Author Description

This Book Draws On A Wide Range Of Fields, Theories And Thinkers To Provide A Complete Introduction To The Study Of Gender. Each Entry Presents A Critical Definition Of Its Subjects, Examining Origins, Usage And Major Contributors. Presented In A-z Format, It Explores Those Terms Most Central To Gender Studies Including: Agency, The Body, Class, Disability, Femininities, Gender And Development, Men, Masculinity And Masculinities, New Reproductive Technologies, Power And Representation. List Of Key Concepts -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Gender: The Key Concepts -- Affect -- Agency -- The Body -- Care -- Class -- Citizenship -- Cultural Difference -- Cyberspace -- Diaspora -- Disability -- Femininities -- The Feminization Of Poverty -- Feminism And Psychoanalysis -- Feminist Economics -- Feminist Epistemology -- Feminist Politics -- Gender And Development -- Gender-based Violence -- Gender Identity -- Gender Mainstreaming -- Heteronormativity -- Interdisciplinarity -- Lgbt Politics -- The Male Gaze -- Men, Masculinity And Masculinities -- New Reproductive Technologies -- Performativity -- Postcolonialism -- Postfeminism -- Power -- Reflexivity -- Representation -- The Sexual Division Of Labour -- Subjectivity -- Transnational Feminisms -- Women's Studies/gender Studies. Edited By Mary Evans And Carolyn H. Williams. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.