Offers 1,500 word expositions of 50 topics central to the field. Each of the 50 key concepts begins with a concise definition; includes illustrations of how the concept has been applied within the field; offers examples which allow a critical re-evaluation of the concept; is cross-referenced with the other key concepts; makes further reading suggestions.
Explores the wide range of identities and experiences that have defined men and masculinity in the United States from pre-Columbian times to the present.
"Surveys the history of women around the world, studies their interaction with men in gendered societies, and looks at the role of gender in shaping human behavior over thousands of years. Discusses family history, the history of the body and sexuality, and cultural history alongside women's history and gender history. Considers the importance of class, region, and ethnicity" (publisher's description).
Covers various topics with a focus on gender, including popular culture, body image, health, crime, gender identities, politics, race family, religion, and science.
Provides multidisciplinary insight into the complex field of feminist thought, with over 500 authoritative entries commissioned from an international team of contributors and includes clear, concise and provocative explanations of key themes and ideas. Each entry contains cross references and a bibliographic guide to further reading.
Originally a three-volume print work providing a comprehensive survey of LGBTQ+ history and culture in the United States.
"A collection of approximately 700 articles in a three-volume, A-to-Z set exploring major topics related to motherhood, from geographical, historical and cultural entries to anthropological and psychological contributions" (publisher's description).
The central aim of this encyclopedia is to give the reader a comparative perspective on issues involving conceptions of gender, gender differences, gender roles, relationships between the genders, and sexuality.
Covers gender differences, the "Psychology of Women" and the "Psychology of Men," discussing psychological differences in personality, cognition, and behavior, as well as biologically-based differences and how those differences affect behavior.
Covers LGBTQ topics in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East, as well as North America, and takes an interdisciplinary approach, using film, literature, human rights, politics, landmark legislation, activism, language, sports, and historical events as points of entry into the content.
Outlines key research concepts, feminist epistemologies, methodologies, and methods as well as up-to-date debates in the field.
Historical Dictionary of Feminist Philosophy
Main Library ARC General Collection HQ 1190 .G36 2006
The introduction to this reference work provides a useful overview of the subject area and the chronology runs the gamut from Ancient Greek philosophers to contemporary feminist ones. The cross-referenced dictionary entries cover both the central figures and ideas from the historical tradition of philosophy, as well as ideas and theories from contemporary feminist philosophy, such as epistemology (the philosophy of science) and topics that have been introduced by the feminist movement itself, like abortion and sexuality. In addition to including entries on Aristotle, Plato, Descartes, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Beauvoir, and Daly, relevant aspects of other fields of philosophy, the major concepts, and prevailing interpretations and conjectures are also covered. A comprehensive bibliography allows for further reading.
"A comprehensive A-Z reference with over 500 entries that define sexuality from a broad biocultural perspective and show the diversity of human sexual behavior and belief systems" (publisher's description).
This encyclopedia has about 4,000 articles on the social and behavioral sciences, including anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and the evolutionary sciences. Includes many articles on gender and sexuality. The editor-in-chief for this second edition was the late James D. Wright, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at UCF from 2001-2019.
Men and Masculinities
Main Library ARC General Collection HQ 1090 .M42812 2006
In five volumes with over 700 references, this set addresses in some detail the key aspects of the sociology of masculinity. Volume 1: Politics of Men and Masculinities; Men and Power; Masculinity in ‘Crisis’; Men’s Research, Researching Men; Volume 2: Work, Organizations and Managements; Families and Fathers; Education and Schooling; Sport and Leisure; Crime, War and Violence; Volume 3: Theoretical Approaches; Male Bodies; Gay Masculinities; Intimacy, Friendship and Relationships; Language; Health and Ageing; Media Representations; Volume 4: Black British and Black American Masculinities; Latino and Chicano Masculinities; White Masculinities; Volume 5: The Far East; The Middle East; Africa; South America and the Caribbean; Europe.
Contains over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies.
Provides an overview of the analytical frameworks and theoretical concepts feminist theorists have developed to challenge established knowledge. Leading feminist theorists, from around the globe, provide in-depth explorations of a diverse array of subject areas, capturing a plurality of approaches. Also identifies the limitations of key epistemic assumptions that inform traditional scholarship and shows how theorizing from women’s and men’s lives has profound effects on the conceptualization of central categories, whether the field of analysis is aesthetics, biology, cultural studies, development, economics, film studies, health, history, literature, politics, religion, science studies, sexualities, violence, or war.
Provides a comprehensive examination of scholarly research and knowledge on a variety of aspects of women's collective activism in the United States,tracing both continuities and critical changes over time.
"Fifty-six chapters, written by an international team of contributors specifically for the Companion, are organized into five sections: (1) Engaging the Past; (2) Mind, Body, and World; (3) Knowledge, Language, and Science; (4) Intersections; (5) Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics" (publisher's description).
Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and Postfeminism
Main Library Reference Collection HQ 1115 .R68 2000
Combines over a dozen in-depth background chapters with more than 400 A-Z dictionary entries. The background chapters are written by major voices in the field of feminist studies, and include thorough coverage of the history of feminism, as well as extensive discussions of topics such as Post-Feminism, Men in Feminism, Feminism and New Technologies, Feminism and Philosophy, and much more.
Routledge Historical Atlas of Women in America
Main Library ARC General Collection HQ 1410 .P68 2000
Portrays the history of American women from a vivid geographical and demographic perspective. In a variety of colorful maps and charts, this important new work documents milestones in the evolution of the social and political rights of women. Coverage includes the rise of reform movements such as temperance, women's suffrage, and abolition during the 19th century, and contraception, abortion rights, and the Equal Rights Amendment in the 20th.
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge
Main Library Reference Collection HQ 1115 .R69 2000
A four-volume set featuring comprehensive global coverage of women's issues and concerns, from violence and sexuality to feminist theory. Contains over 900 signed entries.
This encyclopedia, featuring more than 300 well-researched articles, takes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to trans studies. Entries address a wide range of topics, from broad concepts (e.g., the criminal justice system, activism, mental health), to specific subjects (e.g., the trans pride flag, the Informed Consent Model, voice therapy), to key historical figures, events, and organizations (e.g., Lili Elbe, the Stonewall Riots, Black Lives Matter).
The State of Women in the World Atlas
Main Library Reference Collection HQ 1154 .S42 1997
"Captures the shape of women's lives across continents and cultures. Explores the shifts that have occurred and portrays the current status of women in relation to such key issues as equality, changing households, motherhood, domestic violence, feminisms, time budgets, beauty culture, girl children, women at work, lesbian rights, women in the global economy, and women in government" (publisher's description).
Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia
Main Library Reference HQ 1143 .W643 2004
Offers more than 300 alphabetically arranged entries that conclude with extensive bibliographies of both primary and secondary sources. Entries cover people and topics ranging from the third to the fifteenth centuries, and treat well-known figures, more recently discovered or re-evaluated figures, and much more. Medieval women in the principal stages of life, both mortal and spiritual, are also covered in entries on childhood, virginity, marriage, widowhood, penitentials, hagiography, and relics.