Gender Studies Fall 2018 Title Catalog by Cognella, Inc

GENDER & SEXUALITY TITLE CATALOG

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2018

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GENDER MATTERS Truths and Consequences Sarah M. Pitcher

This anthology employs an intersectional feminist approach to introduce students to the various ways feminist thinkers discuss gender. The text encourages readers to challenge the “truth” of gender-related definitions, the ways in which people play into these truths, and the consequences of passively accepting them. Gender Matters is ideal for classes in gender studies, sociology, and gender issues.

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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Gender, Poverty, and Globalization Ronald W. Luna

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This text explores fundamental concepts of geography relating to developing countries. Students will learn how culture evolves spatially and temporally, and how these evolutions impact perceptions, actions, values, and ethnic identity. They will analyze major theories, and the human and physical contexts in which these theories are applied.

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COMMUNICATION AND PREJUDICE Theories, Effects, and Interventions Alexis Tan

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This text is a comprehensive exploration of how communication affects prejudice, and how communication interventions reduce it. The book gives readers a well-rounded understanding of theories and current research on the topic, sustained with real-world examples that bring concepts and principles to life. It is ideal for undergraduate courses in journalism, mass communication, race and gender in media, and communications.

A GENDERED GAZE Media Impacts on Perceptions of Self and Sexuality Suzanne Regan

This text explores the influence of media on audiences’ conception of gender and sexuality. In particular, it examines the ways new media impact how people see themselves and others. The text is organized into five chapters which address subjects such as identity, cultural representation, whiteness and the othering of ethnic minorities, the construction of narrative and character, representation of sex and gender, and the contemporary culture exchange.

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WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR JELLYBEANS? Intersections of Generation, Race, Sex, Culture, and Gender Felecia Carter Harris

ÂŠ 2017 When faced with a constant flow of information, how can society adequately explore the intersection of race, spirituality, politics, culture, and gender? This text examines how these concepts affect our views of differences in general, and more importantly, how we view each other. This text is well-suited to courses in African American studies, gender studies, diversity, and sociology.

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GENDER AND EDUCATION Felecia Carter Harris

ÂŠ 2017

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This text discusses the impact of education on women and people of color at the intersection of gender, race, class, culture, and political and generational variables. The book explores how the languages of gender and equity can be understood beyond the assignment of categories or academic success. The text is ideal for courses in education, gender studies, and race and diversity.

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SEX AND VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA James R. Angelini

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This anthology sets the stage with an examination of how sexual and violent content can impact audience members emotionally, particularly children. Scholarly articles in this anthology bring together the work of many noted researchers in the field of mass communication who examine sexual and violent content of television, film, music, video games, and advertising.

ART AND GENDER An Intersexual Reader Gregory Gurley

ÂŠ 2017

This anthology includes articles, excerpts, and case studies that address socio-cultural factors influencing the roles of women and men from the perspectives of the visual and performing arts. This text draws upon gender in its varied permutations as a vehicle for discussing and understanding arts, culture, and society. It explores how gender is relevant to the creation and study of arts and culture.

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STORIES NOT YET HEARD Women in American History Jeanne L. Miller

This anthology of readings on women in American history discusses women’s roles and contributions from the early 17th Century to the present day. Students will learn about the lives of historical figures like Sacajawea, Sojourner Truth, and Tokyo Rose as well as more contemporary figures such as Gloria Steinem and Wilma Mankiller. This anthology gives readers insight into all-too-often ignored perspectives and experiences.

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RELIGION AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Politics, Ecology, and Women’s Rights Ivanessa Arostegui

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This anthology explores three areas of life in which religion has a profound impact: political policy, ecology, and women’s rights. Through the lens of six religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – the text encourages readers to think critically about how the power of religion both shapes and frames important issues.

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POLITICALLY INCORRECT Women Artists and Female Imagery in Early Modern Europe Gina Strumwasser

ÂŠ 2016

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This text celebrates women who met the challenge of being female professionals and succeeded as artists at a time when such accomplishments were not expected or encouraged. Concentrating on social history as well as the history of art, the book inspires students to think about the context in which the women of Early Modern Europe lived.

THE RIGHTFUL PLACE OF WOMEN Female Leadership in World Scriptures Olfat El-Mallakh

ÂŠ 2016

This text iis dedicated to teaching that the sacred scriptures of major world religions endow female leadership. It explores the role of women in religious stewardship since the time of Ancient Egypt. Each section examines a different religion and cites extensively from its major writings, artfully presenting examples of how the women are meant to be treated, as opposed to the way they are often dealt with.

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FROM PERSONAL TO POLITICAL

This book is dedicated to the second and third waves of feminism. The selected readings explore how these movements prompted social changes and highlight the outcomes of those changes. It examines how activism helped change laws regarding rape and domestic violence and supported the formation of battered women’s shelters.

This book explores key themes and modes of criticism in the fields of gender studies and popular culture. The chapters address topics such as masculinity and looking, femininity, domesticity, and television, pornography and representation, and the romance novel as “pornography” for women.

GENDER, SEX, AND SOCIETY

This book explores concepts and issues of gender, sexuality, and society. The readings in the first unit highlight key conceptual questions about how society defines and forms normative regulations for gender. Selections then focus on the roots of gender ideologies, historical trends, and patterns that temper genderbinary norms and practices.

This book fills a void in the literature of the social work field by giving practitioners a greater degree of sexuality literacy. Topics covered include the role of values in sexuality, sexual health and reproduction, relationships, sexual orientation, gender and gender identity, sexuality and the lifespan, sex work and sex workers, sexuality in the ill or disabled, and being a sexually healthy adult.

