Gender panic, gender policy / Vasilikie P. Demos (University of Minnesota), Marcia Texler Segal (Indiana University Southeast).
Material type:
TextSeries: Advances in gender research ; v. 24.Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, Description: 1 online resource (xix, 342 pages)ISBN: 9781787432024Subject(s): Sex discrimination against women | Gender identity | Sexual minoritiesAdditional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 305.42 LOC classification: HQ1237 | .G46 2017Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Using diverse theories and methods including analysis of online data, feminist critical discourse, fieldwork, grounded theory, and queer theory, this edited volume explores gender panic and policy in the United States as well as Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Japan, Russia, Sweden, and subnational populations. Contributors consider a range of issues from the meaning of learning to play the traditional female role in order to develop a contemporary heteronormative romantic relationship to the difficulties of fairly accommodating non-binary people in traditionally gendered settings or the problem of implementing a gender-neutral rape law in a prison system that is structurally gendered. Gendered policies pertaining, particularly, to women and their fertility as a result of panics over low birthrates are explored as are issues relating to the validation of and problems with binary gender categories in elite sports. The impact of UN gender equality initiatives including LGBT equality on nation-states is also examined.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
eBook
|
Digital Library
Resources in this library are accessible in digital format e.g. eBooks or eJournals accessible online. |
HQ1237 .G46 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available |
Browsing Digital Library shelves, Shelving location: Online Access Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
| HQ1236.5.S6 O78 2018 Women, activism and apartheid South Africa : | HQ1236.5.U6 B76 2008 Wives, Mothers, and the Red Menace | HQ1237 .E53 2015 Enabling gender equality | HQ1237 .G46 2017 Gender panic, gender policy / | HQ1237 .G46 2019 Gender and practice : | HQ1240 .G46 2019 Gender and practice : | HQ1240.5.D44 C533 2007 Gender, generation and poverty |
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Using diverse theories and methods including analysis of online data, feminist critical discourse, fieldwork, grounded theory, and queer theory, this edited volume explores gender panic and policy in the United States as well as Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Japan, Russia, Sweden, and subnational populations. Contributors consider a range of issues from the meaning of learning to play the traditional female role in order to develop a contemporary heteronormative romantic relationship to the difficulties of fairly accommodating non-binary people in traditionally gendered settings or the problem of implementing a gender-neutral rape law in a prison system that is structurally gendered. Gendered policies pertaining, particularly, to women and their fertility as a result of panics over low birthrates are explored as are issues relating to the validation of and problems with binary gender categories in elite sports. The impact of UN gender equality initiatives including LGBT equality on nation-states is also examined.
Print version record
There are no comments on this title.