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Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies

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Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies

This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and analytical frameworks used in the interdisciplinary Women, Gender, Sexualities field. It unpacks the social construction of knowledge and categories of difference, processes and structures of power and inequality, with a focus on gendered labor in the global economy, and the historical development of feminist social movements.

Gender StudiesSocial Sciences
Author
Kang, Lessard, & Heston
Publisher
University of Massachusett Amherst
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 39 sections
  1. 01: An Introduction to Women Gender Sexuality Studies - Grounding Theoretical Frameworks and Concepts
  2. 1.01: Critical Introduction to the Field
  3. 1.02: Theorizing Lived Experiences
  4. 1.03: Identity Terms
  5. 1.04: Conceptualizing Structures of Power
  6. 1.05: Social Constructionism
  7. 1.06: Intersectionality
  8. 1.07: References- Unit I
  9. 02: Challenging Binary Systems and Constructions of Difference
  10. 2.01: Introduction- Binary Systems
  11. 2.02: Gender and Sex Transgender and Intersex
  12. 2.03: Sexualities
  13. 2.04: Masculinities
  14. 2.05: Race
  15. 2.06: Class
  16. 2.07: Alternatives to Binary Systems
  17. 2.08: The SexGenderSexuality System
  18. 2.09: References- Unit II
  19. 03: Institutions Culture and Structures
  20. 3.01: Introduction- Institutions Cultures and Structures
  21. 3.02: The Family
  22. 3.03: Media
  23. 3.04: Medicine Health and Reproductive Justice
  24. 3.05: The State Law and the Prison System
  25. 3.06: Intersecting Institutions Case Study- The Struggle to End Gendered Violence and Violence Against Women
  26. 3.07: References- Unit III
  27. 04: Gender and Work in the Global Economy
  28. 4.01: Introduction- Gender and Work in the Global Economy
  29. 4.02: Gender and Work in the US
  30. 4.03: Gender and the US Welfare State
  31. 4.04: Transnational Production and Globalization
  32. 4.05: Racialized Gendered and Sexualized Labor in the Global Economy
  33. 4.06: References- Unit IV
  34. 05: Historical and Contemporary Feminist Social Movements
  35. 5.01: Introduction- Feminist Movements
  36. 5.02: 19th Century Feminist Movements
  37. 5.03: Early to Late 20th Century Feminist Movements
  38. 5.04: Third Wave and Queer Feminist Movements
  39. 5.05: References- Unit V