Gender Studies

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This impressive and original study is one of the first books to combine mainstream sociology with feminism in exploring the subject of the professions and power...

Celia Lury describes the body's ability to act outside itself both mechanically and perceptually. She draws on a wide range of examples including phototherapy, accounts of false memory syndrome, family albums and Benetton adverts...

Skilbrei and Holmström’s analysis treats Nordic prostitution policies both as a product of history, of current national and Nordic debates, and of international obligations and changes in the international and national prostitution markets. Furthermore they argue that a broad understanding of the r..

Skilbrei and Holmström’s analysis treats Nordic prostitution policies both as a product of history, of current national and Nordic debates, and of international obligations and changes in the international and national prostitution markets. Furthermore they argue that a broad understanding of the r..

Drawing on discursive psychology, this book traces the historical development of psychiatric constructions of ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ gender expression and contextualises the recent reconstruction of gender through the DSM-5 criteria for gender dysphoria...

Exploring public sex in a Latin setting, this valuable book is the first on the subject and one of the few books with quantitative and qualitative data on those who look for sex in public places. This book explores such questions as how to reduce the number of HIV infected gay men, what are the mot..

Pursuing Intersectionality, Unsettling Dominant Imaginaries offers a interdisciplinary exploration of intersectional ideas, histories, and practices that no other text does. Deftly synthesizing much of the existing literatures, May invites us to confront a disconcerting problem: though intersectiona..

Pursuing Intersectionality, Unsettling Dominant Imaginaries offers a interdisciplinary exploration of intersectional ideas, histories, and practices that no other text does. Deftly synthesizing much of the existing literatures, May invites us to confront a disconcerting problem: though intersectiona..

This ground- breaking book utilises in-depth qualitative research to analyse gay men's friendships at work; investigating the theme via several philosophical and sociological routes. It examines how workplace friendships are established, developed and organised and impacted by organisational factors..

Drawing on material from a diverse array of media, Queer French examines the tensions between Anglo-American and French articulations of homosexuality and sexual citizenship in the context of contemporary French popular culture and first-person narratives...

Drawing on material from a diverse array of media, Queer French examines the tensions between Anglo-American and French articulations of homosexuality and sexual citizenship in the context of contemporary French popular culture and first-person narratives...