Women, Science, and Technology

A Reader in Feminist Science Studies

Edited by Mary Wyer, Mary Barbercheck, Donna Giesman Cookmeyer, Hatice Ozturk, Marta Wayne

Women, Science, and Technology is an ideal reader for courses in feminist science studies, science studies more generally, women’s studies, and studies in gender and education. This second edition fully updates its...

Published May 29th 2008 by Routledge.

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Child Abuse, Gender and Society

By Jackie Turton

Traditionally child sexual abuse has been perceived as a male crime, however, recent research suggests that a significant minority of offenders are female. While recognizing...

Published December 6th 2007 by Routledge.

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Accounting for Rape

Psychology, Feminism and Discourse Analysis in the Study of Sexual Violence

By Irina Anderson, Kathy DohertyJane Ussher

Accounting for Rape presents an original perspective on the subject of rape, focusing on both female and male sexual violence. The authors investigate everyday beliefs...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

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Food

Edited by David Inglis, Debra Gimlin, Chris Thorpe

In the last five years or so, there has been a huge explosion of scholarly work on the history of food and, likewise, pressing problems...

Published August 9th 2007 by Routledge.

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Youth Cultures

Scenes, Subcultures and Tribes

Edited by Paul Hodkinson, Wolfgang Deicke

Youth Cultures offers a comprehensive outline of youth cultural studies in the twenty-first century, with reference to a range of new research case studies. Featuring...

Published June 7th 2007 by Routledge.

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Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity Through Education

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First published in 1985, the Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity Through Education quickly established itself as the essential reference work concerning gender equity in education....

Published May 22nd 2007 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Anna Julia Cooper, Visionary Black Feminist

A Critical Introduction

By Vivian M. May

Vivian M. May explores the theoretical and political contributions of Anna Julia Cooper, a renowned Black feminist scholar, educator and activist whose ideas deserve far...

Published February 26th 2007 by Routledge.

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Marginalised Mothers

Exploring Working Class Experiences of Parenting

By Val Gillies

Successive moral panics have cast poor or socially excluded mothers - associated with social problems as diverse as crime, underachievement, unemployment and mental illness -...

Published November 30th 2006 by Routledge.

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Sport and Gender Identities

Masculinities, Femininities and Sexualities

Edited by Cara Carmichael Aitchison

This important new book brings together gender studies and sexuality studies to provide original and critical insights into processes of identity formation in a wide...

Published November 28th 2006 by Routledge.

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Introducing the New Sexuality Studies

Original Essays and Interviews

Edited by Steven Seidman, Nancy Fischer, Chet Meeks

Breaking new ground, both substantively and stylistically, this book offers students, academics and researchers an accessible, engaging introduction and overview of this emerging field. Its...

Published November 23rd 2006 by Routledge.

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