Introduction to women's studies book

Course description this course offers an introduction to key concepts and problematics within womens and gender studies. A teaching resources collection 8 although this collection represents only a small sample of the important work that women s and gender studies practitioners are doing at present in their respective institutions, these resources do reveal trends in the teaching methods utilized in the field. All rights reserved 4050 westmark drive, dubuque, ia 52002 careers privacy policy accessible education returns. Introduction to womens, gender, and sexuality studies.

Emphasizing both interdisciplinarity and intersectionality, this innovative mix of anthology and textbook includes key primary historical sources, debates on contemporary issues, and recent work in science, technology, and digital cultures. About this book introduction to women, gender, sexuality. The book shows how colonialism and imperialism, as they spread across the world, shaped ideas about gender as much as other modern phenomena. While most introductory womens studies textbooks focus on the united states, even if they add multiculturalism to the discussion, this book looks at women in diverse locations around the world and encourages students to think about gender in a transnational rather than a purely u. She has received numerous awards for her research in political psychology, gender politics, feminist theory, and womens studies, and has served on the. While most introductory womens studies textbooks focus on the united states, even if they add multiculturalism to the discussion, this book looks at women in. It unpacks the social construction of knowledge and categories of difference, processes and structures of power and inequality, with a focus on gendered labor in the global economy, and the historical development of feminist social movements. Introduction to women, gender, sexuality studies open textbook library.

Introduction to women, gender, sexuality studies open textbook. While most introductory womens studies textbooks focus on the united states, even if they add multiculturalism to the discussion, this book looks. Interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches is the first text to reflect the exciting changes taking pla womens and gender studies departments and programs are undergoing rapid transformation, creating the need for a comprehensive and accessible introductory textbook that addresses the current state of the field. This book is a cloned version of introduction to women, gender, sexuality studies by miliann kang, donovan lessard, laura heston, sonny nordmarken and kang, and miliann, published using pressbooks by university of massachusetts amherst libraries under a cc by attribution license. Breckinridge professor of political science and womens studies at the university of wisconsin madison, where she has taught for more than 25 years. An introduction to womens and gender studies syllabus. Introduction to womens studies mcgrawhill higher education. While most introductory womens studies textbooks focus on the united states, even if they add multiculturalism to the discussion, this book.