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The Lenses of Gender : Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality
Sandra Lipsitz Bem
Paperback - $44.95
A leading theorist on sex and gender discusses how hidden assumptions embedded in our culture, social institutions, and individual psyches perpetuate male power and oppress women and sexual minorities. Illustrated.
Like Subjects, Love Objects : Essays on Recognition and Sexual Difference
Jessica Benjamin
Hardcover - $96.95
From the perspective of developmental psychoanalysis, Jessica Benjamin, the author of The Bonds of Love, makes the case for what she calls "gender heterodoxy" -- a highly original view of the similarities and differences between the sexes. In the pro ...
Like Subjects, Love Objects : Essays on Recognition and Sexual Difference
Jessica Benjamin
Paperback - $44.95
From the perspective of developmental psychoanalysis, the author of "The Bonds of Love" makes the case for what she calls "gender heterodoxy"--a highly original view of the similarities and differences between the sexes. In the process, she illuminat ...
The Politics of American Feminism : Gender Conflict in Contemporary Society
James T. Bennett
Paperback - $59.95
The Jessie Bernard Reader
Jessie Bernard
Hardcover - $178.95
Jessie Bernard was one of the foremost early feminist sociologists and public intellectuals in women??'s studies. In "The Jessie Bernard Reader," Michael S. Kimmel and Yasemin Besen have compiled her most intriguing and influential work on marriage, ...
Nobody Passes : Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity
Matthew Bernstein Sycamore
Paperback - $26.95
Nobody Passes is a collection of essays that confronts and challenges the very notion of belonging. By examining the perilous intersections of identity, categorization, and community, contributors challenge societal mores and countercultural norms. N ...
Temporarily Yours : Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex
Elizabeth Bernstein
Paperback - $48.95
Generations of social thinkers have assumed that access to legitimate paid employment and a decline in the 'double standard' would eliminate the reasons behind women's participation in prostitution. Yet in both the developing world and in postindustr ...
Female Well-Being : Toward a Global Theory of Social Change
Janet Mancini Billson
Paperback - $90.95
This book provides case studies written by country teams of scholars, educators, and policy analysts from around the world which document key trends from 1900 to 2000 in infant mortality, maternal mortality, literacy, life expectancy, education, work ...