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Book Title: Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies

by Miliann Kang; Donovan Lessard; Laura Heston; and Sonny Nordmarken

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Book Description: The primary textbook included here 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. The book emphasizes feminist sociological approaches to analyzing structures of power, drawing heavily from empirical feminist research.Added into the units is complementary material from various other OER textbooks and sources as well as a complete PDF of The Essential Feminist Reader.

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Book Description

The primary textbook included here 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. The book emphasizes feminist sociological approaches to analyzing structures of power, drawing heavily from empirical feminist research.
Added into the units is complementary material from various other OER textbooks and sources as well as a complete PDF of The Essential Feminist Reader.

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Authors

Miliann Kang; Donovan Lessard; Laura Heston; and Sonny Nordmarken

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Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Copyright © 2017 by Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston, Sonny Nordmarken is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Title
Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies
Authors
Miliann Kang; Donovan Lessard; Laura Heston; and Sonny Nordmarken
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Copyright © 2017 by Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston, Sonny Nordmarken is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
The Arts
Additional Subject(s)
Sex and sexuality, social aspects
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Publisher City
Amherst, MA
Publication Date
June 30, 2017