Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality [2 volumes]
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Amy Lind and Stephanie Brzuzy. Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality [2 volumes]. Greenwood, 2007. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313088001.
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Whether in the home or in the public arenas of media, work, sports, politics, art or religion, women often become embroiled as subjects in the political, social, and cultural debates in America. People on all areas of the political landscape see women in diverse and conflicting ways—as either too liberated or not liberated enough, or whether and how gender and sexual roles are rooted in either biology or culture. Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality helps readers navigate contemporary issues and debates pertaining to women's lives in the United States and globally. This work examines how science and culture intertwine to influence how we think about our identities, desires, relationships, and societal roles today.
Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality comprises lengthy, in-depth discussions of the most timely issues that are debated in today's culture, such as, birth control, comparable worth, disability and gender, glass ceiling, immigration, plastic surgery, tattooing, and piercing, same-sex marriage, and sexual assault and sexual harrassment
Each essay provides a balanced overview of these hot-button topics, and a list of works for Further Reading after each entry serves as a stepping-stone to more in-depth material for students who are writing papers or researching reports.
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"The variety, brevity, and accessibility of the essays make this volume an excellent resource for undergraduate students searching for scholarly interpretations of current issues involving gender. Where applicable, the editors have included special informational boxes with added features such as time lines, biographical sketches, and more detailed explanations of topics….This work is an excellent up-to-date supplement to the almost nine-year-old Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women, ed. by C. Kramarae and D. Spencer….Recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates." - Choice"Writing is clear and accessible….[P]rovides a useful introduction to many issues about women's identities as reflected in societal contexts. Even though women's lib may seem old hat, the underlying issues remain and need to be addressed clearly. These volumes are a fine effort to that end…." - Booklist"Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality is a great reference tool that has a large number of themes of females. Anyone seeking new information as well as recognized subject matter on females will, without any hesitation, find the area under discussion in Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Clearly, it is vital to women's studies." - ARBA". . . the bibliographies at the end of each entry are so impressively comprehensive that it's easy to determine that each entry has been excellently researched. The comprehensive index provides guidance for finding topics and people and overall, much like the set itself, is quite intuitive. . . . [T]his work can definitely fill a gap in many academic reference collections." - Feminist Collections
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Table of Contents
Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality [2 volumes]
Author(s): Amy Lind and Stephanie BrzuzyContributors: Brzuzy, Stephanie; Lind, Amy;Abstract:Whether in the home or in the public arenas of media, work, sports, politics, art or religion, women often become embroiled as subjects in the political, social, and cultural debates in America. People on all areas of the political landscape see women in diverse and conflicting ways—as either too liberated or not liberated enough, or whether and how gender and sexual roles are rooted in either biology or culture. Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality helps readers navigate contemporary issues and debates pertaining to women's lives in the United States and globally. This work examines how science and culture intertwine to influence how we think about our identities, desires, relationships, and societal roles today.
Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality comprises lengthy, in-depth discussions of the most timely issues that are debated in today's culture, such as, birth control, comparable worth, disability and gender, glass ceiling, immigration, plastic surgery, tattooing, and piercing, same-sex marriage, and sexual assault and sexual harrassment
Each essay provides a balanced overview of these hot-button topics, and a list of works for Further Reading after each entry serves as a stepping-stone to more in-depth material for students who are writing papers or researching reports.
Editor(s): Brzuzy, Stephanie; Lind, Amy;SortTitle: battleground: women, gender, and sexuality [2 volumes]Author Info:Stephanie BrzuzyeditorAmy LindeditoreISBN-13: 9780313088001Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9780313088001.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9780313340376Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 696Publication Date: 20071230Series: Battleground Series- Battleground Women, Gender, and Sexuality iii4
- Contents v6
- Guide to Related Topics ix10
- Preface xiii14
- Entries: 122
- Volume 1 iii4
- Abortion 122
- Affirmative Action 930
- Aging 1637
- Barbie and the Feminine Ideal of Beauty 2344
- Beauty Industry 2950
- Beauty Pageants 3152
- Birth Control 3859
- Birthing Practices 4566
- Bisexuality 5475
- Breast Cancer 6081
- Breastfeeding 6384
- Child Custody and Parental Rights 6788
- Child Sexual Abuse 7394
- Childcare 80101
- Colonialism and Imperialism 87108
- Comparable Worth 97118
- Crime and Criminalization 99120
- Depression 109130
- Digital Technologies 111132
- Disability and Gender 114135
- Disability and Sexuality 124145
- Eating Disorders 127148
- Education 134155
- Environmental Justice 143164
- Equal Rights Amendment 150171
- Family Values 153174
- Fatherhood Initiatives 159180
- Female Sexuality and Dysfunction 165186
- Femininities and Masculinities 172193
- Feminist Art Practices 181202
- Feminization of Poverty 188209
- Fetal Rights 194215
- Fibromyalgia 200221
- Gender and Globalization: Free Trade Zones 203224
- Gender and Globalization: Trends and Debates 206227
- Gender and International Development 218239
- Gender Identity Disorder 225246
- Gender Socialization 227248
- Glass Ceiling 233254
- Heterosexism and Homophobia 237258
- HIV/AIDS 245266
- Homosexual Reparative Therapy 248269
- Human Rights: International Laws and Policies 251272
- Immigration: Laws and Policies Concerning Entry into the United States 259280
- Intersexuality 267288
- Intimate Partner Violence 273294
- Kinsey Scale of Sexual Behavior 281302
- Leftist Armed Struggle 289310
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Movements 291312
- Lesbians and Gays in the Military 299320
- Volume 2 iii330
- Mail-Order Brides 307340
- Media Images of Women: Advertising 313346
- Media Images of Women: Music 320353
- Media Images of Women: Television and Film 327360
- Medicine and Medicalization: Views on Women’s Bodies 334367
- Menstruation and Menopause 345378
- Mental Health: Gender Biases in Diagnoses of Women 351384
- Mexican Female Migrants 358391
- Militarized Prostitution 365398
- Military History 367400
- Nationalism 375408
- Nature versus Nurture 381414
- Plastic Surgery, Tattooing, and Piercing 389422
- Political Parties 395428
- Politics and Political Ideologies: Left ist Women 402435
- Politics and Political Ideologies: Right-Wing Women 409442
- Polygamy 415448
- Population Policy 421454
- Pornography 428461
- Postfeminism 435468
- Postmodernist and Poststructuralist Feminisms 442475
- Queer 449482
- Race and Racism: Social Stratification in the United States 461494
- Race and Racism: Whiteness and White Supremacy 468501
- Religion 475508
- Religious Fundamentalism 487520
- Right-Wing Women’s Movements 494527
- Sadomasochism, Domination, and Submission 503536
- Same-Sex Marriage 505538
- Second and Third Wave Feminisms 512545
- Self-Injury and Body Image 521554
- Sex Reassignment Surgery 527560
- Sex Trafficking 530563
- Sex versus Gender 533566
- Sex Work 540573
- Sexism in Language 550583
- Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment 556589
- Sexual Identity and Orientation 563596
- Sexual Orientation and the Law 573606
- Sports: Professional 579612
- Terrorism and National Security 587620
- Third Genders 593626
- Third World and Women of Color Feminisms 596629
- Title IX and Women’s Sports 607640
- Transgender and Transsexual Identities 610643
- Welfare Reform 621654
- Work: Paid versus Unpaid 627660
- Bibliography 635668
- About the Editors and Contributors 639672
- Index 645678