All too often in conflict situations, rape is referred to as a'weapon of war', a term presented as
self-explanatory through its implied storyline of gender and warring. In this provocative but …

How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What differences now exist
between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And what is the …

Since its first publication in 1998, Mary Talbot's Language and Gender has been a leading
textbook, popular with students for its accessibility and with teachers for the range and depth …

Feminist theory is a challenging and often deeply divided body of thought that raises issues
which affect us all. In this, her third edition of the highly successful Feminist Political Theory …

Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood provides a critical examination of
the way we regulate children's access to certain knowledge and explores how this …

MODERN POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES Modern Political Ideologies provides a broad overview
of the origins, development, and core principles of the major political ideologies of the past …

This book articulates the key theoretical assumptions of poststructuralism, but also probes its
limits, evaluates rival approaches and elaborates new concepts. Building on the work of …

Our core motivation behind this project was a desire to champion clear research design and
rigorous method in critical security studies. As a reflexive field, engaging with security …

This study analyzes the marketplace performances that are enacted in the field of women's
flat track roller derby using the theoretical lens of gender performativity. Rather than treating …

Like past editions, this ninth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences
is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the …