Binding: Paperback
Description: Women's Studies: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the pathbreaking and cross - disciplinary study of women past and present. Tracing the history of the field from its origins this revised and updated text sets out the main topics making up the discipline exploring its global development and its relevance to our own times. A new chapter on militarization and violence provides fresh insight into trends in the contemporary world and adds to curricular significance. Reflecting the diversity of the field core themes include: The interdisciplinary nature of women's studies Core feminist theories and the feminist agenda Issues of intersectionality: women race class gender ethnicity and religion Violence militarization security and peace Women sexuality and the body Women's Studies: The Basics provides an informed foundation for those new to the subject and is especially meant to guide undergraduates and postgraduates concentrating in women's studies and gender studies. Those in related disciplines will find in it a valuable overview of and background to women - centered issues and concerns including global ones. The work also provides an updated list of suggested reading to help in further study classroom presentations and written exercises.
Title: Women's Studies: The Basics
Author(s): Smith Bonnie G. (Rutgers University Usa)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138495937
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 3/25/2019
Series: The Basics
Category: Gender Studies: Women