Women's lives : multicultural perspectives / Gwyn Kirk, Margo Okazawa-Rey
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 conditionsWomen - United States - Economic conditionsFeminism - United States |
شخص | Okazawa-Rey, Margo |
LDR | 00120cam a22002173a 4500 |
020 | |a 0072822449 |
050 | |a HQ1421.K573 |
100 | |a Kirk, Gwyn |
245 | |a Women's lives : |b multicultural perspectives / |c Gwyn Kirk, Margo Okazawa-Rey |
250 | |a 3rd ed |
260 | |a New York, NY |b McGraw-Hill Higher Education, |c 2004 |
300 | |a xxii, 580, 53 p.: |b ill.; |c 24 cm |
500 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index |
505 | |a 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 |
520 | |a 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. |
650 | |a Feminism - United States |
650 | |a Women - United States - Economic conditions |
650 | |a Women - United States - Social conditions |
700 | |a Okazawa-Rey, Margo |
910 | |a libsys:recno,2689 |
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