Perspectives on Gender
About the Book Series
Perspectives on Gender represents the very best feminist scholarship on gender in the social sciences. The books in the series advance the understanding of how inclusive of difference our perspectives need to be to capture what gender means and emphasize the important role of social change in and for gender relations.
Stepping Out of Line: Becoming and Being a Feminist
1st Edition
By Cheryl Hercus
November 01, 2004
What does it mean to be a feminist today? Why do some women become feminists and others do not? At a time when 'feminist' is a label that many young women shun, Stepping Out of Line offers an insightful account of the struggle of becoming and being a feminist. Cheryl Hercus offers a compelling new ...
Home-Grown Hate: Gender and Organized Racism
1st Edition
Edited
By Abby L. Ferber
November 24, 2003
The top names in the field come together in this collection with original essays that explore the link between gender and racism in a variety of racial and white supremacy organizations, including white separatists, the Christian right, the militia/patriot movements, skinheads, and more....
Maid in the USA: 10th Anniversary Edition
2nd Edition
By Mary Romero
May 31, 2002
This is a classic work in the fields of Women's Studies and Sociology. On its 10th Anniversary, it is still a vital and moving study of the lives of immigrant domestic workers, and is constantly cited in the research. Romero's new introduction will offer a fresh look at the material, including more...
Complex Inequality: Gender, Class and Race in the New Economy
1st Edition
By Leslie McCall
May 29, 2001
The American economy is in good shape: profits are soaring, employment is expanding, and technological advances abound. Yet inequality between genders and among races still exists. In Complex Inequality, Leslie McCall sifts through the complexities surrounding wage differences and economic ...
Grassroots Warriors: Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty
1st Edition
By Nancy A. Naples
August 04, 1998
Who are the grassroots warriors on the front lines of the war on poverty? Through in-depth interviews, Nancy Naples presents the voices of over sixty women--African American, Puerto Rican and white European American--who have fought for social and economic justice in the low-income neighborhoods of...
Community Activism and Feminist Politics: Organizing Across Race, Class, and Gender
1st Edition
Edited
By Nancy Naples
November 20, 1997
This collection demonstrates the diversity of women's struggles against problems such as racism, violence, homophobia, focusing on the complex ways that gender, culture, race-ethnicity and class shape women's political consciousness in the US....
School-smart and Mother-wise: Working-Class Women's Identity and Schooling
1st Edition
By Wendy Luttrell
May 21, 1997
School-smart and Mother-wise illustrates how and why American education disadvantages working-class women when they are children and adults. In it we hear working-class women--black and white, rural and urban, southern and northern--recount their childhood experiences, describing the circumstances ...
Rock-a-by Baby: Feminism, Self-Help and Postpartum Depression
1st Edition
By Verta Taylor
August 02, 1996
Although self-help has been an integral strategy of the women's movement, the burgeoning self-help publishing industry and growing popularity of talk shows encouraging personal confession have provoked vicious attacks on self-help from many feminists. Rock-a-By Baby examines the postpartum ...
For Richer, For Poorer: Mothers Confront Divorce
1st Edition
By Demie Kurz
August 22, 1995
For Richer, For Poorer provides a new perspective on the impact of divorce on women. Based on interviews with a random sample of divorced mothers, this book identifies their real concerns: inadequate resources from their ex-husbands and the state, and unequal social policies. Presenting accounts of...
Mothering: Ideology, Experience, and Agency
1st Edition
Edited
By Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Grace Chang, Linda Rennie Forcey
December 17, 1993
This volume presents a variety of unique perspectives on mothering as a socially constructed relationship, assessing many of the political, legal and cultural debates surrounding the issue....
Gender Consciousness and Politics
1st Edition
By Sue Tolleson Rinehart
October 22, 1992
This book examines the emergence of gender consciousness among women as a significant force in American politics. The author bases her argument on an in-depth empirical analysis of data derived from the U.S. biennial National Election studies of 1974 to 1984, the year of the emergence of the ...
Black Women and White Women in the Professions: Occupational Segregation by Race and Gender, 1960-1980
1st Edition
By Natalie J. Sokoloff
September 16, 1992
Women of all racial\ethnic backrounds and minority men have been hailed as the major beneficiaries of the expansion in political, economic, and employment opportunities of the 1960s and 1970s. The author uses data derived from a twenty year span of census material to provide a thorough analysis of ...