Introducing Gender and Womens Studies

PROF. DIANE RICHARDSON is Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of many books including Rethinking Sexuality (Sage 2000), Theorising Heterosexuality (Open University Press 1996) and co-editor of Intersections Between Feminist and Queer Theory. Dr VICTORIA ROBINSON is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK, and has taught women's and gender studies since the 1980's. She has published widely in the areas of masculinities, heterosexualities and women's and gender studies.

PART 1: THEORY AND POLITICS Conceptualising Gender; D.Richardson Feminist Theory; S.Hines Feminism, Social Movements and the Gendering of Politics; N. Charles Men, Masculinities and Feminism; V.Robinson PART 2: BODIES/IDENTITIES Gendered Bodies: Gendered Lives; K.Woodward Racing the Feminist Agenda: Exploring the Intersections Between Race, Ethnicity and Gender; K.Reed Sexuality; Y.Taylor PART 3: INSTITUTIONS Families, Domesticity and Intimacy; S.Jackson Gender and Schooling: Contemporary Issues in Gender Equality and Educational Achievement; J.Ringrose & D.Epstein Gender and Work; Z.Irving PART 4: CULTURES AND CONTEXTS Media and Popular Culture; R.Holliday Cyberspace/technologies: Of Cyborgs and Feminism; S.Gillis PART 5: DOING FEMINIST RESEARCH Feminist Methodology Matters; L.Stanley & S.Wise Postscript; V.Robinson & D.Richardson Bibliography Index