Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies

by Kang, Lessard, & Heston

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This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and analytical frameworks used in the interdisciplinary Women, Gender, Sexualities field. 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.

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Publisher
University of Massachusett Amherst
Subjects
Social Sciences, Gender Studies
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. About This Book
  6. Licensing
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1: An Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies - Grounding Theoretical Frameworks and Concepts
  9. 1.1: Critical Introduction to the Field
  10. 1.2: Theorizing Lived Experiences
  11. 1.3: Identity Terms
  12. 1.4: Conceptualizing Structures of Power
  13. 1.5: Social Constructionism
  14. 1.6: Intersectionality
  15. 1.7: References- Unit I
  16. 2: Challenging Binary Systems and Constructions of Difference
  17. 2.1: Introduction- Binary Systems
  18. 2.2: Gender and Sex – Transgender and Intersex
  19. 2.3: Sexualities
  20. 2.4: Masculinities
  21. 2.5: Race
  22. 2.6: Class
  23. 2.7: Alternatives to Binary Systems
  24. 2.8: The Sex,Gender,Sexuality System
  25. 2.9: References- Unit II
  26. 3: Institutions, Culture, and Structures
  27. 3.1: Introduction- Institutions, Cultures, and Structures
  28. 3.2: The Family
  29. 3.3: Media
  30. 3.4: Medicine, Health, and Reproductive Justice
  31. 3.5: The State, Law, and the Prison System
  32. 3.6: Intersecting Institutions Case Study- The Struggle to End Gendered Violence and Violence Against Women
  33. 3.7: References- Unit III
  34. 4: Gender and Work in the Global Economy
  35. 4.1: Introduction- Gender and Work in the Global Economy
  36. 4.2: Gender and Work in the US
  37. 4.3: Gender and the US Welfare State
  38. 4.4: Transnational Production and Globalization
  39. 4.5: Racialized, Gendered, and Sexualized Labor in the Global Economy
  40. 4.6: References- Unit IV
  41. 5: Historical and Contemporary Feminist Social Movements
  42. 5.1: Introduction- Feminist Movements
  43. 5.2: 19th Century Feminist Movements
  44. 5.3: Early to Late 20th Century Feminist Movements
  45. 5.4: Third Wave and Queer Feminist Movements
  46. 5.5: References- Unit V
  47. Back Matter
  48. Index
  49. Index
  50. Glossary
  51. Detailed Licensing