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Women and Men : Cultural Constructs of Gender
Nancy Bonvillain
Paperback - $126.95
A cross-cultural study of gender roles and relationships, this book presents a synthesis of a wide range of ethnographic and historical data concerning the roles of women and men in wide range of different kinds of societies--with a focus on both mat ...
Women and Religion in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Daniel Ethan Bornstein
Paperback - $48.95
These essays explore the involvement of women in religious life throughout northern and central Italy and trace the evolution of communities of pious women as they tried to achieve their devotional goals despite the strictures of the ecclesiastical h ...
Gender Outlaw : On Men, Women and the Rest of Us
Kate Bornstein
Hardcover - $187.95
Kate Bornstein has been through some changes--a former heterosexual male, one-time Scientologist and IBM salesperson, now a lesbian woman writer and actress. In this work, she covers everything readers want to know about gender (but are too confused ...
She's Not the Man I Married : My Life with a Transgender Husband
Helen Boyd
Paperback - $26.95
Helen Boyd's husband, who had long been open about being a crossdresser, is considering living as a woman full-time. Suddenly, Boyd is confronted with the reality of what it will mean if her husband were actually to become a woman--socially, legally, ...
Gender and Power in the Workplace : Analyzing the Impact of Economic Change
Harriet Bradley
Hardcover - $191.95
Using original material from interviews with female and male employees in five case-study organizations, this book explores how processes of gendering are played out in the sphere of employment. The author develops a new approach to power in terms of ...
From Chivalry to Terrorism : War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity
Leo Braudy
Paperback - $29.95
Manliness has always been linked to physical prowess and to war; indeed the warrior has been the archetypal man across countless cultures throughout time. In this magisterial excursion through literature, history, warfare, and sociology, one of our m ...
Gender Consciousness and Privilege
Celeste M. Brody
Hardcover - $369.95
and students were talking about male and female issues. The book shows that the combination of leadership, staff and curricular awareness, and an understanding of gender fair and gender affirmative practices can serve to improve institutional effecti ...
Men of Letters, Writing Lives
Trev Lynn Broughton
Paperback - $90.95
"Men of Letters, Writing Lives" takes an in-depth look at the developments within Victorian autobiography and biography, and asks what we can learn about the conditions and limits of male literary authority. The book focuses on two case studies from ...
True Selves : Understanding Transsexualism-For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals
Mildred L. Brown
Paperback - $30.95
Combines authoritative information and humanitarian insight into the transsexual experience
Filled with wisdom and understanding, this groundbreaking book paints a vivid portrait of conflicts transsexuals face on a daily basis--and the courage the ...