Gender in focus : identities, codes, stereotypes and politics / Andreea Zamfira, Christian de Montlibert, Daniela Radu (eds.)
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TextPublication details: Berlin : Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2018.Description: 1 online resource (372 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 3847412116
- 9783847412113
- Gender identity
- Gender identity -- Political aspects
- Sex discrimination
- Gender Identity
- Identité sexuelle
- Identité sexuelle -- Aspect politique
- Discrimination sexuelle
- sex role
- sex discrimination
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies
- Gender identity
- Gender identity -- Political aspects
- Sex discrimination
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Cover; Gender in Focus. Identities, Codes, Stereotypes and Politics; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION. The Interplay between Identities, Codes, Stereotypes and Politics in Studying Gender in Western and Non-Western Societies (Andreea ZAMFIRA, Christian de MONTLIBERT and Daniela RADU); PART ONE SEXUAL BODIES AND GENDER IDENTITIES AROUND THE WORLD; CHAPTER I Speaking to the Spirits: Thinking Comparatively about Women in Asian Indigenous Beliefs (Barbara Watson ANDAYA); CHAPTER II The Bissu: Study of a Third Gender in Indonesia (Leonard Y. ANDAYA).
CHAPTER III How Globalization and the Neoliberal Turn Are Shaping Gender Relations in Hanoi (Sarah MURRU)CHAPTER IV Gender and Asexuality in Academic Sources (Petra FILIPOVÁ); PART TWO CODES WITHIN WOMEN'S AUTO AND HETERO-REPRESENTATIONS; CHAPTER V Communist Dictatorship vs. Romanian Women Poets' Discourse of Resistance in the 70s and 80s (Daniela MOLDOVEANU); CHAPTER VI Corporeality and Sexuality in Women's Autofictions: A Few Romanian Examples (Florina-Elena PÎRJOL); CHAPTER VII Diffused Gender Codes and Transcultural Outcomes in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland (Adriana Elena STOICAN).
CHAPTER VIII The Politics of the Feminine Body: A Manifesto and Three TV Series (Viorella MANOLACHE)PART THREE GENDER STEREOTYPES, COUPLE/FAMILY CONFIGURATIONS AND REPRODUCTION; CHAPTER IX Gender Stereotypes in Emmanuel Lévinas' Concept of Subject (Marzena ADAMIAK); CHAPTER X The Division of Labor within the Family and Altruism: A Feminist Critique of Becker's Models (Oana CRUSMAC); CHAPTER XI Consequences of Intimacy and Violence in the Couple Relationships of Young Romanians on Their Future Life Plans (Cristina FALUDI).
CHAPTER XII Is My Reproductive Body Rightfully Mine? About Abortion and Individual Choice in Post-communist Romania (Andrada NIMU and Andreea ZAMFIRA)PART FOUR SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON WOMEN; CHAPTER XIII The Influence of Academic Self-concept on the Study Program Choice of Computer Scientists (Silvia FÖRTSCH and Ute SCHMID); CHAPTER XIV Women in Academic Medicine: The 'Leaking' Process in Italy (Rita BIANCHERI and Silvia CERVIA); CHAPTER XV Female Labor Market Participation in Serbia (Natalija PERIŠIĆ and Jelena TANASIJEVIĆ).
CHAPTER XVI Socio-cultural Factors Structuring Women's Access to Land and Natural Resources in Northwest Cameroon (Ngambouk Vitalis PEMUNTA)NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; Index.
This book deals with the interplay between identities, codes, stereotypes and politics governing the various constructions and deconstructions of gender in several Western and non-Western societies (Germany, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Cameroon, Indonesia, Vietnam, and others). Readers are invited to discover the realm of gender studies and to reflect upon the transformative potentialities of globalisation and interculturality.
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