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Persons and Powers of Women in Diverse Cultures

Author : Shirley Ardener
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040282032
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Persons and Powers of Women in Diverse Cultures written by Shirley Ardener and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents important essays inspired by the pioneering works of three leading women anthropologists. The title may therefore be read in more than one way. The three biographical essays in this volume as well as the comprehensive bibliographies of these anthropologists' works fully confirm the high esteem in which their remarkable personalities are held to this day and offer material about them not formerly available. The book includes important discussions by distinguished social anthropologists, based on rich ethnographic data, of the many identities, personhoods, powers, and other various categorizations of women, each author handling her material and analyses in her own distinctive way. Of particular value is Shirley Ardener's perceptive introductory essay which places the volume in the wider context of some areas of major concern to social scientists, such as the construction of identities, kinship theory, and the production of knowledge itself, as well as of the particularities of women in diverse cultures.

On Norms and Agency

Author : Ana María Muñoz Boudet
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 082139892X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book On Norms and Agency written by Ana María Muñoz Boudet and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on focus groups and interviews with nearly 4,000 women, men, girls, and boys from 20 countries, this book explores areas that are less often studied in gender and development: gender norms and agency. It reveals how little gender norms have changed, how similar they are across countries, and how they are being challenged and contested.

Women and Power in the Middle East

Author : Suad Joseph
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812206908
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Women and Power in the Middle East written by Suad Joseph and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventeen essays in Women and Power in the Middle East analyze the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape gender systems in the Middle East and North Africa. Published at different times in Middle East Report, the journal of the Middle East Research and Information Project, the essays document empirically the similarities and differences in the gendering of relations of power in twelve countries—Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, Lebanon, Turkey, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Iran. Together they seek to build a framework for understanding broad patterns of gender in the Arab-Islamic world. Challenging questions are addressed throughout. What roles have women played in politics in this region? When and why are women politically mobilized, and which women? Does the nature and impact of their mobilization differ if it is initiated by the state, nationalist movements, revolutionary parties, or spontaneous revolt? And what happens to women when those agents of mobilization win or lose? In investigating these and other issues, the essays take a look at the impact of rapid social change in the Arab-Islamic world. They also analyze Arab disillusionment with the radical nationalisms of the 1950s and 1960s and with leftist ideologies, as well as the rise of political Islamist movements. Indeed the essays present rich new approaches to assessing what political participation has meant for women in this region and how emerging national states there have dealt with organized efforts by women to influence the institutions that govern their lives. Designed for courses in Middle East, women's, and cultural studies, Women and Power in the Middle East offers to both students and scholars an excellent introduction to the study of gender in the Arab-Islamic world.

Paradoxes of Gender

Author : Judith Lorber
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300064971
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book Paradoxes of Gender written by Judith Lorber and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pathbreaking book, a well-known feminist and sociologist--who is also the Founding Editor of Gender & Society--challenges our most basic assumptions about gender. Judith Lorber views gender as wholly a product of socialization subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation. In her new paradigm, gender is an institution comparable to the economy, the family, and religion in its significance and consequences. Drawing on many schools of feminist scholarship and on research from anthropology, history, sociology, social psychology, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies, Lorber explores different paradoxes of gender: --why we speak of only two "opposite sexes" when there is such a variety of sexual behaviors and relationships; --why transvestites, transsexuals, and hermaphrodites do not affect the conceptualization of two genders and two sexes in Western societies; --why most of our cultural images of women are the way men see them and not the way women see themselves; --why all women in modern society are expected to have children and be the primary caretaker; --why domestic work is almost always the sole responsibility of wives, even when they earn more than half the family income; --why there are so few women in positions of authority, when women can be found in substantial numbers in many occupations and professions; --why women have not benefited from major social revolutions. Lorber argues that the whole point of the gender system today is to maintain structured gender inequality--to produce a subordinate class (women) that can be exploited as workers, sexual partners, childbearers, and emotional nurturers. Calling into question the inevitability and necessity of gender, she envisions a society structured for equality, where no gender, racial ethnic, or social class group is allowed to monopolize economic, educational, and cultural resources or the positions of power.

Women, Politics, and Power

Author : Pamela Paxton
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781412998666
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (986 download)

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Download or read book Women, Politics, and Power written by Pamela Paxton and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women, Politics, and Power provides a clear and detailed introduction to women's political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and regions. Using broad statistical overviews and detailed case-study accounts, authors Pamela Paxton and Melanie Hughes document both historical trends and the contemporary state of women's political strength across diverse countries. In addition to describing worldwide themes, the book acknowledges differences among women through attention to intersectionality and heterogeneity among women. Dedicated chapters on six geographic regions highlight the distinct paths women may take to political power in different parts of the world. There is simply no other book that offers such a thorough and multidisciplinary synthesis of research on women's political power around the world.

Gender equality, heritage and creativity

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO
ISBN 13 : 9231000500
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Gender equality, heritage and creativity written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initiated by the Culture Sector of UNESCO, the report draws together existing research, policies, case studies and statistics on gender equality and women's empowerment in culture provided by the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, government representatives, international research groups and think-tanks, academia, artists and heritage professionals. It includes recommendations for governments, decision-makers and the international community, within the fields of creativity and heritage. Annex contains essay 'Gender and culture: the statistical perspective' by Lydia Deloumeaux.

