Gender and the local-global nexus : theory, research, and action

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Label

Gender and the local-global nexus : theory, research, and action

Title remainder

theory, research, and action

Statement of responsibility

edited by Vasilikie Demos [and] Marcia Texler Segal

Contributor

• Demos, Vasilikie P
• Segal, Marcia Texler, 1940-

Subject

• Social Science -- Gender Studies
• Electronic books
• Gender studies, gender groups
• Globalization -- Social aspects
• Globalization -- Social aspects
• Sex discrimination
• Sex discrimination
• Sex role
• Sex role

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

The nine papers in this volume have a world in which the local/global connection is salient as background. Examining gender and its implications for feminist action within this setting, they fall into three overlapping categories. The first, theory, involves the theoretical consideration of gender across place and time. The second, research, reveals cultural differences in attitudes toward gender, and the third, action, concerns the feminist implications of gender as hierarchy. Disciplines represented include archaeology, cultural anthropology, sociology, and urban studies. Comparing, contrasting, and critiquing, authors based in Australia, Brazil, Italy, New Zealand, and the United States report research findings and personal experiences from their home countries as well as Canada, Mexico, Siberia, Slovakia, and a range of Asian nations. In every instance, gender dynamics are shown to be challenging and complex and new insights and directions for gender research, theory and action are revealed. It discusses theory, research and action tied to gender and geographic location. A variety of cultures are represented from diverse countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe. It provides new insights and directions for gender research

Member of

• Advances in gender research, v. 10
• EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection-North America

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

305.3

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ1075

LC item number

.G423 2006eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Advances in gender research,

Series volume

v. 10