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Women's lives : multicultural perspectives / Gwyn Kirk, Margo Okazawa-Rey

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رقم التسجيلة 2689
نوع المادة book
ردمك 0072822449
رقم الطلب

HQ1421.K573

شخص Kirk, Gwyn
العنوان Women's lives : multicultural perspectives / Gwyn Kirk, Margo Okazawa-Rey
بيان الطبعة 3rd ed
بيانات النشر New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2004.
الوصف المادي xxii, 580, 53 p : 24 cm ; ill
ملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references and index

المحتويات / النص

Introduction: The Framework of This Book 1 PART ONE KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING 1 Theories and Theorizing: Integrative Frameworks for Understanding 9 2 Identities and Social Locations: Who Am I? Who Are My People? 59 PART TWO OUR BODIES, OURSELVES 3 Women's Bodies 111 4 Women's Sexuality 143 5 Women's Health 173 6 Violence Against Women 225 PART THREE MAKING A HOME, MAKING A LIVING 7 Relationships, Families, and Households 273 8 Work, Wages, and Welfare 317 9 Living in a Global Economy 371 PART FOUR SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY 10 Women, Crime, and Criminalization 413 11 Women and the Military, War, and Peace 453 12 Women and the Environment 491 PART FIVE ACTIVISM AND CHANGE 13 Creating Change: Theory, Vision, and Action 521

المستخلص

This interdisciplinary, multicultural text-reader provides an introduction to women;s studies by examining the diversity of U.S. women;s lives across categories of race-ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability, and age, and within a global context. Substantial chapter introductions provide statistical information and explanations of key concepts and ideas, as a context for the reading selections. Each chapter includes "Questions to frame your reading" and suggestions for "Taking Action" to help students link their learning to their own lives and to the world around them.

المواضيع Women - United States - Social conditions
Women - United States - Economic conditions
Feminism - United States
شخص Okazawa-Rey, Margo