Feminist Frontiers

ISBN 10: 1538108100 / ISBN 13: 9781538108109

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Feminist Frontiers
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538108100
• ISBN 13: 9781538108109
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Feminist Frontiers is intended for use in courses on women’s studies, gender studies, feminist studies, or the sociology of gender. It offers a general framework for analyzing women, society, and culture; its classic and contemporary readings on cutting-edge topics cut across disciplinary and generational lines, presenting the full diversity of women’s lives and exploring commonalities and interconnected differences. New selections in the tenth edition emphasize the diversity of women’s experiences and the intersections of gender with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, and ability.

New to This Edition:
Thirty-five new selections emphasize the diversity of women’s experiences and promote understanding of how gender inequality intersects with other systems of oppression, including race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, and ability Highlights contemporary issues including “gender of Trumpism,” climate change, mass shootings, and the #BlackLivesMatter movement to address issues students face on a daily basisInclusion of blogs and online writings emphasizes the impact of social media on society including Facebook, Twitter, and online gaming

About the Authors

Verta Taylor is Emerita Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Feminist Studies and Edward A. Dickson Emerita Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Nancy E. Whittier is Sophia Smith Professor of Sociology at Smith College. She has taught statistics and research methods for over 30 years, and also teaches classes on gender, sexuality, and social movements. She is the author of Frenemies: Feminists, Conservatives, and Sexual Violence (Oxford University Press, 2018), The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse: Emotions, Social Movements, and the State (Oxford University Press, 2009), Feminist Generations (Temple, 1995), and numerous articles on social movements, gender, and sexual violence, and is co-editor of Feminist Frontiers (10th edition, Rowman & Littlefield, 2020, with Verta Taylor and Leila Rupp).

Leila J. Rupp is Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies and Interim Anne and Michael Towbes Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Santa Barbara.