The Social Construction of Gender

Author : Judith Lorber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The Social Construction of Gender written by Judith Lorber and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rhetorical Power of Popular Culture

Author : Deanna D. Sellnow
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1071851500
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book The Rhetorical Power of Popular Culture written by Deanna D. Sellnow and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can television shows like Stranger Things, popular music by performers like Taylor Swift, advertisements for products like Samuel Adams beer, and films such as The Hunger Games help us understand rhetorical theory and criticism? The Fourth Edition of The Rhetorical Power of Popular Culture offers students a step-by-step introduction to rhetorical theory and criticism by focusing on the powerful role popular culture plays in persuading us as to what to believe and how to behave. In every chapter, students are introduced to rhetorical theories, presented with current examples from popular culture that relate to the theory, and guided through demonstrations about how to describe, interpret, and evaluate popular culture texts through rhetorical analysis. Authors Deanna Sellnow and Thomas Endres provide sample student essays in every chapter to demonstrate rhetorical criticism in practice. This edition’s easy-to-understand approach and range of popular culture examples help students apply rhetorical theory and criticism to their own lives and assigned work.

Buy Black

Author : Aria S. Halliday
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252053265
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Buy Black written by Aria S. Halliday and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buy Black examines the role American Black women play in Black consumption in the US and worldwide, with a focus on their pivotal role in packaging Black feminine identity since the 1960s. Through an exploration of the dolls, princesses, and rags-to-riches stories that represent Black girlhood and womanhood in everything from haircare to Nicki Minaj’s hip-hop, Aria S. Halliday spotlights how the products created by Black women have furthered Black women’s position as the moral compass and arbiter of Black racial progress. Far-ranging and bold, Buy Black reveals what attitudes inform a contemporary Black sensibility based in representation and consumerism. It also traces the parameters of Black symbolic power, mapping the sites where intraracial ideals of blackness, womanhood, beauty, play, and sexuality meet and mix in consumer and popular culture.

Understanding Educational Leadership: People, Power And Culture

Author : Busher, Hugh
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335217176
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Educational Leadership: People, Power And Culture written by Busher, Hugh and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Understanding Educational Leadership is key reading for teachers, headteachers, school leaders, policy makers, Education students and practitioners, and others who have an interest in improving schooling."--BOOK JACKET.

Literary Value/ Cultural Power

Author : Lynette Hunter
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719061820
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Literary Value/ Cultural Power written by Lynette Hunter and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hunter examines the marginalised verbal arts, written and spoken texts that don't fit the conventional patterns, such as e-mail, letters, diaries, writing and speaking from the Black diaspora, women's writing and electronic texts.

Women, Power, and Rape Culture

Author : Bonnie Stabile
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Women, Power, and Rape Culture written by Bonnie Stabile and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on how rape, sexual assault, and harassment relate to underrepresentation of women in public authority, this book provides an insightful exploration of the policy context that impedes women's advancement to positions of power. The election of Donald Trump precipitated one of the largest outpourings of political protest on a single day in U.S. history with the 2017 March for Women. The emboldened #MeToo and #TimesUp movements reacted not only to the historical injustice of sexual offenses perpetrated upon women but also to women's associated underrepresentation in positions of power and public authority. Women, Power, and Rape Culture examines the principal events, actors, and paradigms in the politics of rape, sexual assault, and harassment since Trump's election. Unlike other studies, it connects these traumatic events to women's underrepresentation in the public sphere. Chapters consider the power of presidential speech, judges, and Congress to create structural barriers to women's representation as well as the stultifying effects of weak college and university responses to sexual violence. Disparities in women's representation in positions of public authority are considered in light of the disproportionate burden imposed on women by a culture that discounts the prevalence of rape and harassment and by the policies that inadequately address them, allowing them to perpetuate.

Reforming Justice in Russia, 1864-1994: Power, Culture and the Limits of Legal Order

Author : PeterH. Solomon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351551825
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Reforming Justice in Russia, 1864-1994: Power, Culture and the Limits of Legal Order written by PeterH. Solomon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measuring Russian legal reform in relation to the rule-of-law ideal, this study also examines the legal institutions, culture and reform goals that have actually prevailed in Russia. Judgements about future prospects are measured, adding new dimensions to our understanding of the Soviet legacy.

Culture and Power: Challenging Discourses

Author : M. José Coperías Aguilar
Publisher : Universitat de València
ISBN 13 : 9788437044293
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book Culture and Power: Challenging Discourses written by M. José Coperías Aguilar and published by Universitat de València. This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Power and Marginalization in Popular Culture

Author : Lisa A. King
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476668671
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Power and Marginalization in Popular Culture written by Lisa A. King and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many pop culture texts, "monsters" can be read as metaphors for marginalized Others in U.S. culture. This book applies the philosophical lens of Michel Foucault's normalizing and bio-powers to zombies, vampires, magicians, genetic mutants and others, asking whether these stories of apparent liberation really are so. Exploring a single theme in depth across a series of pop culture texts, this book encourages a radical new understanding of liberation narratives and of political activism as a mechanism of social change.

The Power of Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography)

Author : Jennifer Wolch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317819918
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography) written by Jennifer Wolch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illuminates the profound influence of geography on everyday life. Concentrating on the realm of social reproduction – gender, family, education, culture and tradition, race, ethnicity the contributors provide both an articulation of a theory of territory and reproduction and concrete empirical analyses of the evolution of social practices in particular places. At the core of the book’s contribution is the concept of society as a ‘time-space’ fabric, upon which are engraved the processes of political, economic and socio-cultural life. A second distinctive feature of the book is its substantive focus on the relation between territory and social practice. Thirdly, it represents a significant step in the redefinition of the research agenda in human geography.

Law, Power and Culture

Author : F. Knight
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137315806
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Law, Power and Culture written by F. Knight and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh theory on how individuals respond to inequalities occurring within their own communities. This original and insightful study draws on empirical research on the Santal people of Asia, examining power relations within social fields, and the state, to reveal a typology of power practices, and applies these to forced marriage in the West.