What's New- This sixth edition includes 25 new selections and 10 new boxed inserts, representing the most current scholarship and public debates. All dated pieces have been deleted or revised and updated, retaining only classics in the field.
- New topics addressed include Muslim and Hindu women, women’s participation in hate movements and violent fundamentalist movements around the globe, Afghan women and war, women and men in sports, lesbian and gay families, media images of Asian-American, African American, and lesbian women, violence against women of color, and Third wave feminism.
- Although the core focus remains on women and gender, this edition offers expanded and more consistent coverage of masculinity, through articles by leading scholars such as Michael Kimmel, Michael Messner, R.W. Connell, Michael Swalbe, and Steven Schacht. In every section the authors have added articles dealing with men and masculinity and/or articles dealing with both men and women, making the volume more useful for instructors who teach courses on gender, while retaining its appeal for courses on women's studies or the sociology of women.
- The section on theoretical perspectives (Section 2) is almost entirely new. New and updated selections by Patricia Hill-Collins, R. W. Connell, and Anne Fausto-Sterling improve the coverage of feminist intersectionality theory and the medical construction of gender. A new Judith Butler piece covers performative theories of gender and will be useful to instructors who want to cover representation at a more sophisticated level.
- The section on representation, language, and culture (Section 3) includes new articles that address the intersections of race and sexuality in television, music, and the mass media.
- New articles incorporated throughout the text focus on the impact of globalization on women.
- New coverage highlights the applications of feminist legal theory to women’s lives. This edition includes a new article by Kimberle Crenshaw on the race and gender dimensions of domestic violence, as well as a selection by Eileen Boris pointing out the way recent welfare reforms in the U.S. have transformed the meanings of work for low-income women.
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