, gain familiarity with the
breadth of gender research, and understand the national contexts
that produced it.
This volume provides an in-depth comparative picture of the
current state of feminist sociological gender and women's studies
research in four regions of the world?Africa, Asia, Latin
America/the Caribbean, and Europe?as represented by many countries.
The introductory essay to each region explains how social science
research on women and/or gender issues has been shaped by
economics, politics, and culture, and by trends that are
simultaneously local, regional, and global. It familiarizes readers
with the wide range of salient issues, research methods, writing
styles, and leading authors from around the globe.
Each regional section includes several chapters on gender
research in specific countries that represent the region's
diversity and cover the major theoretical and empirical trends that
have emerged over time, as well as the relationship of key research
questions to feminist activism and women's or gender studies. Next,
the editors illustrate this new wave of gender scholarship with
translated/reprinted samples of research articles from additional
countries in the region, that cover a wide range of important
global topics?such as work, sexuality, masculinities, childcare and
family issues, religion, violence, law and gender policies.
Finally, this volume provides scholars with extensive
bibliographies and a listing of web sites for women's and gender
research centers in 85 countries.
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