The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, 5 Volume Set by Nancy A Naples

The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, 5 Volume Set by Nancy A Naples

The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars in the overlapping areas of gender, feminist, queer, masculinity, and sexuality studies; and acknowledges the growing interdisciplinary impact of these fields. Edited by a first rate team of geographically diverse scholars drawn from disciplines across the social sciences and humanities with international reputations in the field Entries are written in an approachable and accessible manner and include a short bibliography and a list of cross-references Unique in its interdisciplinary approach across allied social sciences including sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, economics, literary studies, politics, history, and psychology as well as the fields of women's, gender and sexuality studies Attention paid to the identification and inclusion of feminist activism, regional and national diversity, international context, social policy, economics, non-governmental organizations and key term 5 Volumes www.genderandsexualityencyclopedia.com

"One of the greatest benefits of having [digital] access to this encyclopedia is that it is online and searchableIt will make a good addition to an online reference collection for any university where human sexuality or gender studies are offered.... The other strength of this reference work is its interdisciplinary nature. I was surprised at the breadth of topics that were covered in the resource."
—Jamie Bloss, Reference Reviews, Vol 31, No 3

Nancy A. Naples is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Sociology at the University of Connecticut. Her publications focus on the intersection of gender, sexuality, race, political activism, and citizenship in comparative perspective and feminist praxis. She is author of Feminism and Method: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, and Activist Research (2003)and Grassroots Warriors (1998); and co-editor of Border Politics: Social Movements, Collective Identities and Globalization (2015),The Sexuality of Migration (2010) by Lionel Cantú, and Women’s Activism and Globalization: Linking Local Struggles with Transnational Politics (2002). She is also series editor for Praxis: Theory in Action  published by State University of New York Press.

 

renée c. hoogland is Professor of English at Wayne State University in Detroit, where she teaches literature and culture after 1870, critical theory, cultural studies, and visual culture. She has published widely on American and British literature, film, visual culture, and critical theory. Her most recent book is A Violent Embrace: Art and Aesthetics after Representation (UPNE, 2014). hoogland is also the editor of Criticism: A Quarterly for Literature and the Arts and and the Senior Editor in Chief of a 10 volume handbook series on Gender forthcoming with MacMillan. 

 

Maithree Wickramasinghe is Professor at the Department of English and the Founding Director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. She is Visiting Professor at the University of Sussex, UK. Her research interests include gender mainstreaming, sexual and gender-based violence, women and development as well as feminist research methodology. Her publications include Feminist Research Methodology: Making Meanings of Meaning Making (2010), and From Theory to Action: Women, Gender and Development (2000). She has worked extensively on transforming research into policy, programs and evaluation. 

Wai Ching Angela Wong is Vice-Chair and Associate Professor of Department of Cultural and Religious Studies and the Co-Director of Gender Research Centre at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her publications include Gender and Family in East Asia (2014), Chinese Women and Hong Kong Christianity: An Oral History (2010); “Our Stories Our Bodies: Narrating Female Sexuality in Hong Kong,” Mainstreaming Gender in Hong Kong Society (2009), and The Poor Woman: A Critical Analysis of Asian Theology and Contemporary Chinese Fiction by Women (2002).

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ISBN 13	9781405196949
ISBN 10	1405196947
Title	The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, 5 Volume Set
Author	Nancy A Naples
Series	Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias In Social Sciences
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2016-05-06
Number of pages	2800
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