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Every day millions of people struggle with psychological and emotional problems. The Stressed Sex sets out to answer a simple, but crucial, question: are rates of psychological disorder different for men and women? The implications - for individuals and society alike -...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-05-23
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Every day millions of people struggle with psychological and emotional problems. The Stressed Sex sets out to answer a simple, but crucial, question: are rates of psychological disorder different for men and women? The implications - for individuals and society alike -...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-05-23
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The idea that respect for cultural diversity conflicts with gender equality is now a staple of both public and academic debate. Yet discussion of these tensions is marred by exaggerated talk of cultural difference, leading to ethnic reductionism, cultural stereotyping,...
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Polity
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2013-04-25
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This book provides a short and accessible introduction to the field of gender history, one that has vastly expanded in scope and substance since the mid 1970s. Paying close attention to both classic texts in the field and the latest literature, the author examines the...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-04-22
Collection :
What is History?
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Feminism is not dead. This is not a postfeminist era.Feminism is still vibrant, despite declarations that it is over.Feminism is a success, although many gender inequalities remain.Feminism is taking powerful new forms, which makes it unrecognisable to some. In The...
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Polity
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2013-04-17
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Gender issues continue to be a prominent concern of academics and policy-makers, and increasingly arise in various forms to be debated in the public sphere and popular media. But what exactly do we mean by gender? How can we best understand gender differences? How are...
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Polity
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2013-04-03
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Where are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to...
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Polity
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2013-04-03
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Gender issues continue to be a prominent concern of academics and policy-makers, and increasingly arise in various forms to be debated in the public sphere and popular media. But what exactly do we mean by gender? How can we best understand gender differences? How are...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-04-03
Collection :
Key Concepts
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Andreas Oskar Kempf behandelt transnationale Migrationsverläufe aus dem ländlichen Raum von Ost- nach Westeuropa mit dem Fokus auf Rumänien und Italien. Er rekonstruiert, in welche biographischen Zusammenhänge die transnationalen Migrationsprozesse eingebettet sind, und...
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Springer VS
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2012-11-26
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Whether you drink it or not, alcohol is likely a potent part of your life: our culture is saturated in it. Ask any woman you know to tell you a drinking story, and she’ll come up with one—in fact, she may even come up with five. With friends and with...
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Seal Press
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2012-09-04
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A collection of essays representing the growing variety of approaches used to write the history of medieval women. They reflect the European medieval world socially, geographically and across religious boundaries, engaging directly with how the medieval women's...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-08-06
Collection :
The New Middle Ages
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In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history? The result takes the...
Editeur :
Robinson
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2012-06-07
Collection :
Brief Histories
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"A religious fundamentalist, a political operative, a primitive sermonizer, and an accomplice of worldly secular powers. Her mission has always been of this kind. The irony is that she has never been able to induce anybody to believe her. It is past time that she was...
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Twelve
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2012-04-10
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Set amidst the political upheaval of the McCarthy trials, the Vietnam War, and the rise of the women's movement, Intimate Politics is a courageous and uncompromising account of one woman's personal and political transformation, and a fascinating portrayal of a key...
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Seal Press
Parution :
2011-10-11
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This collection, with contributions on seventeen countries from social scientists from Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, analyzes the characteristics and potential of diverse educational, political and related initiatives towards progressive changes...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-10-10
Collection :
Global Masculinities
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Der Sammelband befasst sich mit der Situation von Wissenschaftlerinnen in der deutschen außerhochschulischen Forschung, speziell in den Naturwissenschaften. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Sammelbands zeigen die deutliche Geschlechterdifferenz hinsichtlich...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
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2011-09-28
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Richard Blechynden was a surveyor, architect, and builder in early colonial Bengal. This volume and its companion (Sex and Sensibility) use 80 volumes of his diaries and other archival material along with anecdotes, extracts, and stories to recreate histories of...
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OUP India
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2011-09-15
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Historicising Gender and Sexuality features a diverse collection of essays that shed new light on the historical intersections between gender and sexuality across time and space. Demonstrates both the particularities of specific formulations of gender and sexuality...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-09-07
Collection :
Gender and History Special Issues
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Transnational Borderlands: The Making of Cultural Resistance in Women's Global Networks investigates the implications of transnational feminist methodologies at multiple levels: collective actions, theory, pedagogy, discursive, and visual productions. It addresses a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-06-06
Collection :
Comparative Feminist Studies
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Featuring extensive revisions and updates, the Second Edition of The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research presents an introductory overview of gender theory and research, and continues to offer a unique and compelling approach to one of the most...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-02-23
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