The Short Guide to Gender (Short Guides) - Softcover

Woodward, Kath

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847427634 ISBN 13: 9781847427632

Publisher: Policy Press, 2011

Synopsis

This accessible guide provides readers with an introduction to the key concepts and main developments in gender studies. Presenting definitions, explanations and policy implications through discussion of case studies, this book shows how gender intersects with different dimensions of diversity and demonstrates the connections between sex and gender. Using a range of pedagogical features and highlighting the importance of gender in the contemporary world, this succinct text provides an ideal overview for students and professionals alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Kath Woodward, Sociology, The Open University

Review:

Woodward overviews the increasingly complex terrain of gender studies in a lucid, concise and readable manner. She charts theoretical developments and contentious debates in the field with contemporary and relevant examples which will resonate with a wide readership. Barbara Pini, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

In this accessible, exciting and important new text, Woodward interrogates both the conceptual and policy implications of gender in a lively and very topical way. She reveals how gender needs to be continually rethought, given its ongoing use in a diversity of ways by theorists across a range of disciplines, as well as how it still matters in the social world. Vicki Robinson, University of Sheffield, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1847427634
• ISBN 13: 9781847427632
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152