This unique volume collects a range of cutting-edge scholarship relating to asexuality and the sexual community. It explores issues relating to the increasing high profile and politically active asexual community in terms of broader debates about sexual normativity and sexual dysfunction. _x000D_
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Drawing on ethnographic research as well as popular representations of boxing in the media, this book considers the relationships between the portrayal of the sport and its practice, alongside complex sociological constructs of identity and gender...
Drawing on ethnographic research as well as popular representations of boxing in the media, this book considers the relationships between the portrayal of the sport and its practice, alongside complex sociological constructs of identity and gender...
First published in 1979, this is a study of social change as experienced and perceived by the women of San’a, the capital city of North Yemen. It presents a synthesised view of the process of change rather than focusing on the issues of exploitation and emancipation, and draws upon observations of w..
Originally published in 1993. The essays in this book collectively seek to illuminate the role of communication in sex-role socialization throughout the life cycle...
Cultural Representations of Feminicidio at the US Mexican Border scrutinizes the range of cultural responses about Ciudad Juárez’s feminicidal wave to explore how art, performance, poetry, film, fiction and music engage with the violence and trauma...
In 1957, Henny Harald Hansen, the first Danish female anthropologist, was invited to take part in an archaeological expedition to the site of the projected Dokan Dam on the Little Zab river in Northern Iraq. Although her responsibilities were originally ethnological, she became the guest first of th..
In 1957, Henny Harald Hansen, the first Danish female anthropologist, was invited to take part in an archaeological expedition to the site of the projected Dokan Dam on the Little Zab river in Northern Iraq. Although her responsibilities were originally ethnological, she became the guest first of th..
Celebrating more than two decades of feminist theory and gender research, this book provides an essential overview of current theoretical positions, hot topics and state-of-the-art perspectives in the field of Nordic Gender Studies. This book is made up of material that was previously published in v..
Drawing on fieldwork and historical and ethno-historical research, ten authors offer eight in-depth case studies of the emergence of masculinities throughout the Pacific Islands. Read in conjunction, they pose questions about the role of colonialism and globalisation in shaping contemporary masculin..