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DEEPLY PRIVATE, INCREDIBLY PUBLIC

This text educates readers about cultural attitudes toward reproduction and pregnancy, changes taking place in reproductive medicine and technology, the meaning of reproductive power, and what the impact of reproduction and family might mean for them someday.

QUEER IN AZTLÁN

CHICANO MALE RECOLLECTIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND COMING OUT

This book explores issues of queer youth identity, sexuality, masculinity, homophobia, sexism, and violence in Mexican and American culture, presents a complex view of queer Chicanos/Mexicanos, and contests dominant sexual norms. It challenges current scholarship in Chicana/Chicano studies to expand beyond the traditional confines of male sexuality.

This book focuses on multiple layers of identity and marginalization—LGBTQ people’s race, gender, class, sexual orientation, and other aspects of humanness—simultaneously, and stresses that sexual orientation and gender identity cannot and should not be separated from these.

MORE THAN JUST SEX

This text addresses the psychological concepts and beliefs that foster sexual pleasure, and those that inhibit it. The book is an antidote to today’s graphic, readily available sexual imagery which lacks the necessary context for teaching what it means to be sexually involved with another human being.

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EXPLORING VICTIMOLOGY

This book provides an introduction to the field of victimology, discusses theories and the measurement of victimization, examines victim precipitation and victim blaming, and explores the various costs of crime to victims. Students will gain insight into the effects and consequences of victimization on various populations, including women, children, elderly, and secondary victims.

This anthology introduces students to concepts associated with gender ranging from equality to violence. It engages them in in-depth examinations of crimes of sex and the discourse on sexual autonomy. The readings examine inequality within the patriarchal system with the primary focus on the subjugation and oppression of the gendered body.

This anthology offers historical and contemporary perspectives on critical issues in the administration of justice and places these issues within a variety of theoretical and sociological contexts. It focuses on each stage of the criminal justice system and examines the way justice is administered differently to certain groups within the overall population.

This anthology examines the social, economic, political, and cultural forces that present challenges to the formation and development of healthy relationships and, ultimately, marriages and families. It pushes students to think critically about how ideologies and values stemming from these forces shape their own ideas, values, and perceptions.

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This textbook serves as a valuable learning tool for courses in media and communication studies, cultural studies, women’s and LGBT studies, and composition courses organized thematically around popular culture. Students are given the theoretical tools to engage popular media as dynamic sites of cultural struggle and knowledge production.

AFRIKAN AMERICAN WOMEN

This anthology brings together the work of psychologists, social workers, historians, and other scholars who have studied Black female oppression. Their research examines the effects of race, gender, class, and culture on the mental, emotional, and physical health and psychosocial adjustment of Afrikan American women.

This anthology provides an interdisciplinary examination of the local and global impacts of the institutionalization of gender roles, class, race, religion, and nationality in social, economic and political policies. Readers will learn how gendered perspectives are integrated into economics, politics, and global processes.

EYES OF THE STORMS

This book is a blend of theoretical critique, political analysis, and young peoples’ stories, based on a year-long feminist ethnography with a cross-national sample of twenty-five women. It links the experiences of young people to theoretical analysis, and engages readers through personal, readable essays.

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The selected articles are current and comprehensive, and engage readers in critical thinking, asking them to view topics in ways they may not have considered previously. The material examines the timeline and perspective of societal events in sexuality development, and addresses global perspectives of sexual norms.

SEX, ETHICS, AND COMMUNICATION

This book addresses the need for thoughtful consideration of human sexuality and sexual communication. Written from a secular humanist perspective, the book places communication, rather than biology, psychology, or religion, at the heart of our understanding of sex and sexual behavior.

This anthology illustrates how the media can reduce a richness of differences to simplistic categorizations by providing a wealth of real-life examples. In addition to creating awareness about the use of stereotypes, this book also gives readers some key tools that will help them approach every group with fairness.

This anthology examines the ways in which race, ethnicity, class, and gender impact offenders as they move through the criminal justice system, and integrate back into the community. The book also looks at the unintended consequences of criminal justice policies on women and minorities, and considers what, if anything, is being done to address disparities.

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LOCALIZING/GLOCALIZING OPPRESSION

This book dives into this concept by exploring the underlying issues of oppression in our society. Each of the sections of this book asks us to engage critical thinking skills to better examine those issues as they relate to the social constructions of race, class, gender, and sexuality in the U.S. through both the readings and the “Reflection Activities” provided at the end of each section.

This anthology conveys anthropological insights about human life through studies of globalization, microcredit, immigration, NGOs, fair trade, and other contemporary realities. The authors address the politics of knowledge production, issues of representation, racialization, and constructions of gender while exploring enduring concerns of anthropology.

This book provides a highly entertaining and academic look at free speech and association issues on the college campus. The presentation of the legal material mixed in with humorous fact patterns makes analysis of the cutting edge campus speech issues enjoyable. Each section includes in-depth discussion questions to encourage a deeper engagement and understanding of the text.

AIN’T NOBODY WORRYIN’

This volume highlights specific topics found in popular discourse about African American Males and their experiences in America, including Black Male identity, sexuality, education, mentorship, relationships, and socialization. The essays span a broad array of issues and concerns voiced about the lives of Black men in America from both a historical and contemporary perspective.

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This book delivers information that addresses a major need and fulfills our desire for details on how to have greater fulfillment in an intimate relationship. The book provides a process that enables everyone to create the relationship of their dreams.

THE NEW MALE NATION

This book is not about male bashing; it is about a culture that has somehow influenced men to behave differently towards women. These selections are sure to spark lively discussions about how men think and what has changed.

THE FEMALE FACTOR

This book provides both the incentive and the direction for challenging, insightful, and inspiring discussions that will motivate women to become actively involved in creating a more peaceful world. From rural case studies about single welfare mothers, to globalization and transnational feminist networks, women are determined to be heard.